The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-04-05

cy 10 the anolrS OF the UoveFn0lent.
l viii pursue these statements and com
parsons no further. Sufficient has BEEN shown
tor my purpose. and sufficient, trust. to con
vince all fair. minded men, that from the
highways aud by-ways Of the 50 called
democratic party. there comes up an insult
ferable STENCIL" pervading every tissue Of
their administration.
But. sir. bad as these practices are in the
administration Of the Government demorah.
zing as are the means employed to accom-
piish these purposes, and proscriptive and
iniolerant As are the usages of this party in
the distribution of fsvors and patronage. il
4 IS of minor importance compared with the
obstinate and continued effort TO DESTROY the
principles of justice and freedom which are
the substraium Of the whole superstructure
oil our free institutions. Ii Is said hy Tacitus,
believe. that the first advances Of tyranny
are steep and perilous but when once YOU
are entered, parties and instruments are ever
ready to cspouse you.
How true is this of that bold step Of the
slave power which frs, attracted the atten-
ton OF our coniding peoplel allude to the
time honored ordinance of freedom in 1854.
from which act every patriot heart in the
North shrunk with horror. and the whole
nation was aroused to . sense of danger
Moses was not more surprised aud appalled,.
when he came down from the mountains and
found his hosts in tumult than were the free
dom loving people OF this Confederacy when
violent hands were laid on this security TO
free labor: and none were found in all the
North So reckless rs to applaud the cruel pur.
pose Since then-ah! most painful truth -
since then. from among the universal senti-
ment OF condemnation. men have been found
who approve of the work, and 60 forth with
this party to new scenes and fresh fields of
innovasion and invasion The Republican
party intend TO arrest their progress. and they
can only do SO etfectually by taking the Gov
ernment into their own hands. They will
trench upon not the least con stitutional right;
they intend no overt act. nor will they coun-
'enance any. affecting the safety or security
of Southern mems human ohattels; they con-
template no illegal conspiracy. nor secret
treason. but win march with firm and honest
tread to the very verge OF their constitution
al rights. and there stop
The most conclusive proof that there are
no considerable number of men in the North
with such wrong intent, is to be found in the
late feeble attempt Of John Brown 'to pro.
mote the good oil freedom by the evil of SER
vile rife and civil war;" who, after two
years of effort. with all his power to inspire
men with his own views, with his persever-
ance and heroism Of character: with his
truth, sincerity. and honesty. heightened and
|impclled by the cruelties and wrongs heaped
upon him and his family in Kansas, you find
him surrounded by only sixteen white men
and five negroes in his attempt "to undo the
heavy burdens. and to let the oppressed go
free" And tits no, likely that the folly and
madness of even this experiment will be re-
peated during the present century. if ever
IL Is not from the North Shareholders have
canse for alarm in methods of conspiracy,
violence and blood. jefferson foresaw the
source of greatast peril. when he said:
The whole comnercs between master and sl.vcisa
perpetual exercise of the boiserous pA.ion-the
mo', "nrehsng despOsi.m on the On. part and do
nassii irsm'': for my eo4airy when reflect that
=. .Hd Is Just. "rhs Almighty he's al
That is, contest between the enslavers
and the enslaved
From the views, then. Of one OF the most
distinguished of Southern statesmen. it is
not Wild conjecture to suppose that in the
progress OF events. unless some change takes
place in his condition. the slave will rise and
assert his natural rights, and stamp on "the
wild and guilty phantasy that man can hold
properly in man."
And now, Mr. Chairman. . word ID re-
spect to this thing with seven heads and
ten herns, which has furnished q theme for
so much impetuous exclamation and ridicu-
lous parade with our Southern friends, and
close. refer. sir. to the publication of Mr.
Helper, entitled The Impending Crisis Of
the South" mainly drawn from the United
States census Of 1850. calculated 70 prove
that slavery is curse to the South that it
Is paralizing to the prosperity of the South;
An incubus upon their M aterial and social ad-
ga ~ -,
all the individualism. hopes and primal in
stincts of the non-slavehoiding class. and is
therefore to be deprecated.
And just here l will be allo we'd 10 read
from this work. the recommending of which
by accident or otherwise, has been sufficient
cause in the view Of Democrats, for keeping
this House uuorganized for eight weeks, and
for denouncing the Republican members with
all manner of opprobrious epithets: yes. sir.
read from this work the most intense aboli.
ton. reasonable, and incendiasy doctrine to
be found between its lids. the uttsrances of
one of Virginia's own sons. and who has Just
been rewarded by this same Democratic par
ty with the French missioni Listen to the
heretical language Of Hon. Charles james
Z Faulkner in the Virginia House Of Delegates,
January 90. 1882:
"Sir.if there be ono who eonesrs With tb.s ..,,,s
man IS 70 the harmless chss2cs~r of this iasssu
let me request him TO compare the conditioa Of the
savehodins portion of the Com non . ssish barren
assoiae and scared BY tbs svensine hand of
Heaven, With the descsripsioe whish Of thi.
from those rho first broke it. virgin soil To vha.
is this change 10 be attributed? Alone the visher
ing and blghtine effects Of slavery vss in ts
organization Of society by which its iah.b
itans aerayed in interest end feeling ssains.
other haf-to fhAs unfortunate state d society IN
which rsemen regard labor disgrsesfal, and slaves
shrink from it burden tyrasnsesliy imposed upon
them.
"In the language Of the and patriotic Jserson,
'Yos sppsoAch if--yo0 must beas 10 yoz
.dop. some plan Of enaocips iss, voess will fol-
low
Now, do not think have ever said any,
thing - fierce and defiant and sweeping in
of your system Of negro s!av-
ery Is this; and / do not know that NJ. Hell
per has. do not say it is unwise or unjust;
is is rather question Of policy or taste.