The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-19

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.4ke Declaration ! lind pend nee " formed
" representative q A!.s.ien h'ss ~. ron =
M ~, we're sIavehol1ng conmlit titles. W need
nj a5scuss the Wxy III The reason Of their DecOm-
IN slayeholdn9 communities. II il susicient
foT our purpose that MI If them greatly drplored
Inc evil, and that they placed provision 10 ne
tonstftefgon which they supposed would gradu-
ally remove The disease by cutting on iss source
mi. was The abolition Of the slave trade. 20
general was the conviction-thc public deser-
Inination-t0 abolish the African slave uade,
that IN proyision which have referred 70 -
being placed IN The constitasscn declares me- ~.
should sot be abolished prior 70 the year lSOs.
4. constitutional provision was necessary 20 pre-.
vent IN people, through Congress, from putting
i ston 10 the traf6c immediately ~ the clcsc o.
the ~. Nov. ifslavery had been good tn'ngs
vnnld the Fathers OF the Republic have taken
s.er, calculated 10 diminish it, benchcent inhu-
enres among themselves, and snatch the boon
wholly from, their posterity. These communi-
ties. by their representatives in Old lnoepen0ence
Hall. said 10 the whole world Of men, We holu
these truths to be selfexident: that ali men arc
created equal; that they are endowed y snei.
Creator with certain inalienable rights; thas
among these are life. liberty, and the pursuit OF
happiness.r This Was their majestic interPreta.
ton OF the economy Of the Universe. This was
their lofty, and wise, and noble understanding OF
the Justice Of the Creator 70 his creatures. lap
pla,Ise. Yes, gentlemen, TO GI Ills creatures,
to the whole great family Of man. In their en-
lghtened belief, nothing stamped with the W.
vine image and likeness was sent into the world
10 be trodden on, and degraded, ana in'bruted
byits fellows They graspcd not only the Whole
race Of man then living. but they reached ior-
ward and seized upon the farthcst posterity-
srt.s - ka.c tn rrrlfdp their children
and their children's children, and the countless
myriads who should iIhabit the earth in other
ages. Wise statesmen az they were, they knew
the tendency Of prosperity to breed tyrsnts, ana
80 they established these great selfevident truths
that when in the distant future some man, some
faction. some interest," should set up the doctrine
that none but rich men, or none but white men,
or none but AngloSaxons, were entitled to life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness their pos
terity might look up again 20 the Declaration OF
Independence, and take courage to renew the
battle which their fathers began-so that truth,
and Justice, and mercy, and gil the humane and
Christian virtues might not be extinguished from
the land: 20 that no man hereafter would dare to
limit and circumscribc the great principles on
which the temple Of liberty was being built. -
| (Loud cheers.
Now. my countrymen, If you haze been taught
| doctrines conflicting with the great landmarks
| Of the Declaration Of independence; II YOU have
| listened to suggestions which would take away
| from its grandeur, and mutilate the symmetry OF
| it, proportions: ifyou have been inclined to be-
lieye that all men are no, created equal in those
inalienabc rights enumerated BY our chart ofiib-
| erty. let me entreat you to come back. Return
Ia the fountain whose waters spring close BY the
4 blood OF the Revolution. Think nothing Of me
take no thought for the political fate of any
4 man whomsoever-but come back to the truths
\ that are in the Declaration Of Independence
! You may do anything with me you choose, ifyou
4 win but heed these sacred principles You may
not only defeat ne for the Senate, but you may
take me and put me to death. While pretend
ing no indifference to earthly honors, 10 claim
| TO be actuated in this contest by something high
er than an anxiety for Office. ! charge you to
drop every paltry and Insignificant thought fol-
any mans success. It is nothing am nothing
Judge Douglas is nothing. Bit Do not destroy
that immortal emblem Of HDnanitg--He Declara
ton Of american Independence"
WHAT WE MAY LOOK FOR AFTER THE NEXT DRIED
/ SCOTT nEcIsIOss
"My friends, have endeayored TO thow you
the logical consequences ofthe bred Scott decis-
ion which holds that the people OF Territory
cannot prevent the establishment Of slavery in
their midst. Ihave stated what cannot be gain
saved, that the grounds upon which this decision
is made are equally applicable to the Free States
o. to the Free Territories and that the peculiar
reasons put forth by Judge Douglas Tor indorsing
this decision, commit him in advance to the nj It
decision, and TO all other decisions emanating
from the same source And, when by all these
means you have succeeded in dehumanizing the
negro; when you have put him down, and made
| it impossible for him to be but as the beasts oil
the field; when you have extinguished his soul,
and placed him where the ray of hope is blown
out in the darkness that broods over the spirits
1 Of the damned, are YOU quite sure the demon
You have reused will not turn and rend you p
/ What constitutes the bulwark Of our liberty and
| independence 1t il not our frowning battle
ments, our bristling sea coasts, the guns of our
war steamers, or the strength of our gallant ar
my. These are not our reliance against resump-
| ton 6f tyranny ir our Land All Of them may
be turned against our liberties, without making
| us stronger OF weaker for the struggle. Our re-
lance is in the love Of liberty which God has
| planted in our bosoms Our defence is III the
preservation Of the spirit which prizes liberty a.
tile heritage Of al men, ia ali lands, eserymsae -
| Destroy this spirit, and you have planted the
seeds Of dcspotism around your own doors. Fa.
miliarzc yourselves with the chains of bondage
and you are preparing your own limbs to wear
! them. Accustomed to trample on the rights oil
/ those around YOU, yeu have lost the genius o.
your independents, and become tne lit subjects
of the first cunning tyrant who rises among yon.
And let me tell you, that all these things are pre-.
! pared for you with the sure logic of history. ii
the elections shall promise that the next bred
/ Scott decision and all fntuIc decisions will be
/ quietly acqaiesced in BY the people" Loud
| Applause.