Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-07-17

arc that the infant NAV be wrested from its moth
er's breast and sold or given away like pig or
puppy, never more to be seen by the moth
not this contrary to nature Does not
Heaven say so in the strongest manner Is not
ones avn child rs dear t0 the black subj ct as to
the white one Ca a mother forget hi sucting |
child Do not even the beasts aud the birds nur-
tu,e and bring up thsir offspring, while acting |
from their instincts
ut under such u law as thi. the master has a
righ' to .ep,rate the hush ID aui wife Is tins
consistent with the law ut nature |. it cunsis |
tout with the law Of nature to separate what God
has Joined togrther aud declared that no man
should put asunder
The opposite coun ell however, urge that by
the laws of En- gland per'on may. for crime,
be s,ni into other parts Of the rid away FROM
parents sisters and brother, never to return
In he present case subject Of this tree Com
monwcalth may be taken, without crime, from his
friends, his ather aud IN Their aud sisters aud
brothers, and shipped oil with spawned horses, as
an article Of merchandise to the est Indies.
Tacy say that in the early history of the coun-
try slaves were needed to cultivate the earth But
instead Of that, now, the employing Of them doe.
an nctuOl 1t jury to the poorer classes of people by
being in the way of their finding employment.
Is he slave by the custom of the country
custom must be general, TO be binding as such
This is not a eeasrd custom 1t has ever been
,gninst the principles Of some to make slaves and
some have ecd them.
1t must, moreover, he uudisputcd in order to
he binding. But this has always en- disputed
in the General Court, in the Courts Of Justice and
elsewhere.
| 1t must, besides, not he against reason
In making out the negroes are the property Of
their masters, the counsel for the plaintiff speak
of Image, aud contend that the children of slaves
| must be slaves IN the same way THAI, because our
first parents fell, we all ie with them.
But ar not all mankind born in the same way7
| Are not then bodies clothed with the same kind
of ne.hl Was not the same breath of lite breath
ed INTO all We are under the same gospel dis
| pen alton, have one common Sdviuur, inhabit
the same globe die in the same manner, an |
| though the white may have his body wrapped
| in fne ltnen, and his attire may be a little
| moe decorated, there al distinction OF min
making ends. We all sleep the me level in
the dust. We shHl, all be raised by the sound of
one common trump, calling unto all that are in
their graves, without distinction, to arse hall
. be arrai sned at one common bar, shall have one
/ common judge and be tried hy one common j1ry,
! all condemn or acquitted by one common law
| by he Gospel-the perfect law OF lbert,.
This cause will then De tried again, and your
verdict will there be tried. Therefore, gentlemen
of the jury, let me oonjure you to give such a
verdict now as will st nd this test and be approx
ed by your own IN n Is in the last moments Of
your existence, aud ny your Judge at the last day
II will then be tied by the laws of reason and
revelation.
Is it not a law Of nature that all men are equal
and free
Is not the law of nature the law of God
Is not the law of God then against slavery
If there is no law vi man establishing 1t, there
is no difficulty. If there il, theu tue great Diff
Guilty is to determine which law you ought to
| obey, and If you shall have the same ideas as |
have Of present and future things, you will obey
| the former.
The worst that can happen to you Cor disobey-
ing the former is the destruction of the body, Tor
the last, that Ot your souls.