25 ishment, but simply to urge upon every citizen to demand of those in power that slaves shall be freed, and traitors shall be punished, in a manner which shall exalt libirty and honor law. To point out the significance which the triumph of law-making Americans should have, that it should mean the true honor of men and the true glory of God. In the midst of momentary reverses, let the people not forget to ply still the victor’s demand. In the midst of the ringing of bells and the firing of cannon, let the solemn responsibilities of the future have consideration,— let the voice of the people ring out so clearly that Europe as sho listens may not need to ask of our shoutas she has asked of our doings, “what meaneth it ? ” Let the action of the nation be such that when the last manacle has been knocked from the slave, when the last traitor has fallen, when the last act of justice shall be rendered, when the last shout of triumph shall go abroad into the ears of the race, the world shall know it is the voice of a people rising from her sorrows, cleansed from her sins, to walk in white among the nations, reflecting to mankind the smile of a reconciled God. 7G-7O775
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