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enormous lie. Naturally q power thus
guilty would expect to support the lie by

enormous lie. Naturally q power thus
guilty would expect to support the lie by
arms.
1MPOSsIBILlTY OF ANY RECOGNITION OF
REBEL sLAvE-MoNGERs, WITH SLAVE
BY AS A CORNERSTONE. an XII
But do not content myself with single
objection TO this outrageous contamination.
There is another of a different nature. AS
stunning, for the moment, what / am glad
to believe can never happen, that the new
save power has become independent in
fact, while the national flag has sunk away
e1 hausted in the contest, there is an objec-
ton which, in an age of Christian light,
thank God! cannot be overeome-unless
the great powers which, by solemn cove
nant, have branded slavery, shall forget
their vows, while England, the declared
protectress ofthe African race, and France,
the declared champion of ''ideas,' both
break away from the irresistible logic OF
their history and turn their backs upon
the past. Vain is honor; vain is human
confidence, if these nations at a moment OF
high duty can thus ignobly fall. "Renown
Jections, this is Of fact also; for it is found
ed on the character of the slave-monger
pretenslon claiming recognition, all OF
which is fact. Perhaps it may be said
that it is question of policy; but it is
OF policy which ought to be beyond
question, if the fact be established. Some
thing more is necessary than that the new
power shall be de Jdct0 independent. 1t
must be de fdctO fitto be Independent, and
from the nature Of the case, every nation
will Judge of this fitness as a fact In I'M
dertaking TO acknowledge a new power,
you proclaim its fitness for welcome and
association in the family of nations. Can
England put forth such proclamation in
favor OF the whippers of women and sell
f& nh ri
Napoleon to put forth such a proclamation?
Unhappily there are old ma
tons, still tolerating slavery, already in
the family; but now, for the first time in
history, new nation claims admission
there, which not only tolerates slavery, but
exultlng in its shame, strives to reverse
the Judgment Of mankind against this out
rage. and to make it chief support and
glory, so that all recognition Of the new
power viii be the recognition Of sacrile-
gious pretension,
With one vast blood-stone for the mighty
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Elsewhere slavery has been accident; here
it is the principle. Elsewhere it has been
an instrument only; here il is the inspira-
ton. Elsewhere il has been kept back in
a becoming modesty; here it has been
pushed forward in all its british naked
ness. Elsewhere it has claimed nothing
but liberty to live; here it claims liberty to
rule, with unbounded liberty at home and
abroad. Look at this candidate power as
you will, in its whole continued existence,
from its Alpha to its Omega, and it is moth
ing but slavery. Its origin is slavery its
handspring is slavery; its object is slave
ry. Wherever it appears, whatever it does,
whatever form it takes, it is slavery alone
and nothing else; SO that, with the contri-
ton of Satan, it might cry out,
Ne miSerGblei which Vay shall fiv
Infinite wrath and infinite despair?
Which way ] fly is hell; myself am hell.
The rebellion is slavery in arms; slavery
on horseback; slavery on foot; slavery ra-
ging on the battle field; slavery raging on
the quarterback, robbing, destroying,
burning, killing, in order TO uphold this
candidate power. It's legislation is simply
slavery in statutes; slavery in dhapters;
slavery in sections-with an enaeting
clause. Its diplomacy is slavery in pre-
tended ambassadors; slavery in cunning
letters; slavery in cozening promises; sla-
very in persistent negotiations-all to Sc
cure for the candidate power it's much de-
sired welcome. Say what you will; try tc
avoid it if you can; you are compelled tc
admit that the candidate power is nothing
else than organized slavery, which now in
its madness-surrounded by its criminal
clan, and led by its felon chieftains- braves
the civilization Of the age. Therefore any
recognition Of slavery itself, with welcome
and benediction, imparting to it new con.
sideration and responsibility, and worse
still, securing to it new opportunity ano
foothold for the supremacy which it openly
proclalms.