Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-10
Carl Schurz's Speech.

the great speech delivered by CARL SEIZURE
in St Louis on the LIST inst:
The slave States harbor dangerous enc.
my within their own boundarses, and that 4
slavery itself Imagine they are at war with
an anti-slavery people, whom they have ex.
asperated by their own hostility What will
be the effect upon the slaves? The question
Is not whether the North will instigate slave
rebellion, for suppose they will not the
question ID, whether they can prevent it, and
think they cannot. But the mere anticipa.
ton of negro instruction land the heated
imagination Of the stakeholder will discover
symptoms ofa rebellious spirit in every trife)
will paralyze the whole South. Do you re-
member the effect of John Browns attempt
The severest blow he struck at the slave
power was not that he disturbed town and
killed several citizens, but that he revealed
the weakness of the whole South. Let Gov
ernor Wise of Virginia, carry out his threat
ened invasion of the free States, not with %
but with 1890 followers at his heels-what
will be the RESULT As long as they behave
themselves we shall let them alone; but as
soon as they create any disturbance they will
be put into the station house; and the next
day we shall read in the newspapers of some
northern city, among the reports of the po-
lice court: Henry A. Wise and others, for
disorderly conduct, fined s.; loud laughter
and applause or, If he has made an attempt
on any mans life, or against our institutions,
he will most certainly find northern jury
proud enough to acquit him on the ground
of incorrigible mental arrangement. Con-
tinued laughter and applause. Our pictori-
al prints will have material for caricaturcs
for two issues, and burst 0fflaughter will
ring to the skies from Maine to California
And there is the end of it. But behold John
Brown with % men raising row at Harper's
Ferry the whole South frantic with terror
the whole State of Virginia in arms; troops
marching and counter marching as if the
battle Of Austerlitz was to be fought over
again; innocent cows shot at as bloodthirsty
invaders, and even the evening song of the
peaceful whippoorwills mistaken for the bat
tie cry of rebellion; [incessant laughter, and
those are the men, who will expose themselves
to the chances of war with an anti-slavery
people? Will they not look upon every cap
tain as John Brown, and every sergeant
and private as Coppic or Stevens? They
will not have men enough to quiet their fears
at home what will they have to oppose to
the enemyr Every township will want its
home regiment, every plantation its garrison
and what will be left for the field army No
sooner will movement of concentration be
attempted than the merest panic will undo
and Illustrate it forever. Themistocles might
say that Greece was on his ships; French
general might say that the Republic was in
his camp; but slavery will be neither on the
ships nor in the camp; it will be spread de-
fenceless over the thousands of square miles.
This will be their situation; either they con-
centrate their forces and slavery will be ex-
posed everywhere; or they do not concen-
trate them, and their strength will be no.
where. They want war 7? Let them try it
They will try it but once. And thus it turns
out, that the very same thing that would be
the cause of the war, would at the same time
disable them to carry on war. The same in
stitution that wants protection, will at the
same time disarm its protectors. Yes, slave
ry which can no longer be defended with ar
guments, can no longer be defended with
arms. . al
There is your dissolution o: the Union
The Southern States cannot desire it, for it
would defeat the very objects for which it
might be undertaken; they cannot attempt
it, for slavery woull lay them helpless at the
feet of the North. Slavery, which makes it
uncomfortable TO stay in the Union, makes it
impossible for them to go out of it. What
then will the South do, in case Of Republi-
can victory l answer that question with an
other one; what can the South do in case of
Republican victory9 Will there be dis
turbancef The people of the South them
selves will have to put it down. Will they
submit Not to Northern dictation, but to
their own good sense. They have considered
us their enemies as long as they ruled us
they will find out that we are their friends
as soon as we cease to be their subjects. They
have dreamed so long of the blessings of sla-
very they will open their eyes again to the
blessings Of liberty. They will discover that
they are not conquered but liberated. Will
slavery die out? As surely as freedom will
not die out.
Shareholders of America, appeal to you.
Are you really in earnest when you speak OF
prepetuating slavery? Shall it never cease
Never? Stop and consider, where you are
and in what days you live. 81.
This is the nineteenth century. Never
since mankind has recollection of times
gone by, has the human mind disclosed such
wonderful powers. The hidden forces of ma.
ture we have torn from their mysterious con.
cealment and yoked them into the harness Of
usefulness; they carry our thoughts over
slender wires to distant nations; they draw
our wagons over the highways of trade; they
pull the gigantic oars Of our ships; they sci
in motion the iron fingers Of our machinery
they will soon pillow our fields and gather oul
crops. The labor of the brain has exalted tc
mere bridling and controlling of natural
forces the labor of the hand--and you think
you can perpetuate system which reduces
aean, however degraded, yet capable of devel
opment, 10 the level of soulless machine
This is the world Of the nineteenth century
The last remnants of feudalism in the ole
world are fast disappearing. The Gar o
Russia, in the fullness of his imperial power
is forced to yield to the irresistible march o
human progress, and abolishes serfdom.--
Even the sultan Of Turkey can no longer
maintain the barbarous customs of the Mos
lem against the pressure of the century, ant
slavery disappears. And you, citizens of /
Republic, you think you can arrest the vince
Of progress with your bred Scott decision.
and Democratic platforms ?-[ Enthusiastic
cheers.
Look around you, and see how lonesome
you are in this wide world of ours. As fal
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