Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-11-17

the right wav TO promote the liberty of the enslaved
] may say here, however, that the higher man Is
raised in the scale of being, the harder it will be to
hold him in bondage and to sell him; while the
more he is like an animal, the easier it will be to
hold him in thrall and harness The more you
make shareholders feel that when they oppress
and sell a man, they are depressing and selling
Gods image, the harder il will be to continue to
cnslavc and traffic in human beings. Therefore,
whatever you do to inspire in the slave high and
noble and Go like feelings, tends to loosen his
chains; and whatever shall inspire III him base,
low, and cruel feelings tightens them.
Running away is all fair for single cases. 1t is
Gods remedy for all cases Of special hardship. 1t
is the natural right of any slave who has manhood
enough to resent even tolerant bondage. But we
are not speaking of the remedy for indvduals-
but the remedy for the whole system -Four mill l.
ions men cannot run away until God sends ten
Egyptian plaques to help them. And those ,cho On
among the sidres 10 STIR uP such disposition, ir
help the hundreds at the expense Of The millions
Those left behind will be demoralizcd, and becoHl-
ing less trustworthy, will grow sullen under in
creased severity and vigilance.
A. Still less wonld we tolerate anv thing like in
surrection and servile war. 1t would be the most
cruel hopeless and desperate of all follies, to seek
emancipation by the sword and by blood. And
though | love liberty my own life; though |
long for it in every human being; though, if God
by unequivOcal providences, should ortain that il
should come again as OF old, through terrible
plaques the first born and by other terrOrs OF Ill
should submit to the divine beheSt; yet, so far rs
human Instrumentation is concerned, with all the
conscience OF m1n, with all the fttli of a Chris
tian. and with all the zeal and warmth Of philm-
thropist, protest against any counsels that lead
to insurrcction. servile war and bloodShed. 1t is
bad for the mastcr-bad for the slave-bad for all
th1t are neicllbors to them-bad for the whole land
bad from beginning tocnd. An evil so unnind-
ed and malignant, that its origin can scarcely be
doubted.
Now il the Africans in our land were intelligent;
il they understood themselves ifthey hid self gov
crning power; ifthc, were abe to throw off the yoke
of laws and constitutions, and afterwards to defend
and build themselves up in civil state; then they
would have just the sime right to assume their in
dependence that any nation has
But doesany man believe that this is the case
Docs any man believe that this vast horde OF un-
disciplined Aficans. if set free, would have cohe
sive power enough to organize themselves into a
government, and m iuriin their ndepen lcnce2-
IL there be men who believe this. am not among
them. certainly think that even slaves would be
made i'm mncasurably better by liberty but do not
brlene they ,could be made better by liberty gained
by insurrsctioR 0rrebcliion. regulated liberty; a
liberty possessed with the consent of their masters;
a liberty nndsr the laws and institutions of the
country: liberty which would m Ike them common
I
which make us wise AMI happy-such a liberty
would be great blessing to them Freedom, with
law and government. is good, but without them
it is a mischief And anything that tends 10 incitc
among men a vague insurrectonary spirit, is great
and cruel wrong to them.
IT, in view of the wrongs OF slavery. YOU sly tn It
you do not care for the master but only the sllve
reply that you should for both the master and
slave. You should care for the fate Of the wrong
doing white man, But even though your sympathy
only for the slave, then tor his sake you ought
to set your face against, and dscountcnance any
thing like an insurrcctonary spirit.
By all the ways consistent with the fearless as
serton oftruth, we must maintain sympathy and
kindness towards the South. We are brethren;
mtted to sunder this Union. There time
when thought the body of death would he too
much for lfe and that the North would be in dan
ger of taking diseases from the South. rather than
they our health. That time has gone past. l do
not believe that shall be separated by their act
or ours. We have an element of healing, which,
f We are tue to ourselves and oar principles. and
God is kind to u.s. shall drive itself further and fur
thcr into the nation until it penetrates and regen
crates every part. When the whole lump shall
have been lcavencd thereby, old prejudices will be
done away, and new symplthies will be created.
am for holding the heart of the North up to the
heart of the South. Every heart beat viii be ere
long, not blow riviting oppression, but throb
rying new health. Freedom in the North is st ong-
or tliin slavery in the South. We are yet for
them, rs the silent spring works for US. They arc
lawful prey to love. do not hesitate to tell the
South what | mem by loving union with
them. mean liberty. l mean the decay of slave
nv. and its extinction. If | might speak for the
North would say to the South, "We love YOU,
and hate your slavery. We shall leave frater-
nal effort untrcd to deliver you, and ourselves
..t r. n .x,l ...,l-
cdness of this system" And for this cling to
the Union. There is health in it, We are to
leave no pains untaken, through the Christian con-
science he SouSh to give to the slave himsel
a higher moral sta.us. lay it down as an axiom,
that whatever gives more manhood to the slave
slackens the bonds that bind him. and that whater
or lowers him IN the scale ofmanhood tghtens those
bonds. Ifyou wish to work for the enfranchiscment
of the African, seek to make him better nun
Teach HIM 70 be an obedi ent servant, and an hon
est, true, Christian man. These virtues are Gods
stepstoncs to liberty. That man whom Christ first
makes free has better chance to be cvy free than
any other. To make slave morosc, fractions,
disobedent and unwilling tn work. is the way to
defer his emancipation. We do not ask the slave
to be satisfied with slavery But feeling its griev
Gus burden. VIC ask him to endure it while he must,
'unto God and not unto man." not because lie docs
not love liberty but because he does love Christ e.
nough to show forth his spirit under grevous wrong
Poor slaves will never breed respect, sympathy and
emancipation. Truth, honor, fidelity. manhood.
those things in the slave viii prepare him for free
dom. 1t Is the low animal condition of the African
that enslaves him. 1t is the moral acknowledgements
that will break his bonds.
The Pauline treatment is the most direct road to
liberty. No part Of the wisdom Of the New Testa-
mcnt seems to me more divinely wise than Pauls
directions to those in slavery. They the food
that servants need now at the South, everywhere
the world over. If should live in the South,
sdould preach these things to slaves, while preach
ing on masters duties to those who hold them.
should do it with firm conviction that SO should
advance the day of their liberty
In order to labor tho most effcctuay for the
emancipation of the slaves, would not need to say
one word, except to preach Christ and purity and
manhood, and to cnjoin upon them f,ithfulness in
everv duty belonging to their state. Islould be con-
scious that in doing this was lifting them up high
or and higher. / should feel that was carrying
them further and further toward their emancipa
ton. There is no disagreement between the tue
spirit Of emancipation and the enforcement of every
single one of the prccepts Of the New Testament
res, Getting servants
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the advertisement in this weeks paper of the firm
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sortmcnt Of fGroceries-together with every thing
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