New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-24

this case against the girls whose liberty We are now
appealed u 70 secure on the ground Of an attempt
! on their part 10 escape from imprisonment and
I bondage while measures were pending Tor tner
release Tina; attempt did not succeed There vas no
hand such that which when the lsraeAtes hAa come
Red sea, lifted up o stay the progress OF
their pursuers God In his providence permitted these
fugives be taken back and il has come 70 ny ears
that some think that crime committed when they
thus attempted 70 place themselves IN freedom
Allow to state the case As u seems to me II
these girls willing % stay where they are tney
should receive cent from me, but 90 soon az
heard they painting for escape said these are
! not slaves except in name. fAppsuse come home
70 you with the question thus suppose tnat you ven
cradle old man young man. maiden suppose that you
were slave AK you could logic frame An argument
strong enough satisfy you that you ought not to try
70 escape. Should Il not burn Ia your veins would
ceaseless vigilance attend you until the onged-
for chance presented itselt however signt and
doubtful TO rsk AL for the priceless boon. sup
pose that had son He adventures the sea IS wreck
! ed enssved. Suppose that hear from him, that ne
pines in his chains that he Is SICK Al heaTt mat h
/ cheeks become hollow with grief that lie = burden
/ OBJ then with my fathers feelings shall not bewal
his captivity shall not suffer even more than he But
suppose some one should inform me that he was con
tented and happy that he grew fat upon t. that DC said
be had less work 20 do there than Al home with plenty
20 eat and drink What should as father say Why,
/ that he was changed in hs cradle. Tie Il no son Of
| mine Applause ] talk no philosopher. prncl.
/ pie but talk Is you al understand rae. such IL
the spontaneous sentiment Of every noble heart This u
merely American sentiment It is the sentiment OF
| our common humanity aud when man has gone
down below that he has gone 90 low mat ne has no
night to speak 70 me. Great and long continued up
| plause
There s one other point and that is the price asked
for these girls Alas could wish u less, for their
sakes but when IL is achieved shall thank God u was
so much should be ashamed II IL were written
down should be Ashamed that such On assembly was
gathered here Of than two thousand souls and
that appeal here made IN such behalf 70 deliver
Christian girls from worse than heather bondage and
that the poor pttauce of 1900 could not be raised
The man that would fear such result must be era
ven And IL will not be until have heard that human
~ appealed in this Tabernacle to every Methodist
Church Of this City and vicinity and that this pitance
could not be rolled up not ull then viii believe II 10
/ be anything but slsnder that this sum cannot be
brought out
Butthere remains still another objection to be an
swered Suppose that all Of this could be done, and
that this raised and paid over, VIII there be
no end 10 such solicitations Although we may have
generous sympathies, ought we no; . act on some
principle Are of the North to undertake TO buy
all the slaves that they of the South may choose 20 put
in the market This Is in truth question worth con
sidering and We ought 20 consider IT, am perfectly
agreed with you that cannot become purchasers Of
slaves as general practice The moneyis not % be
had IL does exist In at the Golfers OF the North
for such purpose for so long purchasers found,
men will not be wanting - put up their iellowme %
the highest bidder Therefore IN respect TO the general
principle be asserted acted and n this
were not an essential case would not plead H. But
do remember another case IN all points Ike this
nor do suppose II will often happen that II will ind
a parallel A sale by human fesh dealers OF Christian
girls love 10 repeat that epthet Christian girls The
Edmonson girls does very well. but Christian girls
Christian slaves 1t seemed TO me As ] first uttered
these words if could hear scofing, jeering hend
OF he'll echo them with grin Of derision
Beside this there is something else 10 be observed.
