, 1862-09-26
EMANCIPATION,
Its National Aspects as Re
lated to the War,
An ADDRESS BY B. GRAFT BROWN,

laIeG 10 the war,
An ADDRESS BY 3. GRAFT BROWN.
3 GTa:z Brosr, esq-, ofS. Louis, delivered
an address on the above subject before tile
GereIsl Emancipation Society OF Mis- ouri, q.
ST. Louis, On the 17th. From this address,
which is cne OF great power and cloau=nce,
We make the fnllowiug extracts:
TIE DARBAEIssI OF FORCE.
Tue lover Of h1s country is not apt 10 be
d?etouraged ae 10 The eventual triumph OF its
aims. The lost battle. the n1iasmatic cam
pl'En, asacdontd Eacs and bio IN ~ narx-
zines are regarded as incidents o! war, .rEvy
are ccH1treu but rot held as conclusive. or
even significant Of the ending. There are
s'ens Of lhe times" however, in our horizon
fhhi have a gloomier look than lost bat, les.
And darkest aud etrangest of all the discou-
raEemtnts that have Of late betallsn, must be
considered the tpt ctac1e presented by the
government iu ite dealings with thi, terrible
tris!s-Teposirg itseit altogether upon the
mere barbarian Of force. One would think,
when reading the call for GQO, coo men to re-
cruit our atnll,s, and seeing there no appeal
to or recognition OF the ideas that rule this
century, not less than this hour, tn Il. az \
government OURS WINS intent on suicide-as a
nation We had abandoned our progression.
Can It be that those whe have been advanced
TOR their wisdom and worth to such hish places
of 1ulership do. not understand ttat since
Ills For!d tcEan the victories OF mere brute
>ao1ce have been o. incou6equ.nt as the raYages
OF ptstl1t nee, and az cvantecent as the cgGe-
rAtions OF men. Orcan it be that, understand
tnr, they care only tor tidtcs over tie present
contest 10 bcqutath revolt aud iutefaccinc
i0Ht.F{f1frn nj hn. WIN
ctnc after thcln9 That would be virtual dis
htcgrafion-nafional death. If tIi. goy.rn-
neht undertakes to abandon the revolution
in its Very bfrth-pains-1f it Intends to haYc
DO 1e'ers nee to the ideas of which 1t is tie
rtrreeenratiye-if 1t coutemplatcS iiIsrerard
Of the ErcErcssirg thought that not only In
s!alltd 1t, but has carried 1t so far torwnrd
sihce l1tstallat1on-ifit it is determined to found
IS denltion over suhjugnted States, not III
1he name Of prirciple That shall assimilatc
rs c0nlueets and assure their liberties, but Of
ainFle poTer-thcn will it place itself, by It's
onp acilor, in the attitude of other and equally
gigantic powers that have attempted the same
work and have failed. 1t may have its dag OF
SET timing successes, int even 1hat will entail
an axe Of complications. Does not polanl,
2a.,Iy 2s in,ly alive to-day, after ninety years Of
Ing Of the first partition, convince us
that this tling Of tue dominion OF power
ritbout the assimilation of nations cln
Only cen'irue upon the condition OF
an ever-recuning application OF those forces
tSat aehi. red The first reduction? Does not
the up1isins Of the cry for = united Italy, af.cr
$50 3tats ct fl,1ul effort, continuous conflict.
a1'd successive disintesratlon under the tramp
OF mul'iudirous soldiery, tell ho liked are
social laws, how faithful to freedom are peo-
pies, and bow certain the r-tribution follow
Ing upon those policies Of government that
sacrifice the future 10 the present, the moral
to the mere material. the consolidating the
foundations OF great commonwealth to the
hollow conquest, the mock settlement, the
outward uniformity History is full OF such
representations, because history repeats it.
seli. Bnt Iced not go with yon further in
citing its Judgments ia condemnation Of thst
relia1.cs upon physical force which deems it.
self able 70 dispense with amp appeal to prir,-
cjplc. We cannot il Ne would, cast behind
Us tie experience OF eighteen centuries oi
christian a1nelioration, In which mankind have
been learning TO rely UPON moral aud intel
ltctual lo7cee, ratheT than simple yio1 .nce, in
.hcir dealings with each other as nations.
