Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-03-04
"Thc sun I: but a spark of fire;
A transient meteor in the sky;
The soul, immortal as It's sire,
Shall ncycr dlc.'


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fs. = A transient meteor in the sky; -sf
t, The s)uI, immortal as its sire,
Shall never die" 4 feo
Shall a, being thus highly endowed, and
destined to an endless duration, be crowd
ed down to the level of the brutes that per
ishe. Docs any ono believe that this is in
accordance with the Divine will? eN
As from the altitude of the stars all inc
qualities of carth's surface disappear, SC
from the stand point of mans Immortality
all distinctions fade away, and every hui
man being stands on the broad level OF
equality. To chattelize rational crea-
ture thus endowed and thus allied, is to In
suit and incense the author of his being.
Look at it from another point. Eigh-
teen centuries ago appeared the most won
derful parsonage that has ever moved
among men-thc God man-the Deity
manifested in human form. After life Of
chosen poverty. passed anid the poor and
lowly, he laid down his life to expiate the
sins of man. President buchanan, believ-
est thou the gospel record? l know that
thou believest. Tell me. then. sir. did
Christ she'd his blood for cattle? Did he
lay down his life to replcvin personal prop.
erty, to rclcem real estate? | tell you
gentlemen, that this property claim in man
is impicty rank and foul, against God and
his annointed
Eternal Nature. when thy giant hand land
Had heavcd the loods and fixed the trembling
When lie sprang startled at thy plastic call,
Endless her forms, and man the lord of all
Say, was that lordly form inspired by thee
To wear eternal chains and bow the knee!
Was man ordained the slave OF man 20 toll,
Yokcd with the br,itcs and fettcrcd to the soil,
Weighed in tyrant's balance with his gold!
No. nature stamped US in heavenly mould
She babe no wretch his thankless labors urge, :,
Nor, trembling, take his pittiancc and the scourge
No homeless Lybian ON the stormy deep,
To cal upon his native land and weep"
Iadopt with cordial admiration, the Ian
guage of England's great statesman:
while mankind loath rapine. .detcst
fraud, and abhor blood, theywll reject with
horror the wild and guilty fantasy that
man can holt property in man.
In orr preamble to the resolutions invi-
ting clergymen to ofhciate as chaplains
we have avowed our belief in Christianity
One of the ,livincst utterances of that relig-
ion is: "All things whatsoever yc would
that men should do to you. do you ever
30 to them" The President, in his recent
message. Justly says that the avowed prin
ciples which lies at the foundation of thu
laws Of nations is contained in this Divine
precept. tnt
Take one single feature of slavery; it an
initiates the family; it tolerates no home
it tears with relentless diabolism It's plow
share beam deep right through Gods do
mestic institution; and having leveled i
with the dust. rcars the devils domestic in
stitution. and transforms the home, th'
house, into stable, ard its inmate.
into cattle. The relation of husband ant
wife, of parent and child. and the endcar
ments of the home circle. are not, and can
not be legally known among the victims
Of slavery lt
What contrast between that famil!
portrayed in the Cotter's Saturday Night
though they were in the depths of power.
ty, though they had been out to service du
ring the week; what contrast between that
rude home and the best slave DWELLING
From one springs country's glory and
greatness, from the other, a country's de
cay, shame and disgrace. a~1a
Take away what there is Of earthly hap
piness growing out of the endcarlnents O
home, and how much Of human felicity have
you left? / look around me, and sec score.
of men. many of whom have, in homes
more or less distant, those dearei' than life
Can any prove to you, gentlemen, by any
course of reasoning, that it would be right
under any possible circumstances. to doom
those children to the auction block, to bt
sold like cattle? If i can prove that it is
right to take and chattelizc another mans
children, then he can prove it Is right te
do the same with mine. Make 1t right
as an abstract principle, to enslave one hu
man being, and You have broken down the
barriers that protect every human beng.
Icome now to the constitutional qucs
ton. The limits that have assigned my
selfwill not allow full or even an extend
ed discussion of this point The President
contents himself with declaring, in general
terms, that the Constitution regards slaves
as property, and adds that this has at last
been settled by the highest judicial author
ity in the land. The Chief Justice who
according to the Executive, has settled this
question. also alludes in general way tc
the Consultation, and bases his sdictuni
on icotemporaneous history and sentiment,
rathcr than upon anything fodnjl in thai
instrument Both these gentlemen profess
to be strict constructionists of the Consti
tuition. Now, L beg to ask them upon
what portion of the Constitution they re.
ly for support Of this property doglna?--
They say it is in the Constitution. l say
ii. is not in the Constitutions; and in the
absence Of all proof, my say is as good as
Theirs In no article. in no section. in nc
line, word or syllable, or letter, is the ides
of property in man expressed or implicl.--
1t is a mystery to me how any man could
ever believe it; and it is double mystery
to me how an uttcrance SO absolutely un.
true and so sslanderous towards the Trainers
of the c Constitution. couldabe thrust before
the American people from the supreme iu.
dietary, and receive Che sanction Of tht
Chief Magistrate. neAnoE ancient Roman
prince said, that if truthsshoul9 be driven
from every other place, it oughthto find {
homo In the hearts ofrulers.r 5vfsaes - 2
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