Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-04-26

e scourge him. and. to intensity the indgnit
e you drive tie knotted thong, bv tIfe ham
ola slave, deep in his quvering ics, then tar AM
feather him, and then put him on the cars still na
= ked, and threaten with violence the man who ha
0 the compassion to give him cup of coffee. Ant
finally after being jeered at every station along h
route, this victim of your cruelty free citizen
crawls into stsbe and begs, stealthily begs, tn,
cast off clothes of an hoster to hide his nakedness
You drive away young ladies that 60 to teacl
school; imprison or exile preachers of the GOSPEL
ana pay your debts by fsising the mad-tlog cry o
aoouuon against the agents of your creditors.
Mr.. BARksoALE-The meancst slave in the Soutf
is your superior. Cricsof "0rder." from the r
J publican side.
Mr.. MARIN, of virginia--I hope gentlemen
from the South will let him talk AS he plcases; bu
go away and not listen to him.
MEMBER, on the Republican side--Well, 20
"Stand not on the order Of your going, but 90 at
once"
Mr. LovEJoY--Mr. Chairman, saw claim the
privilege Of going anywhere and cveryghere with
IN the limits OF this American Republic, as free
citiz N, unmolcsted, and of uttcrng in an orderly
and legal way, any sentiment that choose to ut
teri aid yet, are we allowed TO do it7 Are we
Tor that IN these United States to be subjected c.
! violence, outrage, tar and feather, burning, i'm.
prisonment and the gallows? Aswe tat qre ii IN
Know that gentlemen say that sef-preservatiou
Is the hrst law of nature; but you cannot keep
slavery and allow free discussion, then | saw, in
Uods name, before free discussion and ali the
rights of free citizens are to be sacrificed 10 that
Moloch, of slavery, that Moloch must be inundated
Mt the shrine of liberty free Speech free discussion
and all those rights that cluster around an Ameri
can citizen.
/ Why, Mr.. Chairman, citizen of Rome, when
the scorge was already uprased, and about 10 fall
upon HIM, II he uttered the cry, 81 am Roman
toI 49,.
not there more of charm. is it not a prouder po.i-
tion' to be an American citizen, than to be Ro-
man citizen! And are we, in the nineteenth con.
tnry, living under this Constitution with our free
lnstlsutions--are our persons and our rights to be
less sacred than they were under the old Roman
administration, eighteen centuries ago and more
That is my response to the question why recon.
mend the circulation of the Helper book.
Now, what about John Brown? lCries of "I etss
have it.''J This affair of John Brown brings us TO
the reality of things This raid confronts ns will
slavery, and makes us ask, is slaveholding right: +:
and, 1t so, what rights has it' When the curtain
rose ard startled the nation with this tragedy John
brown lay there likes wounded lion with his head
upon his paws, saber cut his brow bayonet
gashes IN his side, the plood oozlng out AMI li(.
Itself apparently ebbing fast; around were certain
little specimens OF the canine species snutiino and
smelling, and finally yelped out Mr. Lion, was
the ola warhorse that pastured on the Western
Reserve with you on this expedition" The lion
SLOWLY raised his head, cast dsdanul eide glance
upon the inquirer, growled out contemntuous
negative. and reposed his head as before.
In regard to John Brown, you want me to CURSE
MIN. Will not curse john Brown. You want mo
to pour out execrations upon the head of old Ossa
watomie. Though all the slaveholding Balaks in
.'e country HI their houses with silver and prOfer
u, VIII not curse John Brown. do honestly
condemn what he did; from my stand point and
with my convictions dsapprove of his action. that
is true; but believe that his purpose was a good
onei that so far as his motives before God
were conrernedi they were honest and truthful:
and no one can deny that he stands head and
shoulders above any other character that appeared
on The stage in that tragedy, from beginning 10 end
from the time he entered the armorv there 70 ,Ia
time he was strangled by Governor ..Fussation''-
General laughto-
lie was not guilty of murder or treason. He did
unquestionably violate the statute against oi,;no
slaves TO escape; but no blood she'd, except by
the panic stricken multitude, ill Stevens was fred
upol while waving a fiag of truce. The ONLY muir
uer was tiat oil thompson, who was snatchcd from
the heroic protection of 4 woman, and riddled with
balls at the railroad bridge. Despotism has sell
dom sacrificed three nobler victims than Brown
Stevens, and Hazlitt.
As remarked. Mr.. Chairman, this brings us to
eohiront slavery, and ask what right this Baliban
has upon earth? say no right Nv honest con.
viction-and do not know why pentemer need
take otense; they need not unless they choose
my honest conviction il, that all these slave
holding laws have the same moral power and force
that rules among pirates have for the distr b,ton
OF their booty that regulations among robbers have
for the division of their spoIs; and although | do
not deiieve gentlemen have behaved very hand
somely to me, am going to add, notwithstanding
that do not mean 20 say that gentlemen who are
shareholders would be guilty of these particular |
things-that Is not the point--I am talking about |
THIS matter IN the court Of conscience in the court
OF right and wrong; and insist that any laws for
enslaveing men have just the same moral force as
the arrangement among robbers and piratcs for |
distributing their spols.
want to know by what right you can come and !
make me savel l want to know by what rirbt |
you can say that my child shall be YOUR slaye7 |
want to know by what right you say the mother |
shall not have her Child given to her from God |
through the martyrdom of maternity Hear that |
soit exquisite warble of mothers love:
"Ere last years sun had left the sky,
birding sought my Indian nest
And folded, ah! SO lovingly,
Its tiny wings upon my breast''
Now where is the wretch who would ,laro to co
up and take that futtering and painting brdl;ng
from the bosom of its mother. and say at is mine;
l will sell it like calf; will sell it like pia.n
what right had that mother to her babe? Was il
because she was "Fanny Forester" the gifted
authoreSs; was IL because she was the wife of
venerable and vsnerated missionary? No il was |
because she was its MOTHER: and every slave moth
er has just as good title to her babe as "Fannv
Forester" had to hers. No laws can make II r;obt
to rob her. Isav, in Gods name, my child is nine.
and yet have risht-to mine that a slave father
has not to his child. Not particle. The same
argunnnt that proves my ri ght to my personal
liberty, proves the right of every human being To
ms The argument that proves my right to INV
children, gives the same title, the same sacred
claim to every father. They, as /. get it from
heir God, and no human enactment can anuul the .
'laim. No, sir, nevcri Therefore, every slave
las right to his freedom, in spite of your slave
avs. Every slave has right to run awar, in spite
# your slave laws
tell you, Mr.. Chairman, and l tell YOU ALL that
were slave, and had 1 We power and were il :,
ccessary to achieve my e edom, would not II
hesitate to fill up and bridge over the chasm that
awns be,wesi the hell of slavery and the heav- :
n oil freedom with the carcases of the sIan Give =
ne my freedom. Hands off. Unthrottle that man.
I've him his liberty he is entitelt, it from God r
With these views, do not think of course it is =
ny harm to help away a slave told you that y
year ago. lneed not repeat it.
A MEMBER--" You steal them.''
Mr.. LovDoY-Who steals when a man comos -
nd takes my child from my hcarthstone? Who " "n
eals when he comes and takes the babe, flesh of "
y hesl, and bone of my bone7 Who stealsl -
III you that have no more hesitation in helping :,
lgItive slave than have in snatching lamb from ~
'e Jaws Ola WOLF or disengaging an infant from !,
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