Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-07-28
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u nation has been, or ever viii BE. FREE a..
these internal bros and faction$fron, those nations,
and whilst the of h,
government is Invested in the power those who's.
DropenSs aof TIE asceadeRcy orcr heir moral aa init
etuai sentiments. As iong this the case 50 Ions
Will nations he subject those political CONVERSIONS
which anrequrntly involve them in the most anna,
rg AMI sangunary battles, which give rise 10 unlyer,
misery coustunauon and carnage. How Internationally
Initiated and Pervere must be the minds OF those who
wage war for the acquisition of territory any thin,
else relative TO pecuniay interest le; this mournfay
true DO not behold them, proudly Boosting of their
ana equstah! Laws. and those very ones fer
some gFoandess pretended nsalt though really for
the sasmehstion sa nj po7rr declaring or fou,cn
ing war against another, however impotcnt and feeble
she may be At present. is not this tine with eur
own Have not her rulers and iaw-svors, unwarranta
bly,. bindy and madiy committed this odouS, Hray-
revolving crime. and still continue do Have
they notify this aborren deed already the ndlrec,
OF sacrificing human hires How abhorrently
deestabc and enous, such proceedings appear II
the ylrtuously wise That men. whose mental energies
preponderate their solfsh their animal ones not
thus have conducted public affairs, will be rash OF
absurd enough to deny It's true, that government
- OF the purest kind,a government, which bcsows un-
its constituents the neStiuabe. the expansiye toor-
ton OF political freedom. Bat the BEST that has ever
viii be framed by fnto beings prevent crcum-
{
mpunity am no poliician-I auhor those political
braws ana wranpis, which have many years accom-
pane3 our elections &c Nor am enthusiastically
taehcd 70 either party, not Vet having fixed
decision bat It seemed that those STYLE them
selves democrats, though certainly unworthy the an
Pellaion, associated Specification, were fully re
solved, Texas TO the United states even If
were Of the unhaowcd acts, ever urrDetr4fe9
by moltdisif II dclp%ed the land, with human soret
ii called down The inst rthecaace of o9eadea Cod
Were the leading members of the Democratic par
tv frequently told BY ,nasnanimous and disintercstcd
that the cousuntaiion of their iternal ~ oulA
b. follow ed BY disastrous nd bauoful And
have their auctpatIons and predictions been lt
er'ncea, Has war, been the actual consequence ,
The awfully oncHtous responsibilities which up
hos" through whose agency ns,ruc ntality such
eltc,1aaaieg, such mighty evils generated, loudly
aud soe.nnly call upon them, reflect dciiber ately
graveiy upon what they DONG. Are such
that they indirectly hurl unknown number
tai soQls, Of whose conditions they know nothing,
eternity Are they of the horrors ana suffer
ngs, innoccnt-tlIe comiortIess bewaiiings o
widows orphans, which the insepurabll
itants OF hostItcs They cannot be ignorant tbs
Yet, they inereraLte the emphatic
of Just1ce and mercy.--AIen who would declare
! against amy nation, because that has, consc-
qucncc of her fuclpacy, failed quiute her debt
for the Of the has fulfilled her
tHdCgture utIt administer justice, where human
beings ccncrfflcd Those who endeavor acquire
territory bv UNJUST and Illicit means they
II legally, II be for extending The demorazirg
christian doInion OF slavery and for thu prcpotcncy
couuerbaance Of power, wholly unworthy the
of civilized snrHare completely VOID of ~! those finer
feelings human all those which character
aud distinguish from the lover animat5 from tho
butve. a ~ (.