Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-08-08
For the Galipolis Journal.
The Difference-'Liberty or

One evening while in deep reve
rie, l suddenly found myself in th {
midst of vast plain. Near the cen.
ter of the plain was temple of i'm,
mense proportions, as far as the eye
could reach-east and west, north
and south, was vast caravans, OF
trains of people going to and fro
from the temple. Near me, | saw a
man of benign looking countenance.
spoke to the stranger and asked
him if he could tell me the meaning
of all this. He replied, ''the temple
which thou seest, is cslled the
Temple Of Liberty, which was built
by our forefathers; these people are
representatives, from almost all ma
tions and tongues, that have come to
worship at the shrine of Liberty -
Then l drew near the temple, when
l saw various inscriptions inscribed
on it. High up the building was this
inscription, "Built by the men of
seventy-six, by their works We shall
know them" Underneath this, was
another: "We hold these truths to
be self-evident, that all men are Gre
ated equal; that they are endowed
by their creator with certain unalien-
able rights; that among ,hem are
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness. (The glorious doctrine, "that
all men are born euual' has been
foolishly interpreted, and then de-
MED. 1t has been derided and
scorned by the pretended followers
of Thomas Jefferson.) Another in
scription was the last article of the
Ordinance of eighty seven: "There
shall be neither slavery nor involun-
tary servitude in the said (north-
west) territory" While looking at
the inscriptions, I heard a commotion
in the temple; l drew near to ascer-
tain the cause, when 1 saw the evil
genius of the temple 1.-THE democrat
Calhoun) disputing with the doctors,
of the law, teaching the people
strange doctrine. He taught-the
Inscriptions on the temple was wrong
in principle, and ought to be erased;
that all men are born equal, was
false; that the ordinance of eighty
seven was wrong; that the compro
mise of eighteen twenty was wrong;
and taught many other strange doc
trines, which took deep root on the
southern mind, and many believed in
him. Then they sent men to the
north, cunning in speech, to seach
the Calhoun doctrine, and they be-
guiled may people from the old doc
trines. When Yancey, Rhett, Toombs
and Davis heard of the success of
their teachers, they were greatly
elated, and they said, one to another,
''let US build temple unto ourselves,
for if the people go up to worship at
the old temple, they will return to
the doctrine of our forefathers. -
Then Stephens spoke, and said, sswe
will build the temple and make an
image and set it up in the temple;
the legs and arms of the image shall
be black, the body mulatto color,
and the head shall be white. The
color of the image shall be true
representation of our society, and
the name of the image shall be
called King Cotton" The saying of
Stephens pleased them. Then they
made the image and set it up in the
temple, and the Calhoun doctrine
was taught continually before it, and
many at the north worshlped the
image. Then the worshipers of the
image made war on. those that still
worshiped at the temple of Liberty,
but they prevailed not, for the boys
in blue fought valiantly, and broke
the image to pieces. Then, those
that worshiped the image (like the
Dispatch and Enquirer, gathered up
its relics and called them the Consti-
tuition. GONE ARM"
EWINGToN.