Saturday, Jul, 21, 1838.
The Privileges ami ItcxpotirtbiHties of the
'AMERICA PEOPLE,
AW ORATltiW,
Delivered at the. Presbyterian Church,
SfcloomsTiii&,Pa. July4, 1888,
Bx Tai ' Rev. WltLlAM TOtfEY.
Friends and fellow citizens.
It has cvor been customary in all coun
tries to eclobralo very important events in
their history, by annual festivals. The
American people, in compliance With tliis
ancient arid universal usage, devote to joy
and gratitude the dayon which, by the voice
of their representatives assembled in the
capital of this elate, they renounced the
dominion of Britain, and. claimed a .place
among the nations of the earth. An event
of greater moment in tho annals of this
continent, it wp.'tfld. perhaps be impossible
to, uesignate. un tnat uay a great empire
spang.into beingnann a vast terutory be.
came, the enfranchised homo of uncoiinl
ed millions. The consequences of that
event, even during the sixty-tw6 years which
are now elapsed, have been immensely
great, not only to the United States, but to
all this western hemisphere, to Europe, .to
tho whole world. How vast may be its
consequences through the long train of fu-
turo ages, thought becomes wearied and lost
in its dfrorts to contemplate. As the fruits
of the declaration of. Independence made
in Philadelphia, the 4th of July, 1770, and
ttio noble exertions by which it was sus
tained, the people of these States, for more
inan nan a century, navo been enjoying
the blessings ot civil and religious liberty
in a greater degree than any other people
upon the earth have been dwelling in the
mtust ot peace ana plenty have had full
scope for commercial agricultural and me
chanical enterprise, by which they have been
filling every sea with their ship3, convert
ing the wilderness on every side into fruit
ful fields and populous cities. As the fruits
of tin's, declaration seminaries of learning
have been arising, literature and science
have teen spreading, churches and religious,
institutions have been multiplying and every
thing which tends to adorn and elcy.atc a
nation has had unchecked freedom to nour
ish. Americans have therefore "cause to
commemorate tliis event.,, 'll is good, fellow
citizens, on this day, turning aside from our
ordinary avocations, to assemble for the
pnrposo of conteinplatipg the history of our
country, its present state and future pros
pects, and especially, Tor the purpose of
acknowledging the goodness of the Al
mighty, whose providence by a train of
wonderful events, has made these lauds, but
a few years since, one mighty forest, a rich
and flourishing country, the abode of free
dom, tho asylum of the oppressed and un
fortunate of all nations, and the homo of
Siftecn millions of people.
Durjng the 6eriod, since the United States
cast off the dominion of the fartherland,
most of the nations of tho earth have been
groaning under oppression, their energies
'stifled.their intellects fettered, and the fruits
of their industry plundered by rigorous laws
and arbitrary power. The inhabitants of
Asia and Africa have, for the most part,
been dragging out a servile and wretched
existence under their despotic kings, their
Sultans, their Pachas, and their Rajahs.
Tho monarchies, aristocracies, arid hierar
chies of Europe, have been keeping the
great mass of its population in a state of ab
ject depression. The countries of. South
America have, until recently, been the sub
jects of every species of tyranny and injus
tice, and even now, that they have shaken
off a foreign yoke, are republics but in name,
since they continue still more or less under
the sway of military dictatorship and papal
superstition, exaction and intolerance.
How different has been the condition of the
people of this Union I Independent of all
foreign control living under a representa
live form of government, the equity of
whose laws alhnust acknowledge, and the
power of whose administrators cminates
front our own choice; ajtd can be removed
even on the suspicion of its abuse, by our
united hat bur consciences enthralled by
no ecclesiastical establishment, what great
er degree ot civil anu religious liberty can
we desire T Our form of government, and
free instituti dns, cannot be charged with
oppression and injustice. If they exist a
niong us, their elements must be traced to
the abuse of our freedom, arid, to the evil
passions of the human heart. If we are not
a happy people, it is not for the want of na
tional privileces. It mav bo safelv affirm
ed, that no country Under heaven, has equal
privileges, and consequeritly,nbne has equal
responsibilities. "While most other nations
have had a heathen origin, arid their early.
