ow, indeed, that
had the attack been made upon the United States Bank, or any
similar institution in this city, the civil authorities would
have met its fury, not as now, with a speech only, but with
loaded firelocks and fixed bayonets. We know, it is true, that
the mob were in a great measure left free to work their
mischievous will upon us. But if those in authority have, _upon
their own principles_, treated us with neglect in the hour of
our peril, upon them let the responsibility rest. We have thus
far survived the onset. Under God, for to him alone are we
indebted for protection, we are still left to bear our testimony
to the truth. Our consciences are in this matter void of
offence. In cheerful serenity of spirit, and not in the tone of
menace or boasting, we declare our faith in the principles of
emancipation unfaltering--our zeal undiminished--our
determination to persevere unaltered. Our confidence in the
triumphant and glorious issue of the present struggle remains
firm.
'Truth smote to Earth revives again;
The eternal years of God are hers--
But error wounded, shrieks with pain,
And dies among her worshippers.'
"From this time henceforward, Pennsylvania must become the great
battle-field of opinion on the subject of slavery. The light of
that evening's sacrifice has reached already every portion of
our State. Men are every where inquiring why the sacrifice was
made? Why a mighty city was convulsed with violence? Why a noble
hall was burned by incendiaries in the view of gazing thousands?
Why the 'shelter for orphan children' was set on fire, and why
the houses of our citizens were surrounded by a ruffian mob?
They may be told now by the perpetrators of these outrages, that
all has been occasioned by the conduct of the abolitionists. But
the delusion cannot last. Truth will make its way to the abused
ear of the community; and i
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