Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-10

cral progress OF mankind, without plotting
against yourselves. Every steam whistle,
every putting locomotive is sounding the
shrek Of liberty Into our ears. From the
nobaest instincts Of our hearts down to sor-
did greatness Of gain, every impulse Of hui
man nature is engaged inl is universal con-
spiracy. How can you rcsistr Where are
your friends in the North? Your ever ready
supporters are scattered to the winds as by
cnchantment, never to DO seen again. Hear
them trying to save their own fortunes, swear
with treacherous eagerness that they have
nothing in common with you. And your OPP
ponents3 Your boasts have lost their charm !;
your threats have lost their terror upon them.
Tho attempt is idle to cloak the sores of Laz-
arus with the lion skin of Hercules. We
know you. Every one Of your boasts is UNI
derstood as disguised moan of weakness
every shout of defiance as disguised cry for
mercy. That game is played out Do not
deceive yourselves. This means not only the
destruction of party-this means the defect
of a cause BE shrewder than the shrcwdest,
drawer than the bravest-it is all in vain !;
your cause is doomed.
And in the face of all this you insist upon
hugging, with logged stubborness, your fatal
infatuation! Why not, with manly boldness,
swing around into the grand march of pro-
gressive humanityP You say it cannot be
done to-day. Can it be done tomorrow p
Will it be easier twenty, fifty years hence,
when the fearful increase Of the negro popu-
lation will have aggravated the evils of Slave
ry an hundred fold, and with it the different
ties of extinction? Did you ever think of
this? The final crisis will come, with the
memorable certainty of fate, the more terrible
the longer it is delayed. Will you content
yourselves with the criminal words, "after
me the deluge?' Is that the inheritance
you mean to leave to coming generations p
An inheritance of crime, blood, and destruc-
tion9 Hear me, shareholders of America =
If you have no sense of right, no appreciation
of your own interests, entreat, Iimplore
you, have at least pity for your children!
hear the silly objection, that your sense
of honor forbids you to desert your cause
Sense of honor! Imagine the future genera
ton standing around the tombstone of the
bravest of you, and reading the inscription,
+" Here lies gallant man, who lived and died
true to the cause--of human slavery" What
will the verdict be? His very progeny will
disown him, and exclaim, :" He must have
been either fool or knaver' There is not
one of you, who if he could rise from the
dead century hence, would not gladly ex-
change his epitaph for that Of the meanest of
those who were hung at Charleston.
Sense of honor Since when has it become
dishonorable to give up the errors of yester-
day for the truths of to-day2 To prevent
future disasters by timely reforms? Since
when has it ceased to be the highest glory to
sacrifice ones prejudices and momentary adj
vantages upon the altar of common veal p
But those who seek their glory in stubborn
" resisting what is glorious, must find their
end in inglorious misery.
turn to you, Republicans Of Missouri =
Your countrymen owe you debt of admira-
ton and gratitude to which my poor voice
can give but . feeble expression. You have
undertaken the noble task Of showing the
people of the North that the slaveholding
States themselves contain the elements of re-
and Of demonstrating to the
South how that regeneration can be effected
You have inspired the wavering masses with
confidence in the practibility Of our IDEAS
To the North you have given encouragement;
to the South you have set an example. Let
me entrcat you not to underrate your noble
vocation. Struggle on, brave men! The
anxious wishes of millions are lowering
around you. Struggle on, until the banner
of emancipation is planted upon the capiol of
your State, and one Of the proudest chapters
of our history will read: Missouri led the
van, and the nation followed!