The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-05
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Hon. CARL SOHURZ.
Al Chf0aso.

:. At Chicago.
81 n. 6Cuua3 ~ Wisconsin, made % excellsr
b spsssh tsfsss the Republican Rssi1easien Nee
10 Ing at Chicago, Septen,hsr ash. Il givss Ii
!, sosp d grace to NJ. Douglas popular sovsreier
!. y hambug. We are sorry that " cannot Civ
, the speech in full. But ws have net the spac,
d We must, and our readers must b ssntsat vii
fev extracts, from which The scope and abi.s
. Of the address may be seen, and Ne. eehur,
. correct apprehension Of our institutions an
o system ofeovsrnmsnt, and Of this slave power
: 10 shown. We think hs expresses, in this i'd
. dress, the sentiments Of four-6fths Of the Ger.
]. man citizens Of the United StAtss:-
. In the slaveholding States all political life i
; shaped BY the ruling interest. While the pso-
pie Of the South profess the principle OF equal
y, one class Of citizens are accustomed g gov
\ srn and the other TO Obey, land mark well, Am
speaking Of she whites, not OF the siAves,) and
the whole machinery Of government, even down
to the smallest fractions, 10 in the hands Of the
: slavsholding arstocracy. While they profess
the principles Of political liberty, you dare ne.
Their spsak nor write sword against the ''pecu-
liar institution. While they claim to be free
men, they have fsttsred the hands OF the peo-
pie with the most odious police regulations, die
tatsd BY the instructive fears COZ mon to oil ty-
rants. While they claim to bs an enliehteuSd
people, they do not suffer the great leading
ideas OF the age 70 enter their schools and COL
isRes, for fear they might sngender thought
against slavery. While they claim to be a NOR.
q and religious people, they address even their
prayers 10 the black God Of slavsry.-While
they pretend to be = patriotic phople, they have
sacr.nced the Liberties OF speech and the press,
sacrlnced even the liberty of conscience, eacri-
heed the welfare of the non .slavsholding whites.
ana the progress and prosperity of their own
states, sacrificed the peace Of this Republic
(applanse,) aud they will tell you as often az
you want to hear it, that they are ready to sac
rihce TO the perpctuatisn Of slavery even the
union Of these States and the last remnant Of
their liberties and republican institutions
(Ceesrs.) Nobody can deny tin the south
slavery overrulss everything else, slavery rules
il all.
And what about the North Look at the
party in power. II considered the Missouri
Compromise sacred compact, a. long as that
measure served to augment the number of slave
States. II advocated the extension of the Mis-
souri, line to the Pacific Ocean, when BY that
extension q large territory might be acquired
for slavery. 1t became suddenly convinced of
she unconstitutenality Of the Missouri Compre-
mise aud repealed it, when the compact was to
augment the number Of free States. It trans-
mogri6ed the face of the squatter-soyereignty
ten times, according to the pleasure Of the
elaveholdsrs 1t considered the population of
Kansas numerically sufficient for forming . |
slave State, but sadly insufficient to form free |
State. II lavished with uuheard Of profigacy
the money of the people for the benefit Of the |
s!aveholding interest, and treated the great |
ercal interests Of the free North with con. |
tempt. 1t applauded the most fragrant viola
tons Of the ballot boz, and the most daring
usurpations Of power, when they served the in
terests Of slavery. CHEERS. And how are all
these amazing things effected? Look at the in
terror organization Of that party. No kingdom,
no hierarchy 10 ruled by more absolute des
potism than that party is ruled by its leaders.
AS have shown, their principles are shaped
and remodeled according to the arbitrary plea
sure Of the South, and the masses have but to
obey, and they do ey.-They are watched and
logged like flock of sheep, turned out to pas
ture to-day in order to be hseced tomorrow.
