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Show 64 TilE GOLDEN HOUR. . ·l d die for Slavery. If the hotnc, they will ftg lt an . . , f . r d child arc den ved fro1n fr cc the bread o Wlle an ' . . . . . 1 r . the e rnen w1ll ftght and d 10. inst.ttutlons, t len iOI 1 the peOl)le of the outh to get Did we only c n1pe . . • 1, 1 f'O 11 free institutions, 111 le than their dally ureac r l . ld be ready to fight an<l che by five years they wou . .(' f . stitutions. They ·would call the our s1dcs 1or ree 111' 1 d cs for some years after, no doubt, Yankees by lar nan1 . ld ,, 110 war between the scct1ons; on but there con ue . . . healincr inflncncc 1n the unrvcrse the contrary, every (.· b • b t ,1 to cnrc these lacerations made by the would c a wor c . l 1 r Ql'"' very which wonl<l then be ln1r1cd. torna 1aw c o ~ (.1/ ' • F When rccu,,o 1n .c01u her blessed \Vlngs over both 1' North and outh, then every ·tcanlcr, c~cry car, every tclcgrap1 n ·c 11· 110 plyiuob· between the1n, \Vlll be a •s huttl. e 1 ly ' cease c ueavincr torrcthcr the hearts of thou· mil- .r b b lions into one woof of interest and affection. But who can enumerate or utter one in a thousand of the unswerving, a1l-colnpclling law. with which those who trust in Everlasting J u ·Lice ally thclnselvc : steadfast upon their orbits, ruy rnaster , the c . tars will surely move, and no ~-. outhcrn s;isera ·hall be a rnatch for them in their course . But \VC rnust hitch our cau e to thmn : the Sage said,- vV c cannot bring the heavenly powers to us, but if we will only choo. c our jobs in directions in which they travel, they .will undertake thc1n with the greatc t plea ·ure. It lS a pcre1nptory rule with them, that they never go out of their road. THROUGH SELF-CONQUEST TO CONQUEST. 65 XI. THR 0 U GII SE LF-C ONQ UE ST TO CON QUE ST. A GREEK fable relates, that ·when llcrculcs and Acholous fought together, Acholous changed himself into the form of a mad bull, thinking to contend more strongly ; but IIcrcnlcs retained the FORM OF A 1\IAN . . ' and, se1z1ng the horn of the bull, it broke off in his hand, and became the celebrated cornucopia. One very obvious interpretation of this fable is, that it is always best to take the bull by the horns. But I usc it for the ancient testimony it conveys in favor of the superiority of the purely lnunan power over the greatest anitnal ferocity. How rarely has Slavery, in its violent advance, been met in the manly ·way ; how rnuch oftener by the fawning of hounds ! .And it is just this u1nnanly attitude which the representatives of the North have so long assumed that has invited the arrogant dc1nands of Slavery \Vhich are now rc i ted with bloodshed. Mr. Goodall, of Cleveland, Ohio, under affidavit to prove John Brown's insanity, related that once, when on the cars with him, they fell into so1ne convcr ation concerning Slavery, and in reply to some of Drown's radicalis1n, " I attempted.," says Goodall, "to point out a more conservative course, retnarking very kindly to him that Kentucky, in 1ny op1n1on, would have E |