Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-02
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sorry tina. Gal!ileo met with such formid.
6le opposition in the establishment Of hi
Theory. that Columbus had to endure S
many iibss and jeers, ard that the ear!
Christians had to suffer the awful persecu
lions which it is recorded were inflicte
upon them. We are more snrrowful tina
men generally are that these things shoul
have been. Not that our heart il an
warmer or our sympa,hies moro tender tina
anybody elss's; but because these lament
sbls affairs. arc nowadays universally USE
for tho vi!oss purposes. We never ye
heard professor Of now tangled humbue
or model reformc- Of any kind, who ha
been kicked for his impudenco, or laughe'
1t for his folly but set up for martyr, an
rany the changes on Gallileo, Columb,,
snd tho early Christians, till sympathizin
audiences, dissolved in tsars, have take
him to their bosom, to cherish and protect
until finding that in endeavoriug to avoi'
one extreme they had ran into the othe,
and through fear Of extinguishins geiu
Rad nouri>l:sd an impo,tor.
None Of the emphereal humbugs of tn
age have had greater share Of martyrs
than the Republican party. Polished mar
syrs like Su.nner, who having been knocked
down 70, his insolsnce, went . ma!ingerin!
oil over the continent, looking It the work.
of"rt and making love to the pretty Italians
drawing his pay regularly. and writing home
all kinds Of horrible stories about pains it
head, and aches in his big toe, and hurts il
his back bone. Then there were rough
and ready martyrs, who fought, bled an!
died in Kansas, and then went oil oyel
the country showing their wounds. Ther
tho Harper's ferry affair bore a rich crop o.
martyrs; for besides John Brown, the
great martyr Of martyrs, there was whole
nost ofsubservient martyrs. inferior martyrs
contemporary martyrs and collateral martyrs;
bla,k faced, yellow faced and red fs"e']
martyrs; red headed, woody headed and
pudding headed martyrs; martyrs politically
and martyrs financially; in short because OF
that aftais, no sort ofa contingency can
srise for which the Republicans hare no,
on hand a ready made martyr:
Among the collateral martyrs, above men:
toned are Sanborn and Cassius N. Clay
Tho former. having been lately been res
eusd by On abolition moh, from An Office,
ofthe Senate, who was taking him to tcs.
tify before tho Harpes's Ferry Committee
is now travelling round showing the hand.
cuffs wherewith he was manacled, and re.
ceiving IN immense amount Of fiothy con.
graduation on his successful resistance
to tyranny" Mr.. Cassius M.rcellus Clay
lately got out big protest" defying
everything and every body, and blowed
s"<s putfed and burst off his buttons, till
~ympathizing Republicans and admir:ng. old
women sh oser the land were shouting his
nomination for ths Vice. Presidency ;; and
now isturus out that nobody ever threatened
him, or over entertained any idea of touch
Ing him or any Of his friends that hs
protest was uncalled for, and that all this
tims hs has been furiously fighting phsn
tom Of his own creation, with . chivalrit
g.,sto that would have done honor to tht
doughty knight Of L. Mancha.
But the martyr VIC want to get at is
Owen Lovcjoy. Mr.. Lovsjoy never was
killed h mself but he had brother tha,
was shot in scuff1e, At Alton, illinois, some
twenty years since-while endeavoring ia
run of the slaves Of some St. Louis men-and
that. we'll managed. has answered his every
purpose. On che ground that bic brothe,
wae killed BY the "slave Power " he raised
a"ympathg Ter himself that made him a
Congressman ;bnt he wants reelection
be fears his old dodge won't succeed-that
he can mako no. moro capital out Of the
death Of his unfortunate brother. The com.
m'serat'o". excited hy the pitial object, is
mingled with disgust 4 the base, unholy
"'e to which brother puts it: ard Lovejoy
must stand from under, and baeoms 4 bona
h's scfterer-a martyr on his own hook.
10 I've gets up in the House Of Representa-
tives and tells the Southern members that
they and their constituents are damnable
Williams. and that their wives and daughters
are harlo's, and performs around, with a
went somebody thread on tho tail . me
coat" cir, hoping that some excitahle. South.
o." gentleman will slap his jaws, or give hin,
lit Of boot leather, or make him.a marty,
N some way; and his wish is gratiaed, he
gets up mnss and comes out = heso-the
defender Of "free speech" Now he wilt d.
sso exhibit-spectators paying ten cents
. head. Who wouldn't give it to see SYM.
psshy Lovejoy.
W In another column will bs found al
the proceedings Of the Charleston Conven
tin" during last week. I. will be seen thai
they arc having warm time jo~n there
1t is reported that part Of our M:on.so:,
delegation have departed to the ada.j,,j..ra
tion. The others are rspor ted as being tru.