The Van Buren press., 1860-01-20
morality or wisdom Of sssry. are eonaisi-
erations belonging TO y States than-

morality or wisdom of s.ry. are eosaaai,l-
erations belonging to = States thau-
sefves.'' 81 s.
In the face of this plS record. ean any
thing be more unjust ~ that Virginia
should be, will not 81 ettacked, but even
taunted or reproached fsn this quarter for
her domestic policy. xtsnethe votes OF
New England went to 6eumulate upon the
South slave popula4idh Of twenty years
import. and the ships q New England du-
ring that twenty years Nbre the active par
ticipators in the traffic. Those who would
seize hold of isolatd exeraots either from
the Declaration of Ind1psndence, or the
Constitution as texts fof Abolitioa and in
cendiary harangues. shd9h read the expo
sitions of our own most honored statesmer,
and jurists. Even Is 1s - 1887, in the
cass Of jackson Va. Hullsck, reported in the
IL Connecticut. Chief psic Wiilianas ot
Hartford. who still livsS5 1iversally honor
ed and respected, and 81 81 yet Il
store for him many yea 9f s6e Ms( NJ
ness--said s - 49, q
/" When the preamble f fha Copsfitution
ofthe United States spe1 s ofms. the people
to secure the blessings Liberty to ourselves
and our postsfity, do okaain and establish
this Constitution, it eannot be seriously
contended that it includsa that class of peo-
pie called slaves; and tie term people in the
bill of rights must haye been used in SIM
liar sense"
And the late Governor Bissell, as pure a
statesman as ever lived, who was then asso-
ciated with the Chief Justice as one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court, in the same
case said, and in reference to similar ex-
pressions. that equivalent expressions in
the Declaration of Independence most evil
IDENTIFY were not intended to embrace slaves
but were applied to frcemen, and to them
only.
1t is said there is no necessity of Union
meetings, because NO one wishes to harm
Virgins, or interfere 9TH her domestic pol
tIcyS ySu.i avbvdy jusia6es or approves the
course of John Broun. Indeed e What
then means the tollin0 OF so many village
church bells in many parts of New Eng
land, in northern afawestern New York,
and northern Ohio 2 What mean the wall,
the extravagant euioe sthe labored edito-
rails in papers of Sds-spread influence,
the sermons, the apiaauded lectures, the
panegyric poems, the placing of his gallows
| by the side of the Chfistisn cross Why
is he so often extollsd as the hero the
martyr" the '.good old man." the
saint" the :. saint in Heaven % for all
these terms have been showered on his
memory, and this, too often, by men who
do not, as they say, approve or justify. I
have lived through two wars, in which
many gallant and patriotic officers have
fell, but have never known one, though
wrapped in his country's flag as his wind
| sheet receive such essrayagant. praises as
pulpit, press and lecture room, have iav-
ished upon the leaders of the Harper's Fer
ry massacre. L very much doubt whether
| the two most gifted men that have in mod
ern times honored, the commonwealth of
Massachusetts-thc one the great expoun-
der of the Constitution, Of world wide
fame = applause 1.-THE other. the most bril-
liant orator of New England, the pride of
whose life was to follow the flag and
keep step with the music of the Union. -
Long continued cheers
do not believe that at their death, even
in Massachusetts,. they received such mark
ed honors as have followed the execution
of John Brown for murder and treason. L.
Their friend and talented associate, Ever
ett, the last of tho illustrious trio, the
statesman, the scholar, the philanthropist,
is even sneered at and calumniated, because
he has dared to speak for the Constitution
and the Union, by those who busy them
selves in these demonstrations. mention
| these things, not as indicating the general
feeling and tone of the North. No; it is
the noisy, active. persevering few, who mis-
represent the general sentiment, while the
conservative masses, conscious of their
strength have remained quiet. (Cheers.
The vast majority of the northern people
are thoroughly and devotedly attached to
the Union, to the Constitution as it is, and
the full observance of all its requirements.
(Long cheers.) And 1 ask you, my fellow
citizens, if it is not now time that the true
northern sentiment should speak out p
| (Cries of yes. ycs'i) It has already spok-
en- unmistably in Philadelphia arrange
ments are being made for it to be heard in
New York; and it comes to us cheeringly
and gloriously from Boston. Connecticut
will never sympatllize with treason, robbie
~ or murder; her denunciations will ge
forth in thunder tones (Long continued
cheers
| John Brown is prqpounced " saint. .
1 SHou iAOIolo tAskL ans Etu tread roughly or
the grave of any htmsn being. But
must say. that / have read Of martyrs
but never of one who earned that distinc.
ton b. robbery or murder. If John Brown
was saint, and his death that of MARTYR
/ ed saint, it is the first I have heard of wher,
not word of prayer, either for himself o.
Others escaped the martyrs lips. / hay,
been informed that he was pronounced .
"saint,' BY distinguished talented ans
Reverend lecturer from abroad, in- one 0
the churches of this city, but few even
ings since the information comes to mi
i from one who was present, and 1 see by tn
[papers that other ciergymen In other place,
/ have said the same. have an habitual. ed
tucational respect for the clergy of which
cannot diyest myself. If Iwould, and wool,
not il Iceuld. It may be my old fashion
i cd = bringing mp. But I mnst say if thi
! is scriptural teaching. two, at least, Of til
jcommandments must have dropped fron
fthe decaiogue either shortly before or iIs
naediately after the Harper foray. Roar
il Roars Of laughter. One Of the articles Of tn
pocket constitution, found upon Brown,
Fl nersou ssf / ,ress loSs r;sr,1k e