Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-09-18
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men assembled there and CO inside what,
y9n may expect of them. The PHILOSOPHY
Of the eighteent century counts, many Of
them among. its trnest adopts uTlley wel-I
coined heartily in their Scattered towns
and plantations the new ideas, brought
forth by that sudden progress. of humans
ty, and, u1editating them in the dreamy
solitude oot virgin nature, they hndl en-
larged the.compass of their, ,thoughts,tand
peopled their ina ginntions with lofty
ideals. a A,clasSlcil education, (I0r most Of
them are by nosmeans illitcrates men) has
put all the treasures, Of historical kuowl-
edge at their dispfsa', and enabled them
to apply the experience of past centuries
to. the new problem they attempt to solve.
See others there of n simple hut strong
castsof mind whom common sense would
call its trucst representatives. Wont to
graPale With The dangers and difficultles!oe
an early settlers life, OF, if inhabitants Of
young uprising cities, wont to carry quick
projects into speedy execution, they have
become regardless Of obstacles ana used
TO- streuQns sactivity..o The constant ne
cesslty to help. themselves has developed
their mental independence; and, Injured to
political strife BY tliescontihual defence of
their colonial self-g government, they have
at last become familiar with the idea, 10
introduce, into practical existence the
principles which their vigorous minds have
quietly builtnp into a theory. a
The first little impulses to the general
up-heaving of the popular spirit-the tea
tax, the stump act-drop into ipsignifi-
cance; they are almost forgotten; the revo-
lutionary spirit has risen far above them.
1t disdains to justify itself with petty
pleadings; it spurns diplomatic equivoca-
tiOOs n1aRRo I'm s.1O
upon tile broad basis OF eternal rights, as
sclf-evident as the sun, as broad as the
world, as common as the air Of heaven
The struggle of the colonies against the
usurPing Government of Great Britain has
| risen to the proud dimensions ofa struggle
ofm0n for liberty and equality. Behold, five
men are advancing towards the table of the
President. First, Thomas Jefferson, whose
philosophical spirit grasps the gcnerali-
~ OF things and events; then Benjamin
Franklin, the great apostle of common
| sense, the clear wisdom .0f real life beam
ing in his serene eye; then the .undaunted
John Adams, and two others. Now JcfTer!
son reads the Declaration of independence,
and loudly proclaims the Fundamental
principle upon which it rests: t'1All men
are created free and equallr 1t. is sail
history tells you. What it meInt.A The
sceptref otlroyalty' is flung back across the
ocean; the prerogatives of mobility are
luto the dusti every man a king, every man,
baroni'in seven of the original colonies
tue; shackles Of the black man struck
off; almost everywhere the way pre-
pared for gradual emancipation. "No
recognition Of the right of property in
mani" says Madison. "Let. slavery be
abolished by lnwv says Washington Not
only the supremacy of. Old England isto
hpES ok,
society is to be built up, on the basis of
liberty and equality. That is the Decln-,
ration of independence That is the Amer
lean Revolution. All men free and equal!
Not even the broad desert of the. Atlantic
ocean stops the triumphant shout. Be-
hold, the nations of the Old World are
rushing to arms. Bnstiles are blown into
hedust as by thetrumpets of Jericho, and,
like pillar of FIRE by night and pillar Of
cloudiby day, the, great jwhtchword of dhc
American Revolution shows forever the
way to Struggling humanity. [Long con-
tinued applause All men are created
free aud equal! eI.i.!s ~: ~ as
Now we have both sides of the matter
and our readers will see that quite another
face is put on it. The attempt to make
party capital BY such practice iis',,' very
disreputable sort of a dodge aud very
silly Que, too-for there is. a very strong
probability that the man or the paper that
employs it will get pickedup. 1t does the
people who practice it much more harm
than the people, against whom it is em=
pIoyed, for. theychnnccs are that after it is
found out and exposed, the dodgers will
not be believed even when they tell the
truth.
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John Sherman on the administration
[Extraet from his Philadelphia ,speech.l
wilI'not, on the present occasion, ad-:
dress lnyselfto the supporters of this adj