The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-11

philadelphia. We ask your continued Interest
and prayers for us and the poor, dark people o.
this upper district Of the goodly mountain. +
Your afEectionate sister in Christ,
- L. G. BExr0K.
Carl schurs's speech.
The followingis the concluding portion Of thu
great speech delivered by Carl Schurz in St
Louis, on Wednesday evening last:
The slave States harbor dangerous enemy
within their own boundaries, and that is slavery
ITSELF Imagine they are at war with an anti
slavery people, whom they have exasperated by
their own hostility. What will be the effect up
on the slavess The question 10 not whether the
North will instigate q slave rebellion. for sup
pose they will not; the question is, whether they
can prevent it, and think they cannot But
the mere anticipation Of negro insurrectioi
land the heated Imagination Of the STAKEHOLDER
will discover symptoms Of rcbelious spirit in
every triae) will paralyxe the whole South. Do
you remember the effect of John Browns at
Tempt The severest blow he struck at the slave
power was not that he disturbed town and xii
led several citizens, but that he revealed the
weakness Of the whole South. Let Governor
Wise, Of Virginia, carry out his threatened inva.
sion Of the free States not with % but with 9 SOC
followers at his heels-what will be the result p
As long as they behave themselves we shall let
them alone; but as soon as they create any dis
turbance they will be put in the station houses.
and the next day We shall read in the newspapers
Of some northern city, among the reports Of the
police court: Henry A. Wise and Others for dis.
plausel or, il he has made an attempt upon any
mans life, or against our institutions, he will
most certainly find northern jury proud enough
20 acquit him on the ground Of incorrigible men,
| tai arrangement CONTINUED laughter and ap-
plause. Our pictorial prints will have material
| for caricatures for two issues, and burst OF
laughter will ring to the skies from Maine to Cal
ifornia. And there is the end oft. But be.
hold John Brown with % men raising row at
Harper's Ferry; the whole South frantic with ter
ror; the w.aole State Of Virginia in arms; troops
marching and counter marching, as if the battle
| of Austerltz was to be fought over again; inno-
cent cows shot at as bloodthirsty invaders, and
cyen the evening song of the peaceful whippor-
wills mistaken for the battle cry of rebellion;
lincessant laughter, and those are the men who
will expose themselves to the chances Of war.
with an antislavery peoples viii they notlook
upon every captain as John Brown, and every
sergeant and private as Coppic or Stevens p
They will not have men enough to quiet their
fears at home; what will they have to oppose to
the enemy! Every township will want its home
regiment, every plantation its garrison; and what
will be left for the field army. No sooner will
amovement of concentration DO attempted than
the merest panic will undo and Illustrate it for
ever. Themistocles might say that Greece was
on his ships; French general might say that
the Republic was in his camp; but slavery will
be neither on the ships nor in the camp; it will
spread defenceless over thousands Of square
miles This will be their SITUATION; either they
concentrate their forces and slavery will be ex-
posed everywhere; or they do not concentrate
them, and their strength will be nowhere. They
want war! Let them try it? They will try it
but once. And thus it turns out, that the very
same thing that would be the cause OF the war,
would at the same time disable them to carry on
the war; The same institution that wants pro-
lection, will at the same time disarm its protec
tors Yes, slavery which can no longer be de-
Tended with arguments, can no longer lie defend
ed with arms.
There is your dissolution Of the Union. The
Southern States cannot desire it, for it would
defeat the very objects for which it might be un
dertaken: they cannot attempt it, for slavery
would lay them helpless at the feet of the North.
Slavery, which makes it uncomfortable to stay in
the Union, makes it impossible for them to 90
out OF it. What then will the South do, in case
of Republican victory? ! answer that ques-
ton with another one what can the South do
in case of q Republican victory? Will there be
disturbance? The people Of the South them
selves will have to put it down. win they SUBJ
init? Not to Northern dictation, but to their
own good sense. They have considered us their
enemies as long as they ruled us; they will find
out that we their friends as soon as we cease
to b their subjects. They have dreamed so long |
Of the blessings of slavery: they will open their
eyes again to the blessing of liberty. They will |
tlaSNnVaP fhGv 0no mot 6,k
ated. Will slavery die out /? As surely as free
lom will mot die out
Shareholders OF America, Iappeal to you
Are you really in earnest when you speak of per.
,etuating slavery? Shall it never cease p
Never! Stop and consider where you are and
n what days you live.
This Is the nineteenth century, Never since
mankind has recollection of times gone by has
he human mind disclosed such wonderful pow
rs The hidden forces of nature we have torn
rom their mysterious concealment and yoked
hem into the harness of usefulness; they carry
,ur thoughts over slender wires to distant ma
ions; they draw our wagons over the highways
i trade; they pull the gigantic oars Of our
hlps; they set in motion the iron fingers of our
machinery; they will soon pillow our fields and
ather our crops The labor of the brain has
xalted to. mere bridling and controlling Of ma
nralf forces tllc laborof the hand-and you think
GU can perpetuate system which reduces man.
owever degraded, yet capable of development,
D the level of q soulless machine
This is the world of the nineteenth century,
he last remnants Of feudalism in the old world
re fast disappearing. The Gear Of Russia, in
he fullness Of his imperial power, is forced to
leld to the irresistible march of human progress
nd abolish serfdom. Even the Sultan of Tar
ey can no longer maintain the barbarous Gus
~E &c %1,,,l
entury, and slavery disappears. And you, citi-
ems Of a Republic, you think you can arrest the
heel Of progress with your bred Scott deci-
ions and Democratic platforms?--[ Enthusiastic
heers
Look around you, and see how lonesome ycu
70 in this wide world of ours As far as mod
IN civilization throws its rays, what people,
that class Of society is there like your Cry out
nto the world your wild and guilty fantasy Of
property in man, and every echo responds with
cry OF horror or contempt; every breeze, from
'natever point OF the compass it may come,
rings you q verdict Of condemnation There
} no human heart that sympathizes with your
adse, unless il sympathizes with the cause of
espotism in every form. There is no human
olce to cheer you on in your struggle; there is
o human eye that has n tear for your reverses
Q hnk Of sympathy between the common cause
the great human brotherhood and YOU. You
ear of emancipation in Russia, and wish it
hould fail You hear of Italy rising, aud fear
ne spirit Of liberty should become contagious.
There "a mankind rejoices, you tremble. Where
u pAnkind love. you hate. Where Ill mankind
arses you .sympathize,
And in this appalling solitude you stand alone
,ainst \ powerful world, alone against . great
'ntuTy 6ghtins, hopeless as the struggle Of the
ldiAns agAinst the onward march Of civilization
Sc ~ these devices which the inventive genius
desnotinp may suggest. and yet how can you |
'sist m every little village school.house. the
tile children who learn to read and write. are ;
otting sGainst gyol; in every iAbratory OF sci
zee, in every machine shop the human mind is
ortirg thedssFsstion Of your idol Yoa can !
. rMe q Attempt to keep pace With the gen
al isOeFsss 81 maskind, without plotting .
ss'nat yourselves Every steam whistle, every j
..' ocetivc Il sounding tha shriek Of lib
~ tn4o yoar cara. From the noblest INSTINCTS :
~ nsa1ta dovn % sordid greellasss Of gain. 3
~ yls .polss q hutban nature Il enraeed in .
~ u codpifacy How can Won 7res;sts
49, - yOH friends "a the Nn,;h ; Won. .
YET 10y supofsess ere scattered d Inc v;rds
-. y. .saeneAsnsst, asevef to b. sce ~ .o.;c
- soe% trying 70 save their own eortSre ss.'
csI;yns n saeerasss that they have