Not that civilization has surrendered IT'S
right Of war, hut that it insists that ideas
sla1l march at the head Of armies. Napo-
leon LII !, when be announced that the French
nation alone in Europe made war for an idea,
Intended to represent it as leading, not re-
lspsing frnm the civilization OF tho age. And
therein he both uttered q philosoph1c truth.
and penetrated she secret of success. Ssr1p
the choicest fe2fous Of the Iuspiratfou they
derive from i controlling eleyating cause
especially that cause whose magic watchsord
cheers 10 victory in cvs.y land-and In vain
nil you expect the heroic in action or the
miracle in conquest. It is a coward thought
that God Is ever on the aide of the stronsrst
tattalions. The battles that live in memory
that have seemed to turn the worlds equa-
nin'i13 upE1de down, hare been won by the
few lighting Tor q principle against the multi
1Hfh RI "a M S1fTN
therefore it is conceded that the mere au-
nouncenltnt Of policy Of freedom as the
policy OF this war would paralyz the hostility
Ct ali the soyerelsns OF Europe and ned to Us
the encouragement Of their peoples. why is It
that 60 Little fIth obtains among our rulers
that It would EQUALLY strengthen The gsreru-
nlsn b. re amid the millions Of our own land ?
Have the populations Of our States fallen so
low-become 60 irresponsible to the wa:ca-
Tords of lletT.y that it Is not fit to make such
an appeal to them? Is there no Significance
IN 1he fact that amid the five thousand ssanzas
OF The past into nation's anthem-a song Of
war, kindlirg the nncontrol'abe ardors of the
soul-one alone, prescribed like the Marseil.
laise, has been adopted at the camp fire
"JGhn Browns body lies mouldcring In the grave,
His eoui goes naIchirg un.'
Stx hundred thousand soldiers summoned
to the field, aid fur 7chdt : The nation ask,
ernn ent may wing Submission from ths
possible ex haustion on the part Of seccdfup
Sta'ess that shall he postponement, not sei.
Element, Of this great crisis, and thlk shall bf
unrelated to the causes that have produced II
or the progression on our part that has nut or
ment will fnd when, perhaps, it is too late
that IN addition to the rebellion, it will have
| to confront public optnion that has III, sym
Pathies with reaction and that will xi:hdra = a
1n1tsd dly as II has heretofore given all its trus
| from those In power: Or, Is l.. that gro1ud
holcing the national honor whilst battling fo,
the national thonght, our armies ara 70 b,
narshaled under the flg Of freedom, and th
peace achieved Is to be one that shall assur
personal and political liberty TO every dwel.e
claimed, not hidden from the people, an,
tLerc win need no call from president, o.
conscriptlon from Congress, to recruy
the ralka Of the soldiers Of the REPUBLIC
EMANCIPATION AS wAn MEASURE,
Ihe two grca. revolutions Of modern tim
which mark The most signal advance ID polit
cal 1reedGm, that ct EpElaud during the con
monWsalth ard that Of France IN 17S3 sav
tnls among many other sfrising fea:ures c
s1maas1ty|hat In each csse aslazge part {
the empire resisting tie adyent OF free primo
pies. tooS mp arms against the government t
contest The 1esuo- In .Nendee, as In IRELAND
II otcaule necessary to- establish by force ii
supremacy Of The new order. It was anias
and In 10th instances, courses Il concIiado
having proved worthless, stern and vf9orou
policy OF euhjugation was required Ths
4 even the succas- which crowusd such mea.
uree was only partial and transient, tiemant
irE 8 supplemental work Of assimilation,
also well ~orthy Of attention. But IN subdt
ing the resistance NOW presented, this natio
| has that IN contend W;fh mt 1eas th4s IN a