history has been stained with the dark and
bloody rites of idolatry, we can say that
christian ancestry commenced the settle
ment of these lands, and laid the foundation
ol our great republic, we can traco our
nation's betMnnines to the nuritana of FW.
land, Scotland arid Ireland, the Hugunots of
Fiance, and to tho protestant churches o
Holland and Germany. .We can indulge
the pleasing reflection, (hat the plantation
of these colonies; which have now crown
into large and flouriflhirij,(States, was un
dertaken amidst tl'ic prayers of the righteous
and watered by the tears of their penitence
anu gratitude. Jn an eminont degree may
it be said, that this State has had a christian
lgin. A century and a half have pot yet ;
"tssed away, since the bark of Wi' urn '
Perm was seen eliding alone the thickly
wooded shores of .tho .beautiful Delaware.
1 he son ol an knglish High Admiral, born
the heir of a great '3t3lc,.qualified byhirtli,
education and talents, for tho highest. earth
ly honors and distinctions, he prelerred to
his opening splendid worldly prospects, the
humble discinleshin of his Redeemer, and
cast in his lot with a despised religious sect.
Persecuted lor the singularity of his reli
gious opinions and customs, disgusted with
the pride and ostentation which had so ex
tensively usurped the name of religion in
his native land, lie turned hi3 attention to
the Trans-Atlantic wilderness, and resolved
to seek in its depths, an;asylura for himself
and his brethren. "Haying" obtained a grant
from his monarch, of an extensive tract of
land in North America, a3 a commutation
for a sum of money 'due for the services of
his father, ho undertook tho establishment
pf a new colony. Landing on the shores of
tho Uelaware, in the vicinity of some In
dian villages which then occupied the spot
where Philadelphia now rears its temples
and spreads its wealth and magnificence,
he' was met by the red natives of the .soil.
And how djd ho treat them? Didije. at
tack them wjth artillery and musketry, with
sword and, bayonet ? Did he overreach
them hy superior cunning to the despoiling
them 'of their possessions, oi circumvent
them to their destruction by deep laid strat
agems? Far otherwise. lie rn.ot ,them
with the exercise of the genuine principles
of that religion which he professed. He
treated them as human being's, as members
of the same great family, with that benevo
lence and justice from which man hps no
right to swerve in His intercourse with his
fellow man. He purchased, of them. lands
which they were willing to sell, by fair and
honoiable barter. He respected their rights,
and took no undu'ejulVaritagcof their igno
rance., and weakness. The consequence
was they became his devoted friends. The
power af. kindness and iustice melted and
subdued the souls of the Susquehannocks.
the Delawares and the Raritans, recently
burning with vengeance against the. white
man. oh account of aggressions con" milted
upon them by snme.of the settlers p'fyieigh
boringcoloni'es.No midnight war whoop dis
turbed the infant settlement of Penn. No
crie3 of the wounded "& dying were heard in
their peacelul dwellings. No bloody mas
sacre stained the foundations of the rising
city. 1 lie Indians dwelt among them as
brothers, furnishing them with abund
ant provisions, tho fruits of their hunting
anu nsning. Amidst this dclightlul harmo.
ny, the forests began to disappear, and the
horrora ot the desert gradually to change in
to cultivated fields and gardens and flourish
ing towns. The echoes tff the wilderness,
the bowlings of wild beasts', and the battle
cry of tho savage, gayc .plage, to. the. voice of
prayer and praise. It is refreshing to turn
lrom a review ol tne iraud and treachery,
the oppreasion and cruelty, which it must
be acknowledged, has, with but few excep
tions, characterized the Europeans toward
the Aboriginees, in the colonization of this
new world, to the contemplation of such
sucne as this. What a contrast docs the
first settlement of Pennsylvania furnish to
the settlement of Mexico, Guatemala.and
Peru by tho "Spaniards, and the circumven
lion and butchery ol millions ofllioir confid
ing natives, by the fiendish avarice and am
bition of Uortes, Alvarade and Pizarro,
Who traversed waves, theunknown world explored.
xuu aos3 iiwir biauuaru, uuiineir rami tne swora.
