Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-15

protest That they are opposed tosia'ery' OUT
IL amounts to nothing, while they vote for
men who sustain it as an institution OF tho
Bible. Go into the United States Senate
and you will find Southern men,-sIavc-
holders large majori,y in that body and
the same Is true Of the House. Senator
Brown, the colleague OF Jefferson Davis,
from Mississippi, who is ono Of the leading
men in the party, in speech at barbecue
in his Stats on the llth ult., used the fol-
lowing language. 10 speaking Of slavery,
he said
THAT 1t 10 OF divine origin is proven by
the bible In no line in that blessed book Is
slavery reprobated: In many places l, Is cI.
prc-sly sanctioned. The angel OF the Lord.
we are told. captured llagar and took her
back 10 her mistress. Onesymus was iu'
gityo when captured by Paul, and though
slavery existed IL. the time Of our Savior,
neither he nor his disciples preached against
il. What God has ordained cannot be
wrong; what Onnipotence sustains, ianat.
icism cannot throw down."
Again he says, in the same speech
IL think Slavery is good thing. Per - I,
believe II 10 be great moral, social and
political blcs.ing-a blessing 10 the master,
and blessing 10 the slase-and believe;
moreover. that il is Of divine origin. ] aid
30 in the House Of Representatives at Wash
ineton, on the 30,h OF January, 1850, and
| say ~ now-I said 90 then because thought
80 thsn-l cay 80 now. because think 50
yet"
In another part OF his address he eIclaim';
IL would spread the blessing Of slavery.
like the religion OF our Divine Master, 10
the u,termos, bounds Of the Garth"
This is the view now taken OF slavery by a
large majority Of the leaders Of the demo-
cratic party in the union. They place sla-
very side by side with the religion Of Christ,
and with Gov. Brown, talk abou, It's "bles.
sings" as being equal to the =" religion OF
our Divine Master" Gov. Brown gives the
exact position OF tia, party upon the slavery
question. This is the democracy Of 1858.
VIVA, is il ia its moral aspects ? \ slave
is kept half starved and half clad, through
hi, whole life. lie is compelled To toll for
be master without reward until death re-
licvcs him Of his misery. by the law. he is
in the power Of his master, who can tie him
to tie whipping poe, a, plcasurc, and scourcc
him 20 death, II he refuses 20 submit. by
the laws Of the slave states the Bible is 10 be
kept away from the slaves, and IL !, PEN
l,cn,iary offence for any person to teach a
slave a line Of the Word Of God The mar.
riagc relation is broken down, and the re.
gions occupied by slavery created one great
brothel house. volume could not contain
a description Of tho damnAblc sins and out.
RACES Of slavery. Wesley denounced i, as
the sum OF all Villanics. To sustain sla.
VERY as moral, rel gious question j. to al.
yoca,c every sin in the decalosuc. Yet thu,
is the morality Of the democratic party.
Who wonder, that thi. party is stepped in
iniquity. when it susiains by It's acts, such
an Institution
Look a, another position taken by the
party. They sustain all the abomina,iots Of
Utah. President Pierce appointed Brig
ham Young Governor Of the ,erriiory, when
he was living in open prostitution, and con-
,inucd him in the place for years and IN
the 3ith Congress. when Mr.. Morrill, Of VI.
introduced ball 10 abolish Polygamy in
Utah, the democratic party voted it down.
Look at the position Of the party upon
another great moral qucsiion-tempenncc.
Notwithstanding ln,cmpcrancc Is universal
~ admitted to 10 a gigantic moral evil. the
democracy everywhere. 60 in body agains,
every sllutAry and ciTcctual legal restriction
of the tufhc, a. party measure. Even
down TO the last State election, after the
people had settled the question, at the bal.
lo,.boS, ,hi, same party tried in every way
to make il a hobby, promising free rum for
votes.
- los, to all moral ideas, have tho lead.
ers Of the Maine democracy become, that in
the late canvas. they even made an enact,
mcnt II the last legislature, declaring
houses Of ~ fame and groS shops nuisances,
party issue.
Nc wonder the National government is
eorrup,ly administered. No wonder the
treasury is plundercd, when nnk, unblush-
Ing inGdclity. sciIcs upon the democratic
party. It, moral standard is planted bu, a
few grades higher than ,hl, OF the atheists
Of France, when they soush, to deny the
existence Of God.