The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-07-24
that they are eternal and unehaogeablo prInci.

that they are eternal and Interchangeable princi-
ples of right which no circumstances eau vary,
and which God himself may not disturb,
By your confessions this day. coupled with
your action, you place yourself in the condition
of a thief who, having broken into your house
and got possession of your money, you detect
and arrest. You say to him, "You yillain!
what are you DOING, thus Invading my most
sacred righisr The thief comes up to the
confessional as our friends have this day, say
ing. IL know have invaded your most sacred
rights: confess have committed an outrage
and inflicted great injury upon you. have
broken into your house and stolen your mon
ey. have done this mean thing. regret,
l deplore it, bat, inasmuch, notwithstanding,
nevertheless, as I hare got in no,o let there be
no disturbance between mo and thee. / both
fear and dislike agitation. Let us just settle
this difficulty. You just step ont and let me
keep your house and the money too" cloud
cheering and laughter.)
This is the ridiculous light in which we view
you Southern gentlemen, out in Ohio. (Ifere
Missssippian interrupts by saying. "This line
was worth nothing, OF no value to any person J
FoRD proceeded by saying; That's beautiful!
you will steal our property and for excuse say,
"tis vsueess.
Return The stolen goods, and iet the oicner
jir the UaLue. If it was but an old jack knife,
|'tis not yours. Come up like mon, and do
this great thing Confess your wrong and do
the right,-always remembering that to do
the right and avoid the wrong is the great end
of our being. Don't you, gentlemen of the
South, shrink away from this contract with
truth: don't you, entreat you, through false
hood or hypoc risy, meanness or fraud, attempt
to hide yourselves from the open eye of lofty
Homer. Qong continued applause) You
Southern gentlemen have said many pretty
things about the Union. We, too, are devoted
to this Union; first, last, and all the time; and
we do not make Slavery a condition precedent
to our attachment to this Union, either. Can
you say as muchl Thank God we Of the West
have higher, holicr and more patriotic motives.
We are devoted to this Union, because ere
long. by its perpetuity and Advancement, we
expect 10 become an empire of Freemen, and
because our union in tho hopo of struggling
Freedom everywhere! (Cheor long and loud.
Every public demonstration | have attended
here patriotic gentlemen have attempted to
turn into Union saving machiue--unti am
sick of the endless prating about the Union -
being fully satisfied that they say Union once
and mean Negro three times. (Laughter)
The Union, rest assured is in no danger.
We of Ohio do not intend to 60 out of the
Union, or let anybody else do SO. Loud cheer
lng) And ifyou filibustering South Carolina
gentlemen think of going out of the Union,
please take retrospective view of your past
lives and you will find this is not the first timo
you have tried 10 kick out Of the traces.--
And ifyou make the trial, 1t will not be the
first time you arc kicked back! Remember
Old "By the Eternal!" brought you up STAN
ding, once and we of the Central Northern
States and Western States, have determined
to do so whenever necessary. (Applause.)
Tho gentleman from Virginia asks, if we are
so devoted to the Union at the North, how il
comes 70 pesS that we return such men as
HALE, WILSON and CHASE to the Senate?
will answer him fully and fairly. 1t is the
South that brought such mon into notice,
| politically. At tho North, tho continual 0gi-
tation Of The peace Of The Union for heparpose
Of extending Siarery brings into notice he mon
| Of Ie North, of giant intellect, and moral
force. Docs he understands A mote, like
| the gentleman or myself, floats very comfort
able in still and quiet atmosphere; but it etkes
tho wild tornado 20 move the imbedded rock
That political tornado has been raised by your
| selves; by your determination to extend, by
| fraudulent and institutional means the area
of human chatteldom. Do you understand
me, sir? Yes ice hak God ,ce hau, such men
as a WILSON SEWARD a SUMNER and CHASE;
men who, knowing the right, have tho nervo
to contend for it, men Of undoubted integrity
and ability, iOhose patent o mobility comes from
heGUen. And mark ye, gentlemen the South:
tho days of nunkeyism at the North are un-
numbered. The Northern funkeys are all
dead and ddmned! and if ever another one ap-
pears to your vision, rest well assured he is
iegitimate We have elected twenty-one
Representatives from Ohio: all pledged for
the repeal of this Nebraska iniquity; and you
Will find, when they arrive there, you will have
| -, L o,,H
WILSON'S on that question, ieith not a Turnkey
among them We in Ohio do not threaten
political death only; but have resolved that if
they do not stand up for tho right, in oppos-
ton to tho oncroachments Of tho Slave nropa-
gandsts, We will hang them high as Haman!
| Oong continued applause)
gentleman from Alabama cries out,
douglas was from the Nor,h!" Ford replied
SO was Benedict Arnold! The British took
the traitor and we retained the territory. Our
Southern bretheren have the territoryGnd teftus
the traitor They ought to protect, if they do
despse him! tApplausc and laughter)
Now, Mr.. President, VIC of Ohio protest u
gainst this plank in your platform as unjust
and unrighteous. The majority of our delega-
ton arc from Virginia, the sons of her soil;
and Virginia, in purcr days of her common
wealth, taught us tho lessons of liberty. You
will remember by tho cosson your State made
| to the General Government of the vast North
west Territory, you Virginians expressly stip-
ulatod that Mother Slavery nor involuntary
servitudo should ever exist therein, except for
the punishment of crime. We, then, under
the ordinance of s7 arc the first born in the
cause of freedom; and in Ohio, your childror
have resolved to carry out your will by seeing
TO it that Slavery never does exist there; anc
We arc prepared and determined to resist it:
encroachments upon soil consecratoe to free
dom. Yes, Virginansl remember this; that
with warm hearts and strong arms, your son:
will stand up for Liborty and the Right; and
Ohio, cemonted as she IS with the mighty Wes
is irresistible as tho armies of Israel. Striking
for tho faith once delivered to the Saints, ict
strike for Human Freedom and Human Right
| (Cheers and cries of"go on.')
ca Voice in the crowd "You had bette
como back to Virginia and sec our condition.
Ford answored We have becn in your State
and all over IL. We know tho situation o
your population. both white and black. We
know Virginia, in this age of advancement, ha
rotrograded; that the white and black rae,
both suffer under the scourge of Slavery =
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