The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-27

the whole State of Virginia in arms: troop.
marching and countermarching as i. ths
battle Of Aust.rlitz was to be fought oveI
again: innocent COWS shot at as bioodthirsts
invaders. and even the evening song of tie
peaceful whippoorwills mistake for the
bat.le-cry of rebellion [incessant laughter:
and those are the men who will expose
themselves to the chances of a war with An
Anti Slavery people! Will they not look
upon every captain as q John Brown. and
every sergeant and private as a Coppic or
Sevensl They will not have men enough
TO quiet their fears at hone; what will they
have to oppose the enemy' Every town
ship will want its home regiment. every
plantation i,s garrison: and what will be ief.
for the fi~ld army? No sooner will move
nent OF concentration be attempted than
the meress panic will undo and Illustrate il
forever. Themistocles might say that Greece
was on his ships, a French general might
say that the Republic was in his = amp but
slavery will be neither on the ships nor in
the camp: it will be spread deienseless over
thousands Of square miles. This will be
their situation; either they Concentrate their
forces, and slavery will be exposed every
where; or they do not concentrate them and
their strength will be owhere. They want
war? Let them try it! They will try it
bu, once. And thus it turns cut, that the
very same thing that would be the cause of
the war. would at the same time disable them
to carry out the war. The same institution
that wants protection, will at the same time
disarm its protectors. Yes, slavery which
can NO longer be defended with arguments,
can no longer be defended with arms
There is your dissolution of the Union.
The Southern States cannot desire it tor it
would defeat the very offsets for which it
it. for slavery would lay them helpless al
the feet OF the North. Slavery. which makes
it uncomfortable to stay in the Union makes
it impossible for them to go out Of it
What, then. will the South do in case of
Republican victory? l answer that ques-
tion with another one: what can the South
do in case Of Republican victory? Will
there be disturbancel The people of the
South themselves will have to put it down
Will they submit? Not to Northern dic.a-
ton. but to their own good sense. They
have consid red their enemies as long AS
they ruled us; they will find out that We are
their friends soon as we cease to be their
subjects. They have dreamed so long of
the blessings of slavery; they will open
their eyes again to the blessings of liberty
They will discover that thew are not CON
quered, but liberated. Will slavery die
ou,? As surely as freedom will not die out.
Shareholders Of America. appeal to you
Are you really in earnest when you speak
Of rerp-tuating slavery? Shall i. never
cease? Never? Stop and consider where
you are aod in what DAYS you live.
This is the nineteenth century. Never
since mankind has recollection of times
gone by has the human mind disclosed such
wonderful powers. The hidden forces of
nature We have torn from their mysterious
concsalmen. and yoked them into The har.
ness of usefulness; they carry our thoughts
over slender wires to distant nations; they
draw our wagons over the highways of
trade; they pull the gigantic oars of our
ships; they set in motion the iron fingers of
our machinery; they will soon pillow our
fields and gather our crops. The labor OF
the brain has exalted to a mere bridiing
and controlling of natural forces the labor
OF the hand-and you think you can perpet-
uate a system which reduces man. however
degraded. yet capable of development. to
the level OF soulless machine?
This IS the word Of the nineteenth CEN
tury. The last remnants of feu ialis,n in
the old world are fast disappearing. The
Gear of Russia. in the fuilness of his impe-
rial power. is iorced TO yield to the irresis-
,ible march of human progress, and sbol-
ishes seridom. Even the Sultan of Turkey
can no longer maintain the barbarous Gus
toms of the Moslsm against the pressure OF
the century. and slavery disappears. And
you. citizens of Republic. you think you
can arrest the wheels OF progress with you,
Dred Scott decisions and Democratic Plat
farn.Sl fEnIhuSiaStic chaers
Look around you and see how lonesome
you are in this wide world Of ours. As ia,
Is modern civilization throws its rays. VIVA
YOU? Cry out into the world your wilL
and guilty fantasy OF property in man. and
everv echo responds with a cry Of horror o.
con .empt; every breeze, from whatever poin
of tbs compass it NAV come. brings you
verdict OF condemnation. There is ne hu
man hear. that sympathi>es with your cause
unless it sympathizes with the cause Of des
posism in every form. There is no huma,
voice to cheer you on in your struggle
there is no human eve that has tear TO
your reverses; no link OF sympathy between
the common cause of the grea, human broth
erhood and YOU You hear of emaacipa
ton in r .ssia. AMI wish it should fail. Yo
hear o. Italy rising, aud fear the spirit O
liberty shoaid become CONTAGIOUS. Wher
all mankind rej.sices you tremble. Wher
all mankind love you hate. Where all man
kind curses you sympalhize.
And in this appalling solitude you stan
alone against a powerful world. alon
against great century. fighting. hopeless
- the stru sgle Of .he Indians. ag.ins. tn
onward marcn of civilization. Use all th
drvises that the inventive genius Of despo'is,
may suggest. and yet how can you resist
In every little village school hou-e, the Ii
tie children who leara to read and write a,
plotting against you; in every labratory {
| science. in every machine shop. the mind
working lhe dessrussion Of your idol Yo
j eaonos make m attempt to keep peace wi,
tho general progress Of mankiad wi,ho,
plotting against yourselves Every steam
! whistle. every putting locomotive. is soun<
ing the shrek Of liberty into your ears
i from the noblsss instincts of our hear
! dowa 70 sordid greediness Of gain. ever
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