The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-06-02

liant nation TO Austria and Prussia, aftor
butcherng SOC, 900 of her patriotic defenders.
Suwarrow is remembered for the slaughter OF
10000 Of the citizens Of Warsaw, OF oil ages
and conditions, in cold blood and kosciusko
had an unfortunate experience OF the genius
and power Of "our ancient and steadiast
friend" In 1892, Poland was again ere an
nexed" to Russia, and declared by an ukase of
the Emperor Nicholas an integral part Of the
Empire. In 1916, he extinguished the Repub-
lie Of Cracow with fire and sword; and IN
184S his Intervention in the affairs OF Hungary
crushed out her liberties and violated the laws
of nations, to the disgrace of the world that
permitted it, and the enduring injury of the
rights and hopes of humanity For all this
the organ of the Administration, and the Au-
tocrat of the Democratic press of these United
States, has no other sentiment than unbounded
admiration! He goes further, and declares
I" the destruction of Moscow, the most heroic
display of unconquerable patriotism which his
tory records" Bunker HILL Concord, Lex
ington, and Yorktown, stand eclipsed in the
light of that great conhagration, and the
Northern Alexander overshadows the renOwn
of Washington
Not a few of our exchanges contain protests
and disavowals by followers of the dominant
faith, who fear or dislike to be implicated in
the Unions alteration of Russian despotism
and the Opposition prints are out upon it in full
.ru If 10 hat a
speaks "by authority" of the Administration,
and others call upon President Pierce and his
Cabinet to repudiate the organ, and relieve
themselves of the responsibility which results
from the involvement of their present relations
We trust that the Government will take early
measures to escape from the implied endorse
ment.
Such things have been said too often al
ready; some things have been done, and others
left undone, that look too much like the prac-
tical adoption of these doctrines, to allow US to
look upon their open avowal without appre-
hension Of serious mischief Besides, the ex-
istence of Slavery among us, requiring defence
and justification, and 10 condition to sustain
every specious falsehood upon which despotsm
rests, gives an alarming aid to the progress of
an erroneous philosophy.
Five years ago, John c. Calhoun was per-
mitted, almost without dissent, to say in the
Senate of the United States, that there is not
word of truth in the proposition that all men
are created free and equal. Another Caro-
linian authority declared before the world that
Slavery is the cornerstone of republican insti-
tutions. Southern Churchianity with no little
concurrence from the affiliated divinity of the
North, defends oppression by the Bible the
two great political parties of the country have
recently merged all their differences for the
sake of maintaining the monstrous fallacy in
the Administration Of our Government; the
powers that be are pledged to it and three
fourths of the educational agencies of the
country are openly on the side of the prin.
cple.
The friends of universal freedom have long
been in the habit of driving home the doc
trnes of the Union as the legitimate issue of
our system of Chattel Slavery; but we feel
nothing of triumph in the demonstration of
their reasonings. 1t was better to have the
labor of the proof than to be met by an open
confession and confronted with justification.
Disobedience of a truth is not so bad as its
blasphemy. There is mischief in the utterance
of profane thought, that greatly transcends
that of merely entertaining but hiding it.
Hypocrisy pays some tribute to the mask which
it wears and it is a bad day for our country
when the official mouth-piece of its Govern
ment may openly assail the principles upon
which it is founded f.