Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-03-28

fiIHt HnI you are no hpVt'"eh's'
Bat. Sir. you arc an AbolItoniat.
when you admit THE tight. Zap.
plause. Hence you are not as bad a
man a. you believe yourself TO be-
fLaughisr and applause.
Mr. Norlhup, do you believe In The
right Of The slave 10 the right OF mat
Fimony?
Mr.. Norlhup--Yes.
Mr. smith: Then. Sir. you are an
Abolitonist, (Applause.l For ala-
very denies the right. The master
claims the wife a. bis properly, and
denies 10 the husband the authority.
which the word Of God conlefs upon
him over bin wife. II the master says
TO the wife. Ego there she must go,
whatever the protest may be intcrpos'
ed by the husband. You deny that
this is-right; and In making this deni-
al. you avow ysurself an AbolIlionist,
and you ARE one. though you may
not know IT, [Applsuse. For the
moment any man admits that slaves
have rights which slavery denies to
It's victims. that moment be becomes
an Abolitionist; for the moment one OF
these rights are conferred upon slave.
that moment he becomes free; be.
cause he coutd not. at the same mo-
ment, enjoy that right and remain a
slave. (Applause.
Any man who believes that slaves
have right to be taught 10 read, is
an Abolitionist.
any man who believes that a moth
er has a right to her child, is an Abo.
litionist.
Any man who believes in the sa-
cred rite ofmatrimony Is an Abolition
list.
He may not know it--as in the
case Of my friend Northup-(laugh.
teri but he is none the less an Adolf
tionist:-an Abolitiouist not merely.
but an immediate AboIitionist. Zap
plause.
Many sincere men and women scout
the idea that they are Abolitionists.
who are Abolitionists in heart and soul
and. utterance. There is not even a
Stakeholder ia the South who is not
an Abolitionist. and the more man
knows Of Slavery the more intensely
he is an AboIitionist. Let band Of
pirates break into Mr. Northup's cham
Der this night. and inform him that
they have come to carry him into Sla-
very. His knit brow. his palid cheek,
his trembling limbs would proclaim
him an Abolitionist, as he resolved to
be free or die. Immense applause
But. Mr.. Chairman. In this case Mr..
Northup might only be an Abolition
list in regard to himself. Laughter
That. he regretted to say, was the case
with too many. They would never,
themselves, submit to slavery; but they
can look on and see others enslaved.
Mr.. Smith referred. TMr. Northup
having retired. in closing, to the per-
nicious influence exerted upon freedom
by the spurious and false interpreta-
tons put upon the word of God by
Slavery defending Divines. They had
not the spirit of the Master: for the
spirit of Christ was not in sympathy
with Slavery; and he whe had most of
the spirit of Christine who most per-
fectly loved his neighbor as himself
was the most perfect AbolitiauIst.
This is but a meagre sketch of this
most mastery phillippic. 1t exerted.
in the progress gifts delivery. mingled
admiration for its author and pity for
its excoriated victim. whose remarks
had elected it.
Hon. A. B. Dickinson, of Steuben,
was recognized and called out. He
responded in few eloquent remarks,
to enforce his position that the pend
ing controversy was not whether me-
gross should be slaves, but whether
free'men and women should be the
Slaves Of Slavery. dis remarks were
directly to the point, and were recelv-
ed with enthusiasm.
Edward G. Delavin spoke briefly.
mere prelude to presenting his
check for 1000, to aid in procuring
arms to assist emigrants in reaching
Kansas.
Gerrit Smith gave $4,000 for like
purpose, and the following smaller
sums were announced:
Albany Evening Journal. 800
Albany State Register, 100
Thos.. w. Griffin IL Co. 20
Thos. s. Walker f5
L. Chaplin rs
s. whipple 90
Andreas Clark 25
And other less amounts. The en-
tire subscription exceeded four thou
sand nine hundred and forty dollars!--
Is not this an evidence that there
was some earnestness OF manner in
those who held counsel last evening?
l think il does, and / believe il is but
the beginning Of the bonfire that ere
il dies it is to destroy every vestige OF