, 1862-05-26
Thaum3ttA for Rejecting Men,

Theu.1.ts for Rejecting Men.
The following article is from. Eo1uey>s
Ptiladr]phia Press. The editor has bcen
life,l long Democrat, but this slave c-holder's
rebellion has opened his eyes to the nature
and designs Of the-olisarchy:
However slavery may stand affected as an
industrial institution, When this whiriTind
Of Tnr shall have spent It's force Justice to
the present and security for the future require
that its poEer to rule, or harm, as political
c7ginc, ahail be utterly destroyed. We rt:k
ton in nTegandto slavery is heavily for its po-
llhcal disfranchise1rent, whatever il nl9Y 6e
in n gard to its final extinction as q SYSTEM
From IN industrial poiAtof yle~, tho question
Of its incomuatfbi!ity with the system OF ia-
voluntary Labor presents itsel1.
AS political engine, slavery must perish.
1t must elect no more Presidents, by Gircc-
tion or indirectiop; neither must it any more
come into the national legislature and dictate
laws for the government Of free people 1t
must be made to retire to its plantations,
with its sceurses and syses, and there rent
It's threatcnings and 1oment its braWls.: The
annals Of Congress arc cnongh dtsfgured
with its violence and brutality. It Is high
time TINT VIC purify tlls record, Or cease 10
keep it.
not read history at all, or, if at all, for the pur-
pose Of wrestling its teachings from their OBJ
vious application, or the more effectualiy to
ignore It's teachings altogether. They con
efantly affirm that slavery, undlsturbed by agi
tation, would never disturb the political e9ui-
lihrillnl Of the Government that it only
arouses itself when its constitutional rights
arc threatened. Such is not the teaching Of
history, and sucl Is not the fact. It is both q
physical and 4 philosophical impossibiiity that
any system should stand still The various
branches of fiudustry-agficu11urr, manuGtc-
uuI RI prtE seiu .
/ the Fplrit Of discovery and Of inventions
| rene Of these stand still. They move either
| forward OF backward. But four terms are ap.
t p1icablc to thern-rise, progress, decline. and
I'LL. So Of slavery and so Of freedom, and SO
Of all states Of society, and conditions Of things
| thereunto pertaining, either rs causes o. ef:
| feels. As nation, we have never approached
the perfectncss Of freedom yet No nation
ever has. But i'll na'ions, at some period in
their history, upteud to tue highest level of eS:
E. T5 Tapg to Ell ssafh Vt fe rnsa fs sa ae hez
and lire, or faf1, and afford the world another
instance ofmisplacel hopes?
| Slavery cannot stand still. It must obey
the law It is intensely selfish and sr:lsping
| in its nature. and cannot be content with mere
| existence. Exclusive privilege has been Eo
from the beginning, and will continue so te
the end Is it denied2 How many iustanceE
| of arbitrary power voluntarily reli1qnishius
the sceptre does history record? Is there ont
such instance On 1ecords We haze no knoWl
edge Of even one None can exist s1yc rs
breach Of natural Law. Slavery, therefore, be
ing arbitrary and selfish in its nature, cauuo
choose to stand still. 1t must progress o
rctrug1ess. Founded in force, its nature i
violent, aud it will seek to perretua,c Itself y!
violence when more peaceahle means fail
Such is the law
How, then, can We nationally hope for : per
n1aNert peace while slavery ~lvlds control
ling political influence. There is a.work bcfor
| our public men, and the world will pause +
see how they acquit themselves. If they ca
rise to the leycl Of the emergency, tho despo'
isuls OF the old world Will treInhle on taci
t buses, and the hearts Of anxious millions vii
unite in one tun1ultuous throb Of gratitude
The timts must develop the men for til
emergencies which correspond to its demand:
Earnest, prompt and decided action is the on
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