New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-12
DR.. CHEETER.S SECOND LECTURE.

Tie Rev. DR.. George i. Cheeyer gave he second
OF bis lectures on Slavery last evening in the great
He'll Of the Cooper Institute HIS subject was;
God Personal Liberty Bill and Our Slave Traffic
ard Legislation Contrsstsd
HORACE GREfIEY sta:ed that meeting would bs
called Of those Christians sIthout regard to sect or
denonipaop who believed tia. the inf1snce Of Gins
tiapty a. On organization and faith, oCght to be-
brous ht to bear upon the subject OF Human SlaY1
rs well az sl ether Acknowledged evils 70 org al pa
movement commensurate or auxiliary TO one organzsj
in Worcester snort time ago.
The Rev. Mr.. PLUME opened the meeting VITA
prsyer
DIR. CHrEyER comm enced by saying that the
Moeai, PROVISIONS a. snt avery would for ever re-
II ain among the most convincing proofs OF the au men,
tcity Of the Bible. The Word Of God knew no poll
tics poht ca vlsiny a. juFt subject Of denun-
citation for tie Sabbath sermon any othsr; Il was
all villsiny The Lightning ard life Of religion must be
Carried into the desth Of politics. The csnons that e1-
cluded the deuuDcstion Of Slavery from the pulpit
reduced il TO level with the fountains Of Versailles,
played every Sunday for the Amusement OF the people.
The Charters of our freedom, the Bloe and the Con-
stitutiop must be rescued from the decoration into
Which they had been dragged. He thanked Horace
Greeley fer saying that II our Constitution were
nobody would ever suppose that slavery could nave
existed OK der IT, Ii would be what our judges made
f. and our judges would wrest the Constitution ro
the support Of Slavery just as soon as tine people de
nsrded f. lie would irst consider the cruelty AMI
sinfupess con,ived ~ defend AMI strengthen this
iIiquiiy, and the guilt Of cnsctDg IL lu.o
law. DR.. Cheever gave a poEeiiul presentatoh o,
the atrocities OF the bred Scott declfon sn1
the Fugitive Slave law. This last made ROB
bers ana drsppeTs Of our maIshas, and denied 70 is
victim The right TO testify Should any one OF the wv
hdpatp, Africans wro had been recently landed ID
the South to tho North TO improve nis )ndion
| the whole power of the Government would be pm
forth 20 thrust him back. Were the evidence oil the
slave TO be taken it would consgn the master TO th.
| PaIlows The Judiciary were "a immense pair OF
shears chipping ut every safeguard of our freedom into
| shreds and scraps for the Governmental furnace
NTH such people as lived N England IN the days OF
| LORD Erbine law Ike the Fugitive Slave Law would
be torn from the record and publicly burned. Great
spplauseI DR.. Cheever aDimadvered severely upon
The course of the Tract society. He sald that when
minister fell into its hands be Jared AZ samson ana 10
the lap OF Dhlah the locks Of his strength were snorn
and he was turned 20 the Sou.h-slde. DE-
Cheever gave bret account OF the H-orew II IN
relation TO fUeitives, comparing 1t with the Fugitive
Slave Law. Among the Hebrews The command was
to restore sstoen or oft property the stolen SER
| want was not g. be restored; he that STOLE IN IN
! sboud surely be put to death. Even TINS
! WAS conclusive that man could not Dc
| uroperty, The servants OF Abraham could not
| be slaves had Trey been 50, BE- could not nave
1
i'm safety To secure Slavery, the power OF strong
! despotic Government was needed. The DIVINE STAY
ute r babe tine delivery Of tie servant who ran away
| 10 lis master. The American statute was the direct
contrary It wss morstrous case OF na,ol probes
sedly Christian actually snactng laws contrary TO the
Divine Law Even II there had been any sueh tins 80
Slavery IN the Divine Law, that statute would nave
taken The sting out Of it, Look at our law. father
! now lay in Jail 10 Wa hrgt0n for giving fool
! 10 his own con, who was a fugitive. DIR. Cneeve r
dyelt with great force upon the comphcate enormity
OF making slaves OF the children of slaves The slave
ocfscy had succeeded in boring into the Constitution,
LAYING their eggs in IT, and finding place for them 70
grow. We had become not so much nation o. lns :,
teslers az Of baby steaers Stealing one jewish cn'd
was crime but stealing children by the million was a
very different thug. He thanked God that a Personal
| Liberty bill was passing through our Legislature.
| lrect this breakwater against the tyranny OF the
Save Power and plant upon It barr er OF IRE De-
reath whose range no sieyehun.eT should ever care
o., HE foot ICON our territory with claim OF property
| in man. U.oud spplsufe let every claim be made
renal az God hso made IT, snd such righteous egisa-
ion would inspire in the sou oi every mar, won 70
| ard child sucn conscientious and eternal enmty
| sgairs, Slavery, that no despotc poV,r on earth
could ever cope with ii. CoutiGued applause