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British Isles (search for this): chapter 7
otherhood of mankind. By the treaty of peace with Mexico, proclaimed July 4, 1848, that vast extent of territory north of the Rio Grande, together with New Mexico and California, embracing more than 500,000 square miles, was relinquished to the United States; and over these immense regions the slave propagandists sought to extend their abominable system. The stake in the political game between them and the friends of freedom was a virgin territory more than four times as large as the British Isles, and more than twice as large as France and Switzerland. Shall it be opened to free or servile labor? Shall peace and plenty, or bondage and poverty, reign therein? Life or death?--this was the commanding question of the day. The new organization saw the magnitude of the issue, and said, Life! The old party, bending to the arrogant dictation of the South, said, Death! Daniel Webster doubtless drank his brandy with his eye turned toward the North, then towards the South, then towards
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Formation of the Free-soil party. defection of the Whig party. Mr. Sumner's speech announcing his Withdrawal from that party. aggressions of the slaveholding power. the duty of Massachusetts. the commanding question. Mr. Sumner's oration on the Law of human progress. Greek and Roman civilization. the power of the press. signs of progress. the course of the true reformer. his speech at Faneuil Hall on the New party. his leading ideas, freedom, truth, andt we can do. Our example shall be the source of triumph hereafter. It will not be the first time in history that the hosts of slavery have outnumbered the champions of freedom. But where is it written that slavery finally prevailed? Let Massachusetts, then, he says,--nurse of the men and principles which made our earliest revolution,--vow herself anew to her early faith. Let her elevate once more the torch which she first held aloft. Let us, if need be, pluck some fresh coals from the l
Schenectady (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
o dared to leave the dominant party, Mr. Sumner and his compeers had a grand idea; they had a sentiment of humanity, deepseated in the heart of the people, to sustain them: and they thus went boldly forward, turning neither to the right nor left, to the accomplishment of one of the most transcendently beneficent political undertakings of these modern times. In a hopeful and well-written oration on the Law of human progress, pronounced before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Union College, Schenectady, on the 25th day of July, 1848, Mr. Sumner, sweeping with an eagle eye over the various social systems of the past, indicates their points of weakness, but still acknowledges the steady march of civilization; and, under the benignant influences of Christianity and the printing-press, ardently anticipates a brighter day for science, art, literature, freedom, and humanity. Of the anomaly of Greek and Roman civilization, he thus eloquently discourses:-- There are revolutions in history
Patrick Henry (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
air cause stands firm and will abide: Legions of angels fight upon its side. It is said that we have but one idea. This I deny; but, admitting that it is so, are we not, with our one idea, better than a party with no ideas at all? And what is our one idea? It is the idea which combined our fathers on the heights of Bunker Hill. It is the idea which carried Washington through a seven-years war; which inspired Lafayette; which touched with coals of fire the lips of Adams, Otis, and Patrick Henry. Ours is an idea which is at least noble and elevating: it is an idea which draws in its train virtue, goodness, and all the charities of life, all that makes earth a home of improvement and happiness. Her path, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursues, and generous shame, The unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame. We found now a new party. Its corner-stone is freedom. Its broad, all-sustaining arches are truth, justice, and humanity. Like the ancient Roman Capitol, at o
California (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
h she first held aloft. Let us, if need be, pluck some fresh coals from the living altars of France. Let us, too, proclaim, Liberty, equality, fraternity! --liberty to the captive, equality between the master and his slave, fraternity with all men, the whole comprehended in that sublime revelation of Christianity,--the brotherhood of mankind. By the treaty of peace with Mexico, proclaimed July 4, 1848, that vast extent of territory north of the Rio Grande, together with New Mexico and California, embracing more than 500,000 square miles, was relinquished to the United States; and over these immense regions the slave propagandists sought to extend their abominable system. The stake in the political game between them and the friends of freedom was a virgin territory more than four times as large as the British Isles, and more than twice as large as France and Switzerland. Shall it be opened to free or servile labor? Shall peace and plenty, or bondage and poverty, reign therein?
