The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-21

I oceans around the clohS ,o ,b. no;,, -b,.~
the far West meets the far F,s, o,o, 81.
teeminc countries where the cr,dl. of m.n
kind stood and ovor tho ,-lsbo,s g 49,,
ilizatiop IN Eu,on. ,r1 60 III. -.
rio,,s regions md Tho ,r,n;a.I ~ -
have pot erer,e5 yct f.,r' a. % -. -. g
barhari,m IN ,bo S,rE,i't 6 .;,.l;"si ne.
and then toll ,oo -.
YOU find that do NOT trenlI,, NH 80,
anguish or exultant 10Y os the Is b.
man freedom or human honda. co nm =,
down! Look over the history If rho wnrlI
from the time when infant m,nt;rJ s.I, ~
its heart the first tbrobbincs e o.n;r;ra
dignity. down TO orr DAYS when tho r;,h,s
of man have az last faunI = boIa aud T,w
crful champion in \ GREAT and m;cL,r p.
rublic where is the n,re ,b,, i NOT .ro,
ted with blood and tears shed in thu, all.
absorbing struggle where a cbap,er which
does not tell the t,lo &c ;rb;l,r, ,,;rmrI,
or hear. .breakin,, 1;s,ros. .s a.. I.s
freedom or slavery wo,, nv or L.,
Loud apnlausc I'm, 70 Sav :, ,ba IL,
Of the nipc,aorib .or,rrr - pe.,,tE.
whose rro.,ro,op,o MS la - .hs
Declaration of Ir6one,Joroo d., -.
A man 70 Won and tcus vo, w;,b .rn;.,I
coolrcss. that bc does NO, caro-, A1d Ic
cause he does not care. he claims the CON
fdeuce of his countrvmen and tho b;,h.s,
honors of the Republic Recousc no docs
not care, he rretands to he the rerrcsen,,.
tive statesman Of this ace
Sir | ALWAYS thoucht that Le 81, ba ,o
true statesman whose ideas and conccnt,o,s
are not founded upon profound moral con.
yctions Of r,aht and wronc IAn,,,rso
What, then. Shall we say Of him who bo,s,
ingly parades his Indifference as a v;rtucp
May We not drop tue discussion about his
statesmapsbin and ask What ;s no wo,,h
as a man, IRepeated obeersI Yes. bo
mistakes the motive no,yor which sb,nos
the events of history find tb,, IN ih.
life of FREE. n,ti,ps NOR. Local d;s,,;s;,;o,,,
meyer tnrpej tho lido of oro,,. al ,,o-.
constitutional constructions never de,erw;n.
ed the tendency of an ace. The logic of
things goes It's steady way. immoyablo 10
elouueuce and deaf to argument I, sb,n.s
and changes laws and Constitutions occord.
ing TO It's immutable rules and those al.
verse to il will nrovc M ctrcc,p,l obs,ruc.
ton to it's onward morch I, ,;mes of
great conflicts the nromo,;ups and J;c.
tases Of tbe Lu0,an coasc;encc are NOR.
potcut than all tbe inventive ;ocenu;,v of
the human brain. The conscience If = free
peonle. when once f,irlv ruIipg the ,c,io,
Of the masses will meyer fail IN make pew
laws. when those existing are contrary 70
its tendency. or vii! put its own coustruc.
tion unon those that are ,Lcrc Your dis
auisitions and plausibil,,ies nav be- used as
weapous and stratao,ps IN fencing match
Of controyersing rar,i,s: but powerless as
they are before the conscience ., man nos.
terity will remember il,,, only rs mere
secondary incidents of :, l,ulc If grc,t
princjplc. in Which the ,;ropgest mot;vc
powers @ human nature were the truo
romba,apts
There i ;h. s,a,,ry question not =
mere occasioua, ouanci be,wecn two SEQ.
tons OF country divided by a ceourapbical
line. not a mere contest between two eco.
nomical interests for the prepopderance
not mere wranglc between two political
parties ior power aud spoils: but the great
struggle between the human conscience
and a burning wrong, between advancing
civilization aud retreatiny barbar,sm. be.
tween two antaronistic systems Of social
or sanization. IChecrsl In vain will our
impo,ent mock giants endeayor 10 make
the test question of our ace turn ON a
riJicu!ou, logical qubble. or a pal,ry legal
technicality, Iapplause / in vain will they
invent small dodces, aud call them great
PRINCIPLES" in vain will they ATTEMPT to
drag down the ail-absorDing contest to the
level of a mere pot house quarrel between
two rival candidates for a Presidential
no,,;,.,,ion IA,rI,rsal Tho whooI or
fi.II
piVe'esSihS cNoi,'H "Hi Us" 'hc,ii - "'olhs'
a II has crushed 50 many abnormifies.
/ cheers, and future generation will per-
hans read on Mr. D,uglas tombstone the
| .IJ,ro 10. ,bo ,.,,oor c.. .e
4
S.''''ih i"' "nO' ""eh 'ii0 si."' p'''ie VI
/ slavery was i"Oght, pretended 10 say that
I he did not care whether slavery be voted
M or voted down lCheers
a., ,I Ill. e ,,;
-' 90 'O'-S ." ''0 "a '"''
nation : hUt eh'ireIy exhausted, MI. Doug
las, and men like him, Will IN vain endeavOr