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pies which should govern the world. II
men fully understand their own interests
as Republicans, they would be able to ap-
preciate the value of this doctrine, and
would strive togovern themselves by it,


II maintain that the rich few, and not
the poor many, have always been the as
rsailantscfAhe rightsof property yi=uaasasaraa


We have always read Of despotic
kings and ;grasping barons, who have sac
feed the property Of their subjects and
vassals to schemes Of anscrupalous ambi-
ton or pleasure. But where,
! ask emphatically, has there been any set
tied plan on the part Of the commons, to
lay oppressive or unjust taxes on the rich
or the noble? In truth, it would seem that
something Of this excessive jealousy of the
many might be reserved for the few
Never was political power so little abused
as that which has fal1eno HI modern times
into popular hands; while the history bf
niol,archicaf and aristocratic pewer in all
ages, has been but the history Of its abuses.
For my own part, am not
ashamed to say thax my sympathies are
with the people-that my sympathies FL
low where the mighty interests leads.
tits humanity-it is universal man
it is the being whose joys and sorrows,
hopes and fears, are like my own, thai ]
respect, and not any mere condition. Of that
being.


/ look upohItlis alIowbeihg man, in the
aggregate and the mass, and see the vic
tim Of oppression and injustice. take
his part; the tears ofmy sympathy mingle
with the tears of his suffering; and I care
not what aristocratic ridicule the avowal
may bring upon me. = Atlength
from the long dark night of oppression, I
see the people rising to reclaim and assert
their rights-I see them taking the power,
which to them indubitaldy belongs. into
their own hands. Ireioice and yet trem-
bic. Itremble lest they should retaliate.
the wrongs they have endured. But yet
what do | see2 ]. see Ae people showing,
singular moderation. s. sI,frmlN
believe in the general disposition Of thd
public mind in America to do right
Faults and dangers there are amongst us,
and on these I mean to comment freely.-
But that there is tendency among the
people Of America 10 lawlessness and yio-
lence, utterly deny IN I.tAtt ~