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tiorc anal ding prk' *rly M Of ivcru ftlMkl * vteW*flolo*the right to vote a lax for general Intern*! improvements, and the vole stood unanimously, no.j ea-d be-; a glil a in(hilt In tea (ling that me*; un n jMir-listed fget-.ould ng — eon-:f the icved retted ere M so to five a vtmli-Jutled y the iw relic ten to endiyIHED. DOUGLASS’ LECTURE,He delivered his lecture on “Our Uuio-posiie Nationality at the Court House, to a large and Appreciative audicocv, Ml*. DougbisR in one of llic^nost eloquent and forcible speaker* of our conn Ivy. Me has a peculiar faculty of driving hi* thought? right Jbhhc to the untie ratamllug of Jbla listeners. He does* not hctamlo in Ida search for truth with his blows at error, but wades rjghi through any llmc-honored or mouldy con-Nontionahlios, be lliny of u political, then-logical or social nature—all must give way to his searching Intellect He commenced hU Iceturo by saying that nations wcro thelargest combinations of civilised societies organized for the good of Iho huraau race md Uo mutual protection. Uctliougbi ihi» ihe most forluuxtc of any nation in iIs gradual acquisition of greatness and power. Other nations of Ihe world had already enjoyed their day of greatness while our lime ■vns yet to come. We arc but at the begin-qIi£ of our Aetna) pros peri ly, TLo ft a leaden of Iho ohi world were ut.tti! to their almost capacity to keep pace with Ihe genius of progress anil maintain the position of ihe former greatness orIheir melons [ Our country, as ihe grand old forests gathered Strength from lH» decay uffnllou tree.**, gathers strength from Ihe ward tig power of olher nafto.is. He did not believe in eroukvra. They were like Poe’s Raven, full of hotera” and hover mores;” saying that Mt never slmll be as grwil as formerly, and fiUun aliussmcu will never become imgrenl «s (jl-iy. Calhoun and Webster, Ho thought wo never should hnve such slalenmen rts they were—and he did not soon much toI I \ ri 1 limurht fin c-nit 1 tr/itoe itcan was uot \s man—1ul spoke of l It only ex ClOSKlS. ipetite and to gel hiii lawyer's lt;lie tlld II, fur lie : luiired, hi He spuki namun, si was a : misdoti I it (kiri gtt over reftc nnuiRU a was for V cd tlinl I Uo \fKSfl Inatitulln all lime i : us not be The cron an liiilu muddy «' Let u* nlt;-ForOUH PAContnlflfdCONsiliutlon Tulin: Tli;JHe F fori darciiiHjij:Sixth COHSfol Iri«d: un ttKvn a LlcIi;
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Dixon Telegraph and Herald
Dixon, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 24, 1870
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