Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-02-17
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
SLAVERY AND FREEDOM.
THE GREAT BATTLE.
LECTURE BY THEODORE PARKER,
THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
IN MARKET HALL, SYRACUSE.

BY way OF Introduction to his subject, the lee
turer referred to the fact that slavery formerly
existed among all nations and gave inter
estng facts in relation to its existence and ex-
tnction at different periods and among different
people:
up to the timo Of tho Revolutionary war there
was no american idea. There Massachu-
setts idea, Delaware idea, Virginia idea but
there unity of sentiment among the colo
n;os In the Revolution they were forced together
hv cor,m m danger. The first consolidation took
oioce under Tho presence OF British oppression.
tho course nf tie war they were driven togeth-
-" ~ anS tben snronr up an American idea. Since
tber we have been blessed with unprecedented
nrosnaritv. We have a vast territory; every thing
that will grow ont Of doors will grow somewhere
in America There is good beginning for II
great country in the various blood in the veins Of
our nation. Anglo-SaXOn, lrlSn, celtic, anu ulHer-
ent TeutOnic races.
And look ut the unequallod increase of popula-
ton In 1870 there were three millions of people:
now there are mt least twenty-four millions. No
people have so many advantages for Advancement
as we. But in order to advance, there must be
unity of action and unity of idea. How two
walk together unless they be agreed? They must
agree. first where to go and, second, what course
to take tn go there
The institutions of country have two bases
One is the basis OF force. Underneath the basis
of force is the basis of ideas. In America, there
are two distinct ideas the one of Freedom--the
other Of Slavery. The idea of Freedom is made
up of five parts:
|. Every man has natural rights.
2. These rights are inalienahle, except by
his own act. No man can ALLEVIATE the rights OF
another
3. These rights are equal in all men. One
has not and another less the rich man
has not more or less right than the poor nun
the strong than the weak-thc talented than the
imbecile.
H. The function of Government is to organize
institutions to secure to all the enjoyment Of their
natural, inali enable and equal rights.
5. The government which has this for its OBJ
ject derives its sole powers from the consent of the
governed.
These points make up the idea of freedom. 1t
gives rise 10 the democracy which is II government
of all for all by all while an aristocracy is II
government for all, by few
\ hundred years ago America had DO national
idea but ON the 4th Of July l776 Thomas Jetfer-
son published the Declaration of Independence in
which the idea of freedom distinctly set forth.
This idea then received national character. 1t
was the first instance in history, when this great
principal adopted distinctive national
idea On the other hand is the idea of slavery,
which is made up of three parts, l. There are
no natural, equal and inalienab!e rights in man.
These are all moonshine. >. There is natural
diversity among Some men are born to
wealth and statiun-some to poverty &c.; and
that the strong have privileges over the weak
the rich over the poor. 3. 1t it is the privilege
of tho strong to organize institutions 50 that while
idle themselves, they shall secure the services OF
the weak.
These make mp the idea Of slavery, and they
all tend to despotism. He knew of no perfect de-
mocraty. M nation has ever been good enough
He knew of no perfect despotism-man is noJ
bad enough fallen human nature our minis
tiers call it, cannot come that: yet we have good
representations of both. The North is very good
example Of democracy; South Carolina OF
dcsporism.
The policy in the north is to have property and
political p wer many hands as possible, and
learning in ns many heads, The policy III South
Carolina is, to have property and political power
in as few hands as possible and learning in rs few
heads, land rs little Of it,
These two ideas of Freedom and Slavery, EN-.
bodied in oar nation, antagonistic. There Is
no such thing making slavery and freedom !lyo
together, Il happy family. Ono must eventually
destroy the other and hence the controversy about
slavery.
Our fathers came here in the fear of God-no
the love they have not get learned the love OF
God, but the fear something; and the feet OF
the pilgrims were so heavy on Plymouth rock
that the waves of emigration beating upon it at
the rate of sixty thousand year, have not wash
ed out their foot prints, and never will. The Pill
grims came mere, not to get rich but to worship
God according to their belief. People went tc
Carolina Just sons go to California, to have
good time and get rich; and this diversity OF
purpose in the early settlers soon began to show
itself in institutions. Massachusetts, is q small
state with only little upwards of seven thousand
square miles-yet Plymouth rock ID there. She
had the first free school in the world; the first
printing press in America the first trial by jury
and the first representative government; and she
first preached against slavery. Pennsylvania
with an origin not less noble than Massachusetts
abolished slavery also. The Puritan and the Qua
ker united in crushing it. But South Carolin'
cherished it.
Since the Conflict of Slavery and Freedom be
gan in our country, Freedom has come of conquer
or only twice. Once in 1867, when SlaTery wa
"v"Inded from tho northwest territory, which "a
sinoe been formed into So, ties, and again IN leoS
when the slave trade was abolished
There have been eleven great steps in which
Slavery has been triumphant
l. When twas put into the Constitution. This
was accomplished in three instances: First When
it was declared that slaves should be represented
five slaves counting as three freemen: Second
When the capture of fugitves guaranteed
and Third, When the legality of Slavery was re
cognised. This was done when the Constitution
guaranteed to every state Republican form o
Goyernment and then admitted states with Sla
very; thus recognizing the Institution as Repub
lican, -
make four new slave states.
3. In 1898 Government adopted Slavery as
national institution, in regulating the capture o
fugitiyes.
a. Louisiana was purchased.
5. Missouri was admitted as silVe oI"'e'
6. The prosecution of the Florida war.
7. Texas was annexed to the United States
s. The Mexican war was prosecuted
g. The fugitive Slave Law wa5 passed.
10. The Missouri Compromise was repealed.
IL The Mexican treaty was ratified, giving 1
millions for a worthless strip of territory. that
Railroad might be built from Texas TO California
without being built on free soil.
Our fathers thought that Freedom was maste
But the last triumph over slavery was in loo'
when the slave trade was abolished In 1920 theI