, 1874-06-11

iugly, tho noxt night a mob aaeaiiod Ii on tho
stdo, orouted ladd6rs. mud proceeded to aot fro
to ts,l te 1rHooi nas s,1s E. Loyooy WHO et out
n,1rren9or tn fayo tho building, aud property,
at,a ltd. They then, contrary 70 tho tho ter1lia
OF surrender, fired OH tho dofohdora OF tiio
press aa they lcfttllo building and thon took tho
prGss. Groko 1t l., t'!ecee, aud threw It into tho
hlissBsppl. llero WAs n union nf snrnE1
'treachety, robbery, arson, nuu murder, in tloir
. VINO WE'RE THE MEN
Who dtd these deoan ~ WHO was tho man whons
whoao 'hanao and for w18na woro thoy actlng7 Il
true and radcai anBworto these questions may
involvo Hoscrity. Dnt II history wifi be trie, she
must DO seyero agGinut fa1hohoou, traaohery, and
fs s To- a The vaao ptv' + powSr Gs r1 a aa1e en-
highest authority has told ua, 1Ie that neyoth
unto the wicked thou art righteous, him aliall
the rcoplo hnsot Him shall tho natfona abl,or.
For whom thon, woro tboeo men actng2
THEY WEnE MOST DIRECTLY AND obviously THE
REPRESENTATIVES,
OF q majorlty Of tlto leading oistzons of Alton,
WHO had tho power to dcfond the press, wo
had been called Un.to do 1t ard lad refused
and stood by and saw 1t thus destroyed. They
aystom Whose first roots fn oyory ago havo boon
robbery, arsoh, and nnrder, and which, con-
tfnut,'g TO crush all human rights, has oxistod
only BY logalizod vlolence. They woro ntill fur.
system, deluded, corrupted, arid mado drunk by
Tho CUP Of nbomfnntiofg which that great ell
chantress, Slavery, had caused tliia nation to
drink.
Of all those constituencies woro these mon
tho representatives, mid nndor thoir influence
thoy autea Nor nnt}l wo eco tho truth, power,
and oxtent OF thiB Relationship, ctu wc under
stand tho mob at Alton, nor the crisis in which
Loyeloy lived, nor tho true import, nor tho SUBJ
Unity of hts lifo and hlg martyrs dcnth.
WHY Mn THEY uEEpuDY THAT rttfs9 ?
because it was to bo; 4 FREQ -pross, md Stnvcry
we'll know TINT her laws, md l,or conflict undor
those laws, would not.endure tho fiery scrutiny
tey f c e know Lay s
clarod that tho whole foundation Of slavery WIS
solf-ovidontly fnlse ana Us their Constitution
guaranteed 4 FREQ pross, they expected that
slavery would diaappoar before II. So 1t might
gin and tho prospect Of hohndless
love Of money, tho root Of oil evil, Slavery said:
Give mo moro territory md loss Of . FREQ
press" So tho territory .wns granted, and FREQ
in oil tho Slave States. But this wasnot enough.
d" Those Northern Lights Of free preHs," said
Slavery, " are intoletahlo; they mako everything
unsafe IN my domains, Ought you not to sup
press it, on tho ground OF good brotherhood and
tho compromise Of tho Constitution. Consider,
,.oo, our cotton, and our political powcr. Con-
cider, too that no man who dares to use FREQ
,lress will erer he Presidont Of these United
Ooncral fIovcrn,nents constdor tnn' vnur ao,s ,s
and daughters, who haYo married plantations at
tho South, Bome OF thom eminent div1ucs. Can
you endure tho thought that rude and unnnli-
ncrly free press should call them thioves and rob-
that +roa r1aaa IL ant;ralr IN :rs,x ,s,,. owd s
nosci to orr NationnI Iin;ot, md ~ tIe nor,o;a
compromises Of tho Constitution ? Why not
esnnppressit7 Not. indeed, in general, God for
our dcor Eortherr, hrethren liz rcncrnus' AMI NJ
Tic same tima mt monoy into THAR own nnr1,.
ara, md 90 nrosorye orr r,orions IJnion p"
Thcso suggestions of tic enchantreps wero lig-
which gayo tho rei,s to tho mob. voted that liz
pri1,ciney defoudod ly this free ,,ress ara snI-
Yorsivn OF tin rrnnt pr;ncinlea of orr IJnion md
of the r7eace hnunoily nntt nrosporitv Of fha cit
liens Of Alton, mud tlat. therefore, we cannot
rocolnmoua tho rc-ostabljshment OF tha 1aper
or Of any otlor OF a similar character md cor
Quoted With d like anirit."
,v7,v ,v.u:r o,.,,1ox s,,na
whv AID t,,ase roniesontsfirsao ~ s,orarv ab,ot
ovc,v3 Tocausa Il was is eo r,,,r,3ona naou ~
cnnnrcion viii tho frinfs1a ~ i;hartv H. t,ma,a -
md in lLis rrcat cnntru1 ynlicv M; IN this IN.
lion - astahsh tIia froa .,rsu Amu AVA - n";ut
froa naner II Allan IN w1,c1 tha har,otoF ,nst
uction. au0 futuro nirns. Of slavery :eGoi,,1 ho
clearly and f,iiy onnaidarol nni ini,a and c1nor
voice Of warning arainst imueniinr ayiia Ia
raised. They Insisted tint ho shoul not
Of the ricit of froe :nrcsa in sltol,' INV
called il n con,pron,iso. and compared il to liz
oomnromiana IT o,lr Gnnstitnilon foraeitinc ,i,at
the surrender nf 4 fren rresH woa m nort of
those comnrom;scs. int vna IN mr. fathers t,,e
main and only rround Of hone and hoicT ti,ct
those Inconsistent compromises would be
transient, as they wore intended to be.
THIS surrender Of the very foundation Of our
c0m DrOmHa md f1nn1n4afl nf hin, ntlf1 haceusa