The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-07-28
The Extremists.
Extracts from the Speeches of Sumner and
Rhett.

we gave IN our last Drlef extract re
spectively from speech of Mr.. SUMNER
and from speech of Mr.. RHErr, the one
speaking for the Republican, and the othe'
Tor the Breckenridge party tits needles!
TO say that the sentiments of both are
heartily endorsed by the parties to which
they belong. The speeches from which
these brief extracts We're taken exhibit II
SO clear and strong q light the extreme
views Of the two parties opposed to the
Democracy, and theimpossibility that the
! Union could be maintained day should
either get possession of the government
that we have determined to quote from
them more at length. Human experience
/ has shown that extreme views in polite:
are never right, and that true wisdom and
| safety are ever found in a medium between
/ them The intelligent reader need but
read these extracts to see that the Demo
craey, supporting Douglas and Johnson for
, the Presidency, alone, in the case before
US, occupy that medium ground, and that
| the safety Of our institutions depends upon
their success.
EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF Mr. SUMNER.
What IRE propose 70 ia.
The Republican party seeks to over
throw the Slave Oligarchy in the National
Government, and especially at this mo
. ment TO stay it, aggression IN the Terrific
ries which, through corrupt lnterpreta-
ton OF the Constitution, It threatens to
Jarbarizc with slavery But all who seek
purity III the National Government must
unite in this purpose; for only by the
overthrow OF this corrupt UNgarchy. which
beginning IN the denial OF all human
rights. necessarily shows It-elt IN Uarba-
ri.m and corruption OF all kinds, can a
better order Of things prevail. It's cut Of
slavery that al our grieis proceed: nor
can the corruptIots Of the present Admin
iStration be fully compre reheuded without
considering the nature OF this Xvi! and Its
chreuic influence over our Government,
reaching everywhere bv the subtle ageu-
cies or more subtle iar-reachIGg example.
but still IN itself the original aad all-sutii-
cient activity. As well attempt 70 oexI lain
the Cult Stream without the Gulf ot NeXI-
CO. or the origin of evil without the human
heart a. 10 attempt to eXpias the present
degraded character ut our National Go
vernment without slavery. As well at
tempt TO enact the play OF pthe.lo without
the Moor And permit me to -ay that our
warfare with these corruptiou- will 6e fee
be unless We attack them in their origin.
F-ss C5nst.tpr.5r.-Fiss Tzr,toriea
The Constitution was adopted, bu. the
oil Il lVrF
text: and this was IN declared Difference
to the prevailing opinion, which regarded
Slavery as Temporary. destined soon TO pass
away. All looked forward 70 this glad day
which se.med To be almost at hand In
harmony with this expectation, Slavery
was prohibited in all the existing Terrific
tories OF the Union. 50 that when Wasinr-
ton. as first pres!deu. 0. the United States,
at his auguTation here in New York, tool.
his first oath to support the Constitution,
tue G..s of the Republic nowhere on the
land within the Jurisdiction OF Congress
covered a single slave Little then did the
Fathers dream that the Evil which they
regarded with shame. and which they ex-
erted themselves 10 prohibit, would elevate
is obscene crest, n It now does and iiaunt
its preten-ious before the world Little
did they dream that the Constitution. from
which they had carefully excluded the
very i-o-t would. IN defiance OF reason.
aud Of common sense. hc held - protect
the hr3. - exceptionally that 1t could not
be reached hv Congressional prohibition,
even within Congressional jurisdiction
Little did they dream that the text, wh .ch
they left 50 pure and healthful, would,
through corrupt Interpretation, be swollen
into suFH a IIIFtl,S t.r-t ..gt g.t.s..s
Naare and EL-neHl. e' S'lrry
Il must be laid bare in its enormity.
precisely as though it were proposed to
plant il here in New York Nor can such
a wrong-foul in itself. and fouler still in
its pretensions-be dealt with tanely.-
Tameness is surrender; and charity, TOO,
may be misappled Forc!ving those who
trespaSs against Us, | know, yet il We are
called to forgive those who trcSpass against
others; to iorgiyes those who trespass
against race; to forgive those who tres
pass against the Republic; TO forgive those
who trespass agalst civilization; 10 forgive
those who trespass against wlo!e race;
70 forgive those who trespass against the
universal human family; finally. 10 forgive
those who trespass against God Such
trespasscrS now eXista among us-possessing
control Of the National GOvcrnment-con-
stitutipg at this moment a colossal power
and what seems its head the likeness
OF q President has on Surely If ever there
was a moment when every faculty should
be bent into the service. and all should be
invicorated by an inspiring Zeal falsely re-
iected bv the heartless diplomatist. il is
now, while the battle between Civilization
and Barbarism is still undecided, and YOU
are summoned to resist the last desperate
shock. To this work am not equal; but
| do not shrink from the duties of my
post Alas, Human language Is gentle,
and the human voice is weak. Words only
are mine, when | ought TO command thun-
derbolts Voice only is mine. when, like
the ancient Athenian, | ought to carry the
weapons of Zeu5 on the tongue
Bar5arisna Of .S2avery
Bnt there is one frightful circumstance
unhappily of frequent occurrence, which
proclaims SO clearly the character of the
social system bred by slavery that shall
be pardoned for adducing it, refer to
the roasting of slaves alive at the stake;
one has been roasted only recently; not
after a public trial according to the forms
of law, as at the fires OF Smithfeid, but by
a lawless crowd suddenly assembled, who
in this way made themselves the ministers
of a cruel vengeance. This barbarism,
which seems to have become part OF the
customary law of slavery may well cover
us all with humiliation, when we reflect
that it has already been renounced by the
copper-colored savages of our continent;
while, during the present century, more
instances Of it have occurred among our
slave masters than | know OF among our
sayaces since that early day when Capt.
Smith was saved from this fate by the ten
derness of Pocahontas Perhaps no other
usage reveals with such fearful distictness
the deep seated. pervading influence of
slavery, offensive to civilization. hostile to
law itself, by virtue of which it pretends
to live, insulting to humanity, shocking to
decencv and utterly needless of all rights,