Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-07-09

tho Declaration of our independence; and that if
the mother OF the mon, among all the children
! sho has brous mt as, has lcfl guide her: If
/ her walls are broken down and her fields laid
waste; If tho music of machinery never breaks
tho silence of her streams, ana degraded la Dor
has re sonrs II, the night tho day; if her chill
dren fly from her bosom TO regions where homes.
toll IS not tho condition of the slave, II is because
she as not boon true 10 that great doctrine OF
human rights which she tho frs; 10 proclaim
10 mankind. | would give them the brotherly
hand OF cv'ry Interviewing of toll in New
England IN pledge. that thor hatred of slavery "a
the strongest expression Of their love for Virgil
MA; that no mac,oicnco turks at the bottom Of
this great enterprise Of freedom. in which tho
moral sentiment OF the world is fast conceu,ra-
tlng with an energy which must soon carry ii to
that issue which shall he greeted with accan,a-
tioas OF grace! grace unto it! from every cor
ncr of the world. Brethren. would say. not
effort IN this cause IS inspired BY aught else than
tho very soul of loye TO YOU and YOUR children
The malevoence of which we have been suspect
ed, has TINS cytent. no more: that Emancipation
shall DO Paradise FegaiEod 10 Virginia IN all tho
compass of that condition.
1t Is of tic clfiefcst aims of aspirations
and efforts not only to promote the omancipa,on
OF tho slave. tdt TO omancipale tho ''Old Domln-
ION from the old dominion of slavery; to emnn-
cipato her institutions of learning aud religion,
from an influence tliat has poisoned their vitality.
TO Cma ncIpate her rivers and streams, whose cur
rents have been bloodhound in timo of summer.
bccailse the mark Of tho boas: burnt and
burning III tho brow OF labor pining their
banks; TO omancipaie her soil from that sallow
disease with which tho sweat of tho slave--fa
ing on lis face like aqua fortis-has devourcd it's
capacity of production; TO cnancipaie tho trca-
sures that Ito locked and guarded by a hugo Ger
bcras, IN her mountains. valleys. and hil!sides.
TO omancpato naturo itself from that iron pre-
vention which has withheld her hand from drop
ping fairness upon ovcrv square acre of her torn
tory. If this is malevolonce. it is not tho head,
nor 'front.' end Of offending.
10 say. that, in rescuing irgInia from slavery,
NO would be content with making her what Now
England Is, comes far short of our object and de-
sire. We would make her what Now England
would be, with the soil. rivers, and streams, and
natural resources of Virginia; which. with the in
genius and energy of FREQ labor, would
enable her to manufacture for n continent and
feed half of It's population with tho productions Of
her soil. Has she annually expatrIatod thou
sands OF her most vigorous sons, who could not
toll whoro labor is degrndod would rc-pcoplo
hor borders with her oxilos, who should return
with songs ofjoy on their hoads, the ancient
Jews TO thor beloved Canaan. Are her lands
lying waste in artificial storiiity, would rcsus
cltato thom oil to their original fertility, and cut
them up into farms clothed with cxuborant
duro, and titled by intelligent and v,rtuous free
men. as in twelve of her grown up and
governing population unable to read write,"
VIC would dot tho whole extent of her domain with
schooi-housos, and supply cvory hamlet with IL
brary and tho means Of gratultous instruction. Is
Virginia declining in political power, and fast To-
sing her share OF influence in tho councils of tho
nation, would sivo her far more than she cvor
possessed. We would double her representation
III the representatives. Of frecmen 10 our national
Congress, who should be an honor to tho country.
w It'll such an aim and end this, in the incep-
ton, prosecution, and issuo Of this great work Of
philanthropy, shall talk of dissoying tho L.
non!-I hat Union 10 which tho success of our
efforts must give clements of cohesion stronger
than ton thousand chains OF adamaut!-that o.
mon. the concentrating nucleus of the hopes and
interests Of the future ages of humanity!-that
Union to which tho abolition Of slavery would
give moral power that should lift up tho race
from lis darkness and deprcssionl Dissolution Of
the Union!-What. cut IN two the Mississippi,
that iugrar vcin of the Now World, and
all tho mighty arteries of tho Union. and leave it
10 bleed 10 death IN hostile scgmcnts, both writing
in tho cau:crios Of mutual hatred! Nature itself
would repel this profane disruption of system to
whose integrity cvory stream from tho Sabine to
the ST. Johns, is necessary any vein in tho
human body. Dissolve the Unoni run the ampu-
tating knife through the child of all that the pro-
gressive ages of humanity have produced Of Free
dom and virtue! and that because of its men,
bers IS infected with cutancous, disease, which
not drop of blood less than TINT which now cir
culatcs IN lis whole system will remove! Does
God or mankind require tho sacrifice of this u
niou this Isaac of the race in which all nations
should be blessed, And shall Americans lift the
knife against ii, not act Of faith, but of pu-
silianimous Iistrust in Godl If nothing in tho
natural religion of patriotism could stay their
cidal arm let every lover of his kind pray that
the Almighty who arrested the patriarch's desccn-
ding blow which was to his son. may open
the cloudy curtain Of his pavIlionand inscrpose a
chca per victim ofimnlolation or that nigh:
s.Come thick night,
And pail the FUNNIEST smoke OF hell,
That its keen knife not the wound II Makes
Or heaven peep through the blanket Of ue cara
To cry Hold. Hold.''
Dissolve the Unionl dissolve the whole moral
,,o,,o- ,.o we and need to abolish slavery! NAV