, 1859-12-16

We esngtttulate the Republican party
upoa the brilliant opening Of their Jah
campaign.
To make use Of cant expression, I'VE
think they have done il up Jrotcn."
We sympathise with them IN their futile
attempt to ignore Browns philosophy"
Il is perfectly natural, under the eircum-
stances, that they shoald endeaVor to hang
the cloak Of infamy upon the shoulders Of
the unfortunate and Misguided fanatic.
Il is not strange that they would have II
bppear that be construed literally their
aoWie knife and rife arguments, when he
should have regarded them as mere meta
phorical figures, introduced under rhetori
cal excitement
The Journal with q truly Republican
consistency, eagerly adopts. and echoes the
cry Of bis insanity, bis religious insanity,
as The irresistible, HeaUcn-direeted impulse
which alone Is accountable for this diaboli-
cal attempt at assassination and treason,
and IN The next breath tries the absurdly
feeble dodge Of charging Il QpOu the action
Of the DenOefatie partyl
eoh isnpoui % Rogsni"
Il may not prove uninteresIing at this
period Of time, when the star Of Ethiopia
Is struggling TO emerge from is marky
-eloud-surFoandings into the galaxy Of Re
publican glory, 70 learn somewhat Of the
antecedcnls Of that remarkable and illus
trious race who seem destined TO be forced
into 50 prominent a place, at the close Of
this Nineteenth Century, as the political, II
not social, heroes Of the American Repub-
lie.
While laying before your readers the
striking eharaeieristics and peculiar traits
q this most interesting people, We shall not
draw, in the slightest degree, upon our fan
cy, but shall eon6ne ourselves to facis; and
quote from Authentic and indisputable his
torical authorities, whose vivid and terrible
descriptions far exceed oil Imagination.
IL will appear that wherever they were
the most civilized-paradoxical though il
scem-they were most distinguished for
their barbarity and cruelty.
Thai 4 to say: where they had their
trading posts aud commercial marts, their
aFarice and naturally ferOeious impulses
were more fully developed. Not from con
tact With Europeans, but from innate rapac-
ity and brutality. The following extracts
VII be sufficient to prove the assertion to
Be Well iounded:-
The Laws not Of record, bot existing
only IN tbe ferocious and sanguinary will Of
The people. punished with the most horrible
fortunes, or slareTy, the slightest offence
The most lriaing thefl was thus Visited."-
lssrf, ?. 22l.
A msroiaai, who cannot obtain his dues,
often causes the okldren or reiatires Of his
debtor, 10 Be secretly carried ol and sold
As siarrs. - Oldendo.f, ?. 800.
The pride and pomposity Of the petty
lords Of Africa Is paralleled only By their
barbafous and disgusting ferOcity."-
Aaiiers, p. 81.
"On the death Of Freampoong, King Of
the Atkins, the pcople sacrificed on his tomb
bis slares, to The number Of several thou
sandsl together with bis prime minister
and fhrcs knndrsd and fhirfy-six Of hls
ariresili All these victims were buried
alivel iheir bones haping been previously
broken. For several days the people per
formed daHots, accompanied with songs,
around the tomb where these unfortunate
and innocent victims suffered lingering and
horribly excrueiating agonies - RGmar,
relaf. de "a cote q or.
For such, let us sacrifice The UnoNl-
Boston Sfaiesman.