Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-30
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"a The l7:h cf No7oDbcs, 1856, Theodolo
Parker. u Boston, tn, Typo and emboaiment
II the cila s5oi;tcnism Of bis generation. wrote
g follo4s. viz: "Taerc aro two constitutions
fer Anetcl-ono writ on plrohmant and laid
up at Washington; :he oher also OF parchment.
but Gu tho head Ct drum. l. is to this We
aust appeal, ADD btt2r, long. | make oil my
peculiarly arrangements. with tho expectation
Of civil war" SEQ Waiss' Lfa aui Corres2on
d.1cl Ct Parker, published By tho Massr1. Ap
pl!tou, vo!. >, p. 1911
Nlr p was the friend ADD correspondent OF
Il ". Emerson. Hon. S. 2. Chase. Hon.
Ho!ac, Nlaao. Hon. j. p. Hale, Hon. N. Z.
Banks aud other Distinguished Leaders of the
I lick reputlic'n party. 1t was 10 Joshua r.
Giddiu2s' district, tho western roscrVe of Ohio,
that Gafi>ll was born aod reared. aud whose
dCc:riols Of abotionism he embraced and rep
| resented ia the Oai1 legislature, il the army
| add 10 Congress. "a the other hand W. S.
l1atccs WAS born 10 Pennsylvania of demo
cratic pareutsgc; be fought IL the civil war of
| 1861 10 1868. not TO ensoIcl thu dosma5 Of
| Parker, Halo. Banks aad others, tut u delend
| tho Uaioa and the Constitution and to cnlor1e
.
Was and sought n) substitute % tho had CT
the drum. |: was Gov. Pssso. OF Tczss, ard
| thcsn who sustained him OF Washie g.ou AMI
not Hat clck. who appealed to tho constitution
90 tho head OF The dtum. In oher words, they
insis cd uroa cItoiciug their Own views ADD
| wishes, 10 violation Ol the laws aud the COnsll
| ton of tho ooualry. THY rcspt c:cd neither
| the rights OF life, liberty or property. and they
! employed the Ignorant and hclt savage * slave
| the peerO as tho means of ntforciog their
will. Win no law t. resraia them hu, ",he
constitution o. tho head Of the drum"
Now, | 90 cler1o that the party CT which
MIR. Garfield Is tho representative, is tho party
who l4ia up the Constitution of our fathers 10
Washin.tou, sud rescrtcd to tbo parchment on
the head Of tho Gram; it WIS tha. party which
tsusht its s,iples, Isl. That it Wa3 tho right
OF Tho slaves to kill their masters; 81. That it
was TIC tu'y Of the ftceue1 to help then; 81
| That the Constitution of their fl.hars was O
"covenspt with death ard an agree nent With
bell u nnd oh. That these maxims cimo 80
direCtl0 from tho primitive iosti,cs Of human
na;ure" that Ii neither required proofs nor 4 J.
mited them Is it to DO wondered at, there
tvrc. that the Southern p,oplo desired to sep
eratn frnm people who tyGrasscd Ioa s .pti.
Hi2u's? Ia their Madness md desperation
they e;tcDntcd dis lpon. and, al'haush may
desired 10 iJ!loW tho il Iuclion OF 81. Put 10
withdraw thcms lives from cvoIy BROTHER that
@akcth dlsMdarly. pad haYo 10 company With
him. with intcnt not to coaDt him as on
cnG,Dy but 10 Gdmonish him as q brother"
vet there wero Others who. in their !nsaao
lnpaiicLc, fred upon tho Il " OF their country !
aud laltiatcd Migrant war - Far Upln tho
very cx s:cncc o. tn, Goasl.u'i,a aal thu Ua
ion
Ii vas this which lnoval Il.ncock aud mlby
| dnntc;aiS like him 20 20 ior:h tg.iaSt tho
| S>utncr"t's. aH tho brother might 20 to arrest
aa inslaG tGcchGlarS, rs no was about to apply
| thG torch TO thtir unIon rnsiiuic:. But hs
s"us III ~: to ts sLIiih the d?gnas of Parker,
Of EmafsJ:, ot Haze, Of Banks, or Ct Giddioes.
aud when tncy had laid down their arms no
Yves Gnorg those who were disp;syd to forgive
cod forget tho past, 10 consideration Of prompt
enl c!ntiGuCu1 obedience t. tho law OF the
land, passed in aca>rdaro, with the Gonstition
ct hla county No. tho ono VIII ca Parker and
his dl cjp'cs sad VS. written on lho head OF
drum. but that which had btca signed by
The na;rio'c fathers oil tho c)untry. headed by
George Washington him self, and depotitod
Written Oh parchment in tho archives of the
STATE Department..
Tho traiaiog ri Garfield has hevn 10 resotcs
| tuu u"H.!eS VI Ia!&cr anu oil w C5dGll PHILLIPS,
an! to appeal 10 the or ituIion "on III, ho. d
CT the trlm."
Tic lraluirg Of llarc2ck h4s been TO keep
him IN micd u! the laot that thSra ia such a
thing cs tho C0cs'itu ion OF tho UnitCL S,ate:;
that tho essential and vital doohi1o of every
free republic is that in times eli peaoo the military
must DO kept subOrdins,c 10 tho civil power
that the right ofrisl by jury is tho RICH! of sll
American citizens; that equal juatics in tho
courts is the right OF the American ctizoa that
freedom from unlawful arres: is tho right of an
| American c,tizon. The training of Garfield hiss
been 10 teach that tho world and all it's riches
are for The saints of the Lord the black Rupub-
Leans arc Tho saints. and, therefore, the richt,
Of the world ard ell the o1icea Of government
ho!oDg to thom. The queitlon is, then. shall tho
constitution of Theodore Parker uhst on tie
head of o dEum) prevail, or shat wh:cl WAS
signed by the fathers fthe couatry2
Shall tho caucus Of the saints with the dogma7
G: Ihootoro Parker, make the laws of this land?
or shall free paople ropuGis.e the insane msx.
ims CT Tom paine Theodore Parker and the
| radicals Of the revolution of France in l79l
Shall NO have no rule CT condrc. tu. the drum
hcEd dtG;cos of { CT ,us of such men IS Theo.
doEo Parker or shall we compel al mon, mill.
tary chiettsin, priest or lsynsn, 10 bow to tho
majesty vt tho supreme law Of tho land?'
| 10 prf,r lao former ia TO vote for Garield
to s1ek tho lat.or you will vote for w. :. Han
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