Eastern times., 1856-04-24

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Again, when Britain. exuf,iug in her
might, and still deeming the re-conquest of her
former American dependencies possibility.
. insul,ed our standard on every sea, blockaded
our coasts and dragged our sailors from under
/ the nations flag and within sight Of their ma
tive shore, to forced, cruel and hated servitode
beneath the red cross Of St. George, this same
party resisted the spontaneous impulse Of a
whole people, clamorons for the vindicalion Of
lis honor and the protection Of its rights.
And when the just appeal to arms was eve
~ where on land and sea, summoning the brave
and good to resistance and covering the Amer
ican name with glory, these men assembled in
Hartford Convention TO force our Govern
ment into degrading submission, or to rend
assunder the confederacy their fathers estab-
lished. There, too, they planted under unho-
ly auspices the seeds of tha, prejudice against
the exile Of other lands as well as against the
brethren of our own blood in the south, which
now threatens the overthrow Of liberty.
From that time to the present day what has
been their coursei
In 1920, starting the Missouri agitation and
regularly arraying north against sonth in
1878, bitterly denouncing the heroic Jackson
as "a military chieftain," and loudly preferring
"war. pestilerce and famine" 10 his election !;
in 1889, bolstering up the monster United
States Bank, and urging system Of govern
mental patronage under the alluring name of
"Internal Improvements, which would have
made the executive omnipo,en,, and have rem
dered the title of "Republic" an idle tale to
cover the growth Of an overshaGowing and op-
pressive bureaucracy; in 1896. suddenly
wheeling about to nominate "a military chief
tain" to the presidency, for purposes not thor
oughly concealed. and BY no means republican !;
in ls40, again falsifyirg their former opposi-
rson, and depending as much upon the riotous
indulgence of "log cabins and "hard cider,'
as they do now upon total abstinence and the
Maine liquor lawn one case encouraging
excess, in the other assaling personal rights
guaranteed by the Constitution; in lS42,
shouting for high tariffs, and in 1876 siding
with the nations foe, and praying to God that
unr gallant volunteers might be met in Mexico
with "bloody hands and hosPitable graves, y and
repeating the oulcry Of 1903 to exclude from
our embrace the magnificent territories Of Utah
and New Mexico, and the gold-ribbed coasts of
California. in whose harbors the commerce of
the limitless Pacific finds shelter, and deposits
the treasures Of the east at the feet of our
brethren in l648 nominating another military
man, and by that act of expediency, admitting
their blindness, in Jackson's day, yet betraying
the vacillation Of their policy; in 1850 aban-
doning the immortal Clay and Webster when
their great voices were uplfted to restore har-
mony to their country, and challenge the ad-
miralion of world in 1852 their continued
fear Of military aggression was testified by the
nomination Of Gen. Scott and their terror Of
foreign influence BY that distinguished veter-
ans harmless praise of the "melifuous German
accent, and that rich Irish brogue.'
ln 1854 they capped the climax of this long
opposing the principal Of popular sovereignty
as asserted in the Nebraska bill, and with the
very paroxysm of madness, rebutted the patrl-
otic adjustment of our sectional difficulties.
Not content with SO fragrant breach of the
national compact and spurred on BY the fell
spirit of civil dissen,ion which, since society
was first formed, has ever been the 5ane Of
freedom and peace, they formed secret societies
to repel and disfranchise the immigrant our
country had invited hiher and our constitution
had protected. In so doing, they belied oul
whole history, furnished the national honor and
alienated the affection as well as the respect Of
mankind.
And now they stand in dark and sullen
masses, plotting and meditating treason TO iht
safety and pernaneucy of the last republic tina
offers the hope of political regeneration to oul
race, and meanwhile yields an asylum to iht
pure and the oppressed of earth.
Such has been and is the history of thos
who are against us,-ever contending agans
us,-ever contending against the dearest inter
ests and the loftiest principles Of man.
Through all this strife the national democra
cy Inspired with one great thought, led on b,
justice, temperance, wisdom and patriotism
true to the traditions and the laws Of their coun
try; true to their fellow man, his noblest ex
amples in the past, his most glorious aspira
tions for the future, have never swerved from
the straight path of truth and duty.
UnbrOken by defeat; uncorrupted by success
uninfuenced BY proifered rewards nnawed b.
the frowns of power, they have clung fast tt
the halowed banner of the Union and the Con
siituiion, n,-utiering but one batlle-cry-repnb
licanism and liberty-and recognizing but on
aim-the welfare Of their country and the hap
piness Of man
BIBLES AND SLAvEkY.-The Montgomery
Ala, Journal gives an account of the set ou
of Major Buford's company for Kansas, from