Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-04-07

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He who deliberately put forth the doc
trines of the Missouri compromise; h
who had sought over and over again. j
the ripeness OF his judgemest, alter fuI
deliberaiion, 10 procure its extension anC
recognition by Congress, now turns cold
ly around and tells us il is a myster
any man should ever have doubted i'll
Well. sir if Mr.. Buchanan is a myster
TO himself, he is no mystery to me.
There is one ether confederation that
wish TO bring before the Senate. VIII,
is it and how is it that the southern
States, with one third. or less than on
third, of the free population of this IA
ton, have been enabled for sixty year.
10 rule the d%estinies of the country? |
has been done in the first place, (ant
that is one ease why | contest every
inch of ground,) because in a clost
oi5archy YOU have a power that s
democracy or the same numbers Cal
never have politically. The power O
the Government seems 10 be in inverse
'aIio TO the number of people that par
ticipate in the Government. And this
is obvious enough. You have a class O
not more than three hundred and fifty
thousand Shareholders in the United
States. They have governed this Union
so says the Senator from South Caro-
lima, and be says truly for sixty long
years; not the people of the South, mind
you: he says the shareholders have ruled
the nation. That is true. First of all.
they placed their feet on the necks of all
those who DO not hold slaves. The poor
men of the South he utterly ignores as
having any political power, and | sup
pose they have none. They have votes.
no doubt; but those votes are given in
accordance with The will OF this aristoc
racy, who are all powerful. FOR it has
been observed. and truly observed that
be who has the power ever the subsis-
tence of another has Tie power owe his
will. You, the wealthy shareholders of
The South, WELD absolute dominion over
your poorer white neighbors; therefore
It was that the Senator from South Car
DINA said the Shareholders have ruled
the nation. You three hundred and
fifty thousand Shareholders have ruled
your six million whites. Il so according
TO the census of 1889 you have not
only ruled your six million. bu: you
have also ruled the fourteen million free
people OF the North.
How have you done it? You have
done it because you had a general bond
of interest uniting you. tying you to-
geiher as If animated by one soul
What was the interest of one was the
of another. You arc forced all on
the SAME platform, all acting TO one end.
You found the Democracy of the North
divided in various pursuits, laboring in
heir various avocations, with very little
time to study this problem of politics.;
aud you have always been able 10 seduce
enough of Us over 10 you 10 enable you
o carry your government along. l
know that gentlemen smile at this; but
am compiled by truth to state facts
here that [ wish l could hide from the
II is u rottenneSs at the Ncr'h
hat you DO mol have. 1t is disreputa
DE 10 Us. bu; [ am compelled 10 admit
t. Your allies, the Gou5hfaces of tie
in my judgement, are The most
lespieab!e oimen. The modern dough
aces is not a. character peculiar 10 the
Ire ia which we live, but you find traces
# him at every period OF the worlds
s'ory. lie is void Of pride; he is void
itself respect; he is aciusied by mean.
.roye ing selGshness that would sell his
Maker for a price. Why. sir when old
under III immediate inspiration
# God Almighty. eniieed a whole nation
# slaves, and ran away, not 20 Canada,
TO old Canaan, l suppos: that
'haroah and all the chivalry of old
denounced him as a most furious
Abolitionist. Laughter. l do not
now but that they blasphemed their
rod, who had assisted the fugitives
rom labor TO escape. have DO doubt
t all that when some southern gentle
nen Of the gospel come up 10 preach to
o the North, they will say that the
Almighty acted a very fanatical part in
his business. | am afraid they will say
o; for He was aiding and abelting in
he escape. But amist the gloIies of
hat great del:verance. even feeding
Ipon miracles of the Almighty as they
along. there we're not wanting those
rho loved Egypt better than they loved
whose souls longed for e flesh
ots Of Egypi; and who could turn from
he visible glories of the Almighty God
D worship an Egyptian calf. These
7ere The dOugbfaces of that day. They
Iere national men. daughter. They
Iere not exactly northern men win
Outhern principles: but they were Is
a%elites with Egyptian principles
Laughter.
Again, when the Savior of the world
rent forth en- lis great mission TO pro-
lain glad tidings of Joy to ali the peo-
lie of the eailb. to break every yoke,
nd 10 preach delivefance 10 the captive,
lie mel with the same class of men in
Re persons Of Judas Iscariot and the
hief priests. In the days of our own
revolution, when Washington and his
o6le associates were carrying on that
toestablish justice, and to secure
he blessings of liberty 10 themselves
nd their posterity, they met with the
anne class of men Ia The admirers of
III, and Lord North.
They are all Of the same class-false
0 the great principles which have been
nsiiiled into them by their mothers Fl ON
heir brth-williEg 10 do anything that
Till minister TO the cupidity of their mas
.rS, let the consequences be what they
nay. 1t is this class of men, aided by
close aristocracy at the South, that has
nabled The minority TO rule with iron
and the majority since the organization
{ this Government. have e~udeavored
0 daguerreoiype these men for The BEN
fs OF future ages; for / believe that,
Ike The Indian tribes. they are disap
You have put them to very
Iard service, sir. They die faster than
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