The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-01-26
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oltionists fourth party, weak in numbers fiery in
ZEAL declared for national Intervention everywhere
in every state at home, and in union with Great
Britain, on high seas, and ir foreign lands.
This was the attitude of the great parties with
reference to slavery. In the ever.memorable and
classic debate of Lincoln with Douglas Abraham Lin
coin laid deep and strong hie defense Of the repub
party n the principle of state and national juris
diction slavery whore it did not already exist.
But he used equal force and profundity in disclalm
ing the intention or right of the government to
interfere with slavery where it already existed.
Before the republican conventions the abolition
of slavery never obtained foothold-not even q
foothold. There were at times discussions-but the
matter squelched with powerful hand The
abotonists were reegated to the asylum for cranks
-republicanism and aboitonism-were hostile
camps.
And when the republican party gained the day,
through division Of the democratic party, the first
thing they did to stay the gathering warolouds was
to proclaim that they never neverL LNEVER-would
lay sacregious hand upon the shadow brooding
over the south.
And they kept their promise!
They never did,
All the appeals of humanity to the northward
and of grim necessity to the southward-were in vain
all in vain.
An Arrow from the Culver Of Gods Wrath.
Men pleaded, women wept-poets sang and pull
pits thundered. But the republican party stood like
adamant The ages spoke from rifted empires, and
the cannon shot thunderstroke the walls of be-
leaguered cites-uDti armies had been lost swamped
evergladed, eaten up by disease, moved down by
grape and shel-annihilated in sections while protect
ing the southern plantations. Sinking under the
cesses the nerve the endurance, the Skill the mas
terly of the black, OF the south-at last-and at
the very last-as war measure-Abraham Lincoln
uttered the procamation-IN DEFIANCE OF
THE REPUBLICAN MACHINEH!
This is history.
Gen. Fremont found his active mind and tren-
chant arm rendered nerveess by the mighty aid
slavery gave to the southern armies At once and
bravely-as measure-he set the slaves free!-
and, Great God obscure the record If you can!-that
hour Gen. Fremonts head adjusted to the gull
lotine-and the destroyed!
Let no man declare that the republican party
abolished slavery! It is not trua. We repeat-itis is
not true. Slavery abolished in spite of the re-
publican machine, by God Almighty, God took the
hardhearted and stiff. .necked generation Of Egypt
ians by the collar Of the coat and led them down to
the bitter waters of Marah-and let them drink of
it AID vomit bood!-t the mighty nation reeled in
anguish, and lay down upon the bed of her desola-
ton
Oh Woe! Woe!-the cries, the tears-the sobs-
the death-rattes- the pale moonbeams lighting the
faces of the dead-the fires of hell pouring forth to
smite with wounds and blood and crushing bones
aye, and broken hearts at home!
Hare God led the hardhearted race-and said
Of these waters drink! When, 10 the midst thy con.
vulsons thou wilt prove thy fealty to me-then-
will l close Apollyon's wings!-set thou my people
free
God did it.
The republican party did not dare to do it-and
never did.
Nor does it dare to take the hand of Christ