, 1860-09-26

sympathy on false preteDcss! There ia Jour
Ameriean Rsrolutien, 10 lorger tue great
champion OF universal principles but . mean
Yankee tr ck-(bur:ts OF applause and laugh
tie most impudent iu,pus,lion ever practised
upon the whole world" (Applause
Such are the uttsrances OF man who is the
Great expounier md apostle Of large political
party in our country. This is the maa who ia
nut ~ by the ahcltionis's 10 teach Auacr:caus
American politics. He cerides our Revolution
and ita heroes. lie hoots at the charter Of our
liberties and it's i:lussrious framess- Tue de-
scendants Of these heroes and saRes are called
o. to listen to and applaud the man who seeks
to blaeken their memories nnd to destroy the
work Of their hands.
This pretended extract has beea copied into
other joutnals iainical to Mr.. Lincoln, and hEs
been quito extensively circulated. In order to
show what Carl S:hurz really did tay aad mean
va copy from tho pamphlet edition IF his
speech tue whole passage referred 10:
Turn you eyes away from the sublime spec
tace of l716. IRON that glorious galaxy Of men
whose hearts were large eaough for all man.
1857. There is Spring Held, the eacital Of Iii.
uoia, one Of those States which owe their great
ness to ar ordinance originally fram=u W the
same man whose hand wrote the Declaration Of
Independence. II the Hall Of the Assembly,
there stands Nr. I, D,uglas, who Initiates an eager
crowd in'o tho mysteries 81 popular soyer. %
The men Of 1776 said that "all men are created
free and equal" lie says:
"So man eau vlndicate tha character, the
motives, aud the conduct Of the sisners OF the
Declaration OF Independence, except upon the
hypothesis .ha. they referred to the white race
a'ooe, and not to the African, when they de.
el,red sill men to have been created free and
eaual-tha. tatv ufre sge7ki@g Of B,ltisA sub
ifcks on fhe continent bling eQuIt tn British sub
jtc.s born ard residing in 0rtat Bratain--thas
thev were entitled to tie same iuaIlenable
rights, a:d among them were enumerated life,
lbe1tT. end The pursuit Of happiness. The De-
cIaraticn of Independence was adopted merely
for the purpose justify ing the colonsts ia ihs
eyes of The civilized world il TithdrAwinEtheir
allegiance from ahe British Crown. aud dIssolv-
inc their connection NTH the mother country"
What9 Is that alls Is that liltls heap Of
ouicksard the whcle subsiructure on which
Few Organization OF society was to be built
| the Whole Foundation upon which the proud
| aud ponderous ediGce Of the United States
| re,ts? They did, then. net 1De sn ! men, when
| they said ali Len. They int ri. +, peshsps,
even to disisarchise those free / X. ~-ho in
fse Of the or,giusl thirteen co]oai: 50 ID the
right Of vcling., They meant h"; '7bite
| race: not tie Germans, not the Freuc. .1t the
| Scapdiua,iaas: .h.y meant bat Tie British sub
iscte. British sui jacts On th1s continent being
eauhl to British gu. sets born and resdiog on
The other ai5- Of the great water" Lau9 hser
and appiauss.}
a diplomatic dodge, sdtpted merely for The
| purpose of exc1sing the rebellious colonies in
The eyes Of clrilized mankind. Tucro is your
Declaration OF Independence, no longer ,he
sacred code Of The rights of man, but an hJpo-
critical piece Of special pleading, drawn up by
hatcal Of atttul pettitoggers. who wher speak
inE Of the 1ights ol man. meant nns Re pr1vl. MI.
leRes Of a set Of asiatocEasic shareholders, bn'
st%ied it *the rights Of mar in order TO throw
dust into tho ey e. of the world, and to euveg'e
noble hearted fools iasb lending them aid aud
Assistsncs. {Appsause These are your boosted
Revolutionary sires, noIonger heroes and sages
but accomplished humhuggers and hypocr1tes
! who said GEE thing and meant auotarr; whr
| passed counterfeit eeutiments as genuine, ant
obtained arms aud money and assistance ent
sympathy on false pretencesl There IL youl
e,eat American Revolution, no longer th.
greas champion Of universal principles, but I
mean Yankee tt ek-fbursss Of applause ant
lauRhterI-awooden nu'ueg-ttenewed cheers
-tbe taost inpudent imposition ever praciisee
upon tie whole world!' fApplause.
Tha u tAe ray 4Hr. Iouitas seants yoa Il
rad an1 to understand the froudfss ? .yss O.
Amerioon Ais,ory! Tint il the hind oi Asstor!
,oi.h citcb h. fnds itnfce.s1ry to prop liz sno'a
gr<! doctrine Of pop=!dr tootre'g"fy! 1has
sno.;vts, aa4 The c'duct Of thesigners Of tie tfs
t4ra!ics. Of Undergraduates. Thus be did not blusl
to slacdeF Jefferson, Hho. when speaking Of hi
| felloY-ciuzens, meant mankind: and Fraokliu
il whose clear head theory aud Practice ~er'
the same. aud who, having declared all men t
| be created free and equal. oeeame the hrt
President Of the first great Abolition Sotitty
aud jshn Adams. the representative Of tha
' State which nbo!i.hed alsvery within it's limit
will. ope great stroke Of lega. a ion, and Wash
ipg,on, wno declared II to be his ioude.t wis
, to See slavery abolished ky law aad sftixed t
, ! the Declaration Of Independence tho tro1
, signature Of his heroic sword; and Madison
WHO deemed it 'ahsurd to aduit the ide
, | {. property in mani and Of the fEansr
Of lhe Constitution, who took ca &c
to disgrace tlat ipbtrume1t With the wor
> fslaverJ. and, before adopting it finally, blot
. ted out from the exlrAdition clause tho wor
'servitude,' aroetdty 6teaust it s;gnifed A< e.,
r vice. avowcdly b c,u.e it signtfed tAs condi,io
Of fireman. Thus Mr.. Douglas da-es 10 .pea
Of I'LL those true men who, after Eaying prc
q c1a;med their principles in the Uecl .ratio1
endeayoEed to Introduce them into pracsicslli
:. il almost every State, in The way Of erad4t
a is it fault Of theirst 1t Shove not that tie
were less great xuc sincere, but that subseQuer
f. generations were hardly worthy Of 30 noble 3
r ancestryl {Applsuse
There is Mr. Douglass vertion Of your hi:
= tory. He despairs Of converting you withos
8 slande1i1g your fathers; HIS pre'eot doetlin'
u the past lie vindtcate the signers Of the d
: claration OF Independence! Indeed, they nee
i it eadly. see the illustrioas conn mnittee OF fl
1ise from their graves. 1t their head rdea
3 JtHszton, bis lips curled with the sui1o Of CO..
tempt, and hear him say to Mr. DonRla'
SSH, you nsy ahuse us as much as 5ou pleas
! but have the goodness to spare US with .Jo'
| v:ndjcations Of cur character ard motive!
a fGreat laughter and spplause.
Now it ,nutt be evident, from pcfusal Of ii
; passage, Tint the paper which Was mean ecoui
+ 10 separate the passage given abore from Il
cont It, koeT It the time that It was fa}sif5i
o su.irsiy tac sentiments OF Carl Scbusz. 1t v
q done for tha purpose Of delading tho public a'
. to excite prejudice against Carl schu1z. beeau
r Of bis German birth. What can be thought
r newspapers which resort to such dodges.