The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-02-20

oil manktnd'a heart foustN " e1i'
conscious life, and still she gloriOnsly ccheived'
the national Independence OF Am fs. 30
gifted with all the blessings Of nature rgnal
vitality, would never had succeeded Y eehelge
this wonderful delveopment, which we 4 you
had EMPLOYED your conquered national n eeRen-
dence but to take new master Tor the ane
and mark we'll, gentlemenl q natioa may
have master even if it has no king--a natioa
NAV. be called republic aud yet be act Tree
Wherever centalEzAiioh exists, thers'tE ma
ton has either sold or lent, either alienated or
delegated its sovereignty and wherever this Is
done the nation has master--and he who has
master is Of course not his own master. Pow
er may be centralized in many--the centraliza-
ton, BY and By, will be concentrated N lev, as
in ancient Veaics, or in one as in France at the
time Of the Uncis" some forty years age and
now agaiu when the "Nephep2 has BIS bloody
reign for day.
Yes, eentlemen If that generation Of devoted
patriots who achieved the indePende1ee OF the
1 United States, had but changed the pa master
/ for new one with the name Of an emperor or
King, or Of an omnipotent President, your
country we're now Just something ike Brazil
or Mexico, or the republics Of South America;
all Of them independent, as You know, and all,
except Brazil, even republics, and all rich with
natures blessings, and offering new home to
those who fly from the oppression Of the old
world-and vet all Of them old before they
were Young, and decrepit before they were
strong. Had the founders Of your Country's in
dependence followed this direction which led
the rest Of America astray, Cincinnati would be
a hamlet vet as it was at Jacob Wetztls time
and Ohio, instead Of being first rate star in
the constellation Of your republic, would be an
sppendage of neighboring Eastern States
a not vet explored desert, marked in The map Of
America only by lines Of northern latitude and
western longitude.
The people, real sovereign; your Institutions
securing real freedom because founded on the
principles of self. government; and union, tC
secure national independence and the position
of power on earth--and, all together, having
no master but God-omnipotence not Vested in
any man, in any assembly--snd an open field
to every honest exertion-because civil, politi.
cal sad religious liberty, the common benefit tc
all, not limited but by itself--that is py the
unseen, but not unfelt, influence Of self given
law; that is the key of that living wonder which
spreads before my eyes.
Gentlemen, let me recall to your memory
a curious fact. 1t is just hundred years
ago, that the first trading house upon the
Great Miami was built by daring English
adventures, in the desert since called Lara.
mics Store, then the territory of the Twig.
twees Indians-the trade house was des.
troyed by Frenchmen, who possessed then
whole world ON the continent of America
Well, twenty years later, France has aided
your America in its struggle for indepen-
dance, (and oh feel not offended in your
proud power of to-day, when / say, that
Independence would not then have been
achieved without the aid of France
Since that time, France has been twice
a Republic, and changed its constitution
thirteen times and, though thirty-six mil.
lions strong, it has lost every foot of land
on the continent of America, and at home
it lies Frustrated beneath the feet of the
most inglorious usurper, that ever dared to
raise ambitions bloody seat upon the ruins
of liberty. And your republic? it has
grown giant of power And Ohio ou
Of the ruins of trading house into nigh
ty commonwealth of two millions Of frel
and happy men, who shout out with a voic,
like the thunder storms TO the despots O
the old world, Eye shall stop in your ambi
tious way before the power of freedom
ready to protect the common laws of al
humanity"
What a glorious triumph of your institu
tutiOns over the principles OF centralized
government
Oh may all the generations yet unborn
and all the millions who will yet gather il
this new world of the west, which sool
willwegh with decisive weight in the scalt
of the Union, where all the west weighed
yet nothing fifty years ago-may they al
ever and ever remember the high instrnc
ton which the Almighty has revealed il
this parallel of different results.
Sir-you say that Ohio can show no ba It'll
fields connected with recollecLions Of your owl
glorious Revolution.
Let me answer, that the whole West is
monument, and Cincinnati the fair cornic
of it. If your Eastern sister States haV
instructed the world how nations becom
Independent and free, the West shows +
/ the world what can become a nation ono
| independent and really free.
Allow me to state, that by standing, sue
an instructive example before the world
you exercise the most effective revolution
airy propaganda: because, if the miss-resul
ofFrench resolution discouragedthe nation
from shaking off the oppressors' yoke
your victory and still more, your unpar
allelled prosperity has encouraged oppress
ed nations to dare what you dared
Egotists and hypocrits may say that you or
not responsible for it, you have nobody bid t
follow you-snd it may be true; you are not re
sponsible before tribunal, but you are suffi
CIently free not to feel offended by true word
therefore | say you are responsible before you
own conscience because your example haVin
started new doctrine, the teacher OF a neV
doctrine is morally obliged not to fofsake hi
doctrine when assailed in his disciples.
Our Saviour, has not said to bis disciples, Cd
IS have taught ye, and look to how ye sue
Ceed," bnt he said unto them, "do as | haV
taught ye, and 10iH be with ye."
Well, some may tell me that we, the nation
who in Europe groan under an oppression by ia
heavier than that which aroused America t
rise. Some may tell me that we have butto
what America did.
Please to consider--is Hungary not preesel
doing what America did We have risen an
will rise-Italy, Germany, France, Poland, hay
arisen and will arise to assert our national in
dependence aud liberty. We have fought an
will fight, just as America has arisen and Tough
but il by doing so far what your nation did, "
meet your appreciation, you cannot withOl
your appreciation from us when we do entirel
what your nation did And what is it your nS
tion did : 1t sent to Europe and asked DIPLc
MATIc SUPPORT, and MATERIAL AID.
Why is it not just the same that | do here
Am not wandering from city to eity--fror
town to town--pleading the cause Of oppresSe
nations, and claiming that support, aud this
aid which, in the hour of its need, your nstiO
has claimed. III
And, oh, let me ask, are the oppressed %
tions Of Europe not entitled TO the expecl i'aE