Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-05-24

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ritory Of Missouri, which was enacted in
that year.
The little monosylablc white, embodied
in that law, was the germ Of the war
through which we have inst passed. 1t
involved an attempt to stay the course Of
American civilization lit was In conflict
with the great truth to which have al
luded; and involved strife between the
spirit of liberty and the impulse Of the
masses on one hand, and the grasping
seidshness Of an oligarchy, and the wrongs
Of slavery on the other. From that time
to this, our country has known no peace;
and whilo the institutions Of the North
have been moro and more repubIicanized
by the spirit Of democracy; the written
law Of the land, yielding TO the reaction
ary spirit which won It's 6rst triumph in
the Missouri contest, has been controlled
by the spirit Of slavery, aud been marked
by total disregard Of the vital principle
of our Government. Our Government
rests on two great acknowledgement
liberty aud territorial unity. And any
law which restrained personal liberty, or
engendered. or fostered sectional interest,
was necessary cause Of discord and strife
When, therefore, yielding to Southern
persuasion or dictation. the North con-
sented TO deprive the free colored man Of
suffrage In the Territories; and when, un.
der the same influence, State after State.
throughout the free North made color
test 'f citizenship, until, out Of New Eng
land, citizens Of African descent were ev-
erywheve disfranchissd; they we're not, as
they believed, ccmenting the Union, but
making war inevitable.
Bury your troubles, but don't lnger
about the graveyard conjuring up their
ghosts to haunt you.
GoD's PROVIDENCE.
Nations are not the creatures of chance.
Gods providence embraces the American
continent. His judgment is its final law.
Aud these abandonments Of the principles
upon which our Government was besed-
which had been reverenty accepted by our
foreiathers, as in harmony with His will
did not pass without his notice.
Has lie not repealed all these reactionary
statutes, aud wiped out By His brestb,
these modern improvements of State con-
stitutions? From the firing on Sumter, to
the surrender of the armies Of Lee and
johnson, lie was teaching US the terrible
baptism of battle aud of blood. How in.
finite is His power and justice, aud how
easily lie can make the FOLLY and madness
of man to praise Him. Had the South
been national and truly Democratic as the
North, aud had her legislation been pro-
gressiye, slavery would have gradually dis.
appeared, aud tho colored population OF
the country been absorbed into its citizen
ship without crisis. and almost without
special notice. But that was not to be.
THE SOUTH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR.
Still the million of graves, filled by the
best and bravest OF both sections, are
chargeable to the South. 1t Withdrew the
question involved from the forum of diplo-
macy aud legislation, and submitted il 10
wars, last, dread arbitrament. To prepare
the way for this it had kept the mass OF
the people in profound and degrading
ignorance. Each State having received
large grants of lana for educational pur-
poses, none Of them had provided school
for thc>people. The laws Of each State
prohibited, by peual statutes. the education
OF the slave population. This was ineyita.
BILE. Intelligence aud culture are incom-
patible with slavery; the penalty God
attaches to the crime Of holding brother
in bondage, that ne who is thus held shall
be OF but little value to him who holds
him. And sluggish igdolence IL, like
ignorance, the inevitable law of slavery.
The sbscnce of schools, the want of gener-
al fields Of employment, degraded the slave
holding whites of the country, and the
most enterprising of them left the land of
their birth to find happier homes. Thus
the South, whose great need was popula-
tion to develop her vast and varied resour.
ces, build up cities, towns aud villages
along her great lines Of transit, and thus
increase the value Of her lands and di
minish the cost of travel aud transporta-
ton. was constantly expeIling her own
children. Nor did she welcbme emigra-
ton. The German. the Irishman. and the
Scotcbman quit the scenes Of their child
hood and the graves of their fathers in
pursuit of liberty and higher degree of
physical comfort than is accorded the la.
boring man in those lands. In their
native homes they learn that in the
North there is political equality for all,
and that every fair days work done By
man, woman. or child, is assured by the
law OF the land Of fair days wages.
WHY NORTHERN MEN HAVE NOT BEEN
SOUTH BEFORE.
Do you reproach me aud others Of the
North that We did not come in those days
aud lay these arguments before you? All,
my friends, you forget the terrible dcspot.
ism that you established over yourse.., es.
The fact that entertained these opinions
made the climate south Of the Potomac and
Ohio so insalubrious for me that did not
dare breathe it for an hour. You raised
the cry Of Aboliiionists against Northern
man, land being with hearts us unrelenting as
the blood hounds. pursued him to his death
Not only did you prohibit men who would
have gladly Sat with you at your hearth.
side aud taken sweet counsel with you
from entering into your beautiful region;
but, through the arts Of your politicians
and the demogoguery of the Democratic
leaders Of the North you hunted them to
their very homes. The State Of South
Carolina seized from the deck Of her yes
sells her colored citizens who Glanced "a
Lonter tha no,fa of this Sfate aal ioca rcor