, 1874-06-10

Ladies' aud gentlomon, which tho American Row.
oution loft incomplete, yet which completes that
revolution. II ia tile final reduction to practice
Of tho great declaration that "mcn nre oronted
eeqnal." 4 declaration Which. eighty yoara nftor
II was mado onr stavery Ind vol nlgl, reduced
TO the "aourdlng and glittcring gonoralitios "
and "moro rhetorical flourish" Which dstin-
guishea civilians had declared It.; but which, In
the fall Of slavery Is restored to moro than it's
original truth aud luBtre.
Tho abulitson Of European vtlloinago, tho
freeing Of SORTS In Russia, md OF elavea in Al
gore; even tho emancipation Of 100000 bond
mon in tle Dritiah Wont Inaios. differed oaaon-
TALLY from tho American abolition. Those omnn-
oipattonH were acts Of power by hereditary and
desposto ,dovernn'ontss ours WIS by MI Admlna-
s5son sss ohoss, y tha people And wsn
nristocrecy who own the glaves. Tho Grown is
made stronger by tho humiliation OF tue
noblca. But when, by amending the
enaa our Dondssn w05S r., onfsn absse
Of popular sovereignty with slavol It waB rs
Il Ikinga Ind diviacd their crown-rlghta with
their subjects !: Or privileged orders voting to
It shot,ld bo 1oticod, also, that European serfs
aud vitIeins were oololed like their masters.
Ours were OF a different complexion aud raco:
81 thnt tho whole power Of caste was conoontrat-
cd IN tho American hatred OF tho negro. Then,
is complete. Tho onaauoipated Borf Of Europe
Rro still nn inferior. ,caBte, while of our three
emancipation amentimentB, tho first forever
abolished slavery the no1t caste, aud tie third
makcs suffrage universal
CARTE.
And when VIC conaldur the strange torrifo
force Of caate; that blind, tlnreaRon,ng powor,
which deg1adeu manhood and crippled society
day Keeps felons, sven, in Ahiatio prisons, from
assooiating With each other, II Of different castos
though equal BY nature and by cr:me,-the
elevation OF 1000 900 Of slaves to full citizon-
n 14r}H t~I,t
population. and ono>fonrth moro than tie whole
American people at the tlmo OF cur Revolution
must stand, IN human annals, an oyont without
parallel! It has lifted up race whose fathera
hand and foot like wild beasts, from tho legal
condition Of things to that Of mon, freemon, aud
citizeps.
We moot to celebrate this mighty
ana and momentous event; :, nos IN marble
come & tx arm in Mind MIN and 90ila'i IN momory ms
this cap6toue Of tho temple Of human uborty,
to aid In rearing monument which tinlo can-
hot crumble nor storms bntter, nor winds wear,
nor even tho final fires consume.
WHO ARE TO BE oonlMEMoRArEp.
!, MOE this alono. We hio hero to commemorate
tho strugRles of tho men and women who, un-
der God. brought on this event. Not now tho
military and the g arbt1ament Of blood; The war
monuments. Aud thoro aro days when our
nation turns aside to strew flowers on graves, Of
which the multitude know nothing but that tho
dust Of soldiers sleeps there. This is well. It
Is tit the nations gratitude should keep tho
graves OF its patriots green.
But we come to look over Muetor-ro1l Of
another sort. Wo arc here to look after tho
memories OF soldiers who took tho fold unsun1-
women too, who enlisted without bounty, aud
served without phY; who. at tho silent call of
duty, faced the weapons Of aooial ostrnoiam and
hato, weapons sharper than bayonnts, moro
r 7ff1fF z}A
than the scream ot shells. Napoleon could
Sit Gil horseback calm amid tempestB
Of musketry and cannon -shot but ho tronl-
bletl and turned pale when he encountered
q Paris mob In the French Chamber Of Depu-
kies.
An old Roman proverb declares 1t "poautiful
70 die for ones country" But that means death
on tlelds OF carnage and glory;, not death in
psisons by poison. bv esaasination, or by the
tue thoughtful as that dug By tho pity Of friends,
and covered over by popular hnto.
I've Of
TIE EARLIER ABo11r1oN1sTs.
They were mon and women who had the con-
SCIENCE to discern wrong, and the courage to OPP
pose It; and that, too, without theinspiration of
drum and afe. They had the foresight to know
that national orinae must bring national disastor
They took joyfully tho spelling Of their goods
aud good nanaes, which goods cannot PURCHASE
to avert coming Ills from the country they loved
which eyes fixed on porsonal advantage could
not SOC. And they sacrificed, not property aud
Eaputation only, but, many Of them, hberty and
Garrison was Imprisoned in Baltimore for pub
fishing 9 newspaper. Liberated BY the good
shelter Of tho jail from Boston mob. Torrey
died in prison In the sanao Da1tlmoru. Loyojoy
was shot dsad In Alton, ILL.,. defending his pzees,
and pleading for tho liberty Of speech. Thomp--
folons in, Missouri Penttentiary, for aiding
oscaping slaves. Good Capt. Walker was branded
in tho hand with red-hot iron, by order Of
Southern Court, for not driving from Ills ships
hold some poor fugitivos who had hid there.
Three printing presses in succession we're de-
Btroyed in Cincinnati; and tho city, at ono timo
three days in the power OF the mob, was rescued
by the yigor Of Gov. Corwin, after many deaths
bad bcen inflicted and untold suffering endur-
cd; public ball was burnt down in philadel-.
rhia in tho day time, after an Anti-slavery meot-
Ing had been driven ont. Among tho Northern
hills Of New Hampnhtrc, the Rev. deolge stor1s,
respectable Methodist ]n preacher xe5 dragged
praying in a. Anti Slavery meeting; and IN
academy building waB demolished where colored
Children were taught.
But why partiou1arize7 90 thoroughly was
the apirit Of tho slave power, that when south-
ern Governors officially demanded Of Northern
Legislatures the suppression Of tho discussion
OF hlAVeiy, but one aipgle GovernpE had tue
manhood to rebuke the inaolent demand Of the
Wholesale surrender OF Freedom Of speech and
he lost his re-eloction! It Was tho hour and
power Of darkness.
IN CONGRESS-.
And whom, at length, the discussion forced IT.
self into Congress, the deadly assault OF Con-
Eresslonal ruflian on Senator Sumner, whom
nations now mourn the attempt to expel John
Quincy Adams Tor inelatiug on the right OF petit
lion ; tho frequent soonoB Of violence there tho
unrebuked threat OF Senator Preston, Of South
Carolina, to hang any AholitioniBt" who should
como into hiB State, J" in apito Of al tho General
uovernments On earth, this General Govern
ment included;", and. in tho Bame Senate, the
cAating vote OF tho Vice-presldent Of tho United
States to authorize Postmaators to open mail
bags and throw out Abolition matter from United
States mails-those all arc but tokens in the
bigh placos Of society Of the prescription. vio-
lence, and injustice which We everywhere mot
helow.-the angry: orests Of the bilowa on tho
great sea Of popular wrath Oh whlch we were
ahoat.
E.Yrnrtfnp Tarhana