What a contrast to the settlement of the
West India Islands ! when,
" Dreadful as hurricanes, athwart the niairi,
Hushed the felt legions ol invading Spain,
With fraud and force, with false and fatal breath,
(Submission bondage, and resistance death.)
They swept the Isles. In vain the simple raco
i.- im . ..,., r .t,:. .
Or. with weak arms their ilcrv vencoance braved :
They came, they saw, they conquer'd, they enslav'd.
And they destroy'd j the generous heart they broke
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Where'er to battlo rharch'd their fell array
Thosworu of conquest plow'd resistless way ;
where er lrom cruel toil they sought repose
Around the fires of devotion rose.
Tho Indian as he turned his Head in flight,
llchcld his cottage ljaming Through the nigHt,
And midst the scrcarrii of murder on the wind,
Heard tho mute blood-hound s death-step close be.
hind."
What a contrast, I may alsp aqd, does the
conductof William Penn toward tho Indians
furnish to those almost numberless encroach
ments, violation of treaties, deeds of fraud
and violence, by which the accurate and-
true historian must record, .that most of the
native tribes have been driven from the
lands between the Atlantic and the Missis
sippi; spoliations of avarice and unrighteous
exertions at superior powerupon the teebie
lor which tho warmest patriot will lmu
dilhcult to apologize, and which every
frferid of justice and human ty must unhesi
tatingly and unreservedly coridem'n Even
now the poor Uherokees, lorced away lrom
their well cultivated farms, their workshops
their schools and churches, and nil the mon
umenls of their rapidly advancing civiliza
tion, look with gushing eyes, for the last
time, upon their native sou, their beloved
homes, the craves of their fathers, and pur
sue tieirreluctarlt wayundef an armed force,
to the far distant wilds of the setting sun,
It must be a source of gratification to
Pnnnavlvanians. to remember that euch
scene of uprightness as has been described
destined forever to be the admiration of the
christian world, has marked the commence
ment of thoir commonwealth; that its foun
dations were laid in benevolence, honesty
and peace Pennsylvania has cause to hon.
or th" namo "f her founder The w of
the erilightened and the virtuous throughout
the civilized world, has long since pronoun
ced hjm a 'great and a good man. To the
enjoyment of luxury and ease, he. preferred
the endurance ol' persecution for righteous
ness' sake, and all lliq.. inconveniences and
privations of a wilderness beyond the ocean.
His treatment of the Indians",, showed how
deeply rooted in his heart .were the princi
ples which ho prolessed, and mane a. com
pletely successful experiment of the efficacy
of tho'se principles to protect the rights of
meu,, and.totmpart to them peace anu hap
piness. The eauilable and salutary laws
which he formed for his infant colony.man-
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ncsicu uic greatness 01 11 is iiiiuiuguntu u
wisdom.. His generous invitations to those
of other cnrifitianXlcnoniihutions to settle in
his territory, proved him to be a man of a
large and liberal hoar., am forever redeem
ed his character from the chareo of a bigoted
and narrow sectarianism. The example of
a pious ancestry ought to have an influence
Upon their posterity,, a.nd there can be no
doubt that the responsibilities of this pation
are greatly increased by the fact, that it has
had a religious origin. 'And not only has
this nation had a favorable origin, but its
lotjias been caU in a most advantageous
part of the ivorld. The goodness of, Pro-
videncu'ha3 been manilesteu toward tne a
merican people in placing thpm neither a
midst the snows of the frigidnor the sutry
plains of the torrid zone, but in a temperate
climate, such a one as is most favorable to
the exertion of bpth the physical and the
mental powers. Itjias been manifested 111
extending .them over so .wide a tetrilory,
eipbraciitg such a variety of vegetable, ani
mal and mineral productions, affording such
facilities for internal navigation and internal
commerce. This nation has been located
not amidst the worn out soil of the old
woild, but in the virgin mould of the. new,
amidst lands fertalized by the,(decayed ve
