Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-12-02

Ia fearful crime, and most feaifully, no
doubt, will the misguided mcn answcr'for
il. Deep and dark ms the shades are. am
not disposed to draw the pencil of LIGHT
across the dark picture hut mark me now,
what do say. and that which ccmc here
tonight especially to say, that a. much as
| condemn those men, even 50 much do
conGemn those who would attempt to take
away from me the freedom of speech and
the liberty of the press. Applause
Why, gentlemen, that whole pr.i ct 4 ~
through why,men Of Covington, did il ftll
through? 1t fell through because among
the race of heriditary oulSmcn, degraded
by long generations of slavery, The man
hood was wanting, when the occasion pre-
scented itselfto avail themselves of the lib
erty offered.
Tome, it is a melancholy picture TO sce
4 men in the form and nature of men, with
all tbc spirit and soul of manhood gone.
The slaves of Virginia could not avail them
selves of the opportunity in consequence Of
this.
God Almighty has determined. when we
shall so far forget him MS to cast our eye
down in the dcbasing subserviency of the
slave, that long generations only shall APP
pease his anger for the crimes we have
committed. Therefore it is that / stand be-
fore you, and proclaim TO you that great
err crime is that which the man attempts to
perpetrate against me when he would at
tempt to stifie the voice of the rress, and
crush out nay freedom of speech. APP
plause. How can you get it back when it
has once gomez Is not your original act a
81 al which is placed upon you for untold
, generations?
EFFECT OF SLAVERY on WHITE MEN.
Gentlemen, there is another attitude in
which that affair presents itself TO my
mind, and that is the melancholy spectacle
the people present. When Gov. Wise ar
rived at the seat of this affair, and saw that
but five or eight were all that had taken
possession of city of 1000 il habitants,
the United States Arsenal, and : Nd impris-
, oned from so TO 100 of the principal cii-
zens of Old Virginia, spreading terror and
intimidation through Virginia and Mary
land, reaching the very confines of their
i populous cities, the people standing paral-
a wed, until a little crowd of United States
4 Marines came into the action and stormed
: the place, he in great indignation exelaim-
h ed. had rather both arms and both legs
s. should be severed from my body, than this
It disgrace had come upon O,d Virginia
a There is the rub. There is the moral Of
the whole tale told at once. Virginia does
e not lack courage. There did not fail TO be
o a gallant spirit in town The blood of l77f
e had not run ont in Virginia. She is not
IS wanting in courage. but, there was thi:
a universal sense of all our weakness lying
Y beneath and around her. The man was
/ paralvzed because he had to look TO his
e. own wife and children before he coult
9 think Of Harper's Ferry and the public
le good. That is the reason why | have
y again and again, in season, and, as il were
y out of season. at all hazards of reputation
!, and life. destruction of property and fami'
d ", cried out against this insttution---it be
"a ing the only cloud hanging over our pros
N peritv: the only dark spot, the expansion
he of which may end in the destruction ct ou
y people. Again and and again | have sale
n- that it was cause of weakness in th'
'r State, that all history had proved 1t.
t, have called attention to the fact, that in III
y Roman Empire. infected with the sam
n, kind of institution, as Gibbon tells us, tn
OF barbarians came down and sacked th
y principal cities. and took possession of thci
&c land. even willie it was held by the mos
De Gallant people the world had seen, peo
'e ple who had snread the glory Of their arm
at from East to West, from the North to th
OF South holding dominion by land as well a
Up by sea- These barbarian forces made wa
IN upon them. and took them captive, withou
ne single effort at resistance. That is tn
OF way history runs. is it not so, Mr.. Harris
fn Laughter. You are somewhat OF his
.. torian. / am told.
- WEAK INSTITUTION.
\ This is the same old weak institution eS
sy istinG to-day. The same institution dc
- stroyed Rome and Spain the same one,
g, g not thrown CT. as should say. in a peace
Is full. and legal and constitutional way b
no our own authorities, without intcrferenc
10 from the Republican National Committee
~ or any national party. d.siines US to I'll
- same ultimate ruin. | don't say Il will
~ during my day, or during The days of nj
cor friend on the left but il is j0st as eertai
q, as that God sits supreme in the firmamei
no above. You may not like it, but it is ne'
cv erthcless true.
ID LYcURGCs IN AMERICA.
at i recnilect something OF Tue sHtiit NH
on. which / may relate, as we have a histori;'
ali here. 1t is circumstance that orcurrC
pc when Lycurgus was marching against or
cir of the Eastern tyrants, who was in Il
: if habit of having his own way pretty muc
tic lie heard from herald that the Roman
the were marching toward him with legi'
rec or two. For bringing this Ill news. i
iv- head was taken off. Again another told I'll
ing king that the Romans were apprOaclin!
his lac ordered his head TO be taken off III
} Is continued uatil, at last. none wcse TO
ate found so bold as to tell him OF the comi'
is event Then the king looked out himse
me and he saw the legions Of Rome seliosi
t in Lycurgus. "Why.7 said he. "who a
'th- they if they are cmbassadors- they are {
ar many and If soldiers. too few; but soon
mo- his cost he found they were not too few,
up he ncd before the face Of his eonquer'
d Yes, who are they? These Repubiica