The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-03-14


TO the sword as the surest MEANS in their Judgment
advancing their cause This after they had mad
great progress, under the lead of Coke Hampden Fak
land and Others IN the advancement of liberal princ
pies. Many uSurpasOnS had been checked many of tn
prerogatves of the had been curtaed the peti
ton OF right had been sanctoned ship money had beer
! abandoned court-martials had been done away with
habeas corpus had been re6stablished; high courts
commission and star chamber had been abolishedman1
other great abuses of power had been corrected
other reforms established. But satisfied with these
and not satisfied with the peaceful working of reason
to go ON IN its natural sphere the denial of the
egnty OF the crown was pressed by the too ardent
formers upon Charles the First All else he had WELDED
tins he would not. The sword was appealed to- tC
settle the question; civil was the result; great
Valor and courage were displayed both sides; men
eminent virtue and patriotism fell in the sappnarv anC
fratrcldal conict the king deposed and executed
commonwealth proclaimed But the end was the re
ductlon OF the people of England to worse state OF
oppression than they had been in for centuries They
reraced their steps After nearly twenty years of ex
hauson and blood and the loss of the greater portion
OF the liberties enjoyed by them before they by almost
unanimous consent called for restoration Tho rastor
ton Charles ii ascended the throne as unIi,n
ted monarch as ever ruled the empire Not pledpe
was asked or guarantee given touching the conces
sons of the royal prerogative that had been exacted
and obtained from his father.
The true friends CT liberty Of reform and of progress
were IN government had become convinced that these
were the offspring of peace of enlightened reason and
not OF passion nor of arms. The house of commons
and the house of lords thencerh the theatre of
their operations, and not the fields of Newberrv or
al sIo4 MARI Inc result was hat IN less than thirty
years all their ancient rights and privileges which had
been lost in the civil war; with new securities were re-
le ~ e ~ 81 lenoraoie settlement OF I666-
IT, iol an %Ct;oi oPoses may oe looked upon as
made still further and signal strides in reform
PlOSLe9s Du' Hot Uhe VI tueSe mas peen erected by
leSIC " ans C'Io'Ic emancipation was carried IN
parliament after years OF argument against the most
persistent opposition. Reason and justice ultimately
PLeF"eu' 20 "iIh Ile FenoValo tne disability OF the
Je"S-So WIN the overthrow OF the peterborough
pTl1 nyTlT4 Tho pN p,gf
y t Ie eAeiSlol oI llaAchise-so with the
- ~ ;N VI VI 'tio I'iU ieoti tiictous on co!n-
lclCe, oPeurS the way 70 the eStaGilShment OF the
PfhcPIeS OF ee tfaae-anq so with all the other great
TeIoIinS py PaE4aneh' "hicn nave SO distinguished
1n9 y i.su history lgr % llle i'sI haA-cehtufy.
May we not dhouige nope even IN the alternative
o9i9re US nov" rom hS great example OF restoration if
al puI 90 as the friends OF liberty there did? This is
~! i.Pe, tJ oily noPe II Is lounoed on the virtue,
in'eiSeuce ana PItliotlSn OF the American people,
nave NOT loSI my ath IN the people, or IN their capacity
lor Eerhheht but lor these great essential
quIlaes ol human nature 10 pc brought into active
ahdecient exercise, ,for the tuhmen of patriot hopes
IS essential that the passions OF the day should sub
Sae ha te cause OF hese passions should not now be
oScuSSe tat te eApefS OF tue late strife shall not be
SuIFea;
Man by nature is ever prone to scan closely the errog
ana de1ectS OF hs fellow maneyer ready to rail at the
mote IN MS brother eye without considering the beam
that Is IN bis own ms should not be. We all have
cur notes or beams We are all tra perfection is the
attribute OF none Prejudice orPrejgdgment should be
INDUCED towards none Prejudice! What wrongs, what
INJURIES what mlschleS what iamentable consequence
nave resulted at all tunes from nothing but this peryer
slty OF the intellect OF all the obstacles to the ad
partment-n science III art IN government and in rel
glon IN all ages and cmes, not of the list is
9rmdaoie more dlIneult to overcome and su6due than
this horrible distortion Of the moral well as intel
lectual faculties. 1t is host of evil within itself
couq enoln no greater duty upon my countrymen now
noTth ana SOUTH than the exercise OF that degree of
foroea!ance winch would enable them to conquer their
=, ,sJuHoToi Que Vi tIe higheSI eAhpluohS OF the
Iloral Suple tne Wofo ever Witnessed, was that OF
" e9Ster, "eh IN an open barouche IN the streets
OF Boston, he proclaimed IN substance to vast assem-
9y OF MS cohSutuentS-unwllIing hearers-that they
hao conquered an uncongenIal cline; they had CON
quereu sterile So they hau conquered the winds and
eeehtS OF he ocean; they mad conquered most OF the
elements OF nature put they must yet learn to conquer
their pfeluaiceS know OF no more hitting incident
OF scene III the NE OF hat wonderful man, cdiS ct CIR
t0'S1SS"1HS' oF PerPetuang the memory OF the true
greatness OF ms character on canvass or IN marble,
lhah oil MN as he then and there stood
@"uu @ sPoNe. IL was an t&hlOiuoh III moral grandeur
SUI passing tat oi AIisloes When ne SAID: on Athe-
hi0S "utC AhehlStCcieS recommends would lie greatly
~ our interest, o9t IL "ould De UNJUST
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