, 1874-06-11

They OCCURRED cle6r, direct, linhnBwerablc, and
organized assault Ind been mado on all tho or
corruption, apostaay, plojudico, and caste thas
had sprung from thom, MD upon slavery, tllof
.gront creator. Tho system Of alavery, md tho
errors, doluBionH, md Hypocrisy Of itn dofont1ors
SSsn fregy Ea p a.p1ss eea,9 a Wis Il Tnp pon n s
defenders, other to yield 10 una.,sworablo arG.i-
nonts or to hnppresa decussfon or to hpoatn-
t|zo from tho first principloa Ut our. nation aa
torests added to the intc,'aty Of tho emotion.
ThoHo who wero thus tlc}naoa, md controlled by
prejudice, and political, mid commercial, and ho-
cial sofslneus wero m tho majority, and tho I'D
vocates of TIL, purc, nimplb unhnaworahle truth
wero II the nninorisy, and wero rendered incon-
,colyablY odious, aud under many falao protoncea
aud malignant char Jos wore hatod mid mohbod.
It was by tho accumulation, Of a,tch do!asione,
prejn!cos, n1il political and commercial intot-
osts TINT tho ldadtnE men Of Alton were first
made drunk, and thcn arrayou against tho do
fc1tso Of free presa, ntld rendered responsible
to God and to Ill future ages for arson, robbery,
aud murder In tho destruction Of that press.
was, tho cr1mnation Of inl,onccb that hhd been
aot1iig from Tho worry founilntion Of this ,,ntlon
Slavery cano to Virginia tho sano yoar TINT tho
Pilgrims landed at plymouth: Thore was n.
colonial oppoaition to It, which Great Drltiah ro
and Justly oelsure1 by Jefferson In tho firat
draft Of tho Declaration o. Independence.
Ia tho Revolutionary War ON. declaration Of
;Ists sna the natton1l rromslgation 81 them M
great 1uickoniGg Of tho public mind, ind great
development Of a1ti-slavory feeling.
Hopkins md the SECOND Edwards wore the
Leading wrltors. Th!s a1it-slayery feeling, was
tho North. The anti-H1ayery works Of Hopkins
woro lionorcil a,ia read In Congross. Anti
Slavery societies were formed. A. petition Of
tho pol,nsylvauia A,itl- -slayory Bocloty, signed
1$sy ta1stf&, sJert4 fN+~
coivcd and earnestly discrsscd: In many statos
slavery, wa1 abolished. Ita abolition was OK
In This light only can tho oompro-
isSs aa of TIC oonsti,"tlo atkaa bo ,t truly %es
ought to DO an1 would DO abolished, and that tho
polycrB granted to shareholders Under 1t we're but
y transient coucoasion during tho lntcrval. Tho
dobates OF tue Convention prove this. TO tho
truth Of this Vicc.r President stephenB. Of the
Confoderacy, testified. though lo regarded this
belief Of the oyil Of slavery as an outgrown
error.
WHAT ARRESTED THIS CONCENTRATION?
T. vas ho Sostons t,n tbs love S Of gn
cdrruptiug iniluence Of tho exercise Of desrot-
ism, the loTe Of political privilege and power
given by slavery. and, finally and emtnently, tho
Colonization Hoclety,, professing benevolent
OF the unconqnernb1o nature Of prejudice and
CASTE and teaching tho de1uaive doctrine that
immediate abolition was dangerous, and exciting
oaiun1 aga!nst it's advocates. .-
sasoup tsaIt % any petGe'nn M ~ ans.sofy M muya
controversy, but wns defeated by the admission
Of that State With Blnycry, aud ail that was
eecnrod WAS q compromise line excluding slavery
from OIL nofsn OF It,
-. a.: At LAST, n leSl.
which, free from I'LL illusion, struck a mortal
blow at slavery. It rouotlnced tho idea
that immediate emancipation was DAM
gerous; 1t renouneed tho doctrine
moaiate restoration OF those rights 10 tne save
w. ,i1 " H. ~ ~;
oxerr socint fnr,a IT, ~ n1iatia. .1ro
oiaFei3 o1o'osE n M"s loiIneu: ~ anA1e1.es Woto
,xora erniorc1 t,aa T. an,,ainnu ~ IN fso1oniyaa
t;e, snnint ,rara tr;'a rooo;,
enu ~
rnxo1n Tha nj ~ ~ ;,,ta''s" sianor ana ~
n,ona %"a ;,,n,,<,,rn,aa 4AS'"0' e'""0oA "uo ~
N r,tS my yoIoru co,,,;,,x,rv
do,udcl bv III iif,,aio,,a ~ cyaana',arn and n
ncryertod ~ nsn n' of gcrIntnra was isidoa aa and
rnlyso ~ Tho " o, WI nn"s ato ~
rero a,ao nn,nse 10 nnsa;nte
n,.at;on ., ha,n,,n.a Is
Gao Pa "nu ~ , 1H 4too.lvns'e, t,s auvoGI.os
raaist. @ tic mohs. Nav nults,,dcs. M as in Alton n
saamad to Te"arl tha3n, aa n ,,rovidant,aI rahnnn
Of error and fa,,aticsm.
r. was snnn altar thc nnan}nc NJ thta ora ot
mohs that I.oyaioy cana to st. Lonis M the
editor of n felicions nnnsr. He a6 first waa 3
rradnal ama,,cnationist and recarded thu Aho.
| litiouiats With diBfayor' Az extreme and imnr1-
dont Vat hn was truv ami 1ecIIed,y onnosofl
| to s,avnrv md ai1 not hosifata ~ r3si.n Il
known.
But this fact at once arraycd
| slavery againet lin, for 1t wna not
| imprudonco that 1T foared, but reul and gen
ui,ie hatred Of alayory, and . purpose to net
! pgainBt it, 20 it hunted him out OF St, Louis,
and followed him to Alton,
Meantime he underwent o revolution OF
opinion, and came to the ei,nple ground OF
| auti-sIaycry truth. freed from nll illusions.
T,,r cInavs ~ ru,u nu.wor
st.to, .a Ha ~, Gt 1,.,sair nsa
carafl nvoatiaot,o ntn tSn ssot wGIe tneee q1o,
Gnan sanaa ~ Iia a,r,, rasnnut,,;i,3 a;saava
uuep sea1a IT, .. nas o"n responslpllty o'scoY ~
vtg o. 9 m ,Mn ot tne
soiv orc,a}o1 ~ e ~ .,,,;n %o M noiu , ,,no
@ aumy et,!t oIG'ea anu 10 Mn.en ~ !aaa ones
s,vs w oa ";9dt c.eaf t % o. sne unworthy
zoovo1v tSat te nsrty az adarato "n a
Jo snas Ino pn.sy ~ ~ uun 1 ~; @
Nv ~ 1 ia nn9 Va tas tpey u'
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