getation oi numerous , centuries; lanus a
bounding m all'thatis necessary for human
sustenance and comfort. , It has been loca
ted along the shores of two oceans, along
the shores of gulphs and bays? and the larg
est, lakes in the world, and .along extensive
rivers, some of which are.among the might
iest in existence. The .posjtion which it
occupies on the globe, affords it probably,
greater advantages for universal commerce,
than any other people can boast of. Its sit
uation, its climate, the charactei of the race,
mark it out for high pre-eminence .over all
the nations of this western hemisphere, and
for exerting' a mighty influence upon the
destinies of the whole earth. And the God
of nature has bestowed 'upon this State ad
vantages lor acting a very conspicuous part
in that career of improvement which this
m has begun. Its territory has been
fashioned for creat and imnortant ends in
the advancement of the proereis of human
society. Occupying the middle ground be
tween the northern and the southern slates,
the states on the Atlantic and tne- Missis
sippi, it well deserves the name df tho Key
stone oi trie union. X lie everlasting moun
tains which Stretch over almost its who!
extent, while they mark it as the .home of
health and freedom and vigorous industry,
inclose inexhaustable mineral treasures, not
indeed of silver and gold, but what is far
more conducive to the true prosperity of a
nation, iron without which, no people yet
ever attained to any great degree of civili
zation', , and coal sufficient to furnish light
and heat to many generations. Its roman
tic and plenteous streams have been evident
I., -t i r..- i ;
iy cnannuueu, y.m. ior uteniai navigation,
and the extensive operation of the mechanic
al and manufacturing arts', hi beautiful
valleys, covered with a fertile rnoul'd", afford
abundant advantages to the agriculturalist
presenting even now, some of the finest
specimens of faiming in the Union, and
destined, probably, to experience the high
est degree of cultivation. It has slso everv
facility , for. being a great commercial state
havintr water communications on everv side
the lakes on the north, the Delaware on the
east, the Chesapeake Bay on the south, and
the Ohio opening into immense regions on
the west, i ho numerous eairals and rait
roads wnicn nave oeen constructed during
a few years past, and wlijc.h are continuing
to multiply, prove that flie .citizens of this
state aro not insensible to their commercial
advantages, and do not intend to slumber
over the blessings which a bountiful Provi
has bestowed, . ' t
flsa further evidence of the distinguish
ing privileges .wilh which this nation b
favored, it is worthy of remark, that it
nas commences its career in a most lavor-
able period of time. According to the, most
accurate chronologists,. nearly CQ00 years
have clansed since the creation. The A-
merican people, beginning thoir empire at
wis. iaip agv, ui me wuiiu, navu lur uieir in
struction, the' example of the many- nations
which have preceded them, and whose
course history records. They have access
tq the, literature and science of 4000 years,
the treasured knowledge of the enlightened
.and ancient kingdoms fron which they
sprang, recorded 'n their own angu3ge.-r-Th'ey
can enrich' themselves with the intel
lectual spoils of one hundred centuries.-
Above all, they have the whole canon of
divine revelation with the evidences of its
truth which eighteen centurjes have accu
mulated. It is an, age moreover, when the
arts and sciences have advanced to a pitch
they never reached before, and have the
prospect of advancing to a height which tran
scend the highest efforts of the imagination
to contemplate, an age when jhe invention
of the art of prilling, tho discovery of tho
ronnrer1 c"Tipas, and th" sppil'-a'-or of
the power of steamf have given a new..im
pilso to the energies of tbcwiuiman mind,
& are awakoning the great mass ofthe-popu
lation of tho civilized wor,ld to oxcrtions
unparalleled in the history of our race.
This nation has ever); facility for sailing
directly onward in- this tide of improve
ment, and the inveiitlvo and enterprising
genius, by which many of its citizens have
signaiizeu tnemscives, provo main is quali
fied for advancing on its foremost wave.
