St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-01

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"a, ''OursGod hath crusl,edthe tyrant:za
Il Our God hath, raised tie SLAVE. & |
And mocle.lthe counsels Of the wise.
8 And the valor Of tho Lrave e. 3
Vell, herois this great principle, and
there IS Mr. noushs.' Jury, look upon
t.sfrisoner; prisoner, upon tEs Jury.
What say you? Guilty or not guilty p
Why" says NJ: Douglas, II care not
il Slavery be voted up OF voted down g
Think Of it, American people! He
drew. in that sentiment from the mountain
air Of Vermont, when his infant lungs in
flated TOR their first cry. He got that idea
from the public schools, founded and sup
ported for the sake of liberty. The insti-
tutions Of free governments, wrought out,
Of the worlds sorroWfnl experience, c all.
bled ahim TO rise that he, mi sht etnnunciate
it. God has poured the accumulated bul.
lion Of the past into the lap Of TIC pres.
ent, and has built Up this 'amplcst theatre
OF all the ages, on wt;v;in stands Mr.. Doug
~, spreading his legs. cooking his hat,
'o:;,ng his ;uid and announcing his anna
bic doctrine, II care not whether Slavery
be voted up or down: ">'71.'1 -=''.;t''l vi.
y'-' Well, let us 90 d step farther. The
worlds history is-action and reaction
To-day, peace; tomorrow, war. The ex-
cesses of Charles produced the Republic {;
the: excuses of the Republic reacted into
the Protectorate the excuses of the Pro
tectorate swung back into the Restoration {;
the excesses Of the Restoration reacted
into another Revolution. So in France.
The abuses Of the throne .begot the Re-
public; the abuses Of the Kcnublic, the
Empire; the abuses of the Empire, the
Restoration the abuses Of the Restora-
ton, the Republic; the abuses Of the Re-
public, another Empire. The pendulum
once violently displaced, will continue to
swing backward and forward, with gradu-
ally decreasing oscillation, until the list
faint vibrations die away. in remote, ages,
which feel while they do not comprehend
them. .,'..>%|3s...: III. g.. :: 1'"t
And yet, my friends, there is, through
all these movements, which may appear
Wild and unfruitful one continuous chain
OF PROV ess, never forgotten, never varied,
never. lost sight Of; the first links Of
which glimmcr in the faintest recollectio,s
Of history, the last Of which lie bright
and retulgent in own midst, at our very
feet And as our eyes look back over the
turmoils aud troubles Of the agitated world,
that one continuous" chain alone appears
the line Of Gods purpose. All else, kings,
despots, usurpers, revolutionists, the blind
and brutal instruments Of His great will.
:: Violence can eventually be but tributa-
~ to- that will. y Wisdom, prudence, ge-
MUS, cannot avert it. Neither the catac
ity of Stafford, nor the austeri:y Of Laud,
can delay it, Implacable alike to the vir-
tues Of men, uninduenccd alike by popular
tumults or ages Of peace, that great chain
stretches on, unobscured, undertaking, the
index Of destiny, the sole clue to the AL
mighty $ meaning. IT,. .,:@. ! .t..i
applause when the head Of Cromwell, cut
from his exhumed tody, was raised aloft
on the pixies Of the kings so!diery p
Where are now the wild masses who in
1880 followed Lord George Gordon to the
very doors of the Parliament House p
Where are now the opponents Of Zacha-
y Macaulay, Of Henry Brougham, Of Viii:
berforce? Scattered. Wondering, forgot
Ten, in ten thousand namcless graves. Over
hem, the long grass waves, the great winds
play, the little flowers blossom. j:
g.. "Their hands are dust, .4., 80.
.,,4.,;f Their swords are rust" !
But whittier, ali whittier, eoeth the
great principle of humanity against which
hey warred? Whittier goeth that great
principle Of Human Progress against which
hey vainly flung themselves ?? Broad as
he world, vast as time, it PAGES forth along
he path Of the ages, decked with the
tarry crown Of uncha"ging victory. Small
indeed is the strength Of man, frail indeed
lis devices, 'gains. the eternal movement
# an immortal principle. J4o! it passes
'ver him, away from him. and leaves him
orsaken upon its track, like the scattered
bubbles Of the great wave. Il
Well, what says Mr.. Douglas to the
ausc Of Human Progress? Hear him
:" Between the white man and the black
nan my sympathies are with the white
nan between the black man and the croc.
ollie, l rather prefer the black man."
In the days Of ancient Rome, when
POPULAR Sovereignty was exhibited in the
mphitl eatre, it. was matter Of indiffer-
nee whether the man or. the crocodile
Von. They left them perfectly free" to
orm their own institutions in their own
vay. Their doctrine was, '.Nen- Intervcn
ion" They made ring, and cried, Go
n, and :lnay the best man win.!'T Il
But, we thank the good God for eig hteen
hundred years! They have advanced
at such a prodigious pace, that a
eading statesman of this great American
Republic has to-day the harditood to ex-
'ress a preference for the human combat
int, and to ruther desire that the crocodile
hould get the worst of it. = s!p4v,I !
Eighteen hundred years! Come for
ward, old, Father Time; lay aside your
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