he follows the great example of the last century.

What madness!

The two cases are in perfect contrast,--as opposite as the poles, as
unlike as Liberty and Slavery.

The struggle for American Independence was a struggle for Liberty, and
was elevated throughout by this holy cause. But the struggle for
Slavemonger Independence is necessarily and plainly a struggle for
Slavery, and is degraded throughout by the unutterable vileness of all
its barefaced pretensions.

The earlier struggle, adopted by the enlightened genius of France, was
solemnly placed under the benediction of "God and Liberty." The present
struggle, happily thus far discarded by that same enlightened genius,
can have no other benediction than "Satan and Slavery."

The earlier struggle was to snatch the sceptre from a kingly tyrant. The
present struggle is to put whips into the hands of Rebel slavemongers
with which _to compel work without wages_, and thus give wicked power to
vulgar tyrants without number.

The earlier struggle was fitly pictured by the welcome of Turgot to
Franklin. But another spirit must be found, and other words must be
invented, to picture the struggle which it is now proposed to place
under the protection of France.

The earlier struggle was grandly represented by Benjamin Franklin, who
was already known by a sublime discovery in science. The present
struggle is characteristically represented by John Slidell, whose great
fame is from the electioneering frauds by which he sought to control a
Presidential election; so that his whole life is fitly pictured, when it
is said, that he thrust fraudulent votes into the ballot-box, and whips
into the hands of task-masters.

The earlier struggle was predicted by Turgot, who said, that, in the
course of Nature, colonies must drop from the parent stem, like ripe
fruit. But where is the Turgot who has predicted, that, in the course of
Nature, the great Republic must be broken, in order to found a new power
on the corner-stone of Slavery?

The earlier struggle gathered about it the sympathy of the learned, the
good, and the wise, while the people of France rose up to call it
blessed. The present struggle can expect nothing but detestation from
all who are not lost to duty and honor, while the people of France must
cover it with curses.

The earlier struggle enjoyed the favor of France, whether in assemblies
of learning or of fashion, in spite of its King. It remains to be seen
if th