The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-09-16

These are but specimens of the uo.,.
which is always inflicted by error and @ 20
fatuity that ensues from moral wron. VI ~ The
are specimens of those Higher Laws % inney
which fulfill their destiny, whether MOI uou,
them or defy They crush the resiston, need need
resisting, and silence the blasphemer il WI" Ils
volley 'i IN MD
Ii the Northern States of this Union ..
fore, will cherish liberty while the Son tiefe'
foster slavery, the predominance of tbo eo
IN political power as we'll as in all otbor iiIiner
desirable, will soon be overwhelm;nc n 'lings
annexations by the latter cannot rsda noleIgn
balance They but palliate the svr,, otieSS The
dlstemper which is Organic-as no 'ns VI
erected wing of lazar.house for time H Su
the infection, which it soon sends LanI unu'eS
gravate the general virulence. amno VI az
the friends of liberty, then, wherever NJ r.. "
be found, to stand fast in their inteor;,T "r1y
to adopt the sentiment of MIR. Jefferson u vi
contest there is not an attribute of tho A.
mighty but must take part with us al
Sir, | have endeayored now to small No..
the real and true state of the Union IP0a
desired to ascertain towards what mint oF AZ
moral compass this great vehicle Viii 'lle
call Government, freighted as il il with W
much of human welfare, and with tho condo ~
hopes OF the oppressed, is now moving b"~l
sought to determine that direction NOT br ra %e
meteoric lights which are exhaled from, b4u. .ue
passion and sefshness, but by tak;ng ohs 1,an
ton OF the Interchangeable luminaries of trn,L
anu DUTY which shine down upon us forever
from their liked places in the skies. Ibara
spoken no word in the spirit of partisan or a
politician but have sought to embrace within
my VISION the horizon Of the future as well as
Of the present w" ''
The mere politician judges of events by thar
immediate consequences-by their relation 10
himself and his party. Under orr Conytitpt;on
the next four years is the politicians eternity
The next election is his judgment day. The
Diessedness OF his future consists in an antici.
pated share of the $500 900, 900 to be distrib,.
ted from the National Treasury during the
next Presidential term, and in being one Of the
hundred thousand men who for the same nor;.
cd are to be elevated into conspicuousness But
the eternity that believe in will not end on
the 4th of March, 1856. Consequences are 10
flow from events now passing, which are IN.
ending in their nature and their influence In.
terests are Mt stake infinitely more important
than the temporary official prominence or OBJ
security OF hundred thousand Unconstitutional
more precious than 5000, 100000, or two hun.
bred millions of CALIFORNIA;, with golden Aus
tralias to boot He only is worthy the name
of statesman, he only is fit to preside over the
affairs of II great nation, whose vision takes in
the vast relations of cause and effect; whose
Judgment is determined by what must be in
the future, as well as by what exists in the
present. and who never erects superstructure
of Constitution or law for the protection or the
enjoyment of any human interest, without
laying its foundations on the law of God