Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-15

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est type, of liberty knQEn 10 mana PFin
1.-THE blood and toll of nations but undei
1 the jealons eye of tyrantsA every hope Eat
been crushed ,despRiriRg 4 ot liberty D
home, men had sought aini the cheeFles
l Eitds of America an syluh TO- worship
God, scarcely dreaming they eopld sbeEfFee
tThe tyrapt followed. By 9ppFession b
forced upon them to fight tor lthtie rights
God smiled upon their effort aud blessed
them With victory, Bat hpW could they
believe they were free. TheeKp0gieuce Ol
the world was against them They were
ready to distrust long tried fliendssl Some
were ready 10 place the crown Of power
upon the head of their noble chief In
this the hour of doubt aud fear. one great
principle was kept IN view All men by
lnRturF,.p possess certain ilaliepable rights,
life, liberty and the pursuit ,Of happiness" !"
With this principle freedom innate 10 the
heart of the nation, apdi ii the minds OF
the trainers Of our Federal Constitution
every other obstacle was jOHercOme 1.-THE
establishment in this way, says Alexan-
der Hamiltop, Hof a eppstitntion, In time of
profound peace, by the voluntary consent
of whole people is a prodigy" By the
formation Of our federal constitution, an
isms Of. f.tyralts-man can hh free. This 10
his natural, fnaltenable right. Who would
dare take jt fson hlm2 1isae.
The principles OF our government are
founded upon the natural, moral, aud in-
tellectual nature ofman principle thus
founded cannot be Rnperyened by the leg
islation of man. No, yop may roll back
the code Of moral existence, until II strikes
upon the rampArts OF eternity itself. and
you will not find % precedent altering the
Of right If,thete exists such .
principle as right, Ii has always existed.
If man be under the obligations of this
principle, he is also entitled to the priVi-
leges of; upon this is founded all eiyiliand
moral laW0 Oar government Is q practical
exempli alton of all this. 4sis}
But whilst thus liberal and just in itself,
an institution paraliztng. the sentiments
aud principles of the government, has ex-
Isted aud increased under the peaceful
Of the government. (tor the gov
4rntn enL- seeks TO protect, lhhhl lie poisoned |
Eapgs. and enyen0med hate seeks 70 intliot |
apon the bosom of its protector the deadly |
sting. Principles are the impressive bar. |
riers of, justice. Whilst the principles of |
he government were but instilling into
he minds Of the people . sense Of justice |
and right TO man, the institution of slavery |
was seeking TO peryert every feeling of
Justice and right 70 the down trodden |
slave-was seeking to. make Africa the
grazing lands of o slave market. .!f.
"A system of slavery ts theexponent Of
human selfshness, seeking to crush and
oppress certain class or race Of men,
denying them the rights. OF liberty, proper
y, happiness, &ce How does this agree
With the principles of the ssgoyernment p
Jan one see how to compromise the two Z |
1ns sef, the two must W. Must an insti-
'ution ,of, cruelty, injpstieeS oppression, lud
gholly ,repngnapt to every feeling of hH.
nanity, triumph over the. fairest fabric Of
human liberty3 No. atfc'
Let coppsrhsads and ldispuiouists sneak
rom the abode Of mAn-seek amid the
lenizens Of the foreatT-(nO, for wild ami
mails have better conceptions of right than
.hese miscreats of society,", bnt let them
thsfAthsF Of their thoughts,
EBSa Ys sSsa" sss9sS as ss.s 5a % s' can know
F.,-sta lfss-t.t W. ". |