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here. And why does not heaVeh ;
ruth circulate down there? Because
The inmates are so wicked that they will
not tolerate the presence of any angel
preacher. This man must have been
good, sound, national Democrat. And
so, suppose, was that illustrious person
age whom Milton has described as bridg
ing the chasm that spread between earth
and the place of his exile, and who claim
ed the right of carrying the local instltu-
tions of his realm into Paradise.
And this reminds me to say that the.
Democratic party, led on by this insane
fanaticism, which holds Slavery to be
morally right, under the guidance of a
political harlequin and trickster, has
proclaimed the constitutional right of
Slavery to go into the Territories with
out let or hindrance. Plighted national
faith is broken and dishonored Princi-
Piles once declared sacred by this very
leader, and said to be canonized in the
hearts of the American people, are ruth
lessly and recklessly trampled under
foot. We had an angel of Liberty sta
toned at the portals Of our Territories.
For thirty years, this sentinel had kept
watch and ward, and guarded that mag
nifcent domain as the heritage of Free
dom, and, with the flaming sword of the
ordinance of the patriots of the olden
time, kept out Slavery from this Eden.
Who chased away this angel, and broke
down the walls that enclosed that empire,
consecrated to the sons and daughters OF
Freedom as a dwelling place and home,
as long as the sun and moon should en-
dure? Who did this ruthless, reckless,
damnable work The Democratic par
ty, under the leadership of the individual
| have indicated. Under what plea was
Slavery thus allowed to enter in and
ravage the heritage of Freedom? On
the same ground that the madman opens
the pest house to let leprosy, plague, and
cholera, rush forth, as did the winds from
the fabulous cave, to walk at midnight
and waste at MONDAY. A man with a
contagious disease must not stay in his
own house, nor be confined in the hos
pital, but must be allowed to roam
abroad, to spread disease and death
among his fellow men What is this,
but the verieSt madness that ever raved
in Bedlam know it is said that there
are two wings to the Democratic party
| am aware of that, and | know, also
that both wings belong to the same vul
ture, and. although one has been slight
ly out of joint, it has now got back to it.
place, and both will flap in unison, tt
bear the carrion bird back to gorge anC
fatten on the carcassewhere it has gorget
and fattened so long.
But the strangest and most impiou
phase of this fanaticism is, that it claim
the sanction of the Bible for American sla
very. l have neither time nor disposi
ton to enter into pathological argumen
on this question. shall not ransac
. Greek lexicons and musty manuscript
0 to ascertain the precise genealogical fore
r of the Greek words translated Sercant i
7 the Bible. And-as for the grand old He
= brew, in which the ancient Scripture
e were written, it has no word which de,
if cribes or recognizes a human being as
e piece of property. Before quoting
) chapter or verse, l desire to say fe
d words having general bearing on til
n subject. The Theocratic charter granite
Al to the Jews was exclusive, and constitl
e ted them kind of close corporation, wit
IS peculiar privileges as a commonwealth
10 But all those unusual franchises were b.
e slowed upon them on the express cond
9 ton that they should comply with a pr
IS scribed ritual. God explicitly declare
d, that he would slay every native-bo
g Jew that did not comply with the provi
Of ions of the charter. Now, l desire to /
lr quire Of those who claim the right
We hold slaves under this old charter give
,e to the Jews, Have you complied with t
E. acquisitions of that. charter? Do y
l. abstain from Virginia ham and 9th
be swine's flesh? Do you observe the ne
in moons, the sabbaths, circumcision, a
Ii the appointed feasts? Ifnot, you are
We Jew, and are not entitled to the franc
es ses of jew; but on the other hand y
do belong to the Gentle race, who, acco
he ing to your theory, were of right ma
ry slaves. If the advocates of Slave
ed, choose to go back and place themsel'
Sc under code of laws given to a race
an men evidently yet in state of barbari:
en- let them take the whole code, and alb
aid by it, and obey it. Another stateme
Is tho Ribla I'll