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Show • Gilbert Haven. the whole nation, North and South, again t this sin. The end i at hand. L et u not be weary in well doing until that end i r eached. Ilowever bo~tilc to thi ' g rea t work thi , enterpri e fir··t appeared, new light is breaking upon the general mind. The party journals who fan cied their pa rty aims were ruin ed, are gaining their better r eason. L et every right ,\"ay of assailing the trembling fortress not cease, because of this diversion. They will not cea e. The fires of Freedom will burn the brighte r, for that which seemed to quench the flame is but fu el. The peaceful triumph mu t be lw, t(lned by the very failure of any scheme which seems to be infected with war. F inally. Thi will not be the least b enefi cial in ~tillin g the haughty and horril>lc as um ptions of the lC'adcrs and manngcrs of the Slaveocraey. Th 'J have prea ched doct rines from the stump, the ball of lrgi ·lation, the pulpit, the bench, in the ]a:St ten years, more blasphemous, more Satanic than any that ha ve been uttered in the civilized world since Christianity overthrew P aganism. No bull of the V atican in the midnight point of the dark ages, no T orqucmada defence of the lnqui it ion, eYer made half as ungodly apologies or announced half as demoniacal Llccrces, as the Southern pre:'s and ·pulpit have done in this last decade ; and thry were '"axing worse and wor e. A slaxc code f'or the territori es, slave trade for their harbor:::, sla,·e transporta tion over the whole country; thi ' is their avowed p rogrnmme. Their s trides have been r apid and vast ; their steps are raised for mightier paces. Thi ' infe rnal mar ch - I speak soberly and solemnly - this trnmp of men, po cs ed by him whose name is Legion, over all human and di vine law and life, nas suddenly been made to halt. They have seen the A ngel of the L ord ; they are pale and piteous ; they cry for qu arter, thou gh his sword has not left his thigh. "\Vherc, now, is yom· ~ enato rial imperiousnc:s? \Vhcrc your judieial pcl've rsions of law and history ? \Vhe re your cxceuti ve hauteur? Gilbert Haven. Their demands, decision , decrees suddenly ccac:.c. T hey will revive them again, b ut with baled hrrnth. Outwardly they may be more vocif'e rou ' a nd abominable, but inwanlly th<'y fear a nd \vhispcr: "See there! that strange, awful tiiglt t ; how it burns our eyeballs! Norl bern ·white· a: mml for Freedom as we are for S lavery. l\l aue so by n , they a rc n<1opting our tactics and our weapons. As we have murde red m ·n for S lavery in ICa nsas- as we have struck down g reat and high defenders of F r eedom anu the Cons titution, in the Senate H ouse - they are murdering u in the cau e of Lil>c rty; th <'y a rc arming our slaves fo r their frecuom. \Vc shall lo:c o11r li vcs, perhaps ; we shall cer tainly lo e our property an<l our power." They c::cc in thi, more t ban vot 'S, more than the triumph of any poli tical party- they . ce the <knth of Slavery. They sec them:clvcs the murder ers; the favorite off.~pring of their lu:;t of pride, ancl power, and wealth, dies by their own hanus. \V ell may we say to them, ns om· prophet bard of F reedom d iu to tlwir great leader, Calhoun, years ago, when a less frig ht congealed hi::; soul :- "Arc these your tones who c treble note. of fear \ Vail in the win<.l ? And do yc shake to hear, Act::con-likc, the bay of your own hounth, Spurning the lea~h mullcaping o'er their bounds ? Sore bafH.ed statesmen, when Tour eager 11<mc1, 'Vith game afoot, um;lipped the hungry pack, To hunt down F reedom in her cho en band. H ad yc no fear s that, ere long, <.loubling back, Thc3e dogs of your might snuff on Slavery's track?" L et th eir proud knees qnak e. They ought to fall before their slave with cries of forgivcnc s for th eir jnhuman conuuct towa rus them ; before their country, ask ing her par<1on fo r the di::;honor wi th which they have tninecl her fai r f:HnC before the worlu; and, Hbovc a11, before th<'ir God, in1ploring his mercy for th eir fal se a.ncl cruel treatment of lliS truth anu children. This li tcle event will be magnified by them a thou.saml fold ; yet, perh aps, not too highly. l\Iay it lead them to instant penitence, and its all-impor tant work. 1 2~- |