The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-04-16
Ancient and Modern DOughfaces.

Senator Wade, in his great speech on
the l4th, made some capital hits, and
none better than the following, tracing
the similarity between a singular race OF
beings that lived in ancient times, and
the fossil remains of similar race of pco-
pie which we discover in the United
States, in this age of the world. Every
one will agree with the Senator, however,
that like Indian tribes, they are fast dis
appearing from the face of the earth.
Says Mr.. Wade:
How have you done it? You have
done it because you had a general bond OF
interest uniting you, tying you together
as if animated by one soul. What was
the interest to me was the interest of an
other You are forced all on the same
platform, all acting to one end. You
found the Democracy of the North divi-
ded in various pursuits, laboring in their
-sarious avoeations, with very little time
to study This problem of politics; and you
have always been able to seduce enough
Of us over to you, to carry your govern
mept along. | know that gentlemen
smile at this; but | am compelled by
truth to state facts here that | wish 1
could hide from the world 1t is a rot
tenncss at the North that you do not
have. it is disreputable to US, but am
compelled to admit it. Your allies, the
doughfaces of the North, in my Judge
ment, are the most dcspicablc of men,
The modern doughface is not a character
peculiar to the age in which we live, but
you find traces of him at every period Of
the worlds history. He is void Of pride
he is void of self respect; he is actuated
by mean groveing selfishncss that wod
sell his Maker for a price Why, sir,
when old Moses, under the immediate in
spiration Of God Almighty, cnticed
whole nation of slaves, and ran away, not
to Canada, but to old Canaan, suppose
that Pharaoh and all the cbivalry of old
Egypt, denounced him as a furious Abo-
litionist. lLaughter) / do not know
but they blasphcmed their God, who had
assisted the lugitivcs from labor to escape.
| have no doubt at all that when some
Southern gentlemen of the gospel come
up to preach to the North, they will say.
that the Almighty acted very fanatical
part in this business. | am afraid that
they will say so; lie was aiding and abet-
ting IN the escape. But amidst the glo-
rics Of that great dcllverance, even feed
ing upon miracles of the Almighty as they
went along, they were not wanting those
who loved Egypt better than they loved
Egypt better they loved liberty; whose
souls longed for the flesh pots of Egypt,
and who could turn from the invisible
glories of the Almighty God, to worship
and Egyptian calf. They were the dough-
faces of that day. They were national
men (Laughter) They were not ex-
actly Northern men with Southern princi-
ples--but they were Isrelites with Egypt
ian principles. (Laughter.)
Again, when the Saviour Of the world
went forth OH his great mission to pro-
claim glad tidings of JOY to all the people
of the earth, to break every yoke, and to
preach deliverancc to the captive, he met
with the same class of men i'll the persons
of Judas Iscariot and the chief priests
In the days of our own Revolution, when !
W dsHlnt, lOu anu Ills HoDlc dSSOCidtcS were
carrying on that struggle to establish jus
tice, aud to secure the blessings of liberty
to themselves and their postcrity, they
met with the same class of men in the ad- |
mircrs of George Ill and Lord North.
They are all of the same class-false to
the education of their fathers-false to
the great principles which have been in
that will minister to the cupidity of their
masters, let the consequences be what
they may. Ii is this class Of men aided
by close aristocracy at the South, that
has enabled the minority to rule with iron
hand the majority since the organization !
Of this government. | have endeayored
to daguerrcotypc these men for the bcne-