The Evansville journal., 1866-06-27

liberty and justice, who believe in the
! existence and mission of an American
| nation, and who are unwilling to sac
rifice to accidental and arbitrary geo
graphical divisions and boundaries
the highest boon of civilized govern
ment, the inalienable rights of man.
Let the Senate exercise their powers
under the Constitution let them legis-
late within their proper sphere and
regulate their own local and municipal
affairs; and let them enforce their
own legislation But liberty is ma
tional boon; it is the birth-right of
every human being born on American
| soil, and 60 State has right to take
it away, unless as a punishment for
crime. Neither the State, nor the
/ Federal Government can touch 1t, be-
cause it is the very root and founda-
| ton of our national existence under
constitution ordained to secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and
| posterity." For this reason we want
to place the rights and liberties of i'm
diYiduals beyond the reach Of local as
well as Federal usurpation By making
them part Of the fundamental lao Of
/ the land, in the form of an amendment
to the Constitution of the United
States. This the Union party pro-
poses to do. The Democratic party
says: It shall not be done. The issue
has been joined, and will be submit
ted to the highest tribunal On earth,
the deliberate and unpreiudiced decis=-
ion of the American people.
Fapsaaorls, tho United States Gov
ernmentwas but GENERALIZATION
OF THE POWER OF SLAVERY. Every
| Federal officer throughout the land
was an advocate and an agent of
slavery. Henceforward the Federal
Government shall be the guardian
angel of liberty. Hence, when in
tolerant or prosecuting local majori-
ties attempt to deprive an individual
of any of his inalienable rights as a
|. human being, when they require him
to submit to violence, abuse or extor-
ton without being allowed to appeal
to, the courts of justice; when they
| tell him that he must be hunted down
and his property be destroyed with
impunity, let him remember that
Federal Tribunals, Commissioners or
! Judges will no longer remand into
bondage, but will open his. prison
doors, Before the war, slavery was
made a national concern by the rul-
ing party-henceforward freedom will
be the nations care in order that the
national birthright be not curtailed
or trampled upon by local or sectional
usurpation. The events of the last
| five years have imposed sacred duty
upon the American people-it is to
preserve unsullied asdt tae
THE NATIONAL HONOR. @
The people of the United States have
assumed two solemn obligations, ,'one of
protection to the nations wards, the
freedmen, and one of good faith to
! the national creditors. And
| /. Let me refer to those unfortu-
rate beings whom to abuse, to sneer
at, to persecute, to speak against, to
XQts agaiBft iand t4Pn oEeafKEeer a"15aiPPfs "1aiPfy
What witches were to Cotton Matf.
ers, impious sorcerers and giants to-
Don Quixote, and jews and heretics
to Torquemada, the negroes are to
| the Democratic party. It dotes on
the popular prejudice against them.
1t feeds on the passions of the excit-
ed mob. Like the cid Ogre in the
story who fed on little children, the
Democratic party proposes to fatten
on negroes. 1t kills them for dinner
and devOurs them for breakfast.
1t roasts them for dinner and makes
mince pies of them for desert. IF a.
negro happens to get drunk in New
Orleans or atChafleston, the astound-
ing event is heralded all over the
country by the Democratic papers. If
a negro is hooted at and Knocked
down in the street, it is evidence of
his evil disposition. If his houses or
churches are burned, it is looked up-
on as proof of his riotous procliyities.
If he is charged with an offence. he
must not have a fair trial-he must be
lynehed on the spot. IF his masters
combine not to employ or not to nav
him, it is evidence that he is too law
to work. Let the Democratic aspi
rants for Offices thank their stars that |
there are negroes left in the country.
for if there should be sudden exodus |
of them to some other land of promise.
Othello's occupation would be gone.
And what has the wicked negro done |
to draw on his woody pate the terrible |
wrath of the children of Vallandig- /
ham? He has committed the unpar- I
donable crime of living and existing. |
But perhaps some extenuating circum-
stances may be pleaded in his favor.
That we find him in this country is not
his fault. His ancestors were brought
here against their will, and without
their consent. Thathis treatment was
very bad, he is not responsible for
Very probably he even desired a bet
ter one. That his skin is black he can
not help; probably he would if he
could And being In the world he