The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-20
Sept 10th, 1850.

movement IN oil Its endless ramlhcatlons.-
No single science. no single practical pur-
suit exists in our day independently of all
other sciences, all other practical pursuits.
This is the age Of the solidarity of progress.
Set limit to the freedom OF inquiry in one
direction aad you destroy the harmony Of
its proPelling action. Give US the Roman
inquisition, which forbids Calico Gali;es To
think that the earth moves round the sun.
and he has to interrupt and give up the
splendid train of his discoveries. and their
influence upon all other branc. es of science
is lost; he has TO give il up, or he must fight
the Iuquis'tion. cheers. Let the Slave
Power, or any other polticsl or economical
interest tell US that We must think. and say.
and invent and discover nothing which is
against its demands-and we must inter-
rupt and give up the harmony Of our pro-
gressive development. or fight the tyrannical
pretension. whatever shade it may assume.
Loud cheers
Believing as We do, that the moral and
ideal develorment Of man is the true aim
and end of human society. we must preserve
in their efficiency the means which serve
that end. 10 order to secure to the freedom
OF inquiry its iull productive power. we
must surround it with all the safeguards
which political institutions afford As we
cannot see q limit to the activity OF our
minds. s" we cannot muzzle our mouths or
fetter the press with a censorship Ap
Iflause We cannot arrest restrain the
discussion IF Tie queaion. ,ohat system of
labor or chat organ.zattoa Of soctety pro-
m"tes best tie moral and iateiiectuai derel.
opme1t of man. Loud applause We
cannot deprive q single individual of the
privileges which protect him in the free ex
ercise of his faculties. and the enjoyment of
his right. SO long As these faculties are not
employed to the detriment of the rights and
lib rites OF others. Our organization OF
society resting upon equal rights. We 6nd
our security in general system of popular
education which fits all for an intell gent
exercise of those rights. This is the home
policy OF free labor society. TINS policy in
oar Federal affairs must necessarily cores
pond. D-eming free and intelligent labor
the only safe basis OF society, ii is our duty
to expand its blessings over all the terrific
ry within our reach; seeing our own pros
perity advanced by the property of our
nciyhbors. we must endeavor to plant upon
our borders system Of labor which an
swers in that resps t. Da we recognize the
right OF the laboring man to the soil he
sive speculation? Seeing in the harmonious
development Of all branches OF labor a
source of progress and power. we must
adopt policy which draws t, light the re-
sources of the land. gives work to our work
shops and security TO our commerce. These
are the principles and views governing our
policy.
Shareholders. look at this picture, and at
this Can the difference escape your oh
servation! You may say, as many have
said. that ther. is indeed a difference OF
principles. but not necessarily an antago-
nism OF interests. Look again.
Your social system is founded upon for
ced labor. ours upon free labor Slave Ia
Dor cannot exist together with freedom of
inquiry. and so you demand he restriction
OF freedom; free labor cannot exist without
1t, and we maintain It's invioabi.ity. Slave
labor demands the setting aside of the safe
guards of individual liberty, for the purpose
OF uphoiding subordinstion and protecting
slave property; free labor demands their
preservation as essential and indispensable
to its existence and progressive development.
Slavery demands extension by an aggressive
foreign policy; free labor demands an hon.
orabIe peace aud friendly in.ercourse with
the world abroad for its commerce. and a
peaceable aud undis urbel development Of
our resources at home for its agriculture
and industry. Slavery demands extension
over national territories for the purpose Of
gaining political power. Free labor demands
the national domain for working men Tor the
purpose OF spreading the blessings of liber-
ty and civiliz alton. Slavery therefore op-
poses al! measures tending to secure the
soil to the actual laborer; free labor there
fore recognizes the right Of the settler to
th- soil, and demands measures pr tecting
him against the pressure OF speculation
Slavery demands the absolute ascendency
Of the planting interest in our economies
policy: free labor demands Legislation ten
ding To dsveiop all the resources OF the land
and TO harmonize the agricultural. CONNER
cial and industrial interests Slavery de-
IN .nds the control of the General Govern
ment for its special protection and the pro-
motion OF its pecuiar interests: free labor
demands that the General Government be
for the purpose of securing TO
all the blessings OF liberty, and for the pro
motion of the gene al welfare. TTremen-
dous applause Slavery demands the rec
ognition of its divine right; Free Labor rec
ognizes no divine right but that oil the lib
srty Of all men. L'ud cheers
w ith one Wofu, SL1EeTy deNdHHS Tor nS
projections and perpetuat.on a syr,ens # pol
icy ,chich IS mtt~rty Incompatible riM the
principtes spon aeAteh the oryan,zattos Of
Free Laboy soe.sfy rests. There is the an
tagonism That is the essence of the cir
repre.sible conflict l, is a conflict of
principles underlying interests. always the
same. whether appearing as a moral. eco
nomical. or political question. Mr.. Douglas
boosted sh.t he could repress it with police
measures. he might As well try to fe,ier the
winds with a rope. The South mean to
rspress it with decisions of the Supreme
Court: they might IS we'll. like Xerxes. try
to subdue the wives Of the ocean bv throw
ing chains into the water. IApplau.e.
The conflict OF constitutional construc-
.ions 10 indeed bat mere incident Of the
grea: struggle mere synsstom Of the eri-
sis. Long before the slavery quesslou in
the form Of IN abstract constitutional con-
troversy Agitafed the public mind. the con.
dics OF interests ragged in oar national coun-
csIs. What mastered it that the ssra xgle
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