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

oonomen OF our lana, ls not the way 10 help
them- Whatever the gloomy thoughts the
slaves own mind may brood. We are not to-
carry ldisqnietudei te him from without. a.
..IffI could have my way. every man on the
globe should be free man. and at once! But
as they cannot he, for ages, is it best that bit.
ter discomfort should be inspired in them--ora
Christian quietness and patient waiting If
restlessness would bring freedom. they should
never rest. Bat 1 firmly believe that moral!
goodness in the slave is the harbinger of Lib
erty The influence Of national freedom will
gradually reach the enslaved. Il will hereby
inspire that resilessness which precedes devei-I
opment. termination is the most silent, but
most disturbing of all natural processes -
Slaves are bound to feel the universal summer
of civilization. In this way they must come
TO restless yearnings. We cannot help that
and woald not if we could. 1t is Gods sign
that spring has come to them. The soul is,
coming up There must be room for it to-
grow. But this is very different thing from
surly discomfort, stirred up from without, and .
feft TO rapkle in their unenlightened natures
The time is rapidly coming when the Southern
| Christian will feel new inspiration. We are
not far removed from a revival of tho doc.
I trines of Christian manhood, and the divine
| right of men. When this pentecost comes,
the slaves will be stirred by their own masters.
1 We must work upon the master. I'd Make him
discontented with slavery, and he will speedily
tske care of the rest. Before this time comes
any attempt to excite discontens among the
slaves willwork mischief TO them, and not good.
Aud my experience,-snd | have had some
experience in this n1atter-is that men who
tamper with slaves and incite them, are not
themselves TO be trusted. They are not honest
] men, unless they are not fapatical. If they
have not their reason, they usually have lost
| their conscience. / never will trust such men
with money, nor place any confidence in them .
whatsoever do not know why it is SO, but
| my experience has taught me that men who
4 do such things are crafty, and come forih from
such tampering unreliable men. EConspirators
the world over, are bad men. Aud if we're
in the Southland / Thick have the reputa.
tion there of being tolerably stout abolition
ist-I should, not from fear of the master. but
4 effects of it 10 the slave, never by word nor
sign, nor act, do anything to excite discomfort
among those that are in slavery. The condi-'
! tiou of the slave must be changed. but the
} change cannot go in any part Of the commu-
nifty alone. There must be change in the law,
! change in the church. change in the upper
classes change in the middle and change in all
classes Emancipation, when it comes, will
} come either by revolution. or by change of
public opinion in the ,uhole community No
, influences then, Fare adequate to the relief of
the slave. -which-are not of proportion aud
power sufficient to modify the thought and the
feeling of the whole community. The evil is
not partial 1t cannot be cured by partial
remedies. Our plans must include a universal
. change in policy, feeling, purpose, theory aud
practice, in the nation. The application of
simple remedies to single spots, in this great
body of disease. will serve to produce a use-l
less irritation :; it will merely tester the hand,
; but not cure the whole body. f.. ,.-.,-.,,sr-7.
7 Mr. Beecher proceeded to speak of slaves
!, running away. The nimbleness of their legs
E had done much to ameliorate their condition.
t He would not fetter: them. The slave who
}. was capable of daring to run away, he would
7 bid God speed. He would help him along:
-75 .zaa THE RIGHT TO RUN AWAY. z-'''9la s'-
Tn NIL the earth, wherever human being is
held in bondage, he has right to slough bis
D burden and break his yoke if he can. If he
wishes liberty. and is Wiling 10 dare and suifsf
. for him Ifby his manly courage he achieves
e it, he ought to have it. And honor such a
q man 81 -ls,t .., -.
Nay. if he has escaped and comes to me, 1
y owe him shelter, succor, defence, and God
speed to final safety. y A man who
u would not help q fellow creature flying for his
! liberty, must either be villain or politi.
}, clan. 20 . - d.. .-' ..,.. l, =. 90 -. " 60, -
But all this is very different from stirring
up discomfort, and setting on meu to escape
by outside Influence. ...-..-'...-... ....,.'....
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e mo ToLERATIoN FOR sERvME WAR. es
; Still less would we tolerate anything like
: insurrection and servile war. 1t would be the
S most cruel, hopeless, and desperate of all con-
ceivable follies. to seek emancipation by the
y sword and by blood. And though I love lib.
erty as my own life though l. long for it in
y ) every human being though. if God. by une
70 quivocal providences, should ordain that it
e should come again as of old, through terrible
plaques on the FIRST born, and by other terrors
! of ill., / should submit to the Divine behest !;
(. Eyer, SO far as human Instrumentation is con.
g, cerned, with oil the conscience of q man. with
t. all the faith Of Christian, and with all the
zeal and warmth of philanthropist pro-
,f test against any counsels that lead to insur-
1t reciion. servie war, and bloodshed. 1t is bad
e for the master-bad for the slave-bad for all
, that are neighbors to them--bad for the whole
'l and-bad from the beginning TO, end J An
e evil SO unmindsd and malignant that its origin
: can scarcely be doubted. 4.
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II pIscoUNTENANCE INsURREcTroN. .-s
II Now. if the Africans in our land were in
,t teligent; if they understood themselves;f they
a. had the governing power; If they were able
70 6rst to throw off the yoke of laws and con-
a slitntions, and afterwards to defend and build
,e themselves up in civil State; then they would
1t have just the same righ, to assume their iude-
4; pendence that any nation has " 'ls .''-rrf
IN Bot does any man believe that this is the