St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-05-26

Of time vast population to whom The word sUnion
sha,i s s'gnfy home hope prosperity Hbsry; .sd as
midst Of civilization and resist its nuences!-as f.ey
rise, MI. Speaker, every new privilege wrune 6u,
prejudice ,, the sweat Of their shsilgIt
Ny in the heart Of that swarthy multitude new zevo
uoh 70 the great word eUp,oa, new lqye for thatGp
ner which is at ohesto them glory, protecfIsf
and proph hecy God grant them phssrerty and the
say God grant it from the very bottom of my heat
Not that l would Este them aboyefor even equal to
our own proud, i1Itstt1dus; and dominant race-our
imperial race the coonizers of the continents the r
ers Of the seas the masters Of the globe. But these
men are our human kindred-poor patient helpless
and unhappy:-appealing by their miseries to ou;
viii lend hand to crush this poor and unf,:-
tunate people still further into the dust Who viii
beat down those whom fortune has already 60 tteIIy
an'1etsa: Let that man stand forth who viii give
70 patience blows, and to poverty oppression ami
who can tnd in the dreadful extreme Of human sui
ferlns and degradation only opportunity the exe,
strive at all times to do them complete and enti, r.
tice and thank God that the work of Justice to the
wretched goes hand in hand with devotion tn thc
best interests ofUnr beloved country ~ HTff
But there is still another Consideration So far
have str1ven to conduct this argument with 4 view
only to its political relations to the effect Of IT,
questions involved upon the material welfare of the
people.
Bnt there is something beyond all this. There arc
far above all this the heavens arc
above the earth. earth TO every man comes home thi%
continuous and unending procession * events which
since the revival Of civilization in Europe has been
steadily pressing forward over the world and through
the centuriesz Or shall be Of those frsl and f.,-
me ones who present their breasts as barriers and
oulwaiks against the rising flood which the brea;l
OF God is swelling and lifting all tue wrongs AMI
iniquties Of the wocld1
And who will dare to, say that in the long fight OF
the centuries error ID lot hourly looeing bood AM,
strength and life that truth Is not each day arminv
Itself with new and more formidable weapons sbinin1
each day with NOR" glorious and more efulgent ne
dance. ~
Let US take to ourselves the consolation afforded bv
this theueit-that truth is impershable and ttst n
human power is sufficient to destroy it, ftfsa scbtr
essence-the soul Of the material world. Theheayeps
ard the earth may pass away but the truth shall no,
pass atay We have seen it in all the past lberatef
ny the blows aimed at its destruction We have see
1t passing, upon golden wings, out through all the
meshes with which the prevented skill Of the human
mind sought to entangle it. :.. s--1-F-E
Let us remember, then, that in so far AZ NJ. cor
tribute, however humblv, to the cause Of truth we
are Identifying our temporary existence v1th an ete
nal work This is poete,ity which shall never ifS
thls snail llve and brighten ard keep green our memo
Hes When:ths descendants of our bodies have Gsap-
peared IRON among the things of tie world
FOR myself, can see the welfare Of nv country
only ia those things which widen the opportunities
and elevate the dignity Of mankind cannot pre-
ceiVe the advantage TO ofthe degradation Of
any other man and feel assured Of the Greatness
and ofmy country only so far as it iden-
titles itself with the uninterrupted proeres and fha
universal. liberty Of mankind.