, 1856-07-18

| Without virtue and intelligence prevadin;
the masses, a government like ours canno
be maintained. Let vice prevail in ou
land, and how soon will the gold become
dim, and the fine gold be changed Icha
bod will be written on every pillar of tht
republicans GLORY HAS DEPARTED As
nation We have attained high position il
excellence and glory.
Having taken my stand this morning oi
high place from whence may see the ut
most part of our country-irom the Can
adas on the north, to the gulf Of Mexico oil
the south, from the Atlantic on the east
to the Pacific on the west, | am led to eX
claim as did one of old, chow goodly are
thy tents o Jacob, and thy tabernacles {
Israel! As the enchanting prospect open,
to my vision, and contemplate those widC
extended plains encircled with cultivated
hills, watered with meandering streams
and crowned with golden harvcsts. As
contemplate her millions Of happy. induslri
Gus frecmcn, dwelling in peace and plenty
amid the countless blessings of our republi
can insiitutions-whenI contemplate thosC
vi lCI NlNlllLullOU anu lGl du
vancement in social yirtucS-her universi
ties, colleges, academies, sanctuaries, pri
mary and Sunday schools-.hcr, asylum,
for the deaf, the dumb, the blind and the
insane-when think Of her commerce, ant
behold every sea and ocean, and lake, ant
river on the globe, whitened with her sails
and the treasures of the whole world pour
cd into her lap, can adopt the language
which was once applied to England, but
which is far more true Of our own country
at is paradise Of pleasure, the garden
Of God. Our wales are like Eden, our hill'
as Lebanon, our springs as PiSgah, our rv
ers as Jordan, our walls the ocean, and oul
defence the Lord of hosts !"
From without we have nothing to fear
No weapon turned against us can prosper
Our only fear is from within; that an enc
my may arise from within our own bosom
And while on this high elevation have Ia
ken, will assume the place Of watehmar
to give the alarm Of approaching danger
And methinks that all over these ex
tended plains and from every hill and vale
| behold a numerous, insiduous and deadly
foe arising. At first their form is indis.
tinct, so closely are they yelled in the cloak
Of deceit and falsehood Their lips drop
honey but their heart is gall. As l scan
them closely, perceive their mask to bc
Of the thinnest gauzc, revealing to the prac.
ticed eye hideons form, having as many
heads and horns as the beast in Revelation
And as looked, 10 their mask fell off,
and / saw their names written, as il were
in letters of FIRE. 1t was POLITICAL
DEMAGOGUES! And the angel Of
wisdom that stood by me, whispered in my
ear saying, these are more to be feared than
he plaques Of Egypt Like as the frogs
came up out Of the Nile, and entered into
the kneading troughsN and defIed the bed
chambers of the Egyptians, so will these
reptiles creep into every feeding trough oI
the nation, and defle every place of hon.
or and trust No Office is too high or too
sacred for them to covet, and no means are
too wicked for them TO employ to attain
their unholy end. These are they who SAP
the foundation Of patrial truth and hon,
or-who teach the paper and ink to lie, SC
that the press, that mighty engine Of pow.
er for sustaining the liberties of the people
is subvertcd and becomes the vehicle of de.
scminating falsehood. These are they who
fan the fame Of party strife, and who viii.
fly the characters Of wise and patriotic
statesman, the latchet Of whose shoes they
are not worthy to unloose.
Again l look from my high tower, and
behold beast cometh up from the south
having great iron teeth with which it de
yonrs human flesh, and tramples the bodies
and, souls Of men under its feet. And an.
other beast resembling he-goat cometh
from the north, and great conflict arises
between the two beasts, and the earth
trembles under them, and the pillars Of our
republic are shaken, by theFferceness oi
the encounter. Aud wisdom whispers in
my ear, the beast tho9 seest coming up
from the south represents the propagand,
lists of slavery, whoIwould deluge every
portion of our fair Inheritance with the
tears and blood Of human beings, reduced
to the condition of brutes, and bought and
sold in the market as things Of merchan.
disc. And the goat thou seest from the
HOIIu, ECpIOcCuIo lhOoO iuudtiSS WuO WOulu
reform the world by tearing it in pieces
thinki9gSt they can reconstruct it more wise
ly that Originated from. the hand Of the
great tlAtehitect.N These are they, who, il
they beheld a dark spot on the suns disk
would undertake to correct it by dashing
that glorious lnminary from its orbit, think
ing it wiser that our earth and her sister
planets should wander in darkness forever
than to be enlightened and governed by au
imperfect orb; who, if wisdom were to at
tempt to show them their folly by words OIL
reason, would exclaim, "why, don't you
see that dark spot right on the. face Of the
sun, and you can't deny it nor remove it,
therefore let the sun be blotted out p
They behold dark spot on our national
escutcheon, therefore it must be torn down
and trampled in the dust. Everything sa
cred in our free, civil and religious institu.
tions, in church and state, must be torn
piece-neal. The great sun of lihertv must