The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-10-30


% against the law Of God, but against thcla'
II Of man. gga.Il sHu.J
!. ! ask you. fellow citizens, II you arc NJ
I satkaed7- (Cries Of "no! no!'). 1 as
1 you, when you look upon tho indastii'
: wreck all about us, IL you are satisfied wit
!. this principle established Us the law Of th
{ country, that slavery goes with the Const
I tuition Of the Union. wherever the dag an
/. the Consultation may 60! loud cries Q
. No! MOI No! the people Of the Unite
States can never be satisfied with this (Ar
T plause.) rr, y. Igs...7.r .1H D
But what is It's objsct-what its purpose
what Is to be its result if successfully T
give to the slave labor Of this country tn
absolute supremacy over the material inter
est and over free labor. Il is to mako tn,
slave the dominant power. not only in th'
moral and the Industrial, but also in tn,
political aspects Of the country. Vain ant
futile idea! Tho slave q representative o.
] the power Of the constitution? Vain and
futile idea !! In the presence Of God-in
the presence Of this enlightened asc-in the
presence Of the American people, such q
policy never can reach success. prolonged
applause.) Even tho burning language Of
Curran is phlegmatic and dull in giving the
denial to this impudcnt and unholy claim Of
the slave power. No matter in what Ian.
guasc his doom is pronounced-no matter
in what battle his liberties havo been cloven
down-no matter what complexion incom.
patible with freedom an Indian or an Afri-
can sun may have burnt upon his brow
the day is not far distant when his soul shall
como forth in majesty, when his body shall
swell beyond the measure Of the chains that
burst around him, and he shall stand fortl,
rcscnento and disonthmlled by the genius
Of universal emancipation.
Fellow citizens-I desire 10 call your ut.
tsntiou to the evidences Of your prosperity,
which are so many proofs Of tho claims Of
free labor rs the prevailing and dominant
interest ofthis country. This is govern.
mcnt Of the people. 1t represents tho peo
pie. The people are free, thank God, yet?
Continued cheering The institution of
slavery is accidental upon this continent
We wish to interfere with none ofits rights.
As we claim that they shall respect our
rights, 50 We will respect theirs but We
will welcome the day when in the providence
Of God they may have q fight upon that
question upon their own soil and II, as In
the case Of Missouri, they win victory for
free labor against slave labor. the heavens
shall rcsound with our shouts Of joy. Zap
plausc.) And II the successful contest in
Missouri shall hereafter be extended 10 9th.
or States, and if there the cause of free la
Dor triumphs, 80 much the better.
We are all interested IN free labor. The
commercial man is interested. 1t is that
which freights his ships. They sail fruit
less voyages, and may US well sink beneath
the waves Of the sea ms to sail from one point
TO another point Of the globe, unless they
arc laden with the products Of tho free in
dustry Of the country. The mechanic is in.
terested in free labor. II is tha. by which
he lives. The labor which is bought and
sold operates to destroy.
Where ON the face of the Garth, in Italy,
France, Germany or England can such q
scene be presented as that which meets the
eye of the spectator from the dome Of the
Capitol on neishborlng cmincncc, as he
looks riverward over the twenty or thirty
beautiful villages rising up, representing
The laboring man, and which he has himself
erected from the proceeds Of his daily toll?
You trace its prosperity in the railways that
intcrsect every part Of the country, and cross
tho Isthmus that connects the two continents
and brings together tho shores Of the At
lantic and Pacific Oceans. These are the
evidences Of our prosperity. have moth.
ing to say Of The South, or of Southern in
stitutions Of labor, but II you 60 South you
can SEQ for yourselves what II Is, and what
must be the contrast between that section
and our own. OF that l have nothing to
say but ask you asain-it is the question
Of tie age-the only question Of the age
are you content that these industrial inter-
ests Of your own happy portion Of the
country shall be neglected and paralyncd,
and acoep. as satisfaction the principle t.
which l have referred? (Enthusiastic
cries Of no! noD Certainly not II car
ntver be!
(The remainder Of Mr.. Banks remark,
was Of local character. relating to aaair'
4 in Massachusetts,. Had We not already. de-
voted much space to the speech, VIC would
give II. There is dignity, propriet,
and frankness in them and freedom from
partizan expressions, that might DO use(
with great advantage by other men who are
candidates for exalted public Offices IN their
public spcechcs.)
,l lie closes as Follows:
Fellow citizens. NO have duty to per
form, an important duty rs the p.ople o.
} tho State. 1t Is our duty to stand, as your
merchants stood against the aggrcssions o.
the Slave power. We are called upon Il
stand firmly and steadily against the deter
mined and appalling revolution Of tho gcner
al government, to subordinate tho interes
Of free iabor'to the supremacy OF slave Ia
Dor. We can exercise our influence rs tn
people Of State and as q part Of the peo
. pie Of the United States; and when the is
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