Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-02-27
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! ! public l have sought in fancy to put then
back dgaiI III The same chamber where they
: we're when the Gnverum~nt was formtd
p h I've gathered there beneath those lights th.
Shades uf the men vino stood aruuud the Grad {
ei ihe Hepubiic. nd as thtsr pass btfOre
) them let gentlemen be silent. tor in that pro-
ctssion shaii pass by every one Of oar iilus,gi-
ors ,leul. In rhaui heel the s,i5)iufo precepts
10 Hh ch. as they pass, each ore Of these viii
p'!n9. fhose. th'ir precepts, are iesidip yet
once traced ia light, now, aasl f'tracyd il q
Daliou's Blood. AZ the bead Of that process
sion, sir, see him whose bones sce2--do they
s,cop, slr, no55?-cloyt by as al Mount Vernon
II G sentence to which Washington points The
gentleman from Illinois is that oae be ujtert
on the 9th OF Svp,emhar A ID 1856 itsi b.
lore he became President Of the Convention
which made tie CoHsilu ion. In the lame Of
tie liberty which the sword of Washington
wou-in the nam OF the Cons tuition waicn
Washington male-in the name OF the God
4 Washington fstr,d i beg ny { cDuiltrv 10 read
that sentence to which Washington points lis
as he passes by as IN this, may be funeral pro-
cessol Of his Republic Here ii is: Ii as
among my FIST tr.S5ss 10 see some plan adopted
by actleh Siars' q IA tbs country SiaH be a6of-
isitd byttw,"
-Ntxt 10 Washington let Benjmin Franklin
/ pass by us. He wrote, in part the Declaration
4 Of Ind pendcnce. His name Is to the Con
stilusi,n, is linked with every glorious memory
Of the Rcvnlu ion, is engraved upon he mon
ument5 which philosophy erects for her IN ,st
/ iliuslroI5 sons, aud his immortal epfaph she
/ has chiseed there in the iaugnage Of another
rcpuhlic-" Ej.paSf fnimeS d. caio yctptfumgaH
/ tg,aan s." The words to which Franklin
1 points us, az he passes by ii the m"urnfu pro-
cession, he very last public utterances Of
his uiu5' rious life; and they come to us, gen
! tlemcn Of The House, with Startling emphasis
because they are words of prayer a,ilr essed 10
an American Congress. 10 Congress he says
- Stepto the very verg Of the po.yar We attlc
~ you iJr dise9uragil-g every species of tr
in,ir fellow men @,i,.v
me means tor removing this Inconsistency
csOnrtcter trota the American people"
My lelow--4me,ic ic.n,s, may beg You, in
the lyhl Of thaslread now around rs, to read
the words 10 which the great Franklin points
us as ne goes by?
Mex, 10 Franklin let the author Of the Dec
iarutiJn uf Indcp :nd.-nee come. AAi as his
sreut shade proceeds his finger is upon ne words
of his which con,ec ,lted 10 freedom a vast en-
pire, where now live: six million lrremcn IL
I'hey arr:
There shall he. in the Territories Of the
Nurtn9f vest neither s'&ytry nor involuntary ser
sl,udo. exc, pl in tie punishment Of crime
NcNt 10 ha.son et Patrick Henry go by
IA name connected with the springs and sour
cs OF our fee institutions; aad whose lus' 'er
would Un,y be d,mmcd gt any aten1pt at rulo-
| gy. And rs be pass S by rs he repeats, in sol
emn emphasis, those ever memorable wOr,;s OF
his, Bearing dave the l8ih OF January, l773;
III is dnty we owe to the , plrty Of our re-
! ligon 10 show thIt il IS at Variuire with that
/ las thlJ variants slavery. l btlfve that The
time "iil como when an opportunity viii b.
