Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-10
From the Dedham Gazette.
Theodore Parker's Fast.Day Sermon.

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| In the midst Of the excitement attendant
upon the trial and return of Sims, the Fugi-
tive Slave, this Sermon was preached at the
hleodeon, IN Boston. The occnsion and the
preacher naturally led us TO expect an out
pouring oindlgnant aud scatbing eloquence,
refreshing 10 those whose spirits had been
mortified aud saddened by the deeds OF i'll
human deprayity and unutterablc baseness,
which have secured to Boston, and portion
of the creatures which pollute its soil, an
immortality OF scorn and iniamy. But the
effort OF Mr.. Parker surpassed even the high
| est expectations. lie has carved with in
struincnts Of keener edge and harder metal,
and painted with bloodier and more terrible
colors than ever before. George Il. Curtis,
the miuion and tool of the shareholders, set
up at midday in the blazing sun, with his
naked flesh stuck full of poisoned arrows,
and his vile blood oozing from every wound,
writhing amid the jeers aud taunts of mn out
ragged populace, ready and eager to tear him
limb from limb, would not present picture
more terribly real aud ubhorrent to the sen
ses, than lie does us he appears in the fol-
lowing destroying and consuming sentences
which we extract from this DISCOURSE
Could he exchange the sensations and heart
of the kitlnapper for the moro civilized aud
humanized affections and dispositions of the
byena, he would gazc but moment in the
mirror which is thus held up to him, and then
take himself forever from the sight and ex-
ecration of mankind. The whole sermon is
published in the weekly Commonwealth, and
il contains matter and argument enough to
convert everybody, worth converting, in the
Commonwealth. The following portrait will
answer both for llnlet and Curtis. The
memories of these miscreanls will he pre-
served as long as the sentiments of detcstn-
tion and scorn shall occupy a place in the
human breast.
Last Thanksgiving day, said it would be
difficult TO find magistrate in Boston to take
the odum Of sending fugitive back TO
slavery. believed, after all, men had some
conscience, although they talked about its
being duty 10 deliver up n man TO bondage.
Pardon me, my country, that rated you too
high! Pardon me, town of Boston, that
thought your citizens all men! Pardon me,
lawyers, that ! thought you had all been born
Of moters Pardon me, rullians, who kill
for hire, thought you had some animal
mercy left, even in your bosoms Pardon
me, United States Commissioners, Marshuls,
and the like, thought you all had some
shame Pardon me, my hearers, for such
mistakes. One Commissioner was found TO
furnish the warrant! Pardon inc, did not
know that he was n Commissioner; IT had
uetsrsS,Io.,ld have said it!
Spirits of Tyranis, | look down TO yon!-
Shade Of Cain, thou great first murderer, for
! give me that / forgot your power, aud did
not remember that you were parent OF So
long line! Aud you, my brethern, if here
Iyifn e.n e1..N t1 pInn ItIlII nl
meanness or wickedness which u Yankee
will not Jump over, disirust me, and remind
me of this day, aud will take it hack
Let us look at tue public conduct of any
Commissioner who will send All innocent
man from Boston into slavery. | would
speak of all men cllariably, for know how
easy it is to err, yea TO sin. can look cha
ritably OH thieves, prowling about i'll dark
ness-on rnmsclers, whom poverty compels
TO crimc-On hurlOts, who do the decd of
shame that holy woman's soul abhors and
revots; can pity the pirate, who scours the
seas doing his ficndisll crimes-he is tempt
ed, made desperate, by gradual training IN
wickedness. The man born at the South
owning slaves, who goes TO Africa, and sells
adulterated rum in exchange for men TO sell
at Cuba-I cannot understand the conscious
ness of such n man yet can admit that by
birth and by breeding lle has become inl-
brIted, lac knows no better. Nay, even that
he may perhaps Justify his conduct to him
self say think his sin is not so dreadful
as that of n Commissioner in Boston, who
sends II man into slavery. man commits
murder, inhamed by jealousy, goaded by
desire oil great gain, excited by fear, slung by
malice, or poisoned by revenge, and Ills a
hOrrid thing. But to send II man into slave
ry is worse than TO murder him. ! would
rather he slain than enslaved. To do this,
naamed by no jealousy, goaded by no desire
of great gnin-Only ten dollars excited by
no fear, siuDg by no special malice, poison
| ed by no revenge-I cannot comprehend that
in any man, not even in hyena beasts that
rave for blood do not kill for killings sake,
but to feed their flesh. Forgive the, oh ye
wolves and hyenas, that bring you into
such company. can only understand it in
depal
When man bred in Massachusetts, whose
Constitution declares that all men are born
free and equal : within sight Of Faneuii Hall,
with all its sacred memories; within two
hours of Plymouth Rock within single
hour of Concord and Lexington in sight OF
Bunker Hill-when he viii do such deed,
il seems to me that there is 10 life OF crime
long enough TO prepare man for such a
pitch of depravity; 1 should think he must
have been begotten in sin, and conceived m
iniqnity, and been born with dogs head
on Ills shoulders that the concentration oil
the vilany of whole generation OF scoun-
drels would hardly be enough to fit q man
for deed like this!
You know the story of SINS. lie crept ON
board Boston vessel at Savannah. Perhaps
he had heard of Boston, nay, even of Faneui
Hall, of the old Cradle of Liberty, and
thought this was a Christian town, at least
human, and hoped here to enjoy the liberty
of man. When the ship arrived here, his
first words were--' Are we up there lie
was seized by u man who at the Court House
boasted of his cruelty towards him, who held
him by the hair, and kept him down, seek