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 7
les which made our earliest revolution,--vow herself anew to her early faith. Let her elevate once more the torch which she first held aloft. Let us, if need be, pluck some fresh coals from the living altars of France. Let us, too, proclaim, Liberty, equality, fraternity! --liberty to the captive, equality between the master and his slave, fraternity with all men, the whole comprehended in that sublime revelation of Christianity,--the brotherhood of mankind. By the treaty of peace with Mexico, proclaimed July 4, 1848, that vast extent of territory north of the Rio Grande, together with New Mexico and California, embracing more than 500,000 square miles, was relinquished to the United States; and over these immense regions the slave propagandists sought to extend their abominable system. The stake in the political game between them and the friends of freedom was a virgin territory more than four times as large as the British Isles, and more than twice as large as France and Switz
Worcester (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
and more intent on domination, the Whig party yielded more and more to its arrogant demands, and, in the national convention held in Philadelphia on the first day of June, united with the advocates of slavery in the nomination of Zachary Taylor — a slaveholder, and known to be adverse to the Wilmot Proviso — for the presidential chair. Henry Wilson and Charles Allen, delegates from this State, denounced the action of the body; and returning home held with their associates, in the city of Worcester, on the 28th of June, a grand mass-meeting, over which Charles Francis Adams presided. Able speeches were made, calling for a union of men of all parties to resist the aggression of the slaveholding power. Mr. Sumner here came forward, and, in a speech of signal force and earnestness, announced in these words his separation from the Whig party: They [referring to Mr. Giddings and Mr. Adams, who had just spoken] have been Whigs; and I, too, have been a Whig, though not an ultra Whig
France (France) (search for this): chapter 7
truction of a Bastile, but destined to end only with the overthrow of a tyranny differing little in hardship and audacity from that which sustained the Bastile of France: I mean the slave-power of the United States. Let not people start at this similitude. I intend no unkindness to individual slaveholders, many of whom are doubtlf anew to her early faith. Let her elevate once more the torch which she first held aloft. Let us, if need be, pluck some fresh coals from the living altars of France. Let us, too, proclaim, Liberty, equality, fraternity! --liberty to the captive, equality between the master and his slave, fraternity with all men, the whole co political game between them and the friends of freedom was a virgin territory more than four times as large as the British Isles, and more than twice as large as France and Switzerland. Shall it be opened to free or servile labor? Shall peace and plenty, or bondage and poverty, reign therein? Life or death?--this was the comma
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 7
long to the party of freedom,--to that party which plants itself on the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. As I reflect upon the transactions in which we are now engaged, I am reminded of an incident in French history. It was late in the night at Versailles that a courtier of Louis XVI., penetrating the bed-chamber of his master, and arousing him from his slumbers, communicated to him the intelligence — big with gigantic destinies — that the people of Paris, smarting under wrong and falsehood, had risen in their might, and, after a severe contest with hireling troops, destroyed the Bastile. The unhappy monarch, turning upon his couch, said, It is an insurrection. No, sire, was the reply of the honest courtier: it is a revolution. And such is our movement to-day. It is a revolution, not beginning with the destruction of a Bastile, but destined to end only with the overthrow of a tyranny differing little in hardship and audacity from that whi
Versailles (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ntiments of the country. It is not the party of humanity. A party which renounces its sentiments must itself expect to be renounced. For myself, in the coming contest, I wish it to be understood that I belong to the party of freedom,--to that party which plants itself on the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. As I reflect upon the transactions in which we are now engaged, I am reminded of an incident in French history. It was late in the night at Versailles that a courtier of Louis XVI., penetrating the bed-chamber of his master, and arousing him from his slumbers, communicated to him the intelligence — big with gigantic destinies — that the people of Paris, smarting under wrong and falsehood, had risen in their might, and, after a severe contest with hireling troops, destroyed the Bastile. The unhappy monarch, turning upon his couch, said, It is an insurrection. No, sire, was the reply of the honest courtier: it is a revolution. And such
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