Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-07-05

the dark old temple of their foul idolatry
and paid their devotions at Freedoms sa-
cred shrine. That long ago, the immortal
stroke of Abraham Lincoln's divinely
guided pen cut the iron chains OF human
bondage through and through, as the
sword of God cuts to the joints and mar
row: that the thunder of nations artillery
shook of the severed shackles; and that
today the black man is freeman, possess
ing the right 10 90, or come, or stay, and
no court, no Congress can dictate to him
where he shall enjoy his life and liberty,or
in what State in this broad Union he shall
enter upon the pursuit of happiness. But
I fellow citizens, what are you going to do
with the ghost that tomorrow or next
week will rise up before the people and
creedfly clamor for loaf and tshI Tor
there is something yet of strength in its
tough old sinews and its bones, are OBJ
structions in the path of human progress.
We can learn something of wisdom from
fathers, aud we have heard that in the
good old days of Salem when uneasy spir-
its walked abroad at night aud refused to
rest quietly in their graves, when naught
else would avail they used to send for the
goodman. He came. bearing aloft the
Bible aud babe the thing depart. Well 1t
went. Immediately and always; there was
too much OF truth within the lids of the
Sacred Book, and the goddess things took
Co their lccs. for then a. now they could
MT bear it; aud if YOU want to overcome
this thing. tell what you know about IL;
proclaim its wicked, old time history to
wondering world; pour out on itS bald old
head the vials OF truth that history has
treasured up against Il; give it Gods
truth aud enough Of it and there isn't
conscientious old man who has ever rec
o.u'ted this relentless spirit OF wrong as
his master but would deny his master If
hc dared.
There isn't in all the the land a
Young man with q future before him, who
ha, ever read that grandcst human story
orthc lowly birth and lofly achievements
% Abraham Liucoln-who has ever famil-
.arf..l himself with the wondrous history
OF Iiucoln, party while under his leader
ship Be-, .ucouQuera5lc battallions rescued
our goddess OF Liberty from those who
would destroy our liberties, and set up
.-a.u acr droop,u. banner in the golden
I-Lt OF the western sun. where is mighty
f,.I, shall hplt out on freedoms brcczes
Go i.a end OF time-thcre iSnt a young
uau .u Maine who has ever stood up and
looked >quarely In the kingly face Of
Blaine or listened attcutiyely 10 the ma
..,..g orl,ory ora Frye but will say by his
ballot: Il hli rather Doe politically as>oci-
st.J win such mighty memories aud with
,u-a men us these, than 10 lie down and
,lum1.r 5y the side of thi, pestileniial
relic OF a bgsoue time.
And whl, is It's history, past and pres
eat. AL, wc know too well. but they say
venus. not repra; il for it may engcnder
sectional. latred,.
Wei sectional ha.reds or not there are
men who 1e.jry. they have the right tn
demand ,l, enforcement, OF The law against
violation, 90 the law; ,ha. they have the
r..... tl ,'amor Tor free speech the length
ar. breadth Of the country 50 long as in
halr. dozen states. mems throats are cut
fr opinions sake. There are men silly
,uaa- b 90 believe they have a right to de-
uaaI 80 au the States, recognition OF
t.e principles embodied in the declaration
..our liberties IS long . that declaration
&, being trodj,u under the feet OF men.
AID when they tel! u i; Is none OF our
a.,.a,,, Tor Il i State right, we answer
back that human logic never proved q
State wrong was a State right. When
th,v tell q, IL i no Use 20 appeal TO the
Genera! Government for the State IN It's
sovereignty IS greater than the General
Government. We look over the frst prInci-
pies Of our political geometry aud answer
back again. that a part Of thing i not
greater than the whole OF IL; that the
branch ora tree Is not greater than the
trunk from which it grows and draws IT.
,g,,euance: aud men will clamor FOR free
dom for ALL so long as they are assured
hat lu a half dozen States, during fifteen
wears. more men have lost their lives for
claiming freemen's rights than weeks have
elapsed Ia lNceu years.
In the name of humanity gentlemen, Is
th., such o government as John Adams
mean, when be said live or die | AIN for
the decla-a,ioug" Is this the liberty that
Patrick Henry meant when he made his
immortal choice between liberty aud death p:
Was E. to secure to posterity such
an exercise of human rights as this
that within the memory Of generation
We, alive more than hundred thousand
OF the noble sons of the north went march
forever away from Us TO the camping
ground OF spirits in that land beyond the
sun:
All. fellow citizens SO long as we claim
% be free men, inhabitiug liberty's Coun'
try, let Us endeayor TO secure 10 every
citizen OF that country free mans nalien'
able right by nominating and electins &c
the high places in the gift of this peo-
pie. men whose political principles are il
harmony with the genius Of American
freedom.
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