Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-07-31

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pease the woes of Africa, and avert the;
Just vengeance of Heaven, and save a De-
huge of blood. A benevolent Howard, IT'D
mitigate the sullerings of incarceratedl
criminals, or dispense aims to the pooy,
is a common sight; but a Grenyiil.
Sharp, to alleviate the condition Of OPP
pressed humanity, is prescribed our
country. Slaye-mongers your hearts,
are scared by avarice beyond the reach
of human woes, or this Jubilee would
not be profancd by the unhallowed re-
collection of our own abuse of power
On this curse, this crying evil, your
speaker has no hesitation to avow his
sentiments, and he cares not how deep
they sink into the hearts of those who
hear him. The national legislature has
begun the glorious work of j." universal
emancipation. The constitution that
forbids it, let it sink--it was never made
lOl HCClICH' IL TIC DdieliSe Vi JGSlIet
| is to be determined by bubbles and
scruplcs, we fritter away our rights, and
barter our liberties for song. Can a
constitutional enigma avail against the
just cause Of Our country and is cor
science more scryile to a 7cord than to
its duty? Philosophy knows no such
doctrine, and justice forbids it. People
of Illinois you have set an illustrious
example. May it hsreqfer have its due
weight in the councils of thenation, and
teach our sister states a lesson of repub-
licanism, at least of humanity.
Fellow citizens, an unanimity OF senti-
ment upon all subjects, is as essential
to the preservation Of the union as COM
bnatiun OF action. COLLECTED together
in this state from every part ofour coun-
try, we are apt to carry, with our differ
ent customs and manners, also our preiu.
dices. They will always occasion AMI
mosities amongst citizens whenever they
have an undue influence upon our con.
duct; but prudent man will never let
them escape his lips, and yet they are so
natural that it is,charitable TO forbear any
feeling Of resentment. Allowances are
to be made for the differences in our edu-
cation, and the experience Of mankind
tells US that time and absence can alone
remove the predictions we are in the
habit Ct entertaining for the institutions
to which VIC have been accustoned.--
Always venerate the man who is full of
the amsor fatrie, and be assured if he
has love and affection for his native
spot, short residence WHY us will never
fail to transfer them to the place of his
adoption. Nothing is to be unprecedented
from the predictions of such man,
and certainly his affections we must ad-
mire. Fellow citizens on the sacred
soil OF Illinois we must meet as brothers
and part as friends. We have all left
home endeared to US by every tie, per-
haps a widowed mother, whose daily
prisons are for her ofsprins's happiness,
and perhaps the ashes Of father, who
drew mangied carcasc from our reyo-
lutionary contest. If there is no hospi-
tally for all in Illinois, alternative states
will take back their charge with open
arms. We ought never to forget that
we are all emigrants, and that the wes-
tern states are Of right the resort ofeye.
ry American citizen.
People of Illinois! this is the First an
niyersary Of American Independence
which has succeeded the adoption 'ofour'
constitution; and on SO sacred an occa-
sion congratulate you that we are one
of the states of the union. Nature has
designed her for the Eden Of America,
and soon will her importance be felt in
the galaxy Of the stars.
Fellow citizens! our country, in in
trinsc value and picturesque beauty, is
the flower of the west. But in our vani-
ty let us not forget the gratitude we