The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-12-12
The Tribune for 1857.

portions Of IN. c.,,,,, --in New England, New
York. Ohio and the North. ses'-'ns hePuo".Ai
banner ilo.,, in ,,i,mnb 4, Will. "a Southern Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and IIIlnois ~ 'a'''
wherever few newspapers are taken, and ". Wv
common schools are TOO new and loo feeble TO
have educated the presen, generation Of voters
the black dag Of Slavery obsuue;, the sunshine
As,unser 10 America nigh, distinguish those
portions Of our country most blessed with Educs.
ton, Intelligence, Thrift and Virtue, by scanning
the returns VI the Presidential contest OF 1856
We have failed Of present success, not because
the People arc agains, US, but because that large
poriioa who did not hear or read the argument
and do not know what were the real questions a,
issue, went almost solid against US, reversing
the verde, which the grea, msiori,y OF the edu.
Gated aud Intelligent endsavored to pronounce.
These ineis Indicate ,he path Of pressing duty
With no namanly reRnings over what is irrevo-
eah'e--wi,h no abatement Of heart or hope be-
cause the triumph Of Liberty in her new ordeal
IS not won at the Long Island and White Plains
Of her struggle with no shadow Of regret that
the responsibility OF governing is not confined TO
her champions before the People were fully ready
TO sustain ihsin-we begin sfresh the work Of
diiTusinS tbs, vital truth which, in regard to The
makes Free Indeed Now, in the Slave Powers
heyday Of victory. when its ministers and servi.
tors are gathering and plotting TO make the most
u their triumph and 'erush OUT the sPiit which
they ysinly believe to crucihed and en'ombed
now, when the faint hearted or eold'hea''ed who
Ia'ely oasSed IN The sunshine Oh our premature
hopes are hauling on 10 repair damages anu ,sN'
ing " abandoning Tue 'ugsea arena VI rohuc'
'o' more quiet anu howe'y nelus-no"' !" "''
hour OF WEAKNESS ana shadow LIE tribune ."
news u.s. vows oil eternal hostility 10 every iOf'n VI
tyranny over the bodies or souls OF men--'o the
shameful assumption that The benish.ed ana lee.
bic, whether IN soul or body are to he regarded
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'octa's anu Tue sua'ne VI 'eio''iers anu hoe'a's
'urousnou' 'he ou "''u' mar triumph o'
man history IS not ehaos or RIDDLE but eV'
cry wHefe 'ns''ne' VII" lnea"'"s anu no hero'c
'"O'' e's' '""e' " Us siSN'-"' 1''p VI ma"!r
blood was ever she'd In vain.
But even five republicans were disposed to
fold our aims IN slumber, our adveTsaries would
no, permit il. They are busy to-day in lengihen.
ing their cords and sire nshening their stakes with
a vigilance and activity which reveal. a conscious.
ness On their part that their dominion must be
made sure forthwith or their sccp,er will have
forever departed. To-day, mynnidoms of the
Slave Power threaten snd hsrass Northern Mexi
co, are encamped in the heart o. Central America
and waging n war Of determination on the dis.
tracted Inhabitants OF its petty Republics, while
/, by turns eers and scowls at Cuba, while lis
mos, ruthless bands ara prccpa,ed on devoted
Kansas, under the protection and smiles Of The
Federal Administration Even as we write, tho
telegraph informs us that twenty Free.sts,c men,
guilty OF attempting to defend their homes ssains,
the rcpine aud violence OF Buford's and Tius's
bloodIhirsly bandits, have been convicted by lie.
complies Cour, Of manslaushtcr and sentenced
TO five years Imprisonment at hard labor as felons.
This is but fair specimen Of what has long
passed for 'jus,i'e"in Kansas-a justice which
takes criminals into nay and aids then, In I'm N, ~