Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-05-04

slaveboldins drag. slayeholdlng eommuni'
tie. further below the plane of,he Christian
civilization Of the age. than the civilization
which the slave receive, eleyatts him above
the plane Of hoathenism by being held IN
these Christian communities. Sir how do
they impart civilization and Chri',ianity7
II il a strange mode Of christlaniIing race
! 60 turn them over into bru,ism without any
legal marriage Among tho four million
slaves 10 thi. country, there is not single
husband or wife. There is not legally a
single father or child. There !. not sim
glo homo or hear,hsione among these four
million. And you propose to ci,iliIe and
ehri.,auiEs people without giving them
homes, wi,hou, allowing them the eonjuAl
and parental relations, and without having
those relations sanctioned and protected by
Law.
Mr.. Chairman, no community can make
one step Of progress in civiliring araec 'ill
you give them homes; ill you protect the
anctity Of tho home, as We held It should
be protected in regard to these Mormon'
on ,he'plalns of Utah. Chri',i,niting them
nv new process. The slave States have
rirh, TO an exclusive patton, cor IL. Taxing
them ou, in the sight Of the church a' one
wa. taken on, no, long ago in the State OF
Tsnnc.cO. by Presbyterian elder, and laid
down on hi, face on the ground, his hands
and feet eI,-nded 20 their utmost tension,
aud tied to pickct', and the Gospel whipped
into him with the broad side Of hand-aw,
di,colorsd whelks Of sauetifcation being
raised between the teeth every time this
Gospel agency fell upon the naked and quiz
eripg lcsh of,hc tortured convert. laugh
ter
Chris,anircd as a young girl was Chris.
TANNED in ,hi. city since the session Of Con.
grc.., by being whipped and sen, to the gar
ret. and found dead in the morning with
blood oolins from noso and ears.
do no, know whether religious rite, were
had or not. suppose some pro.slavery
priest was invited m to utter impious pray.
cr. before God. thi, the last hagellation
nigh, hav, whipped IN Christianity enough
to save her prseiou. and nsver.dying soul.
/ Laughter Aud now, alarmed good
black walnut coffin /. made aud decorated
with white ribbon. and placed in tho hcar'c
followed by hack containing, presume,
tho murderc.s and nv attention !. called
20 the corics, "S,e, Mr. Iovcjoy, there Is
lave funeral! Il thar :r 4'inc them ike
brute,' Look inio the coIn' Look into
the carriasc'"
You say ,hi. 10 horril. fkuow It's hor.
rid. know il is horrid to hold men in
slavery. know it is horrll TO doom four
million human being, 10 the condition Of
eha,tel., :, he held pro Huii'. pro moriiu',
pro quairuP,di', taken for no persons, for
dead persons, Tor iour.foo,cd bcisis-msn
as much entitled 10 freedom a. You and I.
SIR. the testimony OF all rcligiou. societie.
in the slave States is iha, the slaves are
still hclthcn. and /, is an utter impo,nbili.
~ to ehri,,ianlro them and civiliIs them by
this process.
The thrri poiu, iha, i, relied on to justify
,hysholdns is. that il is constitutional
that it i. guaranteed by the Cons ,i,uiion Of
the United States. Now, Mr. Chairman, |
have heard it declared over and over again
that the Constitution guarantee. slavery.
deny il. In no article, IN no section, IN
no word, In no syllable. can there be any
recognition or sanction Of human slavery
found in tho Constitution OF the United
} States.
IL always recognizes hnman beings rs
persons and never u. property. IL does
not use the word slave ''or =" slavery"
Why. cir. when came up to take the
oath TO suppor; the Constitution, Awhi.-
pered buzz. half in earnest, aud half
ocular. passed around: I" How can Love
Joy swear to support the Constitution p
How can ho take the OATH" could take
the oath to supper, the Constitution, bc-
cause believe in the Constitution, 10
clu.O my hear, i. loyal to IL. Every part
and parcel and portion Of it believe in:
but:l do not believe in the cors ruction
put upon it by those who claim its rec
ignition aud sanction Of ths practise o.
slaSeholdIns.
IL i.as we'll known a. any historical fact
can be known. that the trainers Of the con.
.,i,ution 40 worded il that il never should
recognize the idea Of slave property, from
the beginning to the end Of IL. Bu, the
advocates Of slavery have affirmed n strange
doctrine in regard to the constitution. They
think that because swore to support the
constitution. | swore to uphold the practice
OF slaveholdins. Sir, slaveholding in Va,
has no more to DO with the constitution
than slavery in Cuba or Brazil, or any other
part Of tue wOrld-no, one particle.
have always defended the constitution,
because it Was for liberty. I, was ordained
by the people Of the United States, not by q
superannuated old judgs-aud Jesuit a,
tha,--bu, by the people ofthe United States
to establish Justice, secure tho blessings OF
liberty for themselvc, and their po'teri,y.
aud to secure The natural right. Of every
human being within its exclusive juri'lic-
ton. Therefore love il.
These men con perceive nothing in the
constitution but slavery. A young man