The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-02-02

" mat IS the Declaration of Independence III
Is tne American Revolution. All men free a,
equaE Not even the broad desert of the Alta
ic ocean stops the triumphant shout. Bebo
Basties blown into the dust as bv fbe 49, r
pets OF Jericho, and like pillar of fire nv MO
: and pillar of cloud by day, the great watc
wora OF the American Revolution shows forev.
sns way TO struggling humani ty., Long CONT
ueu applause. All men are created free ar
t equal Whence the supernatural power in tbe,
seven words! '. r - 'H''
X
Having commented upon Douglas idea tn,
trainers OF the Constitution meant all white me-,
when they declared that all men are created fro
and equal, he said:
l What! Is that all ? Is that little bean ,
qulcksand the whole substructure on which . ne,
organlztlon OF society was to be blliIt2 the 1boI
foundation Gun upon which the proud and ponderon
ealnce OF the United States rests They did
men, nor mean all men, when they said ali mer
ihey intended, perhaps, even to disfrancb;s
t .hose Tree blacks, who in five of the orioina
o I'LL colonies enjoyed the right of votinrr
hey meant but the white race. Oh no hu 3,
means, the achOte white race not the Garma NO
not the French, not the Scandinavians; tbeJ
meant the British subjects British subject.
vi tnls continent being equal to British subjects
porn on the other side of the great water ~
Laughter and applause.
mere Is your Declaration of Independence q
uepionlatlc dodge, adopted merely for the purpose
| ccnouslng tne reDellous colonies in the ewes OF
CVihzed mankind, There is your Declaration NJ
:, hinHePenuence' no longer the sacred code of the
nights Of man, but an hypocritical piece of .nsc
la pleading, drawn up by batch of arttul netti-
io9gers' VINO, when speaking of the rights of
man, meant but the privileges of a set of aristo-
cratic Shareholders, but styled it "the r;obts If
man man IN order to throw dust into the ewes Of
the world, and to inveigle noble hearted fools in
10 lehdlng them aid and assistance TApnl.n0e
1hese are your boosted revolutionary sres, no
longer heroes and sages but ACCOMPLISHED hmm.
ouggers and hypocrites who said one thine and
meant another; who passed counterfeit sentiments
as genuine and obtained arms, and money, and
assistance S and sympathy on false pretences -
mere Is your great American Revolution. No
longer the great champion of universal prlncinles
out mean Yankee trick-[bursts of applause
ana lauShterI-a wooden nutmeg-Trenewed
cheers the most impudent imnosition ever nroc
1t is common thing that men of a coarse cost
OF mlnd so lose themselves in the mean pursuit
Oh Selnsh ends as to become insensible to the
grand and sublime. Measuring every character
ana every event IN history by the low standard
OF thelr owa Municipalities, applying to eyery
lhlhg the narrow rule ct their own motives. in
capable OF grasping broad and generous ideas.
they VIII oehttle every great thing they cannot
ueiy' ana drag down every struggle of principles
to the sordid arena of aspiring selGsbpess. or Of
slnah competing interests. Eighteen hundred
years ago. there We're men who saw nothing in
lnclplent Christianity but mere wrangle be-
tween JEWISH theologians, got up by carpen
ters boy, and carried on by few crazy fisher
men. Three hundred years ago there were men
VINO saw IN the great reformatory movement of
the 10th century, not the emancipation of the in
alVloual conscience, but a mere fuss kicked up
Dy German monk, who wanted to get married
Two hundred years age there were men who saw
In Hampden's refusal to pay the ship-monev. not
a bold vindication of constitutional Gbertv' bnt
Inc crazy antics OF man who was mean enough
70 quarrel about few shillings. And now.
theFe are men who see iii the Declaration of In
dependence and the American ReyoIntion NO.
the reorganization of human society mon the
basis Of Liberty and Equality, but dodge of
some English colonists who were UNWILLING TO
pay their taxes
But the dignity OF the great character and the
glory OF great events find their vindcation in the
of the people. Cheers 1t is in
VAIN for demagoguism to raise its Short arms
against the truth of history. The Declaration
OF independence stands there. No candid man
ever read 1t without seeing and feeling that every
word of it was dictated by deep and earnest |
thought, and that every sentence of it bears the
stamp of philosophical generality It the sum- |
mlhg up OF The results of the philosophical de-
velopment of the age; it is the practical embodi
ment OF the progressive ideas, which, very far
rom being confined to the narrow limits of the |
Ehghsh colonies, pervaded the very atmosphere |
Oh az civilized countries. That code of human |
r!gnts has grown on the very summit of human
clvlhzation, not in the niry soil of a South Gers
DINA cotton field Ha 1,ust how 1,,l I'D
dlsordered brain, who misunderstands its prin-
clpIesi but he must have the heart of villain |
VINO knowingly misrepresents them Loud
cheers,
But one thing he does tell you: III do not
care 'chether SLAVERY IS 0oted up or doacn" There
ID then human heart that does not care Sir, |
look over this broad land where the struggle has
ragged for years. and across the two oceans around
the globe, to the point where the far west meets
she lar east; over the teeming countries where
the cradle of mankind stood; and over the work |
shops OF civilization in Europe, and over those
mysterious regions, under the tropical sum- which
nave not yet emerged from the night of barba-
l1sn TO the daylight of civilized life and then
tell me how many hearts do you find that do not
tremble with mortal anguish or exaultant ioy, as |
the scales of human freedom or human bondage |
60 up or down? Look over the history of the |
world, from the time when infant mankind felt
IN its heart the first throbbings of aspiring dig
nifty, down to our days when the rights of man
nave at last found bold and powerful champion
IN great and mighty republic where is the
page that is not spotted with blood and tears
shed IN this all absorbing struggled where chap
ter that does not tell the tale of jublant triumph
or heart breaking distress, as the scales of free
dom or slavery went up or down? Loud APP
plause,l But to-day, in the midst of the 18th |
century, in a republic whose programme was laid |
down in the Declaration of Independence, there |
comes man to you and tells you, with cynical |
that he does not care And because |
he does not care, he claims the confidence of his
and the highest honors of the repub-
lie Because lie does not care, he pretends to |
be the representative statesman of this age?
Sir, always thought that he can be no true |
whose ideas and conceptions are not
founded upon profound moral convictions off
right and wrong. [Applause.l What then, shall
we say of him who boastingly parades his indif-
erence as virtue May we not drop the dis |
cussion about his craftsmanship and ask: What
is he worth as a man Repeated cheers
But as long as the moral vitality of this nation
is not entirely exhausted, Mr.. Douglas and men |
like him will in vain endeavor to reduce the peo-
pie to that disgusting state of moral indifference
which he himself is not ashamed to boast Of l
solemnly protest that the American people are
not to be measured by Mr. Douglas low moral
standard However degrading some Of our pol
iticans may be, the progress of the struggle will
show that the popular conscience is still alive,
and that the people DO CARE +? [Long continued
applause.l
Did YOU Ever !!
Did you ever know young widow who
wouldn't get married second time--if she could?
Did you ever know man to be particularly
hard on one vice without having pet vice of
his own
Did you ever know a widower to let the girls
alone till "a year of decency" was over