Indiana American., 1855-02-23


goods. to be unpacked and parcellcd
out and sold in pieces. without any
other protection than the general good
nature Of easy citizens; what shall be
thought Of the condition Of the pub
lie mind in Boston, when one Of hel
most revered. and personally. deserv'
edly beloved pastors, has come up &C
profoundly ignorcnt Of what we tho'i
every child knew. that he comes home
from this pilgrimage. to teach old New
England to check her repugnsnce tc
slavery. TO dry up her tears Of sympa.
thy, and TO take comfort in the sssur'
anco tha. Slavery, on the whole. Is ~
good or better for. three millions Of la
boring men as liberty. He has insti-
tuted n formal comparison between
the state Of society and the condition
Of a laboring population in slave sys.
tenn and those in free State. and left
the impression on every page that Lib
erty works no better results than SER
vitude. and that il has mischiefs and
inconveniences which Sla' cry alto
gether avoids.
Read that book in Faneuil Hall,
and thousand aroused and indignant
ghosts would come ilocking there. as
II they heard the old roll-call Of Bun.
ker Hill. Yes. read those doctrines
on Bur 'Ser Hill-and would il flame or
quake? No. II would stand in silent
majesty, pointing its granite finger up
TO Heaven and to God an everlasting
witness against all slavery, and oil lis
sbettors or defendersl
AT this moment, the former parties
that have stood in counterpoise have
fallen TO pieces. And we are on the
eve, and In the very act, Of recon
structing our parties. One move
ment there Is that calls itself Ameri-
can. Oh, that il were or shonld BEL
Never was an opening so auspicious
for true American party that. embra-
cling the principles OF American insti-
tutions, should enter our Temple OF
Liberty and drive out thence not
merely the interloping Gentiles. but
the money-changers, and those, also,
who sell oxen. and cattle and slaves
therin.
II is not the question whether a
Northern party should be party oi
philanthropy, or Of propagandism, OF
Of abolition. II is simply a question
whether. for fear Of those things, they
will ignore and rub out Of their creed
every principle Of human rights!
/ am not afraid Of foreigners among
us. Nevertheless, our politicians have
so abused us through them, that ! am
glad that n movement is on foot to
regulate the conduct Of newcomers
among us, and oblige them TO pass
through a longer probation before they
become citizens. In so far as under
stand the practical measures proposed
and set forth in the Message Of the
Governor Of Massachusetts.I approve
them.
But l ask you, fellow citizens. .wheth-
or the simple accident Of birth is ba-
sis broad enough for n permanent Na.
tional partyg Is ita principle, even? II
Is mere fact.
Ought we not TO look little ut what
a man is after he is born, rs well as
at the place where? Especially, when
we remember that Arnold was born
in Connecticut and La Fayette in
France.
II then, n party Is American, ought
IL not to be because IL represents those
principles which ale fundamental to
American Institutions and TO American
policy? principles which stand in con-
trast with European Institutions and
policy?
Which ofthese two theories is the
Americana The North has one theo-
ry, the South another. which Of them
IL TO be called the American idea?--
Which Is American--Northern ideas
or Southern ideas? that which declares
all men free, &c., or that which de-
clares the superior races free, and the
inferior Slaves?
That which declares the right OF
every man to life, liberty, and the pur-
suit Of happiness-or that which de-
clares the right of strength and intel
ligence to subordinate weakness, and
ignorance?
That which ordains popular educa-
ton, freedom Of speech, freedom oil
the press. public discussion--or that
which makes these prerogative,
yielded to class but denied 10 mass
es?
That which organizes Society as a
Democracy and Government and Re-
public-or that which organizes Socie-
iy as an Aris!ocracy, and Government
as an Oligarchy? ysrg
Which shall it be-that of organi-
zed New.England townships, schools,
and churches-,hat resisted taxation
without representation-that covered
Boston harbor with tea, as if all China
had shook down her leaves there
which spakc from Faneuil Hall, ind
echoed from Bunker Hill, or that pol
icy which landed slaves on the Chesa-
pcakc--that has changed Old Virginia
from land of heroes into breeding
ground Of slaves?
IL you rear up an empty name; II
you take that revered name American
all the world oyerradiant and revered,
as the symbol of human rights and hu-
man happiness--ifyou sequester and
stuff that name with the eaete doc
trines of despotism, do you believe you
supplicate from any gods the boon Of
Immortality for such an unbaptized
monster? No. 1t may live to iavage
our heritage, for n few days, but there
is spirit Of liberty that lives among
us, and that shall live. And aroused
by that spirit, there shall spring up the