Was
not Rome founded by robbers, and Great Britain by pirates?"
"There is work for every man, and men for every work. These 'rabble,'
under proper leaders, were used by the Almighty for a grand purpose--
the redemption of this fair land, and his handful of people in it,
from the thrall of the priests of Rome. Would such men as the
Livingstons, the Carrolls, the Renselaers, or the wealthy citizens of
Philadelphia or Washington have come here and fought Indians and
Mexicans; and been driven about from pillar to post, living on potatoes
and dry corn? Good respectable people suffer a great deal of tyranny
ere they put their property in danger. But when Texas, in her
desperation, rose, she was glad of the men with a brand on their body
and a rope round their neck, and who did not value their lives more
than an empty nut-shell. They did good service. Many of them won back
fair names and men's respect and God's love. I call no man 'rabble.' I
know that many of these outcasts thanked God for an opportunity to
offer their lives for the general good," and, he added dropping his
voice almost to a whisper, "I know of instances where the sacrifice was
accepted, and assurance of that acceptance granted."
"The fight for freedom seems to be a never-ending one."
"Because," said the preacher, "Man was created free.
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