True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-07-29
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also Tor the interest and emolument Of
their employers, they accomplish more
and with greater facility, then, if actual
compulsion exacted every movement, and
the m aster wilhswbip in hand and con-
tempiuous aspect compelled the very
muscles to contract and expand and per-
form theirwanted duty in strict obedience
to his unnatural mandates. This fact, /
believe, is undisputed if disputed, an
hours examination of The two conditions
above named would convince the most
absolute ignoramus in existance, that free
limbs and free opinions are much more
servCeable, as the bulworks of national
strength and prosperity, than a continent
of masters and their Slaves could be in
any possible contingency, manner or con
dition. ...
Reflect for moment on the present
condition and future prospects Of the two
sections of our Union. 1t would seem to
one unacquanted with the facts, that
very sensible difference could not exist,
for the very character and habits Of the
Aaglo.Americans would be difused, like
the brilliant rays Of sunlight, throughout
every section Of the country, and equalize
in great measure whatever difference
might exist. What paIpabIy mistaken
idea is this. AS far distant from each
other, in general intelligence, enterprise,
social feelings, refinement, generosity,
and whatever ennobles and adorns the
human intellect, as the Equator from the
poles. These grand Distinguishing features
present the strongest proof-lhe most in
conrovertible and conclusive evidence
of the pracdbIlily of one system over the
other. Contrast the general appearance
and habits Of the people, their moral and
intellectual characteristics, the develop
menl of mind and the peculiar emenalions
that result therefrom. What gives an
incentive 10 the development Of genius,
The incuIcation Of science, the formation
and advancement of art, but the demands
that call them into existance and rewards
with fitting return? Alas you ex.
claim what a lamentable difference
in The two sections OF our Union"
The rude minerals of the mountain and
the giant oaks of the forest-the natural
products Of the Torrid and Frigld Zones
the mamolh inhabitants of the Pacific,
and .he covering that protects the animal
from lke inclement stolms and biting
lrosts Of Greenland-the very gumn that
oozes from dwar6Sh Tree in India to the
ivory of the Elephant that inhabls its
jungles-fnd here ready market and
by the invention and operation Of some
! practica genius are made subservient tc
! the wants and use of mankind, and {
benefit and blessing to the whole human
race. BY the general diffusion ofknowI
r edge among all classes. the poor as wei
as the rich, the daily lo5orer and me
n chanic--Gree and unshackled in body ant
u mind-we see at once the effect of science
n and intelligence, and The great superiori
ty of our system over the enslaved ant
II benighied policy pursued by the slave
n holders and Legislators Of the South,
S Our waving forests, verdant fields, me
andering brooks and roaring cataracts
Il entrance the lover Of the beautiful in M
Y lure, and arouse the slumbering genIu
al Of our people, and every breeze is lade
=. with the hum of industry, and ever
breath with the lofty thought, the burn
h ing eloquence and the imPassioned stair
v, of melody and song. 1t springs up an
ol Aourshes, as it were, spontaneous "
ID No dctested custom cramps the intelle
~ ~ or chains the limbs. No groans al
lamentations from the malreated sla'
ed salute the ear at every turn and distrh
III the mind with The horrors and cruellies
" "" bondage.
on Intelligence is the natural result Of fre
dom, and develops to the fullest exte
every dormant and slumbering facult
- and elevales mankind 10 that proud pl
20 eminence of usefulness and worth, I'll
a.. princes and mobiles may justly envy.
Surely, this great disparity in the
'no W cial, moral and intellectual conditions
Dur
of. the two sections Is not OccaSlOheu Oy I
of difference in the climate for their pre-
he unity is too near nor from any iunt
a'n metal principle in the government
I ,aJ we are all subject 10 the same general la
ted g. profess to support the same constl
ent ton; not from any constitutional disab
MS ~ OF pre.Gispositon to hereditary disc
ecu ecu es and influences, for we are the offspr
Hc Of the same noble and healthy ancesi
by. "What is it then (enquires one, that gl
and one side The appearance Of a stately
- ace, towering up in such grandeur
magnifcence, and the other tottering
and vaciIlaling in every breeze, and thre;
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