The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-12-07
For as Uni0s 4 Easfsrn Journal
RELIGION VS. Consistency, =

He spoke nearly two hours in rapid an'
flowing manner; now exciting mirih-nov
riveling his hearers 10 point from which
was impossible 10 deiract. We have hearc
a Beecher, King, Parker, and host o
other eloquent. men, but for a declama'ory
speech We never heard Mr. d. surpassed. He
was introduced 10 the audience by w. ii
Thompson Esq, as
"a man that dares to b man
Though earth and hell oppose"
We thought how that year ago barber
refused 10 shave this same colored man
and no was refused admtiance to speak in Q
professedly christian church. Mr.. Thomp-
son, however, would introduce him 10 an
audience, and sit with him upon the roslrum
Oh, dear things are great and small BY
comparison.
When we went in we had no idea Of Civ.
ing report Of the lecture therefore our
remarks mus, be brief and imperfect. as OF
this time Tuesday, we strive to recall such
prominent parts rs our short memory will
ALLOW. He first made extended remarks
relative to the inferiori,y Of the negro race,
asserting tina, circumstances and condition
only rendered them inferior as race, and
not blood. His remarks upon this point
were peculiarly interesting owing to the
evident researches Of his argument. This
much talked Of inieriorily is tracable TO
prejudice Of color" and degrading servi.
,ude. The Negro is laugh, the mos, debas-
Ing form OF serviliy in the presence Of white
people. He crinses before his master like
an inferior being, and by SO doing conforms
his nature 10 that standard. Again, the
slave mother who clasps he, babe 10 her
breast in agony Of fear as she breads the
drivers lash, imparts that same fear to her
babe, and it grows up in the same cringing
position.
Aud when the mother is in more deli.
cafe situation, as she smar,s under the
scourge and the thong, she begeis thus
mental torture 10 her offspring. Other and
such as these go 10 make up the cause Of
the inierioriiy of The Negro race. Place the
white nation in the same condition for sue
cessiyo generations, and who supposes they
would be the same as they now are' He
then spoke Of the preiensions Of slavery
I, aims first to suppress free speech. No
party ever dared to place tina, as fnnda-
mental principle Of their politics, until 1852.
Then the Wings and Democrats bowed
down 10 slavery, and inaugeraied in their
platform that all agitation Of slavery should
cease. The Wings said lha, agitation should
be diseountcnaneed tho democrats said j,
should be resisted-there was no difference.
Whatever party says in their platform,
tina, is understood to be wha, that party
would do, had i, the power. The demo-
Gratis said they would suppress free discus
sion, aud they have done it as far forth as
possible. Here the speaker illustrated the
fac, that suppression Of agitation was a
suppression Of free speech, by referring 10
the South. No onci preteuds 10 deny but
that the right Of speech a, tho South is sup
pressed, because to agitate is a criminal
offence. They seek 10 suppress il at the
North, which led him 10 mention The second
preionson OF slavery which was 10 spread
the laws of slavery, Of the Slave States over
all our territories and free States. Even
now case is pending in our Supreme Court
in regard 10 the righ, Of New York 10 DO n
free State c whether lin the Lemon CASEY
a slave holder has The right 10 bring slaves
into free State and hold them there. He
reciled the Infamous Judge Cain who sough,
to extend the laws OF N. c. over Penn. by
imprisoning Passmore Williamson. He
was guilty Of only obcying The laws Of his
own State, which says no slavery shall be
permitted there. Slavery did not allow this
and so it in the person Of Cain, impris-
oncd freeman! He then referred 10 The
removal Of Gov. Reeder, and spoke in no
Rattering terms of Frank Pierce. "As for
this PIERCE" says he, Il can in no better
way explain my opinion ofhim, than BY re.
laiing little anecdOte Of which | was cog
infant. Some four years ago was in Con-
cord N. H., in a Hotel bar.room, when |
heard the name Of franklin Pierce mention
cd. l stepped up 10 the man, and asked
him who he was, and what kind Of man
he was. Says ho TO me, Well, take Frank
Pierce up hero in our small counties and
he does very we'll but come 10 spread him
out all over the counlry and think he
would be he rather him So think he is
rather thin, don't you'll" 1t is noticeable
fact tina, a northern man is always greater
scrf 10 slavery than southern one; have
been asked why j, is so; | will tell you.
You all know that black slave driver is
much more cruel 10 the slave than white
one. He will lash Them more, and will
keep them worse starved. The reason Is
obvious he j. himself slave and is more
readily suspected of having sympathy for
them thus he is moro cruel than any other,
for hc keeps his place only by ,rus,. So
with your Presidents. The South conde-
scends to give us President; tina, man
knows he is there by trust and not by right.
He is from the North, and is easily suspect.
ed OF having sympathy with tho North
To show 10 the mind OF his master that it is
no, so, he ou'.Herods Herod himself in SER
Witty. Again, the foreigner tina, comes TO
these shores, will do anything and every.
thing 10 establish The fact in your mind that