And this is not only an ago of increasing,
light but it is an age of benevolent action.
1 he growing zeal ol the proiesiani Christ
endom for the universal propogation of the
gospel, and the astonishing success which,
in many instaiiices has attended christian
missions among the heathen, mark this
as an Hge preparatory to the moral renova
tion of tho earth. Now and wonderful
scenes aro'.cvidently ab.outbopcn. What
facilities have the American people for act
ing a glorious part in that greatest of ,all .en
terprises the christianization of Hie world!
Who can tell but that anall wi?e Providence
has nourished up colonies in thcwulds of
this continent, conducted them to national
.independence, defended and sustained them,
alter becoming sovereign states, through ev
ery trying crifi? ol their history, and lur
ni'shed them with such vast resources that
they may exert a mighty instrumentality in
the moral improvement of the whole hu
man family ? So far as we can gather lrom
prophecy the'concluding scenes of time are
hastening to their devclopcraent. Ameri
ca has commenced her career at a period
when, after doing much to usher, them . in,
she may.hathe.hcrself jn m0 noonday splen
dors of millennial glory.
" Hope, waits the rhornirig of celestial light;.
Time plume his wings for everlasting flight,
Unchanging seasons have their march begun,
Millennial years aro hastening to the sun.
Seen thro thick clouds by faith's .transpiring eyes,
The New Creation shines in purer skies."
. Nor should the'vosilion ivhich the Amer
ican people occupy bvfore other nations be
overlovked ,in e.iti)naiing (heir privileges
and responsibilities. We have.cast off the
incumberance of a monarchical govern
ment, and all Iheir burdensome apendages,
have adopted the representative and repub
lican form and have undertaken to govern
ourselves. Arid this, is retarded, by all the
world as a,vey doubtful experiment, as it
is well known that flie republics of ancient
time, while they were subiect to frequent
and,'grea,t popular commotions, were of.but
short duration, while those of modern
times have .either soon reverted into mon
archies or degenerated into aristocracies.
America has, therefore, tho eves of manv
nations fixed upon her, with the deepest
intcnsityt f I" ver since the commencement
of her political existence, she has been the
subject of ihe maledictions, of .princes and
lords and hlerarchs". The advocates of des
potism have been exulting oypr every ap
pearance of her instability and. have been
loud in proclaiming every token of hqr fail
ure, and foreboding her downfall,. On the
other hand the oppressed and the struggling,
of all lands, have looked to her as their po
lar star, by whose, liuhl thev honed to he
guided"tp the haven of freedom and h'ap'pi-
I1CSS.
j.i annua, ousting oil U1C yOJiC OI UCS-
potic power, have been cheered by her ex-'
ampic, anu ianen ,ne.r institutions for their
paitern, in the formation of their own. She
has been honoured with the appellation of
mo iiiuuei repuunc. l-rance in her finally
misutucaaiui, uui noi altogether useless
attempt to abolish her feudal' institutions
was incited by her cxamnle. Tim Rimips
of Central and South America, in their re
cent exertions for independence have been
animated and emboldened by her success,
and copied her political onranizatinn. Tt is
evident.thcrefore.that she has it in her power
lu iingiiiy inuiience upon the politi
cal and social state of tho world, and can
lead the way in the enfranchisement and
rtiormauon. o tho nat cms. R inn .1 h
steadfastly abide by tho principles she pro-
unu mo consiiiuuon anu jaws, she
nas auopteu, stroma she, while she main
wins nersell inviii ate from tvranv nn ili
one hand, stand ajoorfrom, insubordination
and anarchy on the other.
nificierit Union of manv Slates, pprsUe her
e.u.iuuo career ior a century to conjc, who
can measure the effects of her example in
doing away those rigorous aiid pjiprcssive
systems of government, and those despotic
and iniquitous Institutions which, all over
the earth, have so long bowed down into
the dust tho soul of man .Ere the dose of
tins period, her influence will have shaken
down the entire nncient and. friffanHc alum.
