The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-04-19

OIL our Tree lnstltuti0ns.
The evils that Samuel F. B. Morse 4 Co..
at the head Of the society referred to, are thai
there are in the United States at this time
class of men who advocate the doctrine ol
Declaration Of Independence, although Dr.
Franklin, George Washington and other'
who were active in founding our Government
made the doctrine Of personal freedom the
basis Of their actions. If tho founders ol
the Government were right then, s. +. b.
Morse 4 Co. are wrong.
This "army of talented lecturers " that
are likely to be sent out by S. +. b. Morse
& Co., will give lessons II they act in confor'
nifty to their programme and inform us that
there are four millions Of human beings ol
African decent that are incapable of taking
caro- of hemselves-that they were made so
hy the decree of God-that their oyerseers
and masters are a set OF men ordained by
God to take proper care Of those four
millions of human beings and compel them
to work to pay for being cared for. They
will also set forth in their lectures that any
one who has the audacity to declare that
God did not authorize the pious slave owners
to send out to Africa and steal cargoes OF
the natives and bring them here and make
them labor under the lash for the good Of
their souls is demagogue, an intidcl, an
agrarian and is fighting against the DEGREES
Of God rs set forth in the scriptures.
Inanswer to them, some uisionary-rgormer
Us MIR. S. +. b. Morse & Co. would call him,
might with propriety quote the language oil
Christ to the Sadducecs when he said, 4" Ye
do err, not knowing the scripture nor the
power Of God"
The Scriptures are plain in relation to the
ordinances of God, and they are equally 50
in describing the character and the despotic
dispositions Of kings and masters, and the
suiIcrings Of subjects. And our revolution
airy fathers that gave us government, wisely
yape us a government, II properly admins,
tered tina. would bring tho human raise upon
an equality instead of making ono man q
lord and another q servant.
Now suppose that S. F. B. Morse & Co.
would call Moses visionary refomr and
Aaron demogogue. They would place
Pharoah in the same class of their bright
ornaments of the church of God in the
South. They speak OF four millions of i'm
mortal beings incapable of sclf.care and in
disposed to industry and foresight and are
'propideniiaiiy committed to tho hands ofour
southern friends"
Now lot us enquire what providence there
was in placing these four millions Of immor-
tdibeings" into the hands of tho friends OF
S. +. b. Morse. & Co.'S. Thcar army Of tai
enfed lecturers will not have the audacity to
declare that they came here voluntarily or
were thrown upon our shores by any prori-
Dental occurrence. They would not say
that they came here rs the parents of the
Hebrews went into Egypt to ayod Starvation.
But IL they attempted to palliato in any
way the circumstances which placed these
-four millions of immortal being in scrvi-
tude to the slave owners to the South, they
would find those who regard the Bible and
its teachings with more sincerity than s. +.
B. Morse & Co. do, would meet them with
the evidence that they came here through
the porst passions Of the human heart.
They were either stolen or Bought as pris-
oncrs of war wagcd among the tribes Of
Africa for the purpose of making prisoners,
set on by slave traders-and brought here
and sold as any article of merchandise.
The means used to bring them into slavery
are much more cruel than those used to en-
slave the Hebrews in Egypt.
II 1t is true that large portion Of those
now here were raised here but any one
who has been in the slave States and seen
the great proportion Of Mulattocs would
have his sensation quickencd by seeing q new
race springing up between the Saxon and his
African ehaiiel.
II the army Of talented lecturers " should
visit the land where pulpit and school houses
are considered indispensable, could they JUS
tify the acts that brought those four mil.
lions Of mortal beings incapable Of self-oare "
into the hands OF the Southern friends OF
S. F. b. Morse 4 Co.. 4?
Would they not be compelled to acknowl-
edge that the acts that brought them here
find no parallel in brutality and bardarim in
the history Of the world?
1t Is certainly one of the most ridculou,
assumptions that | have ever seen put forth
that class Of men who pretend to act under
the sanction OF the Gospel and Bible teach.
ings, should 90 out to Africa and steal what
they call +" immortal beings " or buy them oil
a set Of barbarous pirates, bring them here,
raise up mixed breed by a race who art
"inoopdble of se!coare" and compel them
to work without wages and pretend that
they are fitting them for the joys ol
heaven"
Since l read the article referred TO I hav,
paid some attention TO the subject and FIND
that the organization is likely to osprcad-and
1t meets with favor by the idlrs that hang
about the public Offices and smoking saloons
who will probably follow in the wake of the
" army Of talented lecturers" Who will advo'
cate stealing " immortal beng'" and fitting
them for the "joys Of heaven while they are Ia
boring to uphold the southern friends OF s.
F. b. Morse & Co. in life Of brutality
dist,Ddfioo and 49,.