The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-11-14
An Elodp ent Extract.

B. Gralz Brown, Esq, in an address
recently deliverd before the General
Emancipation Society OF Missouri" pleads
for Freedom in a way which should make
the cheeks Of The brutal tools Of Slavery
in the Free States Jingle with shame -
In the address referred 10, he speaks as
follows:
wEARE THE REvoiUrtoN.
They who would forecast the results o.
the great crisis which is now npon this
nation, must do so bv oher lights than
those relied on in past partisan controyer.
sizes regarding our Government and its
functions. THIS is mn age.uf transition,
precipitsted On IA, it is true, by armed re-.
slslanee to the national sovertisn'y, but
none The less transition age. for all that.
II is a passage from the Old TO lhe New;
abruptly, with dijoinIed effort, impeded
by fUrmaiisms, reactions, civil war yet.
nevertheless, a veracious passage, AND
WE ARE the REVOLUTION.
The seeded SIaes began this conflict
OF arms, and in so far arc responsible for
its many calamilies but they only cast
down the barriers to The pent up thought
Of The nation, and in the present sill
more than in the past, that thought i:
marching on with the Vast development
tina! ever characterizrs revolutionary cy.
cles. A full conception Of this truth is
essential 20 any understanding, either OF
the changes that have so lar passed upon
rulers as well as people. or Of those other
and Steiner attitudes that are ye! 10 be Ia
ken by both.
The roots OF this matter reach further
back than il is the purpose here to probe
Freedom, in its relations toproperiy. per.
sons, principles, has been the grand cen.
ral figure OF the century, aud in out
Growlhs are essential features Of the pend
ing conflict. Indeed 1t requires only or
dinary scrutiny to trace, during the latte
years OF our political Ire, the lineamen'
Of great historic revolution. The az
vance, from the day John TIambder
tested lie ship money levy, 10 The day
Stratiord's Impeachment ended the S'a
Chamber procedures.and further to The day
Sharles S,uArt's head rolling 10 The baske
flushed the business OF divine right-tht
advance, say, was not more signal thar
/ that which has taken place here tuuchin.
/ liberties first from resistance against Ter
r'oria ex ensions of slavery. ntx! I,
| ab0llshing the institution in the nation
capital, snd now 10 Initiating policies o
coniscation and emancipation in the Stale
themselves. A simple contrast Of publ,
opinion concerning all q Iestions involved
in this war year ago. and the public &C
ceptation in which the same points are nov
held, will tford sufficient evidence OF tn
progress that has taken place. That lha
progress has come from the people, an
been towards radical views OF freedom
scarcely needs to be illustrated. The cor
viclion that any Infringement OF individu'
! liber:y, il permitted 10 organize and pei
petuate itself in society. imperiIled its eS
s,ence by melting subs fulton OF cast
or class rule for the simple equity Of Re
publican government, from being hesI
taut, disputed dogma, has become All &C
cepted national faith. girt with armies an
navies for its upholding. This is Transi
ton, this is Progress, this is Revolution