The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-16

and. in the end, it win appear that seventeen
white men overaWed town of two thousand
brave Virginians, and held them captives until
the sun had gone laughing twice around the
And the attempt to bide the fear of these
surrounded men by awaking larger fear. vii
never do. It is too literal a fnlfllment, not
exactly of Prophecy, but of Fable; not OF
Isaiah, bat Esop. a'a p 10 si'-1@T 'r 81 :.
Mr. Beecher here spoke of John Brown 10
Kansas, aud the great struggle there !: zala.no
sas = s@os BROWN As A HERo.s9 80. sa'ra 3
When a great State attacked handful Of
weak colonists, the Government and nation
were torpid, but Ehensseventeen mea attacked
a sovereign State, then Maryland arms, and
Virginia arrnsy and the United States Govern
ment arms, and they three rush against seven
teen men Sd sH7Iz97l5 LII n7o7i a77 sj75 81.
Travellers tell US that the Geysers Of Iceland
those singular boiling springs of the north
may be transported with fury by pIucking
up a handful Of grass or turf and throwing
them into the springs. The hot springs Of
Virginia are of the same kind A handful'ot
men was thrown into them, and what boiling
there has been p 81 .ss"o'i -Sls179fI5'
But, meanwhile, no one can fail to see that
this poor, child bereft old man, is the manifest
of them all. Bold, unflinching, honest, with.
out deceit or dodge, refusing to take technical
advantages of any sort but openly avowing
his principles and motives gloryins in them in
danger and death as much as when in security
-that wounded old father is the most remark
able 6gnre in this whole drama. The Cover
nor, ihe officers of the State, and all the at
torneys, are pigmies compared to him. 80
I deplore his misfortunes i sympathize
with bis sorrows Imourn the hiding or ob
scuration of his reason. / disappfove of his
mad aud feeble schemes. i shrink from the
folly of the bloody fray. and 1 shrink, like
wise, from all the anticipa'ions of that judicia
bloodshed which, doubtless, ere long, will fol
low-for when was cowardice ever magnani
nous? They will kill the man. not for treason
but for proving them towards 's FH a7uiai
/ BY and by, when men look back and set
without prejudice that whole sccne, they vii
not be able to, avoid saying. What must b'
the measure of manhood in a scene where I
crazed old man stood head and shoulders abov,
those who had their whole reason2 What
the average citizenship when q lupatic is
hero?' -, f., -azas -.rr5-s5 s7z.,.f.4...-,yI ..-
Mr.. Beecher proceeded to speak of the rea
danger of STATES in which there was so larg
an admixture of slavery. As for the genera
subject of slavery, reflection and experience
ontye tsrnaod his Judgment of it's immeasur
able evils. The following paragraphs shoul'
be read in, every house in the land: ESQ ~.
THE Law oFJLovE APPLIED TO SLAVERY
Because it is a great sin, because it is a ma
tional curse, it does not follow that we hav
IA right to say anything or do anything tha
we may happen TO please. We certainly hav
no right to attak it in any manner that wi
crafty mems fancies or passions. It is con-
puted that there are four million colored slave
in orr nation. Those dwell in fifteen differen
Southern States, with population of te
million whites. These sovereign States ar
united to us not by any federal ligaments. bu
by vital interests, by common national lift
And the question of duty is not simply whs
is duty toward the whites, but what is dut
to each and both united. am bonnd by th
great laws Of love TO consider my duties te
ward the white man, who is his master Bot
are to be treated with Christian wisdom an
forbearance. We must seek to benefit th
slave as much as the white man. and the whit
man aa really as the slave We must keep
mind the interest of every part-of the slave
themselves. of the white population, and, c
the whole brotherhood of states federated il
to national life.- And while the principles {
liberty and justice are one and the same, a
ways, and everywhere 1.-The -wisest method I
conferring upon man the benefit of liberty an
| Justice demands great consideration, accordin
How to apply an acknowledged principle
t'ractical life, is ia K more difficult than th
defence of the principle. 1t is harder to d
fine what would be just in certain emergenci,
than to establish the duty, claims and autho
ity of justice. 30 3 assz s7B,i ai}-.9a559gi g
Can any light be thrown upon this difficu
path 2 Some light may be shed ;b but the di
i icullies of duty car, never be removed excel
by the performance of duty. But, son
things may be known beforehand, aud guit
to practical solutions. .gs5 20 r7tgcaezE
Il shall proceed to show The Wrong Wa
and The Right Way. f'1A us75s'sh 7ti
'2.'i HOW TO DO THE sLyEs MISCHIEF. 4
a1 First, we have no right TO treat the ci
izens of the South with aerinaony and bite
ness. because they are involved in a system
wrong doing Wrong is to be exposed. b
the spirit of rebuke may be as wicked befo
God. as the spirit of the evil rebuked. Sir
plicity and firmuess in truth is more powerf
than any vehement bitterness. Speaking Il
truth in love, is the Apostles prescriptions
Some men so love that they will not spei
> painful truth, and some men utter truth I
bitterly as to destroy love and both are e,
doers A malignant speech OF slavery W
not do any good; and most of all, it will n
do those any good who most excite our syt
> pathy-the children of bondage. If we MOI
3 to ameliorate the condition of the slave, ii
} first step must not be taken by setting Il
, master against him. We may be sure tn
? God win not employ mere wrath for wisdor
: and that he will raise up and send forth. VIII
1 h,s day comes fearless .mer, who shall spel
q the truth for justice, in the spirit of love-
Q Therefore, il is matter, not merely of pol
Z ical and secular wisdom, but of Christian co
HI acienca that those who haYe at heart the vi