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Show 136 THE GOLDEN IIOUR. Tho dmnagogues do not osti1nato this in making their calculation . We had a little over a year ago Governor of Free States declaring that any troops n1arching southward 1nu t fight their 1nilitia fir t. We had a Senator declaring that ditinnion would run a plonghshare along tho great National Road. ~fr. Lincoln resolved that he would tand or fall by the Republic, and ans"\vorod all tho e prophecies ·with tho call for an arn1y, and lo ! in~ toad of a plough ·hare dividing tho N ortlnve t, in toad of a fire in tho roar, tho North, ·which Daniel Webster said had no exi. tonco, ri ·e · as one man at his heroic call. The fir t touch of hcroi 'ln in tho government created anew this nation. Then the do1nagoguos said, " But just touch a slave, and these 1non \Yill lay clown their ar1n ." Fre1nont, as we have seen, responds with a declaration that tho slaves of rebels arc freCincn, and tho country gathers about him with a tenacity which jealous officials and inYostigating committees strive vainly to \veakcn. If there is anything proved by our experience in this war, it i that one true 1nan n1ay chase ten thou-and old-line Democrat . Try it, ~fr. President; rc- 1ncn1ber that your boldest word ha haJ tho noble 't echo fro1n tho people, and try a braver one yet! Utter, loud enough for the nation, tho slave, tho \Vorld to hear, the watclnvord, LIBERTY 'l'O ALL, and though traitors in the North· n1ay writhe, they shall be as fanglc s as tho Rebellion hall thenceforth be ; for every true heart upon thi · earth is at your side from that instant, to live and to die. TO THE PRESIDENT OF TilE UNITED STATES. 137 You will bear tho cry " Abolitionist! " 110 doubt: I will not believe that iL can terrify you. '\Vhat is an Abolitioni 't? lie j ,· ·i1nply a 1nan who de ·ire.· lilJcrty for tho on Lire fmnily of 1nan:- thi · is a wreteh dastardly enough to oppo ·c having that done to another 1nau, his wife and child, which he would not like to have .dono to hi1nself, his wife and child! George Waslungtou, \vheu he dcclurcu that the fir ·t wish of his heart \vas to have Sla,·ery aboli:hed, _George \Vashington, when he call cU. to be Chief J u ·Lice of the UniLed ._, tate · tho founJer and Pre ·iuont of the New York Abolition ~,ocicLy, John Jay,-wa this mon 'tcr, an Abolitioni t! IIi. real farewell addrc..: ·, the \Vill n1acle on hi:-; death-bed, freeing his slaves, was an appeal for abolition. I believe there arc few who doubt that it is your jealous care for tho intcrc ·ts of the Border State , ~nd a ( upposcd) largo ntunbcr of Unioni 'ts in the far South, that constitutes tho chief obstacle in the way of this radical cure. Evon so far as thci1: own testimony on this subject is concerned, we haYc 110 reason to believe that tho real onLhern Unionist· arc represented in this on1orgency by the men who have been sent to \Va ·hington 1norcly by habit in co1nparativcly uni1nportan t tin1cs. '\Vhat rca ·on have we to believe that on thorn Unionist· arc represented by Andy Johnsou or 1.fr. Crittenden, more than Ohioans by V allaudingham ? 'l"hc people do not reach you so skilfully or readily as these politicians. I re1ncinber, Sir, to |
