The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-03-11

ty and Rcpublicanism on one side, and "Di-
vine Right" and Despotism on the other
The Slavery propaganda have rc-epencd the
problem solved by the evolution of the cen
turies, and ignore "a law of nature" which
our fathers of 1870 simply "re-cnacted" in
terms in the immortal Declaration. The Vi
per, warmed into life by our mistaken SYM
pathics, RECEIVERS its ancient venom, and threat
ems to drive from the home of the United
st tcs Constitution the rightful owners Of the
hearthstone.
Slavery, which was left only to die with
decency, "has become the vital and animating
spirit Of the National Government" The o.
igarchy of the three thousand shareholders no
longer conceal their purposes or deny their as
sump.ions. Not only the blacks, but the whites
of the South have lost their liberties. Nom
inally free, they have long since ceased to
be ''thrd estate" in the slave States. They
have no social cquality--no political force--no
moral influence. Stccped in ignorance and
poverty, the priviledgcd class neither respect
their opinions nor fear their power, The os-
tensible representatives of the people, in obe-
dience to their masters, have not only reduced
the laborng masses to servitudc, but to add
insult to injury, by openly avoving that sla-
very is the rightful state of tho laborer eve
rywhere. White and black! All the guar
antees of English liberty, which we inherri-
ted before Il Revolution arc stricken down.
The reign of terror has done its dread work;
from the press, the pulpit, and the stump,
there comes no word Of remonstrancc. The
horrors of the mob law have crushed out the
spirit of the once gallant ycomanry of the
South. Despair has seized upon the bravcst
hearts; weeping, bleeding, dying, we sink
do@n into our voiceless woe!
Marching from the field Of home conquest,
the three hundred thousand takc possession
of the National Govcrnment-plant their flag
upon the capitol of the Union-and by sea
and shore denounce and bring to the block
the reasonable advocates of Rcpublicanism
The shareholders have from the beginning
been in secret rebellion against the Govern
mcnt of our fathers; but now, seconded by
atrocious servlity in church and State, they
avow their supremacy and defy resistance
They control our foreign and domestic policy,
make war and peace enact and trample un-
der foot laws and treaties and constitutions, as
suits their dcspotic wills. Their avovals arc
no less insulting, than their acts arc insuife-
rable and despotc. In the temple Of Liber-
ty, Liberty is herself deridcd. In the SEN
ate of the United States, the dictate of its
founders are denounced as lie. The celcbra-
tion Of the Fourth of July, in all the slave
States, is looked upon rs little else than
reasonable cmcutr. The laws of Congress
and the constitutional privileges of the cti-
zens Of the several States are alike denied
validity, when conflicting with the opinions
or interests of the Oigarcliy. Courts of JUS
tice which are denied in one State for the lib
craton of citizen, are perverted in another
to the destruction of the liberties Of all. The
great writ Of Habcas Corpus WHICH VIC vain
ly imagined the sheet anchor of our freedom
from arbitrary power, has been by o high
est justices turned into a most facilc and ter
rble instrument of irresistible dcGporism.-
The right Of petition and rcmonstlance a.
gainst these judicial tyrannics, ol CO forbidden
by the record, is now 10 less effcctually
struck down by prescription. The defenders
Of the rights Of man are deemed unfit for
place outside of Congrcss--as "bclonging to
an unhealthy organization" they are excla-
ded from honorable position in il.
The friends Of Liberty, driven from tho
capital, take fugo in the States; but even
there, their tamrness of spirit and ignoble OBJ
scurity cannot shield them from renewed insult
aud determined extinction. Laws, nonstrous
and unconstitutional, pursue them to Their
homes stain with blood the secret hearth
stone, and compel them to completely in the
greatest of wrongs, which is capable of being
inflicted upon human nature. If the codes
Of antiquity were justly denounced as bloody,
which, for one crime inflicted one penaly, by
the hard deprivation of one right, wha! shall
be said Of this statute, which, without crime,
exhausts all penalty, and leaves the bleeding,
mutilated, dying victim, not only without
single right, but without claim for tear of
sympathy! No wife, no husband; no parent,
no child; no sister, nor brother, nor lover;
no houses or lands; no property, no privilcg
es; no will, no pursuit Of happiness, no house
no country; no Bible; no God, In life no
security, in death no redress. And this, not
the deed of State reluctantly performing
in her sovereign right constitutional obliga-
ton; but in hurried obedience to dcspo;ic
will, neither the rights of the people arc re-
spected, nor the decencies of outraged justice
observed. Chains, unhappy cmblcms, arc
thrown around the court; and hired merce--
naries obstruct the rghtful ingrcss from the
temples Of justice and the legal pursuits of
ordinary life. Alas! that the moments Of
other days should look down upon deeds of
tyranny, more Infamous than those which in
times past, caused the glory of their erection
The antecedents of our history arc reversed
Slavery ceases to be sectional" aud becomes
national" Wherever the flag Of the Union
is displayed, there Slavery is legally planted.
The barriers of three generations solemn de-
crees arc broken down; and, in the name of
popular sovereignty" are liberties Of the
people destroyed. The peaccablc occupants
of the Territories are set upon; by armed force
from the slave States, the ballot box de-
stroyed, and themselves conqurcd and subjcc-
ted to the laws Of foreign legislation, never
before, for long centuries, attempted to be
enforced even in the monarchial England; ard
which, carried into effect, will make the