, 1867-05-17

hear the views "ftle Judge IN que, tioas oI
Pubie hisresr, AID fr,nn full notes furnish
I'd "t the s eseh. We pr, sent n this issue the
views ofIhe 'ludee, and in the main in the
words Of the speaker.
The speaker. afer briefly paying his re,
pres 20 Messrs. PAX AID Cox, aud has
ting e'me matters personal, not Lecrsssry
lere to rrprat. proceeded 10 present h $
views on the questions now engaging puL!ie
attention:
PUBLIC QUESTIONS eF THE DAY D.vIsABLE
INTO Two CLASSES.
] he speaker lfroc,t tdrd tn say that III"
publ C qu~'tluus f the d,y nj. ht rop,lly
| b. cnnSider, uLd r two lead hg v,>I,n>-
| lu,st of hnmn rights aid fuahc al
! qurstl"ns-Qucsti,n affecting tue b. rIi,s
at the ! enple aud their pnckers, AID that
lie should hri' fly but f aukly and plain y
| resent hls VII VS. Un these qu siiOus, sn the
more frankly perhaps ~ he crme here to.
night {" speak FIR no man aud nn barry.
unless 80 far us his Vi ws might h, Up Or
hut enc a ty or the OH r, hut lie was not
rg"tlsiirsl ~ oush huwevrr la presume that
INV thing he might sly wouh much aft ct
public sen inent one way Or an ulher
InE sLAvtRY QUESTION, AND THE ISSUES
wITn TIE GOvLRNMLNT, STATED.
The speaker pr ceeded t. Ir sent his
views on The qu. stiOn Of human rgLt., in
conn ciiun with the il stiIurIun of slavery a.
it 'xSt iu rhi- country, Hhd 10 state hricf
/ ly the vrral ST sglrs 10 tween the govern
ment AMI slTery, aud the s,eIs taken hy
the clunrrt in r, aching It's Ir, sent p,,sirinn.
| lm this revi'w he would not 20 ack iarihrr
han the t ImaIi"n OF our gu,t rnm,nt. Our
fathers iound ,lsvrry established III n Lum
Der Ui the c"lou.e>, AID "a nn tx stu. ut
tntl"n uccep ed it, classe, then re.,nrdIng
it n r. Iigiuus, moral aud political evil but
: tempnrrry Uhr, believing tlut with the
law prohibiting the imporIat "n ol slaves
a ter a c rIaiu time the INSTITUTION won d
gradually decline, and in the lapse Of lew
year. eat iey disappear
The Causes were th,n stated which had
uruducl differ nl res ul,. AMONG v hich the
/ Ssiln2 ones we've the in, entlUn at Tie cOttuh-
gin, and the acqui.lrun southwark Of vast
r. gIuns OF IIch AID NIrcin srIl prcu Iarly
adapted TO the prudUc ION # C tton AID
.ugar, in the culture oil which slavery was
highly pref able to the Shareholders. Under
this Il mulus the capital invest, d III Slav,ry
! lnrs, |, increased and irUm an acknowledges
evil suffered, it began To grow InlUa p"s.nve
power, aud tu aspire 10 direct the affairs 81
the naIinn-Thc speaker hire StatIng h"~
It Il cted all clasSe wh,Ie it cAi,Ied -huN
tie minisIer was c"mp,l ei To hid exits IN
its ~, purr, snd how the merchant wds
iri,en to IessumS Tor il, aud The ply sici u,
aud the attorney, aud the teacher, aud ali
cl ss,s, 50 that wheTeV,r its dark shadow
rested ill., b-letul influence g p, rueaIed ihto1sh
all The rsmihcatIuns. Il roc" ty. A, II grew
in power it grew IN cuurage, and emci gImg
from its local aud State CGI-tence. 1t bU.dl,
stalkVd into the national arena ui pulITIc>,
AID nn suuIier was uue rXlcIIUn yielded than
It dt manded AuuIh,Tui the nation. in 1879
II dr,w iIne acrurs the country, u ! I'M.
t. frr, DIV all moth ui the line. and ella n,>
m iur its :, II ull south ul ii aud such Was
lIs prugrt s. in P"lItIc'l power, that Ia 1857
It Was master al br'h the great political pl.,
Il,s, ns they both ad,pr,e the Cumpr,,nis,.
measures OF lS5O lnr suu-sIe "r l65.i-4
On the X rnsa> aud Nebraska bills fuluwcd -
the slave power auid,nI the lciI al, or tl,.
battle IN CUn.resS-,he It uS lc l. thence
Transferred To tue wIld> ut Kansas, Tree d an
tt umI hung Though lire aud sword. Tue
X, publican party Ia 1886 now comes un the
na'Iul.ai Stage pr.st n,Ins Its creed distinctly
um s.alrry I,surs, ami u the Issue, sharp
aud grand between sNery aud Irrcd,m
a.. 4
1t gan 10 crumhle away SnG disappear, aud
I people aITsJrd thrmselNts un the une sd
or The other I he slave puwrr IrlumpheJ
| aud Buchauan was Z ectv !. The supreme
Court bowed at ITS shrine, aud The new anu
alarming dUcLrIDe Was pr"nul.nt d, that the
vast lrrIlluIIes of the nation, W. re vi right,
upun iu The tread Of the sia\ en0lder aud his
Save. \atIunai s,ntImtnt aud cun:caence
rebel ed-lrre,iUm sIeS--the R-puhlcAu
parry in 1860 again appeals 10 lie nation
distinctly dIsa'U~,ug any p 'wrr ur dr'Ire /"
interfere with the InsII uIIUn where It eA'
l,t, d. and claiming uniy the night oI the nal
lion to pIeser,e us 1,Iutor,e. tu Tree dom,
aud Iu hold slavery then, a. 1t had ever heen
held, as sectional aud heedom nat Onai'
FIe, dom trIum he'd, aud in lo6l D"re her
6anners To The White House aud seated
hersell in the Ma i,,nal Capitol.
The new ChIet Magistrate, with heart
big with love ior all, aud mind lrrGe a"u
lIu, al like the great Wes', whose child he
was. Oh he 4 h uf March. 1861, IN The pres,
emce of a vast cuhcuurse OF people, assuh
the reigns Vt government, uisII"c'ly st"il"+
un that UccdSiun, the principles whIcn sh"u'h
] guide his administration. Il b We u" puI'
puse, directly or indir, city. to lI'teriere win
The insttu Ion Vi slavery IN the States N re
it exists. btleve have DO l"Wiel rB'i
To do 80. We are not enrmIrs, but lr'e"u"'
We must not be enemies. Though passion
may have strained, it must not hre~k our
bun,ls Of affection. The mystic chorus ..
memory. stretching from every bsttie u''u
and patriot grave, to every living hest' sru
h,arIh stone . uver this broad land, WIN
yet swell L chorus Of the Dnl"n ~iie"
touched again, AS surely they wall be- Oy 'ne
better augels of our nature" Congress 70