The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-04-19

laws by which slavery is upheld in the several
States. These, he declares ITO have the same
''moral power and force that rules among pirates
shave for the distribution of their booty, that
regulations among robbers have for the division
''of their spoils." sThe same argument'-he con-
tinues-carrying out his views to their inevitable
and memorable consequences-"that proves my
fright to my personal liberty proves the right of
"every human being TO his. The argument that
''proves my right TO my children gives the same
"title, the same sacred claim, TO every father
'They, as I, get it from their GOD, no human
'enactment can annul the claim. No, Sir, never
Therefore every slave has right to his freedom
Gin spite of your slave laws. Every slave has
Fright to run away, in spite of your slave laws.
az tell you Mr.. Chairman, and tell you all, that
| eff were slave, and had the power and were
at necessary 10 achieve my freedom, ! would not
'hesitatc TO ill up and bridge over the chasm that
"of Freedom with the carcasses of the slain. Give
''me my freedom. Hands off Unthrottle that
''man Give him his liberty He is eatiled TO it
'frOm his COP. With these views, I do not think,
''of course, it is any harm to help away a slave
j. = tell you that | have no more hest
citation in helping fugitive slave than / have in
''snatching lamb from the jaws of WOLF or
''disengaging an infant from the talons Of an
''eagle. Not a bit. Long enough has the nation
'tcrouched and covered in the presence of this
ttstupendous wrong. Here and now break the
! ttspel and dsenchant the Republic from the
| ''incantation of this accursed sorceress. 1t
as simply question achether Il oiH pay
'4o 90 dozen into the den acherc the aolf u.s."
| We pass over the illusions in which Mr. LovRJoY
INDUCES TO JOHN Brown, than whom-and his
two fellow-murderers, STEVENS and HAzLTT-he
declares that ''despotism has seldom sacrificed
"three noblcr Victims" TO the HELPER book,
which he declares that he recommended, 'fntelli-
"gently"-when he "was neither engrossed nor
tabstracted" "did it because he wanted TO
edo it;' to the venerable CHIEF JUSTICE of the
UNITED STATES, whom he speaks of rs "a SUPER
"annuated old mummy of Judge, and Jesuit
''at that;' to the people Of the South, whom he
assas with the coarsest and foulest abuse The
passages which we have quoted, are a fair sample
Of the speech, and of the spirit OF the Party which
can applaud such sentiments and seek to give
|
as the individual utterances Of the man LovEJoY,
we should have paid no more heed TO his remarks
than TO the rawlings of maniac. Regarded rs
an authentic exposition of the views of a great
Party we must find some other words in which
to express our horror and detestaton Of the doc
trines it contains Whoever may he the candi-
date nominated at Chicago, and whatever may
be the Platform there adopted, the fact must not
be forgotten that in the general appreciation with
which Mr.. LOvEJoYs diatribe has been hailed,
not less than in the sympathy which was every
where testified for john Brown we have surer
clue to the principles and purposes of the Repub-
lican Party than candidates or platforms can
furnish. Platforms are contriyed for eectioncer-
ing purposes, and candidates are selected on the
score of availability, but in the applause that
grees such sentiments as LOvEJoY's, and the
tears that bedew such graves as BRowN's, the
true spirit of n Party is revealed.