The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-09-15


placed all honors aud emoiuments within the 4
reach OF such - by their industry and worth /
could gain them II hrs conferred UPON all /
equal political privileges. Thus IL has crea-
tel IN all an equal interest ia maintaining a
Government in which AL are equal paTtlci-
pants.
Nsr j. this all. We have nol ouly sought
these privileges for ourselves,-we have
shared them with Others. We have POSSESSED
some lands a. fertile as any in the world
I We have not held them with misery grasp
We have invited Europe 70 share them with
~ She has accepted the invitation She
has sent hitler. not her noble, refined. intel
lgent population. She has sent her peas.
ant. her common peOple.--those whom she
| called her drcrs We welcomed them. We
have found them industrious. patriotic, w0r-
thy OF liberty At mrs, We sold them our
lands bv Tie acre and quarter section for
prices which would scarce buy decent bn-
ring lot for the peasant IN Europe. Nov
We give our farms away. In our anxiety 70
share with them our privileges. We have
made them participants Of al our political
rights and almost equals IN our Government
/ Ner have we attended 70 their physical wants
! alone. We have established common schools
The rich has paid ont Of his abundance for
die education OF the poor. that the children
Of the rich and the poor might be taught
together. And by private benevoience.
I ,houch not by Government, We have sent
INTO ercrv clearing. and the far distant set
tlement. the church a. we'll a. the school
house.
To day in the free States OF America the
prophetic words Of Christ are realized. Our
Great men. our chiefs. our governors and
Legislators and the President 81 our nation
himself. are a set rot 70 be ministered unto.
but - minister unto ard serve the common
peoole. And with all our defects and short
coming. il il nevertheless true. that the sun
f.z never looked down upon a people.
xh,-o Government has been founded. aud
On the whole maintained. on 80 christian a
basis A. that Of the free States of America.
such j. the character of the Government
which this rebellion seeks 10 destroy Why
IS il thus furiously assailed II has not
swerycd from the principles on which il was
founded Il has not ceased 10 serve tae
people IL j. still a free popular govern
nent. II j.. attacked, only because Il Is a
free. Look for a moment AZ the character
and purpose Of the foe which assai il.
Ia the same year in which the Pilgrim
Father landed from the May Flower on the
shore OF New England, a ship load OF slaves
was landed on the Southern coast. Two Iii
vcrgent, two antagouistic systems. com
! mcnced unfolding IA that year. Mark the
contrast
, Both North and South have filled up by
r foreign immigration the one invited, the
, other enforced. The North has given her
laborers their homesteads and their farms
The South has denied her labOrers the right
10 any property. The North has paid her
r laboress high wages The South has paid
hers rome The North has laid light take.
L ON her workmen's products. The South Ia.
!; To,y from hers All they produced. Tho
!" -, - protected every man in every
's" - Declaration OF Independence
4. South has depriyfGs us'e1s WIN US IA, y
10 denied them the right. =, ,,"t'
Is pincss--scarcely protected. 49, Th,
. poorest hut Of the Northern "a =, e. ~, ~
Of the scene Of happy .home-ifsa - =
er make il 50. The Southern laboref -. ~
neither wife nor child whom the law pei -,
H. ted him to call his own The North 4.
v given her laborcrs free education Tn
m South has made it penitentary offence
Cd teach her laborcrs to read
"A The fact that the lab0rcrs OF thc SOui
ct have possessed a complexion ranging frol
sc dark brunette 20 jet aud glossy bacl
T. does not alter the contrast OF principle.
be Nor does the other fact that the South h,
ng had many humane and Christian master
a. far better than the system of laws und,
A.. which they lived
j. These two systems of 60 'ernment-d
Il sergent. antagonisiic. have grown up 10
c. gether side by side. The one i for n
OF many. tho other Is for the few 30 assure
al that God created men, in the language
~ an eloquent historian, the lev booted an
Il spurred 70 ride. the many saddled and br
of died 10 be ridden. The other. IN the nor
. eloquent language ol our Declaration
at Independence vas that he created all me
D. equal-cqual, that Is. IN their right 10 lif
en- liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
Of At length the inevitable antagonism bc
nc tween those two systems. passes from one
en- IDEAS 10 one OF arms Heretofore Cover
c ment has been on the SIDE Of de-potsm
y. revolutions have been waged on behalf ,
iy popular rights. Now Governments r. on n
a. side OF the people -aud dcspoiism rises
rebellion against H.
IL. But j. this. Ia truth. contest hetwee
On these two systems GO Is ita mere aecidcn
al uprising such a. might have taken plac
"a in the Eastern the Middle or the Wester
az States a. well Since tite question IS aske
a. it deserves acfiuus answer. Mark thei
ia for one moment. how Tor years. the S1ufi
"a crn system oi Government has been ptcpai
&c ing unconsciousiy the elements Tor thl. e.,
to- hellion This history. briefly outlined. ri
a also better exhibit g. us tie aatafc - IA
is Foe which a-saiis as
g. The Southern .ystcm al slavery thei
OF has divided the South intn three great t'sssc
~ II has created large screilc popuia
B. sion knowledge D. power Il has Their,
Dee fore kept them ignorant Blfbafig u o.
gin. thcs have received very little o. max
s. them better These. nnder lhe stimulus ,
In fear. have performed the hhef 20 N
v. South IL has consequently rendered. labo
N dishonorablc aud disgracciul
r . But Ia any community only a fc~ ea
- live without labor. except - they live i
l. abieci poverty Thus & ha- created Is elias
IA OF poor white Ignorant. idle. urrlthcd =
= Hut % d quite a. necessary % keep thc-
10 p,or whites in iguoNnce a. ID IS g. keep Oh
a. black race AMI .fhe great maze 90 on
b poor white population. SAYS De Bow n D.
Rcristr for i~so. begin - understand chs
r. hty have tights. and that they foa. sf
= cnfliied 10 soms % the sympathy which fai'
.e aaon ihc suffering They are 'as lctum
th4f there i almost an infinite world ai b.
a dnsir, opening before them. b, which the
"a eau elevate themselscs aa1 their faniic
10 from Wrctrhelacss and Ignorance r. comrc
Z ,eacc and iate'lgcrce n tils grfff ~
l. Asarine 81 ear rasxfS tat ~ tIff a. ifaf
\ 80 f4r as ear insfifafiaHs are essfernf.i
a Hence The South has allowed az freedom
h, Of rrcss. 81 pulpit. of private or psbiic dis
y cussion Hence has e established tc.
I, ehannc.. aud aimasi 49, schools ler ih
.c eommon people Thus keft ia IGNORANCE
"a they have beer ke2t uul,r the control 81
n ic~ political Leaders. from ~hom shef re-