The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-19
SPEECH OF MR. pARRoTr AT LAWRENCE

SPEECH OF MR. PARROT AT LAWRENCE.
The Hon. Marcus ]. Parrot, Delegate 10
Congress from Kansas, was welcomed to Law
renee, on his return from Washington, by
large concourse of his fellow-citizens, on the
10th inst. In reply to a commendatery ad-
dress by MIR. E. 8. Lssmon, Mr.. Parrot said:
"FELLow CITIZENS feel the poverty of
language TO express my feelings this day at the
welcome you have given me ON returning to the
home of my heart and the land of my choice.
meeting you, there are more happy hearts in
Massachusetts, street to-day than it ever held
before. Since left you, eight months ago, i'm
portant events have transpired, in which you
and have heen prominent actors. How well
you have performed your part, am here to
bear witness, and to inform you of the public
approval by the American People of the con-
stancy, fortitude, and courage, which you have
always exhibited, and of your success in driving
from your soil some of the worst characters
that ever degraded your Territory. And 1
hardly exaggera.e when say that the good
faith and conduct of the whole country have
been in your keeping. You have been trus-
tee of the morality and the purity, as well as
the ancient principles which underlie the Ameri-
can Government.
while you have thus preserved your credit
and your conDtancy, my own convictions of
principle have undergone no change, but, en-
the other hand, have rather been confirmed
by the experience of the last few months.
have seen little difference between the Democ-
racy of Kansas and the Democracy of Congress;
and that little, if possible, is in favor of the
former. have seen in Washington reckless
ness and villainy ON the part of the repre-
sentative Democracy, which would make even
Kansas Democracy blush; and am now thor
oughly convinced that Slavery is Democracy,
and Democracy is Slavery, and beside this it
is nothing, Contrasted with the conduct of
that party, / admire and love and hold up to
admiration the nationality and devotion to prin.
ciple of the Republican party. And could
not help contrasting the recklessness and de-
moralization of the one, with the Independence
and intelligence Of the other. Which of the
t,oO parties to choose betWeen, no Kansas free
man can hesitate, in view of the light now be.
fore him for, from the one an electric sympa-
thy flows out to this people-while the other,
with broken treasury, disbanded and divi-
ded party, hardly form q respectable prey to
those who wish to restore the Government to
its ancient and honorable principles.
when Lecompton was defeated, in order to
mitigate the stipgs of discount ture, and to as.
suage the distress of their fall, to sweeten the
bitter cup pressed to their lips, the English bill
was fabricated. The night of its passage was
signalized by revel at the White House, and
with every demonstration of delight 1t was pro-
claimed Democratic victory: first, because the
Kansas question was settled and secondly, be-
cause, i'll one of those fits of delusion BY which
Providence drives bad men upon their fate,
they fully believed that under this iuegle LIE.
compton would be passed. But knew that
the people of Kansas would be constant to the
cause of Freedom, and have no doubt of the
result. And You are now fulfilling what the
people of the United States expect of you in re-
gard to that bill.
g. have not found in Kansas one Frees State
man in favor of that bill; and if were to meet
one, should attribute his folly to alteration
Of mind and if his mind was sound, should
be efaid to meet him in the dark In August,
you will overthrow the infamous swindle; and
the victory then, important as it will be to this
people, will have a wider effect and national
Specification, for it will be but the forerunner
of the victory which will be won in 1860 by the
friends of Freedom.
Permit me, before closing, to warn you of
two points of danger in this exigency. One of
these is, in being defrauded of the result of the
election. You know the Unreasonable capa-
city of your adversary for frauds-frauds con-
tinued from the beginning, and will be until
you drive the last ungodly scoundrel from your
SOIL And remember, too, that there is power
in Washington ready, now and always. to slim
ulate the last desperate factionist to the com.
mission of these frauds.
Secondly, there is no feeling SO much to be
suspected in politics as the feeling of security
Therefore warn you, relax no effort, cease no
vigilance, give up no opportunity to defeat this
ll-but go forth with your ancient zeal to
settle the last question connected with this con.
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