Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-07-24

electric cord in that Declaration that links
the hearts OF patriotic and liberty loving mcr
together, that will link those patriotic hearts
as LONG as the love of feedom exists in the
minds Of men throughout the world. ZAP
planse).
THE DOUGLAS ARGUMENT ABOUT INFERIOR RA
| CES.
Now, sirS, for the purpose of squarina
things with this idea Of "don't care il slavery
is voted up or voted down. for sustaining
the bred Scott decision, A voice-"llit him
again for holding that the Declaration Of
Independence did not mean anything at all
we have Judge Douglas giving his expo sltion
of what the Declaration of independence
means, and we have him saying that the peo-
pie OF America are equal to the people OF
England. According to his construction
you Germans are not connected with it,
Now ask you in all soberness, if all these
things, if INDUCED in, if ratified, if confirmed
and endorsed, if taught to our children and
repeated to them do not tend to rub out the
sentiments of liberty in the country, and to
transform the government into government
of some other form. Arguments are made,
that the inferior races are to be treated with
as much allowance as they are capable of
enjoying that as much is to be done tor them
as their condition will allow. What are the
arguments that kings have made for enslaving
the people in all ages Of the world. You
will find that all the arguments in favor OF
kingcraft were of this class they always be-
strobe the necks of the people, not that they
wanted to do it but because the people
were better off for being ridden. That is
their argument, and this argument of the
Judge is the same old serpent that says, Y GU
work and eat you toll and 1 enjoy the fruits
Of it, Turn it whatever way you will
whether it came from the mouth of King
as an excuse for enslaving the people of his
country or from the mouth of men Of the
race as a reason for enslaving the men of an
other race, it is all the same old serpent, and
hold if that course of augmentation that
! is made for the purpose of convincing the
public mind that we should not care about
this, should be granted. it does not stop with
the negro. l should like to know if taking
this old Declaration of Independence, which
declares that all men are equal upon princi-
pie, and making exceptions to it, where will
it stop? If one man says it does not mean a
negro, why may not another man say it does
not mean some other man? If that Declare
ton is not the truth, let us get the Statute
Book in which we find it and blot it out -
Who is so bold as to do it? (Voiccs-"me,"
mo one" "no, non Let US stick to it then,
| CHEERS let us stand firmly by them. Zap
plause.)
AIM FOR A HIGH STANDARD OF MORAL AND
POLITICAL PRINCIPLE.
1t may be argued that there are certain
conditions that make necessities and impose
them upon us, and to the extent that neces-
sity is imposed upon man he must submit
to it. [ think that was the condition in
which we found ourselves when we establish
ed this government. We had slaves among
us; VIC could not get cur constitution unless
we permitted themto remain in slavery we
could not secure the good we did secure if we
grasped for more, and having by necessity
submitted to that much, it does destroy the
principle that is the charter Of our liberties
Let that charter stand as our standard.
My friend has said to me that am poor
hand to quote Scripture. | will try it again,
however. 1t is sad in one of the admOnitons
of the Lord, LAS your Father in Heaven is
perfect, be ye also perfect" The Savior, l
/ suppose, did not expect that any human crea-
,
en- but He said, GAS your Father in Heaven
up as standard, and he who did most toward
reaching that standard, attained the highest
degree of moral perfection. SO say in re-
lation to the princlp pie that all men arc crea-
ted equal, let it be as nearly reached as we
can. If we cannot give freedom to every
creature, let us do nothing that will impose
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Let us then turn this government back into
the channel il which the trainers of the Con-
stitution originally placed it. Let us stand
firmly by each other. If we do not do so,
we are turning in the contrary direction, that
our friend Judge Douglas proposes-not in
tcntionaly- working in the traces that
tend to make this one universal Slave Ma
ton. { A voice-'That is sou He is one
that runs in that direction, and as such [ re-
sist him.
My friends: l have detained you about as
long as desire to do and have only to say
let us discard all this quibbling about this
man and the other man-ths race and that
race, and the other race being inferior, and
therefore they must be placed in an inferior
misunderstanding the standard that we
have left us. Let us discard all these things,
and unite as one people throughout this land
until we shall once more stand up declaring
that all men are created equal.
My friends could not, without launching
Oft upon some new topic, which would detain
you too long, continue tonight. (Cries Of
'go on.') thank you for this most extern
sive audience that you have furnished me to-
night. l leave you, hoping that the lamp of
liberty will burn in your bosoms until there
shall no longer be doubt that all men are
created free and equal,
MIR. Lincoln retired amid perfect torrent
of applause and cheers.