The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-02
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RTHlkp ~ piA SEE HIGHER LAW AND AN EMINENT
STUMP PARS0N
Enter Stump Prsoa.
a p,Opha [asidel What here again. 'nougn' 'ns iei
:, ss. an the stump before this time An my good
,sa,d 4 that your Why hoped you had departed on
.onr mission We must not let the iron grow cod Inefe
= M, moment to be lost We must Keep the furnace al
. white heat or it's all over with Us.
S,n,p Parson Why my friend the honest truth OF the
ts l. that some scrupes of conscience have come over
ma since we parted and wish 10 have them removed be
fore proceed any further.
pron6d AMI scruples- scruples-nothing but scru-
ulesI Well, let's hear your scruples-
St,ran Parson Why, you know, as Minister OF the
Gospe am under the most solemn obligations to labor
,saousy and sincerely for the conversion of sinners
p,on6a And should like TO know where you will
IA oreater sinners than the manstealers and the dealers
n human flesh 2s slavery the greatest curse that
aver fen on the heads Of mankind and not these peo-
NE living in the daily commission of the greatest of all
possible sins
S,upp Parson Well, supposng that to be the case the
Question is whether the best way of converting them ia to
rob them Of their property and abuse them like pckpock
alta 1t seems to me that little moral suason would be
advisable ID is bad policy TO make the medicine SO bitter
that the patient won't swallow It, sa
p,opAa Have we not resorted to that already Have
we not tried to convince them that the constitution is
compact with hell that slavery is the greatest curse that
ever fell on the heads Of mankind and they themselves the
greatest sinners that exised2 What can you ask
more2 IN
Stump PGrson. But It appears they don't believe all
this, m a..rsia.s trr
propha Then let them be treated as heretics When
people are wilfuy blind they have right to complain
at having their eyes scratched out Are you satisfied
Stamp Parson. Why, yes that seems pretty clear But
then ) on know the commandment sSs, "Thou shall NOT
seals Now, it seems to me- thoaghs dare say am
wrong that stealing negroes s what generally under
stood to sealthat is robbng men of their property.
Prophet Property Man cannot hold property in
man That's selfevdent propositions and that it cannot
be is the best proof Of its being ncom
prehensible dogma--as every dogma ought to be-
Stump Pdrson 1t may be so; but, somehow or other,
can't comprehend how it has happened il can't hold
property in man. that slavery has existed in all ages and
all countries and that it is recognised in the Bible.
Propha Pshaw I thought that matter settled in
our late conversation Didn't tell you the Bible OBJ
soete And don't You know that put all the ages of the
world together from Adam the present time and their
wisdom and virtue would be nothing to that OF WILDER
force, Lloyd Garrison, and Abby Foster
Stamp Parson All True; had forgot that That set
Ties the point thus far But by the terms of my ordination
am bound to ncucse the doctrine of peace and good
will to all mankind and especially to forgive the sins of
Others that my own may be forgiven Now, confess
can't well see how the taking for the
cpaon Of the southern slaves and the conversion of sim
ners accord with these obligations It to they
are directly war with the whole spirit Of the Decalogue
Prophet Well, my good friend you have backsided ter
riby since our last interview. You always coming
back to the Decalogue see must reason with you for
dogma is sublime for your comprehension. Slavery
is the greatest that fell the heads Of mankind
There occasion to prove that because It'll seevden
Well il follows matter Of course, that to hold slaves
is the greatest Of possible SINS and is clear therefore
that to deprive the people Of the South Of their slaves win
be to take from them all opportunities of committing this
CRYING sin in future This will be Wholesale conversion
at once and instead Of making such ront about their
rights and their property they ought to be very much
Obliged to u.s. Thus you see my friend your obligation
labor for the conversion of sinners will be fully complied
with. eiuIl grasses sneg d
Stump Parson Well, suppose am very dull but
Prophet see must descend to illustrations and exam
PIES for that is the only way of managing these block
heads [Asidel Look you my friend. Suppose a man
has fully convinced himself that he alone is right and all
the rest of the world wrong what is his first duty
VI Scamp Parson Why-why-to get into Bedlam soon
a. possible, to keep himself out of mischief
PSopAd And yos would put stop to ell progress all
reformation. You would have the world stand ks
or 20 backwards: would your asat 5@
Stump Parson Not exactly but would not have every
fool fanatic mailman, mad woman set for reformer
for far my observation extends mischief has
arisen from attempting injurious and impraccable reforms
than would counterbaance all the good arising from them
To do good great scale to be the province Of the
Creator, rather than his creatures
Prophe. What an old fogy have / here Aside But
let the point maintain sir that the first duty
of man. when he thinks all the of his
wrong is to set them right possible even If he
should set the world fire at the time Whether be
does this by force persuasion is of consequence
Siump PGrson But how be to know whether he alone
is right and everybody else wrong 1t great
10 pretend to be wiser than all the world
PsppAe PshawI All this is od-fashioned, obsolete can't
You acknowledged the other day that slavery was the
greatest that fell on the heads of mankind and
that the constitution compact with hell What do
you want more 2
Stump Porson. Why, want some proof of this
want demonstration instead of dogmas. don't think 1t
this is between ourseves-that one man.
few men, should set themselves up standards for all
the rest of mankind unless like the apostles they
bring proof of inspiration and perform miracles
Prophet My worthy friend see you not cut for
stump parson. You will never become great poit-
cian rise to seat in Congress advise you retire
from the field plod in the old beaten track and resume
your vocation Of teaching old and little children
the way they shsuld GO M
NamP Parson. No, no not quite bad that either
One never gets any credit for that except just home
Now, am inspired with nobler ambition / want to
figure at the Tabernacle at public meetings and anniver
aries with Person Beecher, Theodore Parker Wendell
Phillips Abby Foster Lucretia Mott and other bright
lights of the armament Where is the use Of preach
ing two sermons every Sunday to congregation Of old
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