The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-09
a FEW oRLEANs, LoUIsIANA,a sATuR DAYS 1s74

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I pohticalsaa.o I7aiaa aaha short.n1e
q forgetting as visions Of yonsI
ID tie dteealitns dteeltns Of age. Whsneve
II t61get them, whenever Iobecom
different to =then4. wheheset
1cease to be constant ID naihtaininl
! Them through 2 good report al,
Through evil report, ID any rfahtett,li'
foombmatioKs oflpa.+y, then ma,
my tongds cl6sasiVe to-the roof Of ID!
mouth, may ny y, right hand forge
it's cunning" 'is5 s>* -
| From the hour he entered tn
Senate the combat narrowed ant
Fdeepened. Tie dreadful Fugitive
fSlave law hung it's pail over tn,
whole iand.zE The spirit of Shaver,
was omnipresent, ruling Courts
Congress-, Churches. In all thi,
fierce conflict, and above the 1oudes'
din, ever sounded his courageous
clarion voice. What cause wi.
ever honcred by nobler efforts q
research, of argument Of histosioa
illustration, Of fclassical adornments
Of strong-hearted, resembling and
lofty eloquenoe? Bnt above al
other utterances was the constant
and conspicuous enunciation of th4
highest moral principles as ap,
plicable to all political action and
duty. Hear him: "Sir, I have
never been a politician. The slave
Of principles, I call no party master.
By sentiment, education and convic-
ton friend of Human Rights in
their utmost expansion, I have ever
most sincerely embraced the Demo
cratic Idea-not, indeed, as repre-
sented or professed by any party
but according to its real significance,
as strans6gured in the Declaration
Of Independence and in the injuno-
tions Of Christianity. Amidst the
vicissitudes of public afairs,I Il shall
hold fast always TO this siless and
to any political party which truly
embraces it."
J.. With such sentiments planted
and cultivated into full growth and
yigor in the very soil Of his moral
nature, he presented himself to the
country and to the world in his
first elaborate Senatorial speech in
August, 1852, upon the repeal OF
the Fagitivc-Slave law Reading
that massive and noble argument
again in the light of twenty years
of subsequent events. how difficult
to realize the prodigious moral
energy which at once demanded
and displayed! The argument is
ample and conclusive; the historical
proofs are abundant; the eloquence
is noble and affecting; but high
above all rises the grandeur of the
moral convictions which underie
and inspire all it's wealth of argu-
mentation and oratory. With proud
and undaunted spirit he thus de-
nounces that wicked enactment:
':Sir, the Slave Act violates ,. the
Constitution and shocks the public
Conscience. With modesty, and yet
with firmness, let me add sir, it
oAtends against the divine law. No
such enactment is entitled to sup
port. As the throne Of God Isl
above every earthly throne, 30 are
His laws and statutes Shove all laws
md statutes Of men. The
Of an earthly power are
10 be discussed; those OF Heaven
must at once be drawn into any
in opposition to God*l
Words worthy are they not, fellow
,itizens, Of the noblest Of the mar.
Yrs and confessors of any age9|
One year before his faithful friend.
Parker, q name ever
sacred in the hearts Of those who
love freedom and truth, had written
him, II hope you will build On the
Rock Of Ages and look to, eternity
Tor your Justification" How truly
did he build on the Rock Of Ages I!
Yet, while he looked to eternity,
lime has brough him abundant
.-AsR>>Ls~..