The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-10-30
The March of Freedom and the March
of SiavePy


of Slavery.
The following graphic description of the
progress of these two great antagonste prin
ciples is from recent speech of Mr.. Burlin-
game. II IS not only subiimelv eloquent, but
strictly true, every honest mans conscience
must admit. Read, freemen, read; and then
, say under which banner you will march,
Freedom or Slavery.
When our fathers met together to form the
Constitution OF our country, Slavery IN some
form extended quite over the land Our ia
theirs deemed ii an evil. They said So They
nlagined it would cease to exist iu nifty years.
Y on must remember that Madison would not
stain the Constitution with the word slave.
In fact, our fathers gave II in the Constitution
only such scornfal recognition as would not
permit their children, If happily /; should
sometime pass away, 10 gather from anything
they should find there, that such thing
American Slavery ever existed IN the land
By the accident of cotton 1t became a pecuni-
ary power Through a clause IN the Constr
tuition it became political power; and these
powers pecuniarv aud political, soon passed
into a few handS-nOt more at the present time
than $50. O0u all told. Thus It Is seen that
but small proportion are voters, ana yet
these few men, through our negligence, dom
mate in every department of eur goyernme Mt.
They have taken 10 themselves the eighty
millions of the spotls OF this Government
They have taken themselves nearly two
thirds of the offices be distributed bv the
Federal power. They WELD the machinery of
Freedom to foster Slavery. Freedom and
Slavery started together upon this continent.
The very wear that the Pilgrims landed on
Ilymouth Rock slaves landed in Virginia, and
the two systems have made their way togeth-
er towards the setting sun. Freedom has
gone on trampng down barbarIsm, and ere
atng States, building the symbols of the faith
by every lake and river, until now IL has pas
sad the father of waters, and the Rocky Noun
tains and this day the sons of the Purltans,
with all the institutions of their fathers, stand
BY the far of shore of the peaceful Pacific
RI Loud cheers Such has been the mighty
march Of Freedom across the continent -
Slavery has made its way also towards the
time the Rio Bravo at the South, and the
pfroans of its victims and the elank of its chains
NAV be heard As it slowly ascends the wes-
tern territory Of the Mississippi River. While
Freedom has left in its bright path land fill
ed with religion, tree schools and civilization;
Slavery has left death. ignorance and desola
ton in its track. Such Is the simple picture
Of the two systems As they have made their
way to the setting sun. All the time Slavery,
ike an assassin has been endeavoring to stab
Liberty to death. All the time of the
North have contributed our energy aud our
bloOd--a mighty stream--to assist Slavery at
the South All the time the North has been
furnishing its men lis money, lis manhood AID
means in vast quantities. | say that tie
cruelest slave-driver i always rank
Yankee. and worse specimen than he l.
Your clergyman who goes from Northera hills
and tries 10 prove upon his Bible, tiat his
mother gave him that Slavery is DIVINE in
s5itaion. thus Insulting the great God HIM
self. who to prove His adherence of Slavery.
suspended the laws at nature, and IN the Red
Sea, swallowed up two millions and nalf Of
Egyptians cheers The North has given its
brains TO carry on this Government for the
/ benefit of a few shareholders who claim to rule
us. | say the North to-day furnishes the
brains to carry on the Government, from
" hence came TIE men W no constitute the Cab
met? Caleb Gushing Is from Massachusetts.
Then Mr. Marcy Is about half Free Soil. but
the larger half has been given to Slavery
He. too. comes from Massachusetts. But
while Ma ssachuset;s furnished Caleb Cush-
incs and MaFSevs she also furnished the great
cilamuion OF Libersv. Charles Sumner
Three loud ch. e-s for Mr.. Sumner