Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-30

most safe protection.
This would not SO be, if there. was a
proper public sentiment ON this sub ject-
How long this evil must be endured, befare q
proper public sentiment against it can be
| created none can tell. II is now the mcFat
sirocco Of the social state 1t is the univAr.
sal disturber of civil society, and panders
with greedy relish, to lust and crime. Ii
may be said to be the father Of ell crime
II has for its victim one or mere in all az
mostevery family. 1t threatens every young
fian with it's contaminatitdg Influence. and
thousands yearly fall prey 60 ffs work OF
death; yet al thfs Is not sufficient to arouse
the sensibilities of those who might stay It's
progress. What sorrow and misery Ii pro-
dsces every year. How much Il costs this
nation to take care of It's dreadisil effects;
and what wave Of moral pioiueigs,' sttdf aasor-
| al aF1estrhctio4 iS II rolling over our land, and
yet with all thiis befofe' or eyes How sf6Siaidy
are muItitudes to countenance, to sEcour.
age, and protect ffls evil. or %hiaf sfa Tss
are We nation to this King of evils; and
although we 10 day celebrate the eEnivefsa-
ry Of our Independence of British. power,
yet this tyrant rules over us, aud makes
caPtives from thirty TO forty thousand Of
our sons and daughters every year; and we
dare not. will not, assert and endeayor to
maintain our Independence, glorious indeed
is the Independents We have already
attained, but far more glorious will that day
be that recalls the anniversary of eur Jade
pendence of King Alcohol. aA 20 fire 2.
Slavery is also another evil in our land,
and one Of immense magDituee. tits q
social moral and political evil. Il rests like
mighty ineumbus upon the progress of our
nation. II has, until recently been regaF-
ded by all as an evil of great dimeasionss,
and no one had the hardihood TO contend ?
for its continuance, on the groand that it
was divine institution and approved ef by
God. All seemed to lament the evil; bur
as IL was so interviewer with the social cem-3
mercial and political interests of the country
the question was how we were TO remove
the evil, so as not 10 interfere too much with
these interests. A few autocrats i'm spirit
have ever desired its Eerpetuation; but not
80 with any that claimed 10 be wise and
good, until quite recently Now there are
doctors Of divinity, who attempt to susiain
the Infamous system from the Bible, and
they openly and boldly endeavor 10 sustain
slavery as divine institution, putting il on
the saHse ground Of the marriage relation.
This position of things is the most alarming
feature, OF all our governmental affairss---
II always was a subject that prevented =
union Of feeling in our natien, but for years
fiie bfeach hassbeen growing wider and WI
der; and no one now can doubt that 1t stiles
the very breathing Lungs OF our national
life, and it is threatening to crush out our
very existence as n federal compact. II In
the question upon which every other great
national question must turn The anxiety
that fills the breast oil one portion Of osr
statesmen, Is to know how they may malI-
age the affairs Of this great natio9, so as 70
oerpetuate slavery, and please their people
home. The question that agitates the
minds of another portion is to know how
they shall manage the matter so as % ap-
pear to their people at home, to be striving
for liberty, while they readily let slavery
triumph. Another small portion are really
struggling for freedom and for the abolishing
of slavery. How must God look upon this
great nation as he sees The. majority OF lis
strength devoted to the enisfaving of three or
four million of its people. And as he actually
sees fathers selling them children into psrpet--
ual bondage of the most cruer KiidI As sure
as there is a JUST God in heaven such wick
edness must be regented of, rand put away,
OF the just retribution of such conduct must
be met 40. that men would be wise, that
they would consider their latter end Is assAA
l have already been too long, SO that
cannot enfarge: The great question forthe
Ame..csn peoples and for us as individuals,
to settle is this ssshall this evil ha removed.
on viii we suffer Il to crush us. One or the
other must be done: Slavery is incon-
sistent with the Tery ee6ids Of our govern
ment5 and u totally ayerse to the principles,
the developement OF which has Brought our
Republic into existence.
II has put in the wedge of dfVziisiioon and' it
win drive it to the, cofnrtets severing of
this great and noble. conIederacy, unless il
is removed.
IF then We would perfect, and perysfuate
our free Institutions, let the evils Of slavery
be removed; dry up the streams of iDtsmpe-
rance; check the tide of luxury aad dissipa-
ton; cultivate the virtues Of f.ugality, Of
of justice and mercy; be gov
erned by that wisdom found in the Word of
God, adhere to the principles there taught,
the following of which has secured to us all
the greatness we have; and we shall see IN
their fuller developeusent uif tie beauiy,'
peace and harafony thai is desirable in any
khfnan goSernaiehf. Do this and then may
coming generations sisg with emphasis:
''Great God We thafk tIse fof this home,
This boundless birth land Of the freq;
Where MandereYs from a far may come.
And breathe the air of liberty.
Still may her flowers untrameled spring.,
Her harvests wave, her cities rise,
And yet till time shall fold his wing, :
kcniain earths llovliest Paradise.h