Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-03

Who GO oni1o1kh1 ~ tAe1ulbue=11ouAM
II rcddens the vestmsnts Of our sensation
ministosa, not the ermipe Of vear judge.
The sacrsmssnl table Of o. pol,ticsl
churches aresenerimsoned Nth it, aud
the places ouoe sacred 30 ovntshsdowed
by the old nIas's crime. 10 yAsse places
when you call john Brown "the champ
ion Of Christ" it may Do considered
meek and holy language but the great
mas of our American people will turn
from such impiety with shudder.
Your letter closes with IN appeal TO
our republic, calling it the sister Of the
French Republic. How little you know
Of the great land you compliment and
revile in the samc breath. Liberty With
US subjects herself to the Laws which she
has inspired, and he who revolts against
those laws sins against her and the whole
people whom she protects. She sprang
another Minerva from the minds Of pa
triot statesman, modestly clad, serene
and beautiful; she Pres;des over one re-
public, and has 80 far protected it from
anarchy or oppression.
1t is that our republic may have no
sisterhood with those of France that
such insurrections as you denominate
a sacred duty" arc met with the whole
force Of our laws. Were they permitted
to obtain a foothold in the land, our
republic might indeed become sister to
those of France, ard perish ~ they did.
Had the insurrection ut Harper's Fer
ry succeeded, the scenes Of anarchy
which left France lying like ~ unuatur-
81 monster satiated with the blood Of
her own children, might have been re-
pcated here. But we are not yet pre-
pared to see innocent babes shot down
in battalious, or fair girls compelled to
drink blood frothing from yet warm
human heart, in order to redeem tho
fathers from the Ratchet. We are not
prepared to zee our pastors slaughtered
at the foot OF their own affairs, or hear
coarse songs Numbered through the sol-
emn arches Of our temples. It i to
save our country from consanguinity
with republics founded on atrocities like
these, that our laws crush rebellion when
it first crests itself.
Rest, sir, upon your knees, before the
star splangled banner. While our pull.
pits are turned into political forums and
their ministers preach rapine and blood
shed, the foot Of our flagstaff il, per-
haps, tho most sacred place for devotion
that We have to offer you. There, GER
tainly, . pure spirit should inspire your
prayers. Yes, kneelreverently, audplead
that the great country protected by it's
folds may fling off the poison 90 insidious-
~ circulated 10 her bosom by foreign ma
tons. The spirits Of our immortal states
men will be around you when that prayer
is uttered, and, if you are in truth pat
riot, one heavenly voice will whisper, in
tones that must be changed # thcy do
not penetrate to the depths Of your soul
IL know no North, no South, no East
no West; nothing but my country"
Kneel, kneel, beseech you, sir, and lot
this patriotic sentiment be the burden Of
your prayer. Millions of souls on this
side the Atlantic will swell the breath,
as it passes your lips, into cloud Of So
cred incense, which the spirit Of Wash
ington, and tho mighty ones who have
Joined him shall watt to the feet Of Jeho-
yah and grow holier from the work.
ANN S. STEPHENS.
New York, Dec. q, l849.