Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-03-26

presses aud crushes him. Such is the
life of the unhappy victim Of this afro
cious tyranny.
| speak what have seen, and know
whereof | affirm. | have read and
listened to the speeches Of Cthers, and
have spoken myself, bu, always with
the consciousness of how far short all
came Of the reality. Slavery, TO BE-
known, must be seen, moi upon the sur
face, bur as II IS. | have yet 20 look
the candid man iu the face who has
thus slndlei 1t, who will not confess
that 1t is a system Of unparalleled
atrocity that cruelty IS the rule, and
kindness the exception. AntI-slavery
men. however, have never failed 10 IN
sIst that the sin consists III the relation.
The self-evld-nt truths of the Dec
lara;iou OF ependence," and the
teachings Of the Bible have formed the
great staple of their addresses these
are the principles which they have at
tempted TO Insul into the minds of com
muuity if poisonous milk, II comes
from a source whence such streams
have not been generally supposed 10
flow
The misrepresentation and abuse,
however, have come from the other
side; the abUlitionIsts have been the
best abused men IN the country their
eneml 5 have been well acquainted
with the Spanish proverb- throw plen-
ty of Dirt, and some of it Will stick.
Sometimes II has come from dainty
hauds-puipu, press, and platform.
have Wed III the Ignoble strife of coin
ing and applying opprobrlous epilhets
10 The men VINO nave led m this conflict.
These have been mobbed, hooled, hiss
ed, peiIed with uumerchautable eggs,
exposed TO popular violence, and TO
every intlguly and danger; politically,
socially, retl9OuSly ostraCIsed {; denUun-
ced as Iuhdeis, Socialists, Jacob.us, aGd
Whatever else might be considered
odious and coalempubIe. If stung by
such enyenomed arrows they have
sometimes turned upon the foe, and
hurled back the charge Ia words some
what expressive, and not always too
carefully chosen. who can wouder2
remember when | was a boy, William
Allen, noble fellow, son Of a Pres
byIerian siaveholdIng minister of Ala
buma, who had been a student OF old
DIR. Beecher IN Lane Seminary, and
wAo gave up time and wealth tor this
Capse. Ole morning | observed lha,
his cloak vas very much spttered with
eggs; | proposed to scsape them off,
hut ne coolly remarked, that il was
no SORT Of US, as he would only get as
many more at the next place -
NeudeII Phillips. the most magud-
cent oru.or OF lhc country, (Caisauis:I3
III theology, though often denounced as
an iu.idri,) is followed to his heme by
a hoouug, hoWiug mob, his life pro.
lecled by friends and ,he police; bat
ict0 dis,urb9 Mr. Van DIXIE while u.-
terlng his dlau1be against abOili0nists
in Brooklyn. He eXpeuds a good deal
ot supcrulJus patrIJtlsn over book
winch te saw Ia Scot.aui-whose from
uspiece was a picture Of man with a
fierce coanteuuuce beating a naked
woman. Now l can say to Mr.. Van
DYKE thai Il member Of his own de-
nomlua .on in full communion bJasted
TO me Of dong taat very thing | eau
give hIm name aud address, IT he de-
>lres il. He abuses the American
AntI-sIarery Society without measure,
and then displays his biunderiug Igno-
rance by asserting that d" lis President
Is chief JusIIce Of she Safe Of New
Jersey = TINS VIII be news to Mr.
Garrison! Who IS this chief who oc-
cupirs ;ha honorable position of Presl-
deut o. the American Anu-slavery So
cIety.
lie closes This head with these sooth-
ing and Christ-Ike declarations,
believe III the liberty Of the press, and
in freedom Of speech; but | do not be
heve that any man has the right before
God, or IN The eye ot civilized law, 10
speak and publish what he pieases
without regard 10 The Cou~equenc es.-
With the conscientious convictions Of
our teiiow-cuizens, neither We nor tn
law have any right 20 Interfere but
the law oaglt 10 project all men from
the uuerauce of hochous words whos-
only eh-cl IS 10 create division and
strife. | trust ana pray, and call upon
you 10 unite wIlh rae IN supplIcauon,
that God would give ab9iitionisls r-pen-
lance and better mind. 50 that in time
10 come they may at least propagate
their principles IA decent and respect
fui language
Hire Is his third statement. "Aj71i-
ti2ujsp5 - (name!y, tie belief tha, siav-
cry Is morally wrong,) "Ieads to nlul-