The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-10-06
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cARL sCuURz ASD FEE DErLAnA1ieS
or INDEPENDENCE
The following extract fros one Of Carl
sehsrs' speeches, isSsesiviss very general
c;realasios q the lands Of the DsneerAsic
press, sod Denoesssie orators:
.rhere il your Declaration Of fndepend-
enes, : diplomatic dodge. adopted nsrs.!
for the vnrpose Of excassng the Estelli0us
colonies in the eyss Of civilized mankind.
There 10 Tour Dsc.arasion Of lsdependence,
No longer the sacred c0ds OF the rights o.
man, Ga: = hypoeri:iesl piece OF spec,ai
pleading, drawn up by batch OF arsiai
ressifoggess; who, when spsakios 81 sas
rivs,s 81 nan. meant bcs the privileges OF
a .es Of ar;ssosralIe slsreholisrs, bus siysea
I. the rights Of man, Ia order 20 iAFos ua,s
isso the ere. Of The world a5t to insess's
noble heasted fools into Lending ISsn aiu
AID a..istanes. fApPlagse. These are soa'
b8ss.sd Esyosasiorary sIres. 40 i1hSst
roes and sayes, bat accomplished namons
rsrs AID hypoesi.es, uho said one thing aga
meant aroiher; who passed eSan'ssiei'
sentiments a. genuine, and obtained arms
aod uooey, and assistance AID sympathy Oh
faI.s prstenes.l There Is yoaT American
geyoie:ian. 10 longer the great champion
Of uniEsrsaI principles ba; mean iansse
srick--f burst. Of applause and iaash'er
4 wooden ngtmeg-lr renewed eAse7s
mos. imyaiens imposition ever pfaesiesa
upon the Whole world" iApflaaseI.
Democratic organs, 10 startling capitals,
herald forth sbi. extract, as containing the
sentiment. Of Carl scharz. Leading Demo-
cra.s 10 this city, have this extract slowed
.spgIy sxay 10 their vest pockets to be from
tasaee exhameI On ell suissbls occasions,
and palmsa Of upou eredaleas men, as the
real sentiments 81 ..Elaek Republican
ora.sr in regard to the Declaration OF In
depsndancs and the war Of the Revolution"
Thi. is no random statement. Men, IN this
city, who pss.snd grea: fairness 10 politics,
have been guilty Of this iEapudens outrage
and auaacioas Misrepresentation
In the extract quoted, Carl schurz is vim
dica,ing no, aspcrsing the Declaration Of
Independence, in words Of scathing irony.
lie is combating the doctrine Of the Demo-
cratic party and other advocates Of slavery,
who affirm that tha. sacred instrument, the
Declaration Of Independence, did not mean
what i, said, that ..alI men are created equal;
endowed by their creator With certain ina
lienabc rights" etc., but that it mean, tha!
all ,rhiGs men were thus born, while blac@
men were born to be slaves Of white men,
and had no s'iualieuable rights" To show
more clearly the utter absurdity of this
claim Of the slavery advocates, be Illustrated
the position in which this Interpretation Of
the Declaration placed its trainers, by aa-
dressing the above language TO those whose
positions hc vas eontroyertiug. Bu, 10 show
more fully the dishonesty Of the Democrats
in attempting 10 palm off this extract, as
embodying the views Of Carl SchGrz, We
will quote from the speech ia which is found
this extract, the first sentence following the
same. Read, and then contemplate the
mrnjacity Of Democracy:
"rhis Is the trag Mr.. Douqigs trants you
TO read and 10 understand The protsdest
PAGES Of american history! That is the
hind Of history irifh which he finds II nee
essary TO prop his utoagrei doctrine Of pop
uiar sovereignty! That is tehat he calls
riadicatiag the character, and The moiires,
and The conduct Of the sigRers Of the Dee
fardiioa Of Independence"
"sueh gross dishonesty as this surpasses
the ordinary menaaci;y of Democratic jour.
mails. |. i, just rs bad as If the whole thing
was forged, for in the manner in which it
Is used, il is rs much Of n libel" What
can be thought Of newspapers and politician,
that resort to such lodges.
- FRANK FIERCE AN ABoLiTioIsT.
/ No longer ago than 1851, Ex- PresideD,
PIEEcx, in the Constitutional Convention OF
his native State, held to this sentiment -
81 ,eould take the ground Of The non eriers.
sion Of slaerr,f-- fhgf siaregy should mol be-
come siToHgcr!' Pierce said that, and tha,
ia the exact doctrine of the Republican par.
/ ty on tho sabjeot of slavery. Mr.. Pierce
( has never been denounced a. an abolition
Z iss,' fos avowing such q sentiment, while
/ every Republican has been thus denounced
/ Why th,s distinction? Is il because Pierce
won't further, and propauulcd this inquiry
/ 4" Uhat single hing is there connected uiH
Marcy thai Is mol obnoriou!' viii somC
pouglastte toll us the reason Pierce WI,
never denounced by the Democracy as AT
aholitiouist, and why b. changed his op.n.
ion. in 1851, with Douglas and The present
Democratic party