, 1864-10-07

Lef71O wtQ WIS an honor 10 his race VAS better
than . white man who WAS dieErace to his. He
believed that negro was worth more than the
slaveho1ccr who robbed ht1u Of his rtgGte, He be-
liesed. too, that Il negro due the around and
seed with The rain from heaven, the negro had q
perfect right to reap the crop, and no matter By
whst name they might call 1t, he who drove hi q
eff It wse noting better than Denaocr..Ic tht.f.
This was 70 question ot politics; 1t was one Of
nstural existence. Why did We Iced to tsl8 OF
policy; let ns 20 down at once to the old red
saEdttone Of God truth and re ftd that no
on The imroutahle principles Of right and Justice.
This Government had been partially founded on
wrong-wropg 10 humanity With black ektn, aud
the national crime It could not exist d = great
patton uE1ess the cAnse Of lta suIe:fDg were re-
moved. lie COLD understand how seI1shness
eoa,d inance southc1Pe1 to ttssd qp for the IN,
conld joftifJ 1t was mere than he could under.
stand, unless It weze on the enpposltion OF deep
Cd on the great wrong ot slavery, but il VS. acop
ec only ns e1pedirnt, and be would de9r them 10
point ont one OF the Revolutionary f.. hers wao-e
memory vas horoted. who did Iot dislike it, aud
| hope for tts speedy extinction. Il was In III,
way Of being 1tiaKusshed, II was running ont ia
fevtrl Of The States, when a1l at once revolution
Was .roneht By the invention Of a cotton gia:
s:sveholde1s saw At once TINT th:y could sain
money sno live at esss BY dealing IN the latos q
the blscEr. Thsnce:oFWArd slsves5 beczme reapeet
, re, divine tnsi:ut;on. and taey soEonsed Goa.
coln Is Do~ sconrstng them out OF the temple a.
| WITH Whip Of rmnN corua. He called thcs. lei
lows Den ocratl,' but IL WAS ouly in name. Yor
might TAKE halr a million Of these men and boIl
thetn down aid press them. and you woaid no
get an etsel cs that wonld give even smell OF th
Etnui1e Democracy. Tbat father Of Democracy
Jefer>on-sa'd in reply to 9 t1sct sent over ftou
| England. th.t he was in favor OF abolition, ant
that every gentleman in Virginia was tl,
ssne. Every gentleman wss IN favor 0
abolition now. 1t ives nohe but tt,
poor whte trakh who teared negro equality. III
| trd ses u let's of them coming over tie mountain
With their csrt. aud horse that looked va
too poor to Turn out to fra=s. lest the food saous
| blow ont between bis r7bs, md set OF hafne4
made sltogtther Of kno.e, with three tar packet
| ting Ing at fhe tAtl-boaru, and four yellow do,
| Turtip. pn0esnrah. Men 70 poor that If Niger
| were onfy worth til cents apiece, they co1ld no
ecrzpe M ncLey enough to tuy snell; &c hs
heard til. &c en- advocating slavery, because tn.
thpucbr /, WIS., the only thing that kept toem ffol
| bling The mort degraded wfetches m Gods cath
when IN reality 1t was the cause Of their decrada
lion. Not one mau was IT. favor OF slavery unles
he bad leen warped in his Judgment By oppression
here or in Europe Aud J,d.1son said more ths
lbi+; he said. unless Jou do AEay with elavtrt
Of your own free choice. God *ould eI eriotnats
win bis thunder" Yet 1he.e vera The men fzor
whoN tht* claim to he de cel ded-it Eas tru!y
-detceut"' ~ In the Language Of one OF Old. The
who would epjny their own r1gots must hu w4lli1
10 accord rshtb 10 Others, no mhtte1 what lhei
cu1ot Or cretd. Ffanlllu and Washington. ha
1tcss hytd in our dsy, would have been dInounce