tures of European feudalism, it will have
rivn.thq massive chains df Asiatjc bondago;
it wilt havo hurled cypryAfrican tyrant from
Ilia Ii.m 1.1 j' I
w .iiiyuw ui .gum .auji iyory, anu renova.
ted the remotest islands of the sea.
uut should Jier experiment of self-government
fail, should her powerful and hap
py union.be rent into fragments, should her
uuiiamuiiun aim per laws bo tranipled un
tier .loot by popular violence and frenzv.
should her vast regions bep.ome tho prey of
uiacum aim iinarciiy.iue nopo3 olstrtiggling
patriots & the friends of freedom & justice,
.ii.u uuiwu worm win ne wrccKcdnj atrium
phant jubilee will be held thro' all the realms
ft'f lir.nn,.,, Xy . 1 .
ui yifliuiy, ijveu now no. tne supporters
of despotism point at tho disgraceful riots
wnicn tor a lew yeais past havo every now
and then broken out in our cities nnd minri.
pal towns. They triumph in those popu
lar excitements which set at nought the re
strain's of law, and madly sacrifice the rihts
and property and even hw of nnr ..
''ox', that our h. af d h' tr ty is but
t . riAu o.
anothor-namo for Uccnti6usneJs! and that
r eulogized repubiie is but a mobocracy.
Iipi'mmk nvfcrv citizen to nvnt-t li!q mmnti
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(litrtnrn In ilffpnt thn innlitfimnt iviclmo (
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ieso enemies of tho rights of man.' to tin.
iiuiu niu ouiii.iiiuw v. uui iiins anil (O
show to the worjd that a nation can exist
that social order can be maintained without
the coercion of arbitrary power. The con
stitution nf lllh United States, nnr Rfiio
Imlfl tlm nim.nmnnlt nf mi. In.....
constitution and our statutes embody the
noblest principles pi order, justice and ttuo
lihortv. mill nin f-nlcnlritnil in furnish il.'.;
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most ample scope for individual and social
. . . !, .1 ' . k .1 .
nterprize, winio mey protect tne rights of
it r. .t . i .i. .il.
. uci mem nuvu. inu smut uuncrenco
all (lie inhabitants of .thpen iRlnlnu nnA
-, -. I i ui. y
ith the divine blcssim?. thev will
e prosperity arid happiness of this nation,
id set it on high above all the nations of the
earth. They aro our safe guards .ueainst
rong, our harries agajnst violence and in
justice; Let them bo trampled under foot
and even a despotic government would be.a
blessing to that dreadful abyss ,of, inissrulo
and anarchy into which Wc fire plunged.
The government of a mob is tho worst of
all governments, since breaking away lrom
ll law uilM icusun, unu llljGlluu l)y 1110
ierce mnlirninnt nnd vnt isirrintr nnssinna nr
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an excited multitude, it drives right nnwaid
in a career, of devastation. disrnirni-Mi'nn nil
pnnciplcs.pf justice, and all cries for mercy,
anu wnuji.ii nas wrciiKcu us treasured lury
.1, i,wm.I r J,- ..!:
i nit ncui ui 113 viumiis, ll uuiumcnces
ift wArlr nf Knlfiln!riinl"iri"n Qnr.1.
its tremendpu operations in the streets of
Paris, and ihrouirh all tho eitins nf Frn
during the reign of terror. No combina
tion oi individuals has any right to take in
to its own hands tho ofnYrs nf iriilirn ,l
... j . ui.v.
executioner. . We have laws and magis.
tratcs fully adequate to thi.3 task, and Itlie
comes every citizen of the. United States,
as he values his own true interests, to take
decided stand against all mobs and Lynch
aws. I Ins mobbing and lynching is an
omen which bodes, great evil to our coun
try, and threatens us witlr such terrible
scenes as deluged the French Republic with
blood, and compelled it to seek rpfnn-n fmm
the tumultuous passions of its own citizens.
