The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-04-26


scent OF rain. or the blowing of the wind:
ay, more than you can sufdue the ocean
when it Iashes itself into fury and dashes lis
crested mountain pillows 81 anst tie rock
II is a. preposlerous to iii Of taking Sis
very down through the civilization OF th'
ages as il is to think OF floating an iceberg
through the tropics Il Is tie order of thing
| am willing TO concede that you can DO any
thing that an equal number OF men cal
achieve. l did TO iaunt you about
Harpers Ferry, but l believe / viii not.
am willing to concede that You are as brave
as other men; although do not think you
show it by this abusiv. language; because
brave men are always calm and Sc If possessed
God feel, no anger tor he knows no fear-
say. yon can do anything that o her men can
do You car preserve and pei petua,e this
system. if any equal number OF men could
do il; but The stars 10 their coCr>es are tight
ing against yot; God. in is providence. IL
hgniing against you. The universe was es-
,abhshed upon the great principle OF justice
and truth Ii may be jcstied out Off place
for a litiie while, but IL viii, sooner or la er,
fall back to lis grooves. You must sacrifice
Slavery Tor the good OF your country. DO
this. and you will have tie sympathy, the
prayers. aud the CO operation OF the entire
claim liberty through all the land, TO all the
inbab tants thereof, and the exodus oil the
slave will be through The Red Sea. II Is a
well-known physiological fact, that ancestral
characteristics reappear after long interval
OF years. and even OF generations as STR ans
disappear aud gush out at distant point IL
is al-o weli-known that the Saxon blood is
b. ing int ltrs ed into tie blood oil the ensla
we'd By and by some Marion will be found
calling his guerrilla troops from the swamps
and every ladies' Of South Carolina: and Pat
rick Henry will reappear in the Old Domin-
ion, shouting, as OF old. Give Us liberty, or
ei,e us DEATH" Then vii auspire thCs
scenes which troubled the prophetic vision
OF Jefferson, and made him trembe for his
country, when he remembered Il a. God was
just and that his justice would rot sleep Tor
ever, and ha, every divine attribute would
be arrayed upon the side OF he strugglr g
bondmen. And lie justified the uprising. by
saying the little finger of American Slavery
was thicker than the lions If British depot
ism. Sir. Virginia cannot afford, the country
cannot afford, 10 continue a practice Taught
with so much Of peril. lt is better TO re-
move the magazine. than TO be KEEP e.ermoIe
in dread OF lighted mach. Tie future
glory and usefulness of this nation cannot be
tons Of the earth are ,arght by our exam
pie. The American Rel uolic must repose
Queen among the nations OF the earth. Sla-
very must die. Caihargo est deienda. The
philosophy, therefore, and the lesson which
the Slave States ought to have learned from
John Brown, and from all these events. are
not these expressions OF rage and vengeance.
Instead OF being stimulated TO revenge, Viz
ginis ought TO have learned the lr>>on OF pen
i:ence Instead Of artaying herself in sleeps
gray, she ought to have put on sackcloth and
ashes. Instead Of imbibing the Installation
of corn. mixet with the products OF the poul
try ward. she ought 10 have drank the waters
OF bitterness, in view OF her sin of slavehol-
ding.
Mr.. Martin (Va.)-And if you come
among Us, we will do with you AS We did
with john Brown hang YOU up as high as
Hannah. say that as a Firginian.
Mr.. Lovejoy-l have no doubt OF It.
Here the hammer fell