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Show Henry J). 'Thoreau. . . . 10r an ltH1.t an; o f a m·' ln who tlia not wa1i t till not a poht~etan 1 • . . 1 • thwarted in :-;otne larm- ll . nterfcrcd wIt 1 Ol . he was persona y 1 1 . . life to the cau ~e o( the le ·s busine s be f.o re he ocr••: t ve w; oppressed. . be cons.tl1 c 1.C l1 the re})l' 'scntative of t.h e J{' vValkcr m,ty J> , 1 ,,,.1.:: the r }H' 'ScntatlVC . ld a that >rO\\ I ".., South, I w1sh I cou 8 ' Y . . nan lie dill not value II was a supcnor 1 ' • 0 of the N. ort.h. e . ' tl ·uc·tl thincr:'-i. lie dl(l not 1., • mpan.'on w1 1 1 • b his bod ily h e m co ,_ t r csi:-;tea tlwm as he was . . t hnman laws, ull . 0 recogniZe U11JLIS • 'f ' l ut of the trivialtH'SS and dust . li' . once we n1 e 11 tel o N . lJHl. . . 01 . tl ' rccr.w n f . t} , U manhood. 0 mnn l11 0 till l c\11 . of poltt1cs mto lC o , .. · t ntly and ef1' · ·ti,· ·ly for 0 • • toou up :'\0 p l :::l Amenca has e-ver 1 . cr himself' {()l' a man, and . f 1 l nature mowmo the dicrntty o lutnnl ' ' t , In th·tt sells' he was 1 ·t1l crovernmen :-;. • the equal of an! am(.' ~ ll Ill' n ·ede(l no bnbblin~ lawyer, t A enC'\11 0 US .l • ""' the mos rn ' 1. 11 ° l[e was more than a • · , 0 to de em lltn. makmg fal. c }:-;. ucs, A .' C"'11 voter~ or om ·c-holtl- 0 1 1 , . H1 crcs thal tn C11 ,. . ' match for al t lC Jt o . l ' lie could Hot have been 1 , . . ··ulc can crcn c. 0 ers of w mte-vel gt •. ' t. .. -e 1li ' l) 'e rs did not c~o:;t. . · . f lu · peer , uee,w:-; . lned by a JUIY o 0 1 ) er l "Y".lt1"t the coml ·mqatlOn 'IH! y .,< •• ·~ "'Vhcn a man su:n( s ur. 1 : 0 0 a ~ove th 'm literally by a of mnnbm II mg < u aml vengeance • l 'I , ·e of ht e the '"i l st ll\ u rder-l b d vcn thou(Y" l lC \\ Cl ' who e o y,- e b . 1 1 · . •lf' _ the stwctnclc er who has sctt1 e u,l tl l.•l t 11 1• '\ltCl' Wit l llll1S< . , . T :b- · ' blm. 1c on(' - <1 l' ll 11 't ye h'" 10w it' )'e Liberator;;, )' e u lS a SU lJ}~ • nS? - an<l \Ye become criminal in eomparunes, ye Rcpu lea · · 1 · m lie 11ceds 1. on. Do youi'"clves the honor to recogmze ll . e of your re pect. 1 non . . 1 1 . not human enoug 1 A, for the DemocratiC JOurna ~, t ley me . to affect me a t a 11 · I do not feel inuignation at any tlHng they may say. t'll at I am aware that I anticipate a little, that he was . I '• the last accounts, alive in the han(1 ' 0 f 11 1·:.-; f(w:-';.' b.u t thatl being the ca-e, I have all along ro uml mys0 e· lf thinklll o<l" aut Sl)cakincr of him as phy ' ically dead. '11 1' re r- I do on ot believe in crcctm. g sta t ues to tho .o e who stl n Henry D. Thoreau. in our hearts, who c bones have not yet crumulcd jn the earth arou1Hl tt f;, but I would rath r ~ec the statue of Captain Brown in the l\Ia achu.-etts ~'tale-Hou se yard, than that of any oth •r man whom I know. I l'('joice that I live in this age- that I am his contemporary. • 'V!Jat a contrast, when we turn lo that political party which i.~ o anxiou 'ly shufUing l1im an<.l his plot out of its way, and looking aroun<l for some available slav •holder, perlwps, to be its candidate, at lcnst for one who will execute tlte li.. . ugitivc Slave Law, and all tho c other unjust laws which he took up arms to annnl! In :me ! A f~tth 'r and six sons, and one son-in-law, and se,rcra.l more men besides,- a many at lea, t as t'rvelve disciple~,- all tru ck with in. anity at once; while the . nne tyrant holds with a firmer gripe than ever hi four millions of slaves, and a tlto u~and . anc editors, hi · abettors, are Ravjng their country and th ir bacon! Ju. t as jn ~a 11 e were J1is e1Jorts in !(:tn~a:'i. Ask the tyrant who is his movt dang ' l'OUS foe, the f-;ane man or tliC in~anc. Do the thousands who know him l><'!'t, who ktve njoiecd at his deeds in lCansas, and have afi()nlP<l llim mat 'rial a.ill there, tl1ink him insane? uch a usc or this word i ' a mere trop with mo·t who per:;i tin u:-; ing it, ana I have no doubt that many of the rest have al n~:uly in il nee retract ell their word::;. Read his admiraule answers to l\fa. on and others. !low th('y are d warf'ed ami dcf'caleu by the contra t 1 On the one side, half' urutish, half timid qur:tioning; on the other, truth, clear ac: lightning, cra~hin g in to their ou ccnc t<·mple . Th y arc made to stand with Pilate, and Ge lcr, and the Inquisition. Jiow ineffectual their speech and acUon! and what a void thc,ir ilence! Th 'Y arc but helpleso tools in thi · great work. 1t was no human power tl1aL gatherell them about tl1is pr<·aeher. "'VIl:1t have l\1a. sachusetts and the North cnt a few sane re}Jre.:;cutatives to Congress for, of late years?- to declare |
