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as the goal of tbeir wishes, viz., the establishment or a , government‘of the people, for the people, and by the I people,’ which would necessarily be founded upon the I rock or eternal right, truth, freedom, and equal rights 1 for all. Uprooting evils, tearing down wrongs, removing blemishes, sweeping away the cobwebs of error, crush- 1 ] ing out despotism, dissipating barbarisms, resisting -cruelty and oppression, and hurling defiance at tyrants, g is, indeed, noble, grand and praiseworthy. Petitions ] for redress of grievances are well in their place.“Resisting tyranny, even though the result of such ‘ resistance be not well defined in the minds of those 1 who resist, is worthy of high commendation. Yet, as I the result is not well defined, the object apparently i aimless, but little enthusiasm can be aroused, and, ] therefore, far less is accomplished than when the oh- I, joct is clearly presented to them and is one worthy of ( the greatest sacrifices, the grandest efforts, and the ^ sublimest courage. * tBefore the Declaration of Independence, our fathers | , did but “very little, as the people did not fully realize for w hat they were fighting; but that grand declaration once made, the war presented a different phase, 1 i and glorious results followed steadily until their inde- I i pendeoce was gained. So, during the late rebellion, lt;our Government sacrificed thousands of precious lives, wasted at least twrn years of valuable time and im- I 1 mense treasures, ere they assumed their right position. Then wonders were accomplished, and victory after victory followed as rapidly, one after another, as de- 1 feats had previously.“The grand w ord emancipation had to be spoken; it i was delayed and disaster followed disaster, ‘followed I fast and followed faster/ but when the magic w ord was spoken, rebels saw' their hopes were gone and tbeir w icked rebellion received its death blow. I“A word then, lias tremendous power, when spoken at the right time. ‘Independence* was the word -that carried the revolutionary war through successfully.It enthused the people, it raised up armies, it won the J battles, it made this Republic. Emancipation was the 1 potent word which saved the Republic when its life was in peril. Until that was spoken, our efforts to crush the rebellion proved a failure. When spoken, victory followed victory in quick succession, until the rebellion was entirely crushed. Other charmed words 1 must be spoken, and spoken too, in earnest, I“There are two simple words, yet of mighty import, Iw hich well up for utterance fn the minds of ail true lov- I ers of liberty in this country, and they are ‘EqualRights.* • _ |“Strange to say, that such words need to be spoken inthis boasted land of liberty. Yet they do; yet they must. ‘Equal Rights’ are our watchwords now'; and with these all-powerful words, coupled with earnest work, another and grander revolution will follow in this countrythan ever yet blessed human kind. « j“We speak the words,but we speak them but to demonstrate their signification? to carry them into execution, to show' to the world their sublime beauty, their traus-eendeut excellence, their almost divine power. Equal rights must yet be the motto of this entire nation; and this nation, ‘sublimated and made perfect by the practice of equal rights, will be the political John the Bapi tist for the entire world. J“But the words once spoken, corresponding action must follow. Work, work, then, is to be .done. We J must concentrate our power. We must organize. j| “Organization alone can effect the desired end. Geo. Whitefield, one of the most eloquent speakers that everentered the ministry, who could entrance thousandsH by his wonderful powers of oratory, so much so, that sometimes ho spoke to thirty thousand people at a time, accomplished nothing comparatively speaking, because ne failed to bring together his followers and or- I ganize societies. ~ * I
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Cincinnati Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Dec 04, 1868
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