Look Ct the executor of John CalhOun'S last
will in the White House, whs, like an Oriental
despot, hurts his anathemas and political death
warrants where he cannot debauch the con-
science OF a man with bride. All his power
and patronage he has transformed into a vast
OF corruption in the service of sla-
very Cast your eyes wherever you will, no
|
iercest oppression Of moral independence, no.
thing but corruption organized into a system,
and all this in the service of slavery. Will you
lsny It: Even in the North Slavery struggles
70 rule it all Great applause
Where are We drifting! will not dwell on |
,ur perverted commercial policy, nor on the
question OF internal improvements and the like.
will point out TO you the antagonisn IN which
Dur political development is en,angled.
have often been told that the Shareholders
are fight in restricting the liberties of speech !
Ind of the press ETC., the subject of slavery,
or those liberties unres,rained woald be real .
LANCER to them. No doubt there would be . | .
hanger, but there is no more crushing argument {
against slavery than this, no more conclusive
proof of its entire incompatibility with true de-
nocracy. When an Institution in society can =
lot stand before the tribunal of free speech and =
rec press, the question arises shall sacrifice !,
our liberties TO that institution or that institu-
lion TO our liberties! Cheers hold that
40 interest nhich is incompatible Nth free er
preston Of pubic opinion hare a right to
rist in democratic organization of society.
Great Applause. And if it does exist, it will !,
'e like chronic disease. or like an ulcer lying -
the skin, which will leave no rest nor
omfort to the body polite until it is finally ex- =
rpated and extinct. Chesrs. 1t is in vain Il
l
ill break forth again and again with increased .
lry and will rage on and 10 a final crisis.
Aye, Sir, your standard-bearer is right, in
pite OF Douglass sophistries. A house that ~
divided against itself cannot stand. Loud =
heers Il cannot stand 1t must fall unless y
cease 10 be divided. (Con,inued Applause.) =
y the inexorahle, incorporating logic OF h
lings we must go either one way or the other g
OF as Mr.. Douglas tries to make you believe, :,
h. oil 81 frao huf nf |
ut We must either abandon the principle =
equal rights even among white men, adapt r
ie whole Developments Of our political organi- .,
ltion to the paramount interest Of . privileged :,
ass Of Shareholders, put the liberties Of speech :,
id press ct the mercy Of the ruling power, and 4
Icriics our democratic system Of government
the arstocratic and dsspoiic tendencies Of the
aveholding system throughout, or Ne must
reak the political power Of slavery in eur ma :,
onal concerns, and return TO the original prin- r
pies on which this Republic was founded. In =.
ne word, We must formally recognize slavery =
the ruling interest in eur national policy, or n
. must denv it the recognition Of any nation .
right, and con6ne it to q merely local exist =,
nee under positive State legislation. Cheers. -
his 10 the alternative. :
Now, bubble 40 you will, devise side issues =
nd subtsriuGos, invent palliative remedies, de- =
ds others aud delude yourselves with fictitious n
ompromses; this alternative will again and Il
gain push away all your Probabilities and So :.
histries, and say 70 you with stern voice of y
lsxorable fate =" Here am /! You have not !,
zen me, perhaps, but here lam."IlCheersl. h
Aud now there comes . man like Mr.. Doug {.
IS, who ought to understand the signs Of the =
mes and gives it as his opinion that Slavery
nd Democracy having lived eide by side these
gbty years, may live on thus, and that he
oes not see the incompatibility. Indeedl he
oss not see IL! The same man, who once in
DO name of1he shareholders cried out to the =
hampons Of freedom in the Senate -" We l
ill subdue you" He does not sac that some =
ody and something must be subdusd! ZAP
iAuse. A blind man does nos see the sun,
nd yet it shinss. A deaf man does not hear
10 thunder, and yet he will feel the bolt Of
gh,ning when it strikes him down. Repeated
ppause. Aye, sir, slavery and democracy y
ID live side by side these eighty years, but
ow did they live! Like two oombatsnts who In
old each other by the throat, each watching .,