Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-02-23


of country life, and the skill which belongs
only to-the hand worked by willing mind
y required 20 supply those wants; hence
cites only grow where labor is. free. and
they have always been the nurseries Of civil
Liberty. The tiller Of the soil in countries
where labor is free is called husbandman,
Ito IL note the tenderness and solicitude
with which he cultiyatcs his land In
counties where men cultivate the soil with
tia. compelled labor of slaves, no such
term is known.
Nea who 6eyastate and destroy the
lands with the rule hands of slaves are
never called by name SO full Of tenderness
a1l affection. This fact is full of signifi
cance- 1t speaks Of the utter hcartlessness
OF that system which destroys two races of
MAJ. and blights the soil under their feet
70 render the ruin still more complete
How clear to our minds become the tradi-
tons of the past. when viewed in the light
of passing events. We are told of fabu-
lors DeNies. who hurled from on high the
giant Titans. for aspiring to an equality
with themselves. and east huge mountains
upon their prostate bodies. The vanquished
Titsns shook the whole earth with their
struggles, and belched forth volcanic fires
from the torn and shattered mountains, but
the victorious gols sat serene on the heights
OF Olympus. The weak AMI timia were
content 70 worship the victors. and dcride
the impotent rage of the vanquishcd The
fable typi6es to the startled imagination Of
mankind the first great battle field where
Freedon fell before the thunderbol,s of
power AMI ambition-a battle to be forever
renewed through ali the circing ages OF the
world. We have bnt to look forth, and
the same vision is before us. The huge
mountain OF Slavery lies heavy upon the
prostate masses of our own race. and
presses them down until they lie buried
three strata deep upon the enslaved and
the -cnslavers. piled up above them Ike
Pclion upon OSsa. Shall we bow low and
worship these oligarchs who illuminate from
above like the gods of Olympus? Or shall
we lift from the shoulders of the people OF
our own race this vast and intolerable bur-
den? Or shall we wait until despair gives
them strength denied to nature, and brings
deliverance and one universal ruin in the
same hour?
say, let rs open up the tropics TO our
FREQ blacks, and those who may hereafter
become free; separate the races. and give to
each the climate which the Creator has a.
daptedto the nature of each. l do not ask
that they shall be forced assunder; only put
Tin their power to conform themselves TO
those laws OF their nature which so plainly
indicate that each race Of mankind has a
zone OF its own, and this grand scheme can
then be safely left to work itself out, and
dissolve that unnatural connection fraught
with such evil to two races of men.
Under our peculiar form of government,
and the circumstances which have surround
ed Us. we have not felt the necessity Of col
onics to extend orr commerce. That ne
.cessity of ell commercial nations has not
mp to this time been forced upon us, for we
have been able to expand our commerce
throughontthe temperate zone Of this con-
tiuent by sending forth our own people,
and receiving them back into share of our
Ceatral Government, and undoubtedly this
IS vast improvement upon the colonial
system, so long as it IS applied to our own
people. or 10 people who can assimilate
TO us: but it will not do If stretched beyond
this line. or made to embrace discorlant
and dissimilar races. Now, everything
indicates that our people are about to step
beyond the tropical line. The necessities
ofcommerce. and its Unsuitable thirst. impel
os in that direction. If we are wise, we
shall stop short at the line which bounds the
temperate zone with our expanding system
of States. and adopt the colonial policy
which has stretched the empire Of Great
Britain, around the world, and brought ali
ths races Of mankind under her sway, to
add 10 her power and greatness. 1t will
nos do to embrace within our present sys-
tenn The mongrel hordes Of Mexico, OF Cuba,
orany part Of tropical America. Shall we
insits TO share our government and assist
togovern rs those who have signally failed
togovsrn themssivess In Mexico. ont OF
5000. 600 of people, I 600. 600 are Indians;
they would enjoy representation in Con-
gress equal to that of all our Northwestern
States. It is absurd to suppose that we
will permit those people. who have been
IN chronic state Of revelation for quar-.
ter of . century, to silence the voice of tho
great Northwest in the councils of oul
nation. Yet it does not follow that We
are to sllow them to drift along in anarchy
and chaos. when, by stretching forth oul
hsnds. we can give them stable Govern
ment. and enable them to maintain it under
our protection, and thus restore them to thu
peaceful pursuits OF civilization ard tC
prosperity, planting everywhere among
them our enfranchised slaves, to propagate
our power and influence. as England ha.
done with her Jamr.ca negroes along tbs
coasts Of Central america, and thus grad
ually expanding into a system of colonies
TO enclose the Gulf. and subject the entir,
in.ertropical regions Of America to ou
power. making them tributary to our com
Insrce. absorbing the surplus products o
onr factories and farms. to be repaid will
the wealth of the tropics, enabling us t.
outstrip all competitors in opulence ant
power. and to dictate to the world as re
publican Rome dictated to the effete EN-
pires Of Asia.
The mighty principle destined to accom-
plish this grand design was first plantet
herc by him who was first inspired to pro
claim it to the startled nations. here tn