| Offered 10 abolish this ltment4ble evil
Lei Jie talhcrDi The Constitution. Madison,
go uy next 10 the hiuslri"n4 Henry. And as
| he goes i,c poiuts those who declare We bruug ht
on this war by our rriasal to make slavery by
name eternal IN the Constitution to lis imnllor-
tai w"f,l>:
1t is wrong to admit in the Constitution
'he idea that ti.cre could be any property IN
man
But, sir, ,re weary in this review. There is
from the illuslrious oue5 OF that Hssrmbfage
we have imagined Of our reviuiionary dead no
! sing.e dissenting voice. There pass by us, in
! the same procession oi heroes, Hamilton, ana
| Chase, and Writ, and Crawford and Mason.
aud Feudelon, and Marshall, and Lowudcs,
and MOur.e, AID Fucker, and Piukr,ey. Of
Maryland, ard Lae, aud Randolph and nl-
all, Us tnry pass OF us-by speech aud act aid
| vote, in the assemblies which formed our insti.
tutions adtn0nish rs TO see to 1t that freedom
shall be Tie law Of the Republic.
And sir, did tilne admit Of il. [ woulI lJt
Ih.s.. n,en point tins House ant the country
again 10 lh,ir iiustriuus deeds But these
/ deeds III favor OF freedom are too vast in uu.n-
Der aud importance to be recIed. Let thai
one :nnnnmvnt Uf fheir istiop and pa;ri tistn,
erected by their hands at the very gestibule Of
our nAliolll existence tn. ordinance oil l7ST
suffice Tor Ills hour. There that monu-
meut stands, lis base resting upon anl stretch
! ny across oac-.h;r} of tine cansilan,, sad lts
,up Jar al ,ve the stars. Ii looking at ii now,
| veil may is great au,her, Jefferson, exciain
ariI:"i have reared d nfiuumeut harder than
| brass, more puiuriny than grain ds.' Would
The gentleman .r0M Liin1l4, il he could. now
| ear down that M nunent? i - i hp now
take from lis susumit or froni is r.crnAl barr
one ston5 or one iragmeI, Of oGe s'onr? 1t
hin lools NJ il now ia its awtI! grandeur as il
stands before hE,, its top "mcet.ns tie sun ir
is comIng, th,. esfl!A g'r ri lEs mgruiGg
gliding il, a.,i pariiug by ii. .ering uuI pl.y
| ing oa Ils suHtnii"
The li'st Ca res that ever m 4 III - he
C5usJitu ion app itd jhul i name. cXt.almG
slavery from All ouc then 7 Frritori,4s, 10 our
new torm Of government. l ; bcnefisisa, pro-
vis:oas bcan ai he western base oI Ihe Al
les hlni,s aud swept ac-os5 the gieat States II
Ohio IulauI. Iilinli5, lar oH 10 tha lAkc o
he Woads. IL was passed by the vc y men
who had list made The Cons u ION passed
carly in the N ,tn.as of the iir>g Il ,ys of the
Refubics Xis.ence- passed when the young
icaf upon our tlet of liberty oPtn-l To tle sun
its FIRST yertlIre pissed wa nj tie .irs. Ol:a. by
the mun wAY nade the CuH,d5uti %, had scarce
escaped rom lheif !ips to support il. aud had
scarce yet been reg,,,yred Hy N'd ts whom it
Wis addfc-std auu Was approved lay Wash ny
,un uI the sam. dIv the Waf D,parimeut uf
thls govern lytlt wis DIST crcRi,d Aud aig
,,.tgr Al WAS passed, II received the il Us rjoais
Signature OF Wa~ning;E,. Wny sir, in Jtc
nsut pi lhs e5en's npw >urr0dI.lnq Us, and oi
the ;eaciius' oi To- dty uplu his h)or. is il Lot
Al startling TACT that one OF tue very first sa'-
aes cycr passed 10y an American Congress.
ami one u The very Gtst which received lbe
approving signature of the lftst President
ot the man first in war, Grst in ptacc. aud
fst IN tire hearts Of his lt,l0w ci,izns'-p pro-
vldcd there shoud 1e no slavery tocyver IN al
the vast territories then owned 10y this G"v-
eminent provided p eciseiy wna', IN ,hs cleo
tioh Ut lhe present Administration tia people