The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-05-29

/ lcstlc Interpretation of the economy Ol the
Universe. This was their lofty, and wisc aud
nobo understanding of tho justice Of the Gre.
ator to His creatures ApplauSe.l Yes,
gentlemen, to all His creatures, te the whole
great family of man. In their enlightened
belief, nothing stamped with the Divine i'm.
age anj likeness was sent into tho world to
be trodden on, and degraded, and imbruted
by its fellows. They grasped not only the
whole race Of man then living, but they reach
ed forward and seized upon the iarthcst pos.
terity. They erected beacon to guido their
children and thoir children's children, and
the countless myriads who should inhabt the
earth 10 other ages. Wise statesmen as they
were, thoy knew the tendency OF prosperity
TO breed tyrants, and SO they established these
great self evident truths, that when in the
distant future some man, some faction, some
interest, should set up the doctrine that mono
hut rich men, or none but white men, or
none bnt Anglo Ssxpns, were entitled TO life
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their
posterity might look up again to the DecIara
ton Of Independence, and take courage to
renew the battle which their fathers began
SO that truth, and justice, aud mercy, and all
the humane and Christian virtues might not
be extnguished from tue land; so that no
man hereafter would dare to limit and cir.
cumscribo the great principles ON which the
temples Of liberty was being built. loud
cheers.
Now, my countrymen, if YOU have been
taught doctrines conflicting with the great
landmarks of the Declaration of Independence,
II You have listened to suggestions which
would taNe away fro'n us grandeur, ana mu-
mate me symmetry OF It's proporuohs; II yon
hay" been inclined TO believe that all men
are M" created cquM III thoso inaIlensb!e
rights e"'m""'ea "y our eh"'t o! Ilhcf'y' let
'n' r''r'"C you - come Uae". hetNrn TO
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ne 'l''n ot tho ite'o,Nton' ImH& nothing
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~ any man W" 'Uh-o''ef-un' come BACK 20
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acpen"euc"' iou may 90 anything with ma
you choose' II YOU WIZ put hre0 theSe sacred
P'ihciP!'s' "u may not ohlV defeat ne Tor
tue 0'h'''' nuI So" may ta"e me hnd pnt me
10 "'a J" " Idle l''''"hGnS 10 ndIii"renca
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man S,,''' II = "'""'n-' a,h n"'h'ng'
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WHAT MAY WE LOON FOX Af'E" THE NEAF
DRIED SCOTT DECISION
"My friends | have end"avor"a To- >h'w
YOU the logical consequ nee Of the Dr"d Scott
,l..ri.l "A bipb hpIl hat IA nf
rltory cannot prevent the establishment Of
slavery IN their midst. have stated what
cannot be gaInsayed, that the grounds upon
which this decision is made are equally ap.
pIlcabe to the free States as to the Terrific
lies, ana that the peculiar reasons put forth
by Judge Douglas for endorsing this decision,
commit him in advance to tho next decision,
and to all other decisions elnanatng from the
same source. And, when by all these means
you have succeeded IN dehumanizing the he
gro; when YOU bave put him down, and made
1t impossible for him to be but as the beasts
of the field, when You have eXtinguished his
soul, and placed him where the ray Of hope
|, blown out ia the darkness that broods over
the demon you have reused will not turn and
rend you? What constitutes the bulwark Of
our liberty and independence! 1t is not our
trowning battlements our bristling sea coasts,
the guns OF our war steamers, or tho strength
ot our gallant army. These are not our re-.
liances against "a resumption Of tyranny in our
land. All OF them may bo turned against
our liberties without making US stronger or
weaker f,r the struggle Our reI9nce is in
the love of liberty which God hath planted
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