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Show 60 VrNCEN~' OG:E:. And all the noble souls that stood With both of you, in times of blood Will live to be the tyrant's fear- ' Will live, the sinking soul to cheer! Sl·nAcusx, N.Y., August 31st, 1853. FREEDOM, under the proper restraint of Law and Duty, is a political good, for that which is morally wrong can never be politically right. Fine moral sense will pour indignation on oppress· ion, as well as applause on worth. It will give sympathy to the affiicted, and treasures to relieve the needy. StlCh a spirit will exalt a nation, and command the respect of other nations. But general freedom can only flourish beneath tile undisturbed dominion of equitable laws. Governments slwuld aim at the welfare of the peo· ple, and that government which secures the person, the property, the liberty, the Jives of dutiful subjects, and thus makes the common good the rule ancl meas· ure of its government, will receive a blessing from God. |
