Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-17

ia and Christianlze people Wissue 3iNiFB
Thea homes, without allowing The IN tns e9aln- g.
gal md parental relations, and Waout having
those -elations sanctioned and pEescted by law.
Mr.. C1airman, no community = .l.l
step OF progress in civilizinfa race TIL ySu
give then homes; till youprcsft ths l9tSIls1I IVY
Of the home, as We held it sliid Dc T<o.SoseI
in rogali TO these MOTmoU p pi4iA4 : %
Utah. Christianizing then Sir! El DhsisIlAh- sIl
izing them BY new prcess. ns, ptAyg
States have q tight 10 aTexelasiye patent IGt-
IT, Taking them out in 70 sight OF the ch1Icn'
as one was taken ous noilong ago IN the state
Of Tennessee, by Prssyterisn elder ana lal9
down on his face on thsgTOpad' his hanos en9
feet extended 10 their rsfno1t tension, and tied
10 picketg. and the Cosyel whipped into him
with the broad side a. hand-saw, discolored
wbglks Of sancli6csio1 being raised between
he teeth every me the Gospel agency fell
lpon The naked eld quigsring feSh OF the tor
.ursd convict p4aughter.l ,I a.
A DENooRA.Ic MEMBEK-DAd he get Inc
gospel inl [Iaugh'er.l =,
VI Observation-Disclosures as young grI
wasChrislianized in this city since the sesn0n
of COoress bv icing whipped and sent to the
garret, and f6rnd dead in the morning, with
blood oosinq rom nose and ears.
A DKESe..M1o MEMTER-Where does that
authority come FRONT
Mr. LovRJoY-I do not know whether Tellg-
ious rites were had or not. 1 suppose some
Pro- Slavery priest vas invited in to utter i'm.
Ious PRAYERS before God fhat the last Hagells-
iii might have whippe5m Christianity enough
to yve her precious snd never dying SOUL
[Laobter And nov, alarmed, good black
WALTZ aoAin IL mad, and decorated with white
TibbOI and placeI in the hearse, followed by
q hack ontainip0, ! presume, the murderess:
and my attsntion ia call to the cortege: "See,
Mr.. Lo7sov- thefs Is a slave funeral! Is that
treating hsm rae brutesf Look into the eOf-
hu! LOk l5to the carriagel" You say this Is
horrid ncw it is hoIrid. ! know it is
hOrrid to bod men ia Slavery know it is
hOrrid to lom four million human beings to
the condiiol Of ehattsli to be held pro nlllliS,
pro mOrtSs, pro qEGdrlpedis, taken for no per-
sons, forlesi persons, for four footed beasts
men az mel entitled to freedom as you and 1.
Sir, the tstmony of all religious societies in
the Slave 'tites is that the slaves are still
heathen, nd it is an utter impossibility to
Christians them and ciVilize them by this
process. he third point which is relied on 70
justify slaslOlding is, that it is constitutional
that it iguarantced by the Constitution OF
the Unitedtates Now, Mr. Chairman, have
heard it ddRed over and over again that the
COnstitutin guarantees Slavery. deny it
In no arels, in no section, IN no line, in no
word, in n syllabls, can there be any recoRni-
tion or sartion of human slavery found in the
Constitutin Of the United States. It is not
there. Italvays recognizes human beings as
persons, al lever as property. 1t does not
uss the wo1 "saye" or "slavery." Why, Sir,
when cam up to take the oath to support
the Constittion, a whispered buzz, half in
earnest and hlf jOcular, passed around: "How
can Lovejoy wear to support the Constitution!
How can heake the OATH" could take the
oath to support the Constitution, because /
believe in tb Constitution, because hold to
it, because ny heart Is loyal to it. Every part
and parcel ah portion of it believe in; but
do not bellies in the construction put upon it
by those whoclaim its recognition and sanction
of the practis of slaVeholding,
Mr. BARKBALE-(Dem., Miss. .)-No, Sir;
you stand thee to-day an infamous, perjured
villain. [Cals to order
Mr.. AsHwRE Dem, 8. C.)-Yes, he is q
peTjured william. and he peIjuTes himself every
hour he OCCUPIES seat on this floor. Renew.
ed calls to ordsI1
Mr.. sNsLErN (Dem., Miss. And a negro
thief into the bggain.
Mr.. LOvEJoY-I swore to support the Con-
becaua I believe in it. ! do not be-
lieve in their construction of it. 1t is as well
known as any historical fact can be known,
that the trainers of the Constitution so worried
it as that it should never recognize the idea of
slave property, fhOm the beginning to the end
Ing OF it. But the advocates of slavery have
affirmed a strange doctrine in regard to the
Constitution. They think that because /
swOre " support the Constitution, I swore to
support he practice of slavehOlding. Sir,
slaVehOldiRg in Virginia is mnrO under the
control and guarantee Of the Constitution, than
Slavery in Cub or Brazil, or any other part OF
the world, is uRler the control or guarantee OF
the ConstGution-not one particle.
Mr.. McCLERNAND (DGm Ill. III wish to ask
the gentleman whether he has always held
that the Constitution deserved to be sustained
and epted-whether, at any time in his life,
he he'd that tie COnStitution ought to be trod-
den under foot
Mr.. LOYEJsY-NeVer, Sir; never. always
defended it, and always will, whether it be
against the Democrats who perVert it, or the
Disunionists who trample on it.
Mr.. kcCLERNLND-It the gentleman says he
never Rid SO, 1 am not prepared to contradict
him, foTI know nothing, personally, about it;
but had understood that the gentleman once
uttered tbs language; that 'the Constitution
was apiece of rotten parchment that ought to
be trOddenunder foot"
Mr.. LovuoY-Yes; that was thrown in my
face once bsore here, and denied it. Itnever
E, a. in, fVs1f al,
defended the Constitution, because it was for
Liberty. ltwas ordained by the people Of the
United Ststes, not by q luperannuated old
mummy Of Judge-and Jesuit at that-but
y the people of the United States, to establish
ustice, secure the blessings of Liberty for
themselves and their pOSterity, and to secure
he natural rights of every human being within
Is exclusive Jurisdiction. Therefore love it.
These men can conceive nothing in the Con.
titutiol but Slavery. A young man leads
flushing bride to the altar, and takes the mar.
ial vow before God and attendant witnesses,
0 love, cherish, and protect her There she
tsnds--tle divinest thing that God has fsshs
Oned and placed upon esrth-radiant in the
,eauty of youth; her cheek glowing with the
Olor Of the rose, which expands and fades
way into that of the lily; her eyes sparkling
Ike the stars from the depths of blue, and her
resSes falling around her neck like the locks Of
be morning Is the mole on that fair round
eek, or the Wart on that plump, soft hand,
He WOMAN whom the bridegroom swOre to love
nd cherish! Say, Sir, is it, So there is the
nstitution--instinct with Freedom, radiant
nth the principles of universal liberty, seizing
ls inspired utterances Of our Magma ChGTta,
nd reducing them to practical and organic
,alization. Now, Sir, insist that if the
auses thatars deemed TO refer to the subject
Slavery mean all that the widest enthusiast
aims them to mean, they bear no other Tela-
on or proportion to the Constitution which
wear to support, than the excreseenee on the
and or neck does to the woman whom the
ideRroom sEors to love and cherish He
ves her not for these things. but in spite of
lem. So | 1--we the Constitution, not in con-
quence of these things which are alleged to
IN 1t, but in spite Of them. But you will
y the wOhan had right to sport an excrs-
ence on her hand if she chose. / concede |
and as Federal law-maker, concede that
e States have the right to sport this fungus |
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