The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-07-04

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are running in every direction regeneratipg an5
assimilating the varied character Of our neorIo
The time is not far distant when these spb,I.
agencies will cover the whole globe with CO..,
plete network OF sympathy, 50 that a srso,
truth uttered in America will be instantaneensiv
heard in Europe, Asia, and Africa Sir. we a.,
on the eve Of mighty moral revolution IT,
tninx OF resisting the march Of mind and the
PROCESS OF freedom, Is as idle as 1t would be n u,
dertske to drive back the laundering cs,sraa,
Of Niagara, to reverse the laws of grayitation ~
to smother the fires of Mount Vesuyius with =
gauze veil. No, sir, no The sublime trr,h,
proclaimed by Garrison in the streets of Roster
with a halter around his neck; nv R;rn.u'
when his press was thrown into the Ohio.
Lovejoy, when he fell q martyr to the. fyeedo,1,
of the press, have commiDgled in Current of
Reform which is rolling on as resistless as that
of the great Father of Waters
But sir, the owner of that submerged nress
had en- associate who shared with him the trail
Of bis darkest hour. Where is he now7 Drivsn
from the field by the opposition to which his
early sufferings for Truths sake exposed him.
No, sir, mol Behold him here in your yerv
midst-in this, the very citadel of your power
planting the batteries of truth anew, and mora
firmly and skillfully than before
Behold him in the unpretending man, yet hero.
ic editor of the National Era, tDr Bailey.l with
its list swollen, in three and half years, to more
shaa Gfseen thousand, and yet tending upwards
still Behold him, as he stands unscathed by a
mob, who knew not what they were doing in all
the moral dignity and force of his character, dis
pensing light and truth in all directions-south
ward as we'll as northward-not the borrowed
light Of some lunar planet, but light original,
clear and penetrating Behold him at this very
hour, on the point of q prouder achievement
still-on the eve Of driving Error from her dark
ened recesses into open day, and into open con-
fict with Truth, in the arena Of public discussion
with an able rival press *-an advent which, in
all frankness, let me say, shall hail with unsf-
fected joy. How truthfully may be applied the
oft-quoted sentiment of Bryant himself one Of
the batters in the noble sphere of Free-Soil
Truth,) which teaches that Truth crushed to
earth shall rise again, while Error writhes in
endless pain aud hopeless prostration
But, Mr.. Chairman, while we mention the
names Of these mental heroes and moral patriots,
we cannot forget the great pioneer champion Of
the Right of Petition-John Quincy Adams Sir,
believe his Presidential Administration stands
fair but you may add to it the fame of Napoleon,
and the diadem of the Cesars, and, when COM
pared with his Congressional career, it dwindles
into fnsfgnihcance The former was an admins
tration Of existing public sentiment-the latter an
emit ending in o. ejpriopsi yj'ypnh
no monument of brass, nor of stone, to perpetuate
his memory His name is written among the
stars of the Confederacy, and indelibly recorded
upon the history Of onr country: and it will be
written hereafter on the hearts of an improved and
apprecating posteriy. His mantle has not fallen
upon any one of your mere trading politicians
but to the hands of the people it has been return
ed-they whose right it is to rule, and who will
yet find successor worthy to wear it.
kn.
low to some extent, this debate, which has taken
30 wide range, on the interesting question before
the committee-the admission of California, as
sovereign State, into the Union. In doing So it
has been my object to express the honest convic-
tons OF my own mind, with proper respect to
the opinions of others | am aware that some may
think that 80 humble an individual as myself has
been too presuming in thus dissenting from, and
in some instances attempting to refute, opinions
expressed by leading men, some of whom have
long exerted an extensive influence over the az
fairs of State. But ! trust they will bear with
me, when they call to mind that what have said
has been spoken in self-defence-n vindication of
sentiments with which am proud to he associa-
ted, and which have been attacked and denounced
as If really at with the true interests of the
country
And now, sir, before close, let me bsse2y
appeal more especially to those members Of Con-
gress who represent the Northwest wish to say
to them, that consider this great struggle be-
tween Labor and Capital - between Aristocracy
and Democracy - between Despotism and Free
dom. The strength Of the two psrties in this
great contest is to be tested on the questions Of
receiving California into the Union, and organic
ing such Governments in the Territories of New
Mexico and Utah as will protect all the citisens
thereof. The Northwest expects every man that
she claims on this floor, in the decision Of this
momentous question: to do his duty. With moth
ing less will she be content.
Sir, if any one of US had doubts in regard to his
duty on this subject, it would seem that they
might be easily removed by calling to mind the
associations Of home, where we share so largely
in the bounties of Haven. Let me remind gen
tlemen, who represent the people living under the
Jeffersonian Ordinance of 1887, Of the great pra-
tries and rivers of the Northwest - the former
spread out in such beauty of adornment and pro-
fusion of fruitage - the latter dotted with hun
dreds of commerce-bearing steamers - and ask
them If they can throw their influence on the side
of thriftless slavery Forbid it, Heaven We,
above all men, know the value of freedom. Let
US see to it, that our votes do not aid to deprive
others Of its inestimable blessings. Let us re-
member what free laborn has done for u.s. and
see that we degrade it not by contact with slavery
elsewhere. Shall we, as stewards of the People,
brethren, or refuse to pass laws to protect them,
when 1t is the avowed purpose of others to tram
pie them under foot-and that, too, in territories
the known rights of whose conquered citizs ms
were especially trusted to our plighted care2
God forbid! Before would do so vile an act,
would suffer oil the tortures that the most depra
we'd mind could invent
Important consequences, my associates, hang
on the decision of the hour-not only to the cause
of personal freedom in our own beloved country,
but the cause Of civil liberty on the other side Of
the Atlantic Ii we meet the crisis manfully and
unitedly, we shall triumph speedily, and secure
the grateful thanks Of our constituents and of our
country. But, if we falter now, we shall richly
deserve the excavations of mankind
Mr. Chairman, let me say, in conclusion, that
Providence seems TO have opened to us a rare field
for the acquisition of true national greatness IL
we properly appreciate and enter at once on the
fulflment OF the manifest destiny of this Repub
lie, we shall become the emancipators Of not only
our own enslaved countrymen, but the Liberators
OF the World. We shall present an asylum in
deed for the oppressed of ali nations instead of
prison-house for the innocent and unoffending
Let us, then, be just and generous to Califor-
MIA, to Utah, to New Mexico---to all who need
our aid A prompt and enlightened policy on our
part would promote the disenthralment and ele-l
walton of Mexico, Central and South America,
and even the Islands Of the Sea, until we should
finally meet and fraternally embrace our British
brethren on the Eastern Continent, and thus as
sist to encircle the whole globe with the Anglo
Saxon race, speaking one language for the ex-
preston Of common wants and wishes, and for the
proclamation Of common and glorious aim
The paper here alluded to- The Southern Press has
since appeared under the editorial control OF fsoa
Fisher and Edward De Leonsad to be gentlemen Of great
editorial ability
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