Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-10-14

N earthquake shock. IN the conflict OF
March 18th 1871; when Old Gnliford
was Dedicated to Freedom in baptism
Of blood And shall | not in this
stand, with these thoughts and these
surroundings speak ont for God and
humanitys | came here to speak the
truth; and when | prove recresnt. let
this tongue cleavc TO the roof Of my
mouth. Ithen assert, without the fear
of successful contradiction, that you
have law in North Carolina worse
than the Law of Egypt to murder the
infants. 1t is law to murder the
soul. while yet it drags ont miserable
existence; law spreading ignorance
by statute. and hea,henism by enor-
.mous penalties; law to stiAe the IN
tellect. and plung> in death damps.
the upward aspirations of the spirit a
law to extinguish every ray of light,
and leave mankind in night without a
star; law 10 make it criminal TO read
the word Of God to man, or learn the
priceless value Of the blood Of atone
ment.
Q, tell it not in Gath. published il
no; in the streets of Askelon. that in
the Christian State of North Carolina,
law is found on the Statute Book,
making it criminal for near half her
population to learn that which compose
the name of the Saviour Of men
Were the Slave mothers child at
the breast, murdered, who could doubt
the guileleSS infant would find its place
in Abrsllsm's bosom? Can as much
he said for the victim of this law OF
compelled ignorance, Jarbarity and
vice? Certainly not. Before closing
his part Of my subject permit me to
refer to another law belonging to the
same category. 1t says Slaves shall
be deemed, sold, taken, reputed and
adiuGged in Law TO be chat,els person
al in the hands of their owners" etc
Is this law true? 1t makes man. the
purchase Of the Rclcemer's blood
the travail of his spotless soul--the
com panion of hoe. spade, wheel
barrow. 1t places him on the level OF
the ncighiug horse anl the lowing Ok,
and puts him in the hand Of "own-
ers" who barter him for vile dust, sell
ing him in the shambles with four
footed beasts and creeping things =
Blu, what says God about this article
!of merchandise? He made him not
IN The likeness Of "chattel, but in
his own image, and he pnt crown on
his head, brighter than ever monarch
wore; not the fading diadem of Ce
sar a Cromwell, or Bonaparte; but a
crown Of glory, Immortality. and
eternal life" leave it to you, my
friends. TO judge whether such being
ranked aud registered "a little lower
than the angels" by the grea. creator,
can by man be turned into a brute, a
chattel. thing! Which authority i,
likely to prevail in the case. Gods OF
mans. Such legislation is both an
absnrlity and falsehood. Let me H.
lustrate. Yonder stands a stove, be.
side it is bench, or seat. Now sup.
pose some drunken, atheistic legiSla
ture should enact that hereafter stove,
shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed
AMI aijudgei in law to be GOOD, and
by the same authority benches shall
be held to be iron. or both shall b.
considered stone, | ask would any one
suppose them to be such because al
Infatuated Legislature had so declared
Surely not The act would be esteem
al both an absuriity. ami falsehood
But the greater absurlity. and far. far
greater the falsehooi Of enacting tina
man is chattel 1t is the boldest
biggest lie he Devil has invented il
six thousand years"
New Salem. Aug, 1853.