The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-11-12


-oci4ted Of aabolitienism, all
though t must be confessed
that the OH opponents of ncgFd
slnvery were of q somewhat differ
emf calibre, and that they would
probably object 20 that peculIaf
Fcombination Of biblical reasonihg
with black regiments which IL IS
tie special mission of this gentIe
man to defend. Americans, III.
though they are little too ant
to fancy hat the real history of
the world began with the election
of Mr.. LINCOLN, cannot forget
especially at such q time as tie
present, that England Ilas also, III
fher day, made certain sacrifices for
the sake of negrozemancipation
Qfthe three mostillustrious cham
plons of thar very noble cause, two
have long since gone to their rest
and their reward but the thiFdS|
who so potently aided in realis
the sacred hopes Of THoMAs0 CANINE
and of WILLIAM WnBsRFoRcE, is
yet alive, and his name is HENRY
BRoUGnAM. The emancipation that
these men sought was advocated
by them as n measure Of justice
and right; and tie two dead worth
les would have recoiled as indig-
%nantly as their survivor from treat
ing it as q weapon Of war or rs an
electioneOring trick. At the present
moment, the two most prominent
aholitionists in Europe are Lord
Brougham and the Reverend Henry
WardglIeecher it wonIl be welli If
the enthusiastic friends ofthe shave
would seriously consider which of
the two ia most to be trusted or
soonest to be believed; whether
the honest service OF half a century
does not outweigh q few years Of
dcclan alton and whether the
British statesman who fought so
hard All uphill fight is not prima
[ facic, more worthy ofcredence than
the American preacher who is
horne along SO bravcly by q flowing
tide. ,+-I..
In any case, and whatever answer
may be given to these questions,
| Mr.. Beecher must bdgheard. Let
him, during his holiday, say what
I he likes, and in whatever tone lie
may think best. On his return to
: a country in which it was once the
custom Of the South to tar and
feather abolitionists, and in which
it is still the occasional practice of
II Northern mob to hang a negro
to Il lamp post, let him have no
y reason 70 complain Of unfair tfeat:
2 mont &sa -,
Is never surrender the rights Of
speech and Of free criticism at the
IS bidding either of a king, a clique,
OIL a crowd, Every nation has its
e "rowdies; = in some they rule in
others they are ~rcpressed. 1t must
" not be said that our visitor was
d reduced to silence by ycils and
lie groans. The men who disapprovC
= Of President LINcolN's policy-il
1t other words, the majority of thu
r. English peo2lc-need not entertain
NJ the slightest fear of the result o
e Mr.. BEEcHEh's efforts. His speeches
n Which arc consequential in on'
n sense and iocousequentiai in anoth
er, may be received with waving
We of hats and handkerchief by al
in amiable audience; but they vii
f. have no permanent influence. W,
z really cannot pay the orator th'
ar compliment Of installing a display
III of fireworks for a discharge of can
m non. His Sensation squlbs ant
~ rhetoricaI rockets will hnrt no one
o. unless indeed the powder Of tn
first should scorch his own fingers
j. ard the. stirIks.o of the hattcr fall up
s. on his own head. suoh accident
y are by no means UNCOMMON a
s. mongst those who play with ire
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