Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-07-22

groVellng IN the dust TO hit Its head IN
the Senate; and has demanded the
suppression of Free Speech. Tyranny
always will demand this-it always
did. Slavery must not allow men TO
talk. 1t knows this; and if there is
decent minority against it, and that
minority is allowed to talk, it will 90
down. Whatever Slavery has done
when in power, it will do when in
power again. What has it done? 1t
has put down freedom of speech; it has
fettered the press. But you say "we
have the right of free speech here"
Yes! but why have we not in every
State in the Union? The people of
the South once had the right'.o talk
about Slavery. And why have they
not now? Because Slavery has got
strong, and has gradually gathered up
the reins of Government and crushed
out every principle of Liberty. = =
Mark this: there are three hundred
and fifty thousand shareholders, and
six millions of white voters. We
viii put this at the Democracy. Ac-
cording to Democracy these shonld
control the Government; but this is
not the case. Look at Congress; the
Cabinet; the Judiciary-look at all
the offices of the Government, and You
find them in the hands of the slave
holders. Well, what do they do with
these white men? Sometimes they
ask them to have mercy upon them,
and help them catch runaway mig
GER" then they will have nothing
more to do with them. Well, the
Shareholders look down upon you
rorking Democrats with more contempt
than they do their own slaves, but yet
you follow them up, laughter and ap-
plause, and ask, "Mr Stakeholder,
have you got any Niger YOU want
caught?" Laughter. They put it
in their platform that they would catch
them. But then the Democrats are
somewhat divided. There is such a
thing as "Douglas Democrats"
sometimes wish, when ] think of that
contemplate Douglas" that | had
another name. Laughter. | felt
some interest in Douglass new posi-
ton on the political chess-board, but
I find he is the same old snake in a
new skin. Cheers. Il +
1t is claimed again that our South
ern brcthgen should have peace, and
that we disturb them by our continual
talk on this subject. Then they
threaten disunion. lam for the Union.
| verify believe that Slavery will be
abolished sooner in the Union. But il
l thought Slavery was upheld by the
whether from Heaven
or from He'll would hail with de-
light the thumder-bolt that would
break down this Union. But | have
no idea that the Union would be abo!-
ishcd if we would exercise all our
rights of free speech. But if we must
have Slavery with the Union, then !
say dorm wiM tie Uniont
But those who have undertaken to
keep peace with the South, have un-
dertaken a work that no man can ac-
complish. Mol there is no peace to
the wicked. They may whct their
bowie-knivcs and put them under their
pillows, yet they can not sleep well.
They say that we Abolitionists want
their slaves to cut their throats. And
why is it? Because they know that
they ought to have their throats cut.
But, my friends, if they kill all the
! Abolitionists, lock the mouth of every
freeman. the STAKEHOLDER would have
no peace; for down deep in his soul
is an Anti-Slavery Lecturer, which
says repent, repent, nEPEST-brcak
every yoke and let the oppressed go
free. / know something about Sla-
very. ! have the marks of Slavery on
my back; and before | knew that had
a name, that may some day be written
in the "LamJ's Book Of LIFE" it was
registered in the lelger of a.slavehold-
er. / would rather, this hour, take
upon me the condition of the slave,
bad as il is, than that of the slave
holder; for l know that there is no
peace for him. There is a day OF
wrath for those who trade in the souls
of men,,
l will now refer to the attempt to
Nationalize Slavery. Upon what
theory is Slavery to be Nationalized
1t is already Nationalized. 1t was
Nationalized by tho repeal Of the Mis-
souri Compromise; it was National
lied by the Fugitive Slave Bill; it was
| Nationalized by the bred Scott De-
cision.
1t was the boastaof the British that
their law made Liberty the natural
right Of every man. no matter Of what
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