The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-19

Ba, The Teal body q our cssns and especially our
Soo'ss ssn he shadow upon tho dsi I.. gone back
hundred yesIsi bos 4 has not gone back The spon.
that the fugitive slave law shall lie
cued shows that Parian blood YET assins Puritan doc
1--WE make apology Whatsoever for this doctrine Of
ssance We do not nicely argse weigh aud balance the
smooth H. as il we we've introducing foreign hsrcsy Il y
our psuimony We knew any other doctrine. We
our a,her principles Against every nsdoas doctrine Of
tyranny which, siesthy creeping from The wolf den q
slavery aud covering ils brindled hide beIe In tue North
with lie vilIancus counterfeit Of sheepskin, anbes up
and down the ways Of with the simplicity OF
sheep in It's easonings snd the ieIoci'y OF won IN It's
We stand. then, upoq OLD ouadstios, The doctrine
i've Christians and they took !. fom The New ea'nsn'
and y received i from God. ~ 60. ....', =
prison for stripped, and came fseing hherj and
obedience law Ct sin Is much hsresy now as Ia the
!. Lei stand unoomm,sd. lodging between day
a a aaa aa s s Vibrating na
nsny lor the fugitive and consclence for the iaw-;hs
amy 10 s mot
with sincerity aud open-hsar.ed Integrity We adlure ey
ibsn meet, and honor better Than , stand forth and
ennnciate the nvncble truth OF the Christians creed
s.ssae % asSa a a'ss. .ss ne
" In every age this creed has had It's noble wschwords
o% bs p q P s
rather than msa Generation alter generation sent 10
rather than 70 sn The poor and crowd length
caught the inspired maxim ln their lips y was pro
that this sacred uuthhe right Of dsobediencs. given
BY blood and iouby sacred % by The memory o. our
by age, al the beck OF slavery, be tram
Piled under loot.
The fugitive. slave law law which upon occasions
makes the dn,y Of citizens 70 assist In putting fellow
being into The rank q ~, make, duly 70
wretch, striving such degradation and % secure
sS ~nSs ts saa
only can alensts law @ make citizen: the intetors Of
wrong the o which q no pn.enoss
sense that Ihe Christianity OF land which should
asked 10 d. TO keep the Compromise d tho constitution
by violating the fundamental deca, alton Of the bill Of
begins gen up upon the level OF manhood plunge
him under the slimy wave again!
That which fathers intended. the express
sion and guard Of liberty or that which cons,tuc,lon has
dozen, burial But. behodl instead Of buryng slavery the
constitution has BECOME y: 'owe. and bslwsrk.
Should revolution come. upon their heads 30 the guilt
brook indigny sought override that conscience with
law violating esery sensiby and conviction Of the Morrill,
ance Of deconcy"
We pass without comment the rhetorical appeals
the passions with which this reverend oracle of
science begins The slave wife rushing the ousretched
arms Of her free husband the slave girl with her foot
bounding before the pursuer, and the old man hatng to
freedom his cuch would be picture for painters to
study but we appehend il exists only in the fertile brain
Of the Rev Mr. Beecher. But, whether real or imagi
nary, il is not Of the slightest weight in the SCALE The
reverend gentleman is as ignorant OF the law OF 1850 as
he Of the rules Of logic He seems to suppose that
this fugiveslave law prohibits food being given TO the
starving or shelter to the dying negro and that for
bids all the Offices Of common humanity This is false
construction of the law, and he could have been
ignorant Of it, That law commands nothing and forbids
nothing of the kind II only requires the aid OF citizens
to be- rendered TO the marshal after the has prna
see established his right and obtained process for the
seizure Of the slave whose person he has identified In
this condition the fugitive neither be starving
freezing unless kept in this state BY the agency Of those
who are resisting the law These persons the law,
deed reaches and il ST Paul knew the law Of God
expressed in the text at the head of this article, the Rev
Mr. Beecher and his brother sbolitionsts would lind
very little sympathy or succor from him any Of the
other apostles No doub, il Onesimus had come to him
as he did to s., Paul. he would have been sent to Can
ada instead Of his master. So much have the unco
righteous Of these days improved those Of the print.
tive Chrstiansi
But the reverend gentleman says the citizen is mo,
principle ali the civil and religious freedom enjoy, the
glory and the noble deeds Of the "Purtans" and that
patriotic maxim that "disobedience 10 tyrants 10 obe-
dience TO God" He writes with that admired confu.
sion OF IDEAS which excited feeling. morbid sentiment,
and feeble reason always produce There is no more
similarity the he supposes and that Of slavery in
this country than there is in the darkness Of midnight
and the ligh, Of MONDAY II not bound 10 obey
all iaws. what laws may disobeyi Who shall decide
this question: Shall each for himself. Or shall
the community al large the Judicial tribunals decide
II each man may determine for himself have state
OF anarchy At created by which all government all
rule OF conduct all civil and religious subordnaton.
at an end This seems to be the nature of sys.
TEN, according Mr.. Beecher and this is the liberty,
and such the privileges, which the examples Of the Pu
ritans have secured! But what did the Purtans them
selves do They did not resist the laws; they aban
doned the country they could not obey they removed
beyond their Jurisdiction Those laws too, spirit
ua laws; they professed TO regulate matters Of religion
and conscience they not laws respecting the
civil rights Of property. as is the case here When the
Pur,aDs established governments. they subver
sive OF all freedom Of conscience the worst laws from
the tyranny Of which they fed They opposed and
shaved the n6de Indians they opposed and prosecuted
the Quakers unto death they burned hanged and
drowned pretended witches and they bought. sold and
held in slavery thousands Of the poor negroes, whose