Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-15

establishment Of vas, slsve-holding eonlrle-
Iacy TO the South. Of course some of these
designs are still in the grislle, they are not
participated in by the Jndcous men OF any
section. but the remote conception Of them
should be moniiory and waLcn Us to vigilance.
1t Is one Of the dangers as we'll as gloriss OF
this nation, that is plans are executed with
the rlpidI,y Of magnetism. A thought is
scarcely though, before II becomes a deed
We scorn delays, We strike and then plrley
Afterwards, We sctualze the dreams Of the
old philosophers, aud impirit to our abstract
ideas an instant creative energy. The TACT
then lha, such comprehensive schemes OF rro.
slavery expansion gain admiilnce into active
minds, nay, that they arc said iC buuow in
those Of men Of .miuon, station should b.gel
a timely and JEALOUS walchlulaess agaius, their
least beginnings. The meanssi political
swindle which appeals to the avariec, tie pre-
iuilce, aud the re'tlessness Of large number
Of men, may bear in It's belly as foul a-Progc-
ny Of evils as were hlfborcd by the Dragon n
Wautloy,-apd how dangerous then, how
Pregn,n, and prolific may be even IL,
germs Of plans which embrace immense aud
complicated interests and look to the dsmem-
berment and control Of empires.
Oh how much Of good may be done, OF
Of evil may be prevented, by little Of time
ly legislation. When Tlberu, Gracious,
travelling through Italy, to Join the army in
Spain, saw how the multitude Of hi, country.
men were impoverished and their fields laid
dcsolal- BY the existence oi slavery, h. pro-.
posed io terminate us evils. and scatter the
clouds Of disaster that had already begun 10
gather and brood over tie dcsllncs of the
Roman commonwealth, hy simple, jus, ,nd
practicable law which should build up, ia the
midst of the luxurious Roman MOBILES ,nd
their dcblscd slaves, an independent Roman
ycomanry. lie perceived that the public
domain, long r,uPcd hy the Pslrcians, Il
appropriated to the people, would prevent the
concentration Of wealth and stimulate the
pride and Industrial energies Of the almost
hopeless peopl, and, had his procc, been
carried, he would have arrested the down.
ward career Of his country, and perp,iuaiOd
Tor centuries, doubtless, the early Roman
virtue. which still seems marvellous to us in
It's dignity and force. But tie designs OF
Gracchus were defeated by his murder; the
PattIcian, iriumphcd the people grew poor.
er and corrupler, lill they wer. At last Ted
like paupers from lls public rrnarics al.
iernair Instructions Of slaves swept the
state like a whlrlwind; dc,pos Ike Sylla,
and demlroruc, like Marius con'ulscd soci.
cly by civil wars and, sGally. the tyranl
Crsar. arose to reap the h,r,es, of previous
distractions, and as the only salvation from
profounder miseries. to crcc, on the ruins Of
tho Republic an irresponsible monarchy.
We have dvclt upon the proceedings NJ.
tho pro slavery party 80 long, Tint We have
len ourselyc, liuls space for urging upon
other parties their duties ia the crisis. Bot
wc will mo-, speak To them as Americans, a,
irr.men, a, Chris,iins, that the time has ~
rived when a'l divisions and animo,ilI.'
should be laid aside in orlsr to rescue this
h-1mil. this glorious land from hateful
domination Is Il now j., no man who cN-
presses, however moderately, a free opinion
n the s'aye.y>cm oi the South, +, allowed
10 hold ,nv office frroft or trust, under tho
General Government No man can b- Pres.
iien,, No man a foreign minister, no man q
iidc.w1iicr, even NJ the meanest srnllion IN
the federal kitchen, Who has no, first bowed
DOWN and eaten tho dirt NJ adherence To slave
~ Oh Shameless dcblscmcnt,-ihatu On.
der Union formed TOT tho establishment OF
liberty aud justicc,-unlsr Union born ~
the aronics anl crmcnied by the blood oi
our PARENTS Union whose mission IL was
to set an example OF republican freedom, and
commend il to the painting nations of the
world.-we hecmen of the United States.
should be suToca'.i by politicians into 81.
lent acque,cencs with despotism That ve
should not dare to utter the words or breathe
the aspirations ofour fathers. or propagate
their principles, on pain Of ostraci.m AMI 20
liucal death Just Heaven Into what
depths Of infamy and insensibilry have We
fallen
We repeat. lha, until the sentiment Of
slavery is driven back 10 its original bounds,
10 the states to which it lepitimalely be-
lDngs, the people Of the Norh are vasslls.
Yet their emancipation is practicable Il moi
easy. They have only 10 evinee a deter
minaion to he IRE, and they are free They
are to discard all past alliances, to pul aside
all presen, fears, to dread no future coalitions,
in the single hope oi carrying to speedy VIC
tory banner ipscribed with these devices
The R,poal ofhe Rriiire S'dre Lar,-Ths
Restoration Of hs Missouri COmproTi",-
No more Stare Sdies,-No more Stare Trri-
forie,,-T1e Homestead for free Men on he
Pubic Lands.
BuREr. Itappears tha, this great defend
Of British constitutionalism, and Of the i'm
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