Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-07-25

t speak. ! desire TO speak to men
t healthy brains and honest hearts,
= Men who, feeling themselves to |
J, sincere, are willing to believe tn;
: other people are sincere also. Me
who are not painting for notoriety {
the expense of fairness. Men VIII
are not seeking for place, except a
, the means of usefulness. Men VIII
sincerely desire the happiness of tn
whole human family, and the haRpi
ness of the African race as an inte
gral part Of the whole. Men VIII
sincerely desire, as | do, to set tn
narrowest limit to human slavely
and give the broadest area to human
freedom. Men who look with a sin
gle eye to the great end to be accom-
plished rather than to the means anC
the men by which and by whom it il
to be accomplished. Men who are
willing to regard the unforeseen de.
velopments of Divine Providence, as
well as the narrow views of men in
the accomplishments OF these great
ends.
To all such / say "come and lei
us reason together"
The man who honestly desires the
end, will not cavil about the means,
if the means be honest.
If my child is lost in the bowling
wilderness, as a fa:her, what shall /
do? Contrive the best means for its
recovery which my understanding
enables me. | mount twenty men
on horses, with carbines on their
backs, and bugles at their sides, and
sending them forth, charge them for
the love of God, never 10 diSmount
from their horses, or cease TO sound
their bugles till my lost one is re-
stored. While these men
"Over the hills and far away"
are making the earth resound to-
their footsteps, and the Heavens re-
sound TO their bngles, poor peasant,
who never sounded a bugIe or shoul-
deI ed carbine, or bestrode horse
in his life, brings nv lost one home
in his arms. Shall drive my child |
from my bosom, and insult the honest |
peasant, because God was wiser shan /
me, and brought about the end by
means which | did rot contrive?
Where is the hollow hearted
charlatan who can distrust the
'peechless rapture of my soul, by
elIing me that have changed my
platform?
Now see, if you are not doing US
he same sort OF injustice when you
accuse US from departing from the
Wing platform OF 1S4S.
Ispeak advisedly on this point. /
'aused on my way 10 enjoy the hos
,itality OF one of the friends of my
youth, whose life of late years has
,een very much devoted TO The cause
If African freedom--who under
tands the political tenets Of The Free
soil party well, and is too honest, {
nd too kind to do injustice willingly !
o the views or feelings of an old I
riend. He admitted that Tavlor's I
administration was better than he {
but insisted that the Wings {
f Ohio were entitled to no conf
ence, because they had abandoned q
heir platform of lS4S. The same
barge has been made by an inte!li- /
ent friend in my hearing since | 4
anne TO this city. Now, wherel '
Yhenl How! has been donel
In January, IS49, the Wings OF s
'hio, in convention resolved TO sus- I
lin SHE prOriSO." As an end? Mol
ut as a means Of setting the mar Y
oweSt limit 10 human slavery, and :
wing the broadest area TO human
eedom. At time that neither you G
or we thought OF what has since {
'anspired. We both looked to a C
ing probation, under a territorial v
overnment, for all newly acquired n
'rritories. In this territorial gov v
we wish to insert ''the Pro- ii
So"
Since then, three great events Il
ave taken place, which Wilmot's b
lllosophy ever dreamed Of n
Jhich your philosophy, and my Ia
philosophy never dreamed Of e,
vents which Cromwell would have Il
lied "the births of Providence" |
i'd which, for want of better Ian C;
lage, call by the same name. |
First; A treaty has been conclu- II
ID between Mexico and the United n
tates, by which the existing laws of pl
'exico have been secured to the P
rritories until Congress shall pass te
her laws for their government 10
y these laws, slavery is expressly st
hibited. al
Second; These new territories pt
i've been flooded by a population th
f1iciently large TO entitle them 10
rank in the Union, as independent hi
ates. m
Tb;rJ. California first. and then M