The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-03-24

r N ain as the heritage of Freedom, and
{ with the flaming sword of the ordinance
of the patriots of the olden time, kept ou
) Slavery from this Eden. Who chased a
way this angel, aud broke down the walk
that enclosed that empire, consecrated te
, the sons and daughters of Freedom as 9
dwelling place aud home, as long as the
: sun and moon should endured Who did
this ruthless, reckless, damnable work
The Democratic party, under the leader
ship of the individual have indicated
Under what plea was Slavery thus allow
ed to enter in and ravage the heritage of
Freedom On the same ground that the
madman opens the pest house to let lcp-
rosy, 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 hospital, but must be allowed to
roam abroad, to spread disease and death
among his fellow men! What is this but
the veriest madEess that ever raved in
Bedlam | know it is said that there
are two wings to the Democratic party
l am aware of that, and | know, also,
that both wings belong to the same vul-
ture, and, although one has been slightly
out of joint, it has now got back to it's
place, and both will flap in unison, to bear
the carrion bird back to gorge and fatten
on the carcass where it has gorged and
fattened SO long.
But the strangest and most impious
phase Of this fanaticsm is, that it claims
the sanction of the Bible for American
Slavery. | have neither time nor dispo-
sitiOn to enter into a pathological argu-
ment on this question. shall not ran
sack Greek lexicons and musty manu-
scri pts to ascertain the precise etymologi-
cal force of the Greek words translated
serCGnt in the Bible. And as for the
grand old Hebrew, in which the ancient
| Scriptures were written, it has no word
which describes human being as piece
of property. Before quoting chapter or
verse, desire to say few words having
general bearing on this subject. The
Theocratic charter granted to the Jews
was exclusive, and constituted them
kind of close corporation, with peculiar
privileges as commonwealth. But all
those unusual franchises we're bestowed
upon them on the express condition that
they should comply with prescribed rit-
ual. God explicitly declared that he-
would slay every native born Jew that
did not comply With the provisions of their
charter. Now. l desire to inquire Of those
who claim the right to hold slaves under
this old charter given to the Jews. Have
you complied with the acquisitions of that
charter! Do you abstain from Virginia
ham and other swine's flesh Do you
observe tie new moons, the sabbaths, cir.
cumCision, and the appointed feasts If
not. you are 10 Jew, aud are not entitled
to the franchise of jew; but on the 9TH
er hand you belong to the Gentle race,
who, according to your theory, were Of
right made slaves. If the advocates of
Slavery choose to go back and place
a race of men evidently yet in a state of
barbarism. let them take the whole code,
and abide by it, and obey it. Another
statement If the Bible sanctions Slave.
ry at all, it is the enslavement of white
men. No one pretends that the servants
spoken Of in the Bible were blacks. The
Roman slave was not black man. The
Hebrew servant was not black man.
The question is, whether the laboring
mao, white or black, may rightfully be
enslavcd.
may as we'll notice, hero, that worn
out quotation enormously placed on Ham.
Noah planted vineyard, raised some
grapes, made some wine, and got drunk.
When be walked up, stillfuddled with the
fumes Of the wine, soto COce, SO confused
he did not know his sou from his grand
son, he uttered the maediction, "cursed
be Canaan not Ham, who had been
guilty of the wrong. And now in tho
blaze of the nineteenth century, with the
radiance of Christianity shining around,
Democrats 60 mousiDg back five thousand
years 20 learn the basis of human rights
from the lips of a man still half drunk.
"Cursed be Canaan" is evermore the re.
frain of Democratic minstrelsy.
And now to the Bible. l will not de-
tain the Committee long, for have DO
patience with the impiety that attempts
to throw the sanction of this holy book a.
round the diabolical system of American
Slavery. What says this inspired volumey
Thou shalt not stealP' Brief, compre-
hensivc, and to the point. This must be
taken from the Bible, before it can be
made to sanction Slavery. Does this for.
bid my taking of my neighbor's horse, but
allow me to induce the man to slave,
and then claim them both! How much
better is a man than a sheepl If | am
told that Slaveryis not theft, because the
felonious intent is not there, / reply, as
the gentleman from Georgia replied, who
has 10 former years on this floor attemp-
ted to justify Slavery on the authority of
the Scriptures. lie declared that the act
of Pauldlng in arresting the marauder,
Walker, was an act of robbery. Some
one renlied that IL could not he rohberv