in tne rigorous pnains pi a military despo
tism ...We live in zn age of excitement and
conflicting opinion, and sometimes a fierce
radicalism stalks abroad, -treating with con
tempt, the established customs and order of
society, and a bold and reckless lanaticism
breathes, tho harsh and malignant epithets
of denunciation.. But the opposition of
mobs is calculated io increase rather than
repress the evil. And this tendency to
licentiousness is-riot tne only thing with
which the . advocates of despotic eovern.
ments have it in their nnwer in nniim;.i ,
I - - ""WIU1W Udl
Thev can chnrno at lenst
siderable portion pfour Union, with thu In
consistency , of .maintaining oyer, between
two and thrccmillions ofihcir fcllowmcn, a
system of oppression, while attfieBamo time,
uoeriy anu inaepenaencc arc their proUdeit
uvaoi.,, mmiiuw cuu iiiug.uargc do answer
ed? Wlmt friend of. humanity wiil snviri
richt for those who decloim sn IniMlv in fii.
vour of freedom and who wnnM moid ,;,
their hearts blood any attemtft at their own
etiliinrrnlinn (n nf.Mu.K .l.i..i!. I . .
0uujw5m1v.il, uuspouc ano almost
Unbounded dominion over beings whom tho
(jod of naturo has created their brethren?
The very thought that this-Christian republic
incloses within ita bosom "morn tlmn o.ifin..
000 bondsmen, is an element of bitterness in
the happiness which the return of this day is
calculated to inspire. It is unquestionably
one ot tho greatest evils m our land. Slavery
is a huge and black cloud in our horizon,
wmcii, tiireatcns us with wide spread devas
tation. It is tt foul Stiirma Unnn nnr nnlinnnl
honour. It is an evil whoso sneed v rfimnvnl
the voice of justice and humanity tho exam
ple of other nations, and the trim Ininrodonf
the American people loudly demand. But
11 is an evu oeepiy rooted and widely spread,
""""" ""5 (jn-"! nujiutui questions, vio
lent and harsh invective, bitter and indis
criminate denllnciation.tho
ation of boy nnd femalo Icctnrpra wtiitn ihpv
hfive tho. direct effect ofin.fdsing into society
.11 UUWUU9 ui puiiy.spmi, are not mo pro
per means of its removnl. U mmuroa tn
wisdom of our most experienced and sagacious
ctntncmnn 'VUnt ...... -.-.! 1
iutwiui.ui 1 uui uui iiuuuii may speeanv oe
delivered from this creat jncorisisrpnnvrthnnld
be tho earnest prayer and endeavor, of every
guou citizen.
How long my country shall thy bondsmen's criej
v iui my uiuiung Buouw 01 irecuom rise!
When shall thv morcv pnvnr fmm thv i0mn
Dnnrpsainn r wrntnu nml Elnvnn,' 1
wi r "b- otM.wtjr a MUiuiIlg bURIutt j
T ' I . - .. . . . I
ui us noi nawever, lellow citizens al
though manv ihintTHnnnoor ri,l.-n. r
O J l'(j...JTVui uuiblDU IU II1C U-
ture nrosnenlv nf rinr fiolnvollTr.:
desponding, fears, , but still cherish tho hope
uiut mo Borne oenihcent J'rpyidence, .which
has brought it into existence, which has so
greatly increased it from such smnll tiprrln
nings, wliich has botho, it safely through so
many seasons pf peril, will cotinuo to defend
and mairliain it that whatever evils exist
among vs will 4)o.speedily dono awnv that
whatever clouds in our horizon nortund. dis
nstrous .tcmficsts will ero long he scattered
lrom before the sun. Let us hopo that our
laws will reiassumo their supremacy, that
bur magistrates will ho
loss discharge of (heir duty, and that the time
is at hand when thn nlnnkinir nf lm fpfinra
of slaycry, shall no longer minglo tlioir dis
" '.v mill nil onvuia unu suugs oi ireo
uuill.
Let us hopo that this creat and nrowin
rpublie will contbi'i" to in'-ietiso in nonulH
, ion, inetlicrnri. m ui'cU.A'-iiof Brt(J vir i
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