Il helps give deeper insight into the system Of
slavery itself Many man contemplates II merely a.
particular form OF work enforced by certain appeals
to occasional severity You think al most OF the bra~ny
back barred 10 the lssh You think Of much work and
~ m food This the .hfll-ffe rough
bark OF Savery-the outer wall, on the dingy side
which the may shine and give 4 somhre sort OF
glory All this is but the outside But that which marks
this system in the eye Of Heaven and in the eye OF re-
ined humanity the very out birth OF Hell, appears
only when il comes 20 deal with hearts and souls and
Understandings 1t is not the CALLING the wrist nor OF
the ankle which moves the deepest current Of human
sympathy but that Of the soul.
viii the ITSELF 10 presents itself
to us. And now say that canrot conceive Of any
more difficult render into speech than the emotions
which II arouses. IL seems to me that sometimes
now there no words 20 express intense emotion
if all words were spirits that hover around one
and mock his desire to speak feel thus whenever
would express the interior Of Slavery
Fellow citizens, do you know that all that goes to
make except his deahless love Of liberty. goes
make him better slave The strength Of limb, the
roundness OF muscle mind tender affection, sympathy
all this is much tat laid upon the nts OF Slavery
Here, at the North u be OF comedy presence Is consid
cred blessing there, NJ the South much money Is
made Of II IN the market slave viii bring All the
more for being such nue-looking man. droop -
think what abomnable Is made Of such recon
mendati0n II the slave chances 90 be woman. That
which eNcites among us the proioundes respect goes
there 10 augment her yalue-uOt as vile. MT a
sster-but Tor purposes IRON the bare idea Of which
the virtuous soul revo.ts la the slave girl beauty
hnenent, is not matter OF respect but OF profit And
suppose you add Thrift, skiA, Intelligence Here,
81 the North. take All this much added
70 the but there, the more there q Of thuit
OF skill OF Intelligence OF entefpr sc the higher price
In the market And then 10 addition 10 all he . only
docile If be will be planning machine and not a
running away machine, he IS the very perfection OF
There great advantages IN Slavery, but MIN
bic legs great drawback upon is prohtsbieness
II slave has all these excellent properties and 20 love
OF Liberty, there Is nothing else q be desired. Nes
there l. What Is ~ What else yog desire 80
When you bring him on the stand. be goes up % 5000
You describe his ply seal periect0ns he touches 500
He Is intelligent sk-lul, docie-he goes up % 500
Then sd be Is poss member % toe Methodist yls
eopL Church in good and regular standing and 500
600, sl.QoO : bid Tremendous excitement In the
sudience Can describe this scene and not feel as
man. Ike 10 hear this music Ii makes me think
that am talking 10 men.
But have only gone over the skin yet Let take
up point BY point the Of these girls that may
- tax Ia general Ia the trst place then.
they are exceedingly poor. have no doubt u were
standing here 10 speak IN behalf OF women white ike
myself that should march directly % complete sue
cess know what IS N for feel IT, know that
] should then have no dihculty ! should command
your sympathies and sway your minds with power
a. absolute IS that Of a. Emperor. Bat u am
10 say they are not educated II even they be poor
and there is 20 plead for them. you would
know say We then vii plead FOR them but 4 were
10 farther still and say they belong % that uniortu
nate whom al men have consplrec 10 degrade and
tcspise, You would Know II there . any herosm In
your breasts, heartily espouse their yes,
though they might be black black ten mtnights
But II were to say, they slaves then would say
have touched the bottom 81 asst and l. tor one an
wiling 10 20 down 10 that depth benes;h Applause
= for this that have 20 ak here
- night Ny courage begins % little. ! felt bad
when got up. Il may be that In the hour OF death
shall lock back and See that ! did my duty fully and
faithfully ibis once.
will not detAin you much longer b; 70 come 70
that which spoke Of and which promised - return
to Though am among Methodists-uo / an not
here the speaker pointed 70 venerable Methodist
brother and eNcizmed) be 5 not Methodist night
he man know no names OF Baptist, Methods;
OF Presbyterian. know men and Christians that q
all that know And now le, suppose that We apply
IN this case the rule that Christ gave Do unto
others as YOU would that others should DO 10 you
There are fathers In this house What would you wsh
done were your own daughters slaves saw tbs old
man the father Of these girs. was not ashamed 70
look II him because he was black HIS seemed % me
just good grief sly other aud L struck that Il
he black be seemed after A. % act very naturally
for distressed father
Br1in & Hill the sizve-dcslers who hsve his iaugh-
ters, wrote tbs matches letter II ! were going 20
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