The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-04-18

himself: Gin sorrow shalt thou eat of j
all the days of thy life in the sweat o
thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou re-
turn unto the ground" This explains
the hostility Of Southern Democracy to free
men, free labor, and free schools.
Fresmen-laboring men of the North
and, if it not be reasonable, of the South
are you willing to aid in extending into
the common Territories 4 system whose
cornerstone is the ignorance Of the people
and which will establish the policy that Ia
Dor is incompatible with mental cultiva
tion ?" Must the honest-hearted laborer
as he reads the record Of science. history
and government, in free press. and around
whose humble iresidc, after the toll and
sweat of the day. from the various Libraries
Of the land, are poured out the treasures Of
all ages: and in the mind Of his child, il
there be diamond. it will be developed by
education. and finally shine in his country's
history is he to be told that mental cult.
walton is Incompatible with labor
And you now declare, in case this sys
tenn Of oppression and ignorance be not cx.
panded. you will sever every tie that binds
the Union. You say you have counted the
cost. Have you the vision Of a seer tn
reach far down through coming time, and
see the horrors of such an event They
will not end in decades, centuries, or cycles.
If you force dissolution upon us, We can on.
~ hope
''li it done, when 'ts DONE ;Len, 't~ere well
IL weIe doue quickly"
On this subject, how appropriate to-day
is the language of Lewis Cass and Daniel
S. Dickinson on the 1st day Of March, 1917,
in the Senate Chamber Said the former,
speaking of dissolution
"That word has got to he quite common
one in our national vocabulary. 1t frightcnd
me once but | nave seen it so often, that its
face has become familiar, and does not inspire
the least dread. l recognised it as an old ac.
Iuaintance, changing from time to time its drap.
cry, but still preserving its identity. Our con-
stituents, the American people, will take care OF
us and the crisis, too, and they will still take
of the Union, "nd guard I. iiv'- any u.aiO',
touch"
The latter said
81 have no gloomy forebodings over the dis
solution of the Union politicians could not dis
solve it, it they would and would not if they
could. 1t will live on, sir, long after we are laid
in the dust Pillar after pillar shall strengthen
and adOrn the ediice, while others, the venera-
BILE and Sray-headed, who are yet unborn, shall
occupy these seats, and these walls echo to thei,
voice."
Why will you not. then, heed the coun.
sci of the statesmen of the past and present
You profess much sympathy for the free
laborcrs of tho North, and brand them as
white slaves. Take within your sympathies
the free whites of the South. and unite with
us to give them free homes in the West
Insist not upon your expansion theory, nor
plant on that virgin soil servitude which
will disgrace them; for your own people
feel more keenly than We, that
"The badge ofthe slave is the seorn Of the free "
Charge not upon us the folly of your
weakness. Envey not the North. You
possess now moro than half the Union. t.
the exclusion of Northern frecmen; with O
climate genial, to nurture the fruits of the
tropics, and soil rivalling that Of the Nile
in richness Saving the blight Of slavery,
among the smooth stones of the stream i:
thy portion ;" while the North wrestles
with the waterfall, digs into the mountains
struggles with the quarry, and cultivates
here and there, fruitful valley. BE con
tent to let slavery wear itself out on you
own soil. You may suffer plaques an,
and pestilence you may harden your hearts
as did Pharaoh; but in Gods own time
He will bid you let the people GO AM
He will lead them to land of rest.
You may say the slave, in many cases
kisses the hand that smitss him, and pre-
fers his yoke to freedom. So did the Is
raelites, even when the Lord was their pill
lar of cloud by day and fire by night; 70
in the Wilderness they cankered for the yoke
and fesh-pots of Egypt. Ages of oppre;
sion will destroy the ability and inclinatio
to resist.
'Proongel endurance tames the bold"
Byron makes Downward. the brave pri,
oner of Chillon, to say:
| at was, at length, the same to me,
| Fettered or fetterless ~ be
! Ilsarusf TO love despair
| Nv very chains and grew friends
! 30 much long sommunion tends
Ts make : what we
Gentlemen talk about the brute force (
maiorities, and declare they will not sui
nit. We are now told, 4" Dare you bl
exercise the right of freemen, in cles
and constitutional mode; elect for Pres
dent a man of your choice. and believe
the teachings of all parties down to 1S4'
and the dogs of war shall be let loose VI
on you" Already you are making appr
priations for thousands to build arsenals.
purchase arms, and are now mastering 70
ces, as you say. to threaten and coerce Il
North. You may bind in chains the boo
of your slave; you may subject him to IL
lash and imprisonment but when, in IL
insolence of long-enjoyed power, you seek
!, ccorce individual opinion and political actic
by craven threats. did We yield We won
deserve to be slaves.
"Must give way and room TO your rash chocr?
Shall rs frightened when q msimsu staIssf'
We meet you in no unkind spirit. v
desire that no "s son of man" should "pr
, phesy against the forest of the South field
D We are glad that you are commencing
live on your own account that is the tr
wealth of nations. We are gratiied th
you are weaving your own garments; it