The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-03-29

1fis ian system, by what |;
Vsoever i may be taught
Is-6ahr4ee that all our hopes of !
good will onAear1h, and of happiness
kr depend upon iha'supremacy OF religion, ,
Zeal to those who minister at lis sacred al j
rs, not to allow their great cause to be drag {
Red into Their party conflicts of the day. II
most fefventty trust that they will initiate the
conduct OF their iilustrious founder, and
avoid all conflict en,anglng alliances
with the civil power Of government,
or the partisan conflicts of its people. They
were sent, humbly conceive, II spread abroad
and to inculcate The doctrines and principles of
the Bible. Theirs is mission and duty for
transcending any other, and lies in higher,
more elevated sphere, than that Of Politician.
| commend to their especial regard and notice
the powerful and pungent extract which now
read from the speech of Colonel Benton, from
which before quoted.
ayes, sir, slavery it is, and as it exists
among US, would have fewer advocates, il those
who have nothing to do with it would only |
let it alone. But they will not let il alone.
A geographical party, and chiefly political
caste, are necessarily al york upon this subject.
Their operations peryade the States, int ude into
this Chamber, display themselves in innumer-
able forms, and the thlckaning of the signs an.
nounce the forthcoming OF some extraordinary |
movement. SIR, regard with admiration, that
is to say, with wonder, the sublime morality oi
those wha cannot bear The abstract contempla-
ton of soyery at the distance OF five hundred
or Thousand miles off. 1t is entirely above,
that is to say, it affects vast superiority over
the morality OF the primitive Christians, the
apostles of Christ, and Christ himself. Christ
and the Apost es appeared in the province OF
the Roman empire, when that empire was call
| d the Roman world, and that world was filed
with slaves. Forty millions was the estimated
| number, beng one fourth Of lie whole popu-
| latlon. Single individuals held thirty thousand
| slaves. A freed man, one who had himself been
"a slavr, died the possessor of four thousand
| such were the numbers The right of the
owners over this multitude OF human beings
was that Of life and death, without protection
| from law, or mitigation from public sentiment
| The scourge, the cross, the fish pond, the den
OF the wild beast, and the arena of The gladiator,
was the lot OF the slaves, upon the slightest ex
preston Of the masters will A law of incred-
bic airocy made all slaves sponsi5le with their
| own hives tor the lives of their masters 1t was
the law that condemned the whole household Of
slaves to death IN case OF the assassination OF
the master-a law under v hlch tnany four
hundred have been executed at time. And
| these slaves were the white people of Europe,
and Of Asia Minor. the Greeks and other ma
I'm fron Iyh the nh;ht tan ITO IF the
world derive the most valuable productions OF
the human mind. Christ saw all ,his-the
| number of slaves, their hapless condition, and
their white color, which was the same with has
own; yet he said nothing against slavery; he
preached no doctrine which led to instruction
and massacre none which, in their application
to the state OF things in our country, would au-
tnorize an inferior race of blacks to ex ermlnate
that superior lace Of whites in whose ranks he
himself appeared upon earth. He preached nc
such doctrines, but those of a contrary tenor
which inculca!ed the duty of fidelity and obed
ence on the part Of the slaves-humanty ano
kindness on the part OF the master HIS
, apostles did the same. St. Paul sent back run
/ away slave, Oneslmus, TO his owner, with let
ter Of apology and supplcafion. He was n
the man TO haIbor runaway, much less 10 en-
\ tIce him from his master and, least of all, tc
Il excite an Instruction
Fhe whole course OF the Senator fror. New
p York, Mr. Seward before and since fne CON
mencelnent OF his senat oral career, slows HIN
to be the Napoleon of this grand movement
! against the domestic Institutions q the South
4 the constitution and the Union. die has able
uarshals on this fl or and off 1t, besides man,
II good dull sergrants, ~ho, Ike I'm, are work
|. ing with Yea! worthy etter cause.
.Hr Pre- sdent every one knows that il we al,
. to have division of parties by geographical
lines, that the free States ere now largely IN tn
n ascendant, and must a'ways Continue to be
. Hence, before God & ibis Senate, | declare III,
solemn conviction that the bat lie for the preserv
g lion OF this Union Iiusl be fought in the non
n slaveholdIi State Of America The treeStates &
/, 'ferr have, acc rdlng to the census Of so pop
II ul.tlon OF l3,5 1920, tn slave Safes 1904
II 6o6-which leaves thu slave States in mInor
;. ty of nearly for millions, [3S62,526) In are
Il the tree States and Territories, including Ne
e braska and Kansas, exceed the slave STATES g,
= los, l29 squire miles, Tie former containing
~ oao rs, The latter oS2, $50 square miles. Tn
n Tree States d Territories thus doubling tn
it slave Sta es in territory. As the matter nov
n stands, the excess of free slave territory
is equal III area to twenty -four States OF the siz
d Of New York
4. For one, ! neither give ask quarter of h
n Into.erant, proscriptlve, and bigoted Abolition
II Ist Between him and myself there l." big
;, wall aud deep ditch" My rule is, if Difficult
N ties brset my path to meet them fairly and with
d out evasion. | am, therefore, glad that OPP
p,rtunity is presented to Congress TO give
ID practic Al application of The principle of in
10 terveuton. | avOw it here TO the Senate, IN
le constituents, aad the cnpntr that believe TIA
a greatest blessings which have eyer been con
n. tered upon tn's naio people the add
IS tons winch have been made 10 its terrtur,
y. although the institution of sIavery may and doe
., prevail over largr por ions of those acquisition:
- Jefferson purchase of Louisiana, notwIthst nc
,e my the sickly sentimentaIity about slavery, wa
" enc of the g.eatest OF those national blessing;
. and siren CITIZENS instead Of weakens the Unior
=. Gu Pacific possessions TEEN with advantage
; and benefits, inapprrcable by the men of ou
- day and generation. | am Tor other and turtle
acquisitions. have deep, heartfelt feeln'
e aud friendship for those gallant and noble coun
n trvmen of my own who are ready to risk life
II fortune and honor, to assist nations ggliu
d FOR liberty and independence.
ii want Cuba; first, because it would great
J, increase our national wealth and strength, Sc
:. condy because, in the hands OF any nation VIII
IS dare be our enemy, it would be point whenc
/. the commerce of the tuthwest, and most G
e that Of the northwest could be assailed an
l. annhilated , want Cuba es soon as it can b
!. fairly, honprably obtained. wish her people
n now grooming under species of tyranny al
Z military drspotsn scarcely equalled in the mos
n barbarous ages of the old, God speed in thei
: every effort TO burst the shackes of SpaniS
: opp essipn. Send them, | say, La Fayettes
: Montgomerys, Steubens, and Pulaskies to as
r sis them in achieving their liberty and indepen
$ dence.
d Thus do feel towards any of the CANADIAN
or Mexican States upon this continent. Gu
c people are onward and progressive people
r The Yankees will go, settle in, and lnteruarr,
d with the people OF the cotermnous States, create
|, 10 them fondness for railroads, canals toe wri
e Of habeas corpus, and the trial by jury. Settl
e now The principle, and let US ght up to it every
I where, that the people have the right to mole
!, and shape Their local government and institu-
J tons. Then when, in process Of time, Canada
Z on the north, Sonora, ChIhuahua, or Tamauiipas
: on the south, shall come to US, there will be n,
;, contention in these Halls over the question o
q slavery. Let gentlemen speak here as eloquent
t ly as they may, tell them that the people cal
j, and will govern our Territories and eventual,