, 1860-07-16

"Les u rsate man in our oHn inngt." aad acc.
ond!y, in The unity ofthe race, then diyinely es-
eablshcd; which appears again in the Gospel
When it was said: God thAt made the world
and a. ail things therein, bath made of ons blood
primal reason Of tho world, anterior to Ill iusti.
tutfons aud laws, belongs to those sef.eyident
truths, sometimes called nxioms, which no man
can question without exposing to question his
oHn intelligence or honesty. As well den5 2siths
medically that straight lue is the shortest dis
tanca between two points, as deny the nxiomatic,
selfevident, beam1ng truth. that ali men are
equal. As Of The sun in the heavens-blind is
he who cannot perceive it. Ofcourse. this pruci-
ple,uttared in declaration Of Ia applicab]e
AMPLY to rights and 1t is . childish sopf!sm
to allege against it the Obvious inequalities of
form. character, and faculties. As an ariom il
admits no exceptions; for it is the cssepce of
IN axiom, whether in geometry or morals, to
be universal As lin abstract truth. It is also
without exception. uccording to the essence Of
such truth. And finally, as a aselceyident truth,
10 announced in the Declaration, it is without
exceptions, for enly such truth can be seit-evi-
ueot- Thus, whether as axiom, as abstract
truth, or aeH evident truth, it is always univee-
sal. In vindicating this principle tie Eepub!i-
can party have grateful duty, TO which they
are mosed alike by justice TO q much.irjured
race, excluded from its protection, and by JUS
tlce to the Fathers, whose well chosen Words
into mockery; nor caa the madness Of the
propagandis1s Of slavery be better iltustreted
than In this assault On the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, 6tu1taiyipg the Fathers for no other
purpose than to clear the way for their five
beaded system OF Compulsory La5or uitaout
1Tdg<s.
Aud, finally, We shall belp to e1pel The Stare
01garcby from Ill its seats Of National poxer,
and drive it back within the States. Ttis alone
is worthy Of every effort; for until this is done,
nothing else can be completely done. In vain
ycu seek economy or purity in the National
Government; in vain you seek improvement Of
rivers aud harbors; ia vain you seek hnme-
steads on the public lands for actual settlers;
in rain you seek reform ia ADMINISTRATION; IN
vain you seek dignity and peace in our foreign
relations, with just sympathy for Freedom
struggling everywhere; wbils this selfish and
corrupt power holds the National purse aud the
National sword. PROSTATE the Siaye 0Iigu1chy
and the door will be opcu to all generous prin-
ciplcs. Prostrate the Slave Oligarchy, and lib
erty will become, in fnct, as in law, the normal
condition Of all the Natioual Territories. Pros
trata the Slave 0ligarchy, and the National
Government will be at ZENITH divorced from
slavery, aud the national policy wi! be changed
0Hgafchy, aud the North will he admitted to its
just shate in the trusts md Donors Of the Re-
public! Prostrate tie Slave O;iKarchy, and q
mighty victory Of pesce will be won, whose in
luence On the future Of our country and Of
mankind no Imagination eau paintl
THE FUTURE or SLAVERY.
Frustrated, exposed md permanently expeIt-
ed from i'll gotten power, the 0ligarchy will
soon cease to exist ns political combination
tain. lsuguishing, may lire yet longer; but it
will surely die. Yes. fellow citizens, surely, it
will die-when disappointed in its purposes
driven back within the States, and constrained
within these li1nits-it can no longer rule the
Republlc Us plantation Of slares a. home; can
uo longer menace the territories with its five
headed deviceto compel LABOR acitAott fpugs
can no longer fasten upon the Constitution IN
Interpretation which makes merchandise Of
men, aud gives disgrace1uf immunity to the
brokers Of human flesh and the butchers Of hu-
man hearts; md when it can no longer grind
flesh and blood, groans snd sighs, the tears Of
mothers and the c>ies Of children. into the &C.
then, IN its retreat, slnarting under the indtg-
nation Of m aroused people aud the concurring
Judgment of the civilized world, it must iie--it
may be, rs u poisoned rat dies Of rage in its
hole
Meanwhile all good omens are ours. The
work cannot stop. Quackened by the triumph
now at tand-wth Republican President in
power-State after State, quitting the condition
Of q Territory and spurn'ng slavery, will be
welcomed into our Plural Unit, and, joining
hunds together. they will become belt Of fire.
girt about the Slave States. within which ala
verY must die; or, happier still, joining hands
together, theT will become 10 the Stare States
zone Of Freedom, radicnt like the ancient ceatus
Of Beauty, with transforming power.
It only remains thut we should speed these
good influences. Others n1uy dwell on the Past
as secure; but to mr. mind, uuder the laws Of q
beaelicent God, the Future also il stcurt--on the
siogle condition that we press forward in the
yrsth ND -foru
turning from the temptations Of the hour-and,
intent only on the cause,
With mean compliance nc'cs b, tray our ,rus.,
Nor bc so civil as to p'hye I'll just.