, 1862-11-25
&a.HTr,EX*S EREEyNS.

CHICAGO EyE:1NG JOURNAL.
No7z4EEz. Fl, 1869.
saHyBz.x:s seREESDs.
Il vtu!u eee,r incredible THAI the i1sii-
tuliin Of !saMan slavery, which is con-
demnoa and .:igmatized By the moral
judsu,rui Of the world, should nevertheless
find :Gvocates and defenders among cer-
tain clsasee. But there arc men in every
age whess nature and mission seem to be
to assail tie right, and defend the wrong;
10 oppose all good, aaa help al bad; and
go much as in t;lcm lies, to thTart, and re-
sist all Efforts to ra15e and benefit man
kind; and plot, struggle, and fight, to keep
the poor and oppressed down forever, and
zee that No progress shall be made By the
human race up toward ireedom and equal
ity. These drags on the Eleels Of ciT11iza-
ton; these heavy weights that load down
The car ef progress, are always to be found
holding back With al their brute strength,
AID bcarirg down with dead weight that |
denland the most rcsolutc a1ld tremendous |
efforts Of all the good, to overcome. To |
make all men free; to elevate the down |
irodden and Oppressed, to shed over laad |
cursed with the b3ight If slavery, The re- !
viyinS and ennoblinss Influences Of uui7er-
sal emancipation, o5c might thinls, would
be o!jec1s so grand and lofty, that they
could not fail to enlist the warm hope. aud
sympaslics, AID engage the enthusiastic e.
Iorts aud prayers Of all n,ca. Dul tais is
Lot 50; and such IN Expectation only be-
trays lie ignorance and toad illusion Of the
men 1Eho entertain It,
True, il is written IN old records, an1 has
been proclaimed in mcf1era lines, that
freedom is G priceless gilt" and slavery
an urspealable curse" 5Ien nave fought,
and blcd, and died to be free; and the page
which preserves the memory Of tlis never
ending, and still beginning struggle for
freedom, shines with IN uadying 1ustro Of
lcrols,a and glory. But there are recorded
also The fierce courage aEu depefate Ealor
of the stout aud brave men who have
fought og:inst these who would he free;
and tic annals Of tie proud aud cruel men
who beat down the struggling slave, and
bound The people in new-forged and
stronger fctters, st;rs the blood and wins
limitation and applause. The wreaths Of
glory worn By ihc champions Of lu11an
bondage, have been placed On their heads
l,y myriad hands, and sAc loud ac-
claim with which the multitude shouts
their names. rings through the world.
Never yet in Ill the pas: has the cause Of
The naughty, ruling, und expressing upper
class failed to ird support and dcience;
and no people get have made their Way out
Of the house Of bondage but by fierce and
bloody struggling. The opprcssor never
opens his iron grasp until the fingers are
wrc1c1led By force apart; and 30 long as
leholds the victim struggling to be free, 50
long will men be found to help, to cheer,
and to spplaud the cruel and pitilcss deed
A1en want to be free themselves, but they
all waa-tto 1e1d it oyer others; and too
many delight IN seeing the strength, and
worship the superior nature Of the dcspot
who crushcs in lis strong hand the rights
and freedom ct AlS fellows.
Free institutions do not make all whe
live under them free; and it is too plain
that there are many III the North, who to
day would rather have slavery preserved
than abolished. It is a long process
through which some men must pass before
they can come to regard any man, 1uucl
less all men, as having equal rights viii
themselves. It is a high moral attalnmcn
that not few fhi1 eycr to reach; and man,
ere OILY kept day by day from encroach
ing upon others by fear Of law and
sense Of personal dsnger. There are al
ways enough men longing to play th
tyrart; and if they can't do It themselves
they arc delighted to help somebody els
while Ee dots it. There are cowarlly an
degraded men IN our midst, who wonl
mourn core and refuse to be couaGorled ;
they Thought there was to be no NOR
slavery in the South. To them man wh
OWLS nis=ers, orders them about, whip
kicks. abuses and despises them,
the embodiment OF royalty and ari
tocracy, aud they do him hon1ae
from TIC bottom Of their souls.
is this class Of men, by nature sneal.
and knayes; who crawl and favn arouu
tie rich and rretenuous; aud vho hayiu
no oat1ve dignity or seErespcct aro Ii
ready made tools and Slaves Of others, th;
thc South has always used to control Il
North. They arc the men who to-day u,
doing, Ill tLeir craven and sunken spiri
will let them, for rebellion aud SLAYER
They aye proud to do any dirty work +
their Southern masters, and delight in
degraded and vile service to human slay
~. To hope anything better OF these M
would be mistake. The great cause
Freedom and the Republic must be save
IN spite Ct them: and they must be L
afterwards, We fear, to infest and pollu
the sacred fabric Of the Union: creepi
and crawling things, which fill Us with d
like and disgust, but which We hesitate
crush, feeling that God made them. q
that the world is wide enough for tn
and us.
OUT WITH THRu.