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Show Oil \PTEH IV. NOHTifELtN TESTnt O~Y . , Ja\'rrr mu. t fnll, bcc'\.u~c it Rtands in direct ho:-;tility to all lite grand monmcnt, prlnd. pll ~, ,11111 r •form. of our agP, hl' l't\11~ • it ..,land~ in lh' '' a:r of an atl\'ancing ''odd. o11l gr at idl·:L ... tnr11J. out antitbt the cl :-co \ t•ril•s and impro\ t'llt •nt~ of mod •rn liruc~. It b, that man, not to •xcrci • a rbitrary, irr ·-pon ... thlc p o wl·r O\'CI' man. 'J'o rcstr.lin JHH\ cr, to tlirlcl )),1) 111 ·.it. to cnntc n•-pons' llility fo r it · ju ... t 11'-'t', to "l't'llt Ill • intli\'idual agaiu .. t it- b . , tn -.uh ... titult' la\\ for prh ate\\ ill , to shield the" t•ak from the :-:trong, to gh·c to tht• ir1ju td 11 11• ttH':tll '\ of r dtl':->", to "Cl a fcnc • rourul t'' c1 y lll:lll':; property and r' ght<~, in n 110 tl to "rt'lll' . lihl•rtr ..,ueh uuclt•r various e:-..pr ·:-ion:-;, i::~ the gt'l':tt ol1jl· ·t on which )lltilo~or11tcr· £1 • , ' ' patriob, philanthropi..,t , h:w • long fixed their tlwugltts nnd ltopt ~.- 'IIAlOdl\0. TilE b \ t C\'id 'llt'l tltat cnn h gt\ ll or tlt \ nligltt 'ned patric,ti'l and 1o\v of lib •rt.' in tit • fn.• • ~!at •:-< is tlre fad that at tltc J>re idu,~. t ia.ll•h:dion iu J~,)t;, tl1 ·.'· poll·Ll tltirl·l'lt lu11Hlr .,1 thuu · ~uHl \otl' fortn 1\·publie:tn candidate, .loux '. FJ!E~IO\T. Tlti" f:t<'t of ih<•l!' l'l:lll' to pr ·clwil~ tit· 11 '(' • ..., ity of ~trcngtlttrliug our <':tll~l' witlt tlte iudiridu t ·~t illltlll,Y or '\ 'I\ tIt ·ir grcate .... t lllCil. I Lt\'ing, ltO\\' l' \" ·r, addtl<'i.:(l the l!Jo .... t cpg •rtL and co:H·lu .... i\·u anli -~Lt \ t•r.Y argtlntents t'rorr1 till' Wa hiu_. !IJII", till' ,Jt.:ll'l'r ' llll~ tlt l' ~\ 1:u1i :orts, 1lt • Hartdolldt~. ar11l t:1e ('Jay. of tl.e '"onrlt, ''c :-;IJ~tll now proceed to ' llt'it'il our p :tg H with 1'0111 ltf J.ila~l't: fro111 tltl' Fr:urklin", tlr • Ilarniltons, tit· .T:t.)'" tltl' .\darn C" nu~ tit· \\ eb~tL·r..., ot' th · . · urth. Too clo-.. · attl·ntion eaunot be paid to ttt "ord..; of wi .... donl which \\'C l1a\· ·xtr:td d from tl1 "orl~ · of th~ truly lllilll'llt and pltilo~ophic statesmen. '\ will fir ... li~t ·n to TliR VOIUE OF FP.AXKLI~. I>r. Franklin wn'l th' first pr '4idt nL of' "Tit Penn.} lnu:i:t ~·uci~t)· for prollloting- tlH• ... \ bolition of. 'lav •ry ;" nrHl iL is now gt•n )rally em· re11L•cl tltat tlti-4 was th fln;t regularly organized Am 'rican ahol iu~ u ~ockty - it having b · •n formed a 'arly a: 177·1 wbi1 \\ wer' ycL "tiL· .krt .... of tlt Hriti~lt ~o,· •rnu1 nt. Jn 17UO, in tit nnmc m11l on bc!Jruf of thi ..... · ci ·1 · l>r. Fra11klin , wl1 was tlt ·n \ritl.in a f•w month of tl lo C ot' lJi: ] ife, (ll':tf't '<1 a lll 111 rial to tit • ,. j ll:l t UIHlllothC of }{cprt· ~;entattv ·s of tho C"uitc<l~ ' tatos, 1n wltielt It ·uiu: 'Yonr mt•mori:tli~l~, pnrticnlarly cn!!n~ <lin ntt IHling- to the clis tr~ . gr ~ri'u~ from ~lavery, hl' lieVl' it to he their in<l i:-;pl nsabl duty to pr<'Hrnt th1~ • uh;cct l~r yom notic<•. TIH•y havP ob~t'n· ed, with r •a l !-':tli..,l"ndion th<tt many import:.lllt un·l ~ulut:u·.r powrrs :ll'l' \'l'"'ll'd 111 yon, for pronwti11g tiH• wPlf"arc unJ ~ecm:utl.! the IJ]e..., .... tn•r.., of li b.., t·ty tn t llc l'"nple of the U nitt>tl :-:.taLl'~ ; ' and a::~ tl1ey conccn·c th 1 lU 11 f) , t' hi''· ingg ought rig htfully tu IH~ :tclrll illi ..: ll'l't'd, "Jlll!!ltt t!i .... liltclion of •·olur. to thcJth·Cl'iplioll" of pl'op ll', ~~~ tlt"Y llldttl~ • llt L' tll. I\ t 111 th•• pl••:t:-..111" 1•. p1.1 l.ttion abll tltrll" whirh call lw do11e lor th l! t ·ltd ul thl' nrth.tppy ohjl't'l:-- ol tltltl c, !('. t~lJII O •ith' ·r oun" tl l'l I u I' <1 l· 1 ·•· ., ·· • 1. 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II, "ho, alone, Ill tltlH J:tllcl of f"t• • •· ~0111, 111 • dt·gr:tdt•d into JH'rpl'tua.l bond:tg ', an.d \\Ito llllttd tltt• g1· ne r.ll Joy of' ~urrounding tn'L' ltlCil, nrl' groarttug· ll~ 1-'t'l'\tll' suh.JI'('(ton; tlmt you" til dt•\ !'-.(' tlll'!l ll~ 1 r•mo\ illg Uri-; rncorts ,:...tt:nl'.'r of <'hat.ll'll'r lrnJtt tlH· Antl'I'H'H il pcopiL•; tlt.tl }Oil .r111~1romol• m ·rev and jtl'•tk•· in\\ <ll'd tlli .... distn•s:-l'd l'ill'l'; n11d that ~ ou "til -..ll'JI \1 I . I t I . I ,. . . . . . I the \'l!l":' \'l' r~·· of t te Jill\\ er 't• :-.. Cl Jll } ott or t 1~ ·ourag-lllg cn•ry . I' •t·w~· of traflJc lJ • • !' I I 1 m th. per. orb ul uur L'tlt) \\ men. 0 u n11 0 t Iter o 't' a'-i on It ' . :1: " : •· , la\Cry i ,tn atroriuus tit'ha:el1ll'llt uf htllll:lll nature•.'' 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