The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-16
DespicabIe.

trines, are, as may well be supposed, ex-
tremely unpalatsble to the members of
that party. His efforts are so fortified
with facts, so strong in argument and
logic, that, so far as we know, no Demo
crat has ever attempted to review or an
swer them. His eloquence, his ability,
his mental force, his correct estimate Of
the theory of our institutions have given
him hold upon the popular mind which
no other naturalized citizen of the coun-
try possesses. His noble efforts in the
cause of German Liberty enables him to
WELD an immense influence over his fell
low countrymen, and he has done more
to array the Germans in this country
against the party of slavery than any
other man. For this, he has come to be
heartily hated by the Democracy, aud
finding it impossible to answer his argu
ments, they have taken to abusing him.
calling him a renegade, who left his
country for his counuy's good" But
among all the means ever taken to de-
stroy mans influence, none more base
or despicable, or more deserving the
scorn and contempt Of high minded and
honorable men, were ever taken than that
which the Democratic presses have re-
Gently adopted against Mr.. SEIZURE. On
the 4th of January, 1860, Mr.. ScHURz
delivered an address at Springfield, Mass,
one Of the most eloquent of all his efforts,
from which we make the following ex.
tract:
F" Turn your eyes away from the sublime
spectacle OF l1I6, from that glorious galaxy of
men whose hearts were large enough for all
mankind, and let me recall you to the sober
year of le51 There is Springfield the capital
of Illinois, one of those States which owe their
greatness TO an ordinance originally framed by
the same man whose hand wrote the DecarA-
ton of Independence. In the Hall of the AS
sembly, there stands SIR. Douglas, who initiates
an eager crowd into the mysteries of Popular
Sovereignty. He will tell You what it meant,
when the lnen Of ll76 said that Fall men are
created free and equal He saws:
" No man can vindicate the character, the
motives aud the conduct OF the slgner5 oi the
Declaration of Independence, except upon the
hypothesis that tn Y referred TO the white race
alone, and not to the African, when they decar-
ed all men 10 have been created free and equal
that they Were speaking o. Dr{aS.s subjects on this
continent being equal 10 British subjects born and
tied to the same inacna BILE rights, and among
them were enumerated life, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness. The Declaration OF In
dependence was adopted merely for the purpose
Of iustifying the colonsts in the eyes OF the
civilized world in Withdrawing their al
egiance from the British Crown, and dissolv-
ing their connre elton with the mother country. .
What Is that all Is that hltle heap Of
quicksand the whole substructurc on which !.
new organization of society was to be built =
the whole foundation upon which the proud
and pondefous edifea of the United States
rests They Ill, then, moi mean all men, when
they said all men. They intended, perhaps
even to disranchisa those free blacks who in
five OF the original thirteen colonies enjoyed the
right OF voting. Ihey meant but tae white
race. Oh, no, py no means the lcto9 white
race: not the Germans, MOI the French, not the
Scandnavians they meant but British sub
iects. " British subjects Oh this continent being
equal to British subjects born and residing ON
The other side of the grta. water r Laughter
and Applause.
There is your Declaration of Independence,
a diplomatic dodge, adopted merely for the puf.
pose of excusing the rebeilious colonies IN tic
eyes OF civilized mankind. There is your De
claraton Of Independence, NO longer the sacred
code Of the rights Of man, but IA hypocriteal
piece of special pleading, drawn up by batch
Of artful pettifoggers, who, when speaking of
the rights or man, meant but the privileges OF d
set OF aristocratic holders but styled it the
the rights of man., in order to throw dust into
the eyes OF the world, and to inveigle noble
hearted fools into lending them aid aud assist
ance Applause. These are your boosted
Revolutionary sires, no longer heroes and sages
but mplished humbuggers and hypocfltez
who said one thing ana meant another; who
passed counterfeit sentiments as genuine, and
obtained arms and money aud assistance and
sympathy on false pretencesl There is your
grent American Revolution, no longer the great
champion OF universal principles, but mean
Yankee triek-Iburs OF applause and laughterl
a wooden nutmeg renewed cheers the
most imPudent imposition ever paeticed upon
the whole world. Applaaee
This is the way Mr.. Douglas wants you to
rad aud understand the proudest pages Of
with which he finds it necessary to prop his
mongrel doctrine of popular sovereignty -
That is what he calls yindlcatlnc the character
and the motives and tle conduct of the sicners
Of the Declaration OF Independence. Thus he
did not blush 10 SANDER Jeif-rson, who, when
speaking Of his country, meant the world, and
when speaking of his fellow.citzens, meant
mankind and franklin, in whose clear head
theory and practice were the same, and who,
having declared . all inea to be created free aud
equa!," became the first President of the first
great Abolition Society and JOHN Adams, the
representative OF that State which abolished
slavery within its limits with one great stroke
of legislation ana Washington, who declared
il to be his fondest wish 70 SIC slavery abolish
ed by law !" and affixed to the Declaration of
independence the broad signature of his heroic
sword ; and Madison, who deemed it {" absurd
to admit the idea Of property IN man : and of
the trainers Of the Constitution, who took care
not TO disgrace that instrument with the word
slavery, and, before adopting il finally, blot
cd out from the eNtraditlon clause the word
fseryitude, as1ioedy because Il sigaifed The con.
diti0n ofo SHIRE aud substituted fhc word serv-
iee ayowediy because IL sign,ied The condition
NJ freeman. Thus Mr.. Douglas dares TO speak
OF all those true men, who, after having p.l-
claimed their principles in the y earation, en-
deayorci 70 introduce them into practical life
into almost every State, ia the way Of qradaaE
emancipation That they hive filled in this.
is it fault Of theirs II shows not that they
were less great aad ncere bat that subsequent
gafHrafiers were hartir wcrtIv ot 80 noble an