The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-11-10

they are under that constitution. Now
| submit that that wants scrubbing llt
lie. Cheers.) Then ! would also respect
fully lay at his lordship's feet-mor,
beautifully engrossed, If | could, thar
this addressed TO me is--the speech o
Vice President Stephens hear, hear
lin which he declares that all nation,
have been mistaken, and that the subiu
CATION of an inferior race is the onl,
proper way TO maintain the liberty of 9
superior in which he teaches Calvary :
new lesson; in which he gives the lie
into the face Of the Savior himself, who
came TO teach us that by rs much as 2
man was stronger than another, he owed
himself TO the other. Loud cheers
Not alone are Christ's blood drops our
salvation, but those word drops of sacred
truth, which cleanse tie heart and con
science by the expression of precious
truths an principles, themselves are our
salvation, as we'll as the atoning blood ;
and If there be in the truths Of Christ
one more eminent than another, il is,
a" tie that would be chief, let him be the
servant of all" But this audacious
hierarch Of infdelity, Mr.. Stephens. in
the face Of God, and before mankind, 10
this day of universal Christianity, de-
clares that the way for nation to have
manhood is to crush out the liberty of an
inferior and weaker race And he de
clares ostentatiously and boastingly that
the foundation of the Southern republic
is on that cornerstone. Loud cheers,
No, nc" and renewed cheers | beg
leave, when Lord Wharncllfe speaks
for the editicalion of this delighted Eng
lish people laughter i beg leave to
submit that this speech of Mr. Stephens
requires little securing, Applause
And then, if all the other allegations and
evidences that The South are upholding
slavery are to be the peculiar work of
the Southern Independence Association,
not Hercules in his palmy days had such
work and wages before him as they have
got. Loud cheers, We shs'n't be
troubled with them. They will be knee
deep and elbow deep in their business OF
scrubbing and securing. and Lord
Wharnclffe may bid farewell to the
sweets of domestic leisure and to t e
pursuits of the interests Of state, as all
his amusements hereafter will be scrub.
bing and securing, Loud cheers
But there is another precious paragraph
that | will read
:" He believed that the strongest supporters
of slavery were the merchants of New York
and Boston. He always understood, and he
had never seen the statement eontradieted that
the whole of the ships fitted out for the trans
port of slaves from Africa to Cuba were owned
by Northerners."
[ Loud laughter His lordship, If he
will do me the honor 10 read my speech,
shall hear il contradicted in the most ex
pllcit terms. There have been enough
Northern ships engaged, but not by any
means all, nor the most. Baltimore has
a pre-eminence in that matter Charles
ton, and New Orleans. and Mobile, all OF
them. And those ships fitted out in New
York we're just as much despised, and
loathed, and Missed by the honorable
merchants of that great metropolis as il
they had put up the black flag of piracy.
Loud cheers.) Does it conduce 10
good feeling between two nations to
make such atrocious SANDERS as these
His lordship goes on to say
THAT in the Northern states the slave was
placed in even n worse position than he was in
the South. He spoke from experience, having
visited the country twice"
am most surprised, and yet gratifed.
TO learn that Lord Wharnclitfe speaks of
the suffering OF the slaves from expert
ence. Laughter and cheers | never
was aware that he had been put in that
unhappy situation Has he loiled on The
sugar plantation ? Has he taken the
night for his friend, avoiding the day 2
Has he sped through cane brakes. hunt
ed by hounds, suffering hunger. and
heat. and cold BY turns. until he has
made his way to the far Northern states
CHEERS Has he had this experience ?
The grammar is good. Ii is the word
experience | call attention TO- II his
lordship says that il is his observation,
| will accept the correction. Iconlinua !;
"In railway carriages and hotels the negroes
were treated parahs and outeasts. and new.
er looked upon as men aud brothers. but rather
as dogs. (Cheers'l
In all railway cars where Southerners
travel, in all hotels where Southerners'
money was the chief support. this is true
Bat allow me TO say frankly that there
has been some occasion for such q state.
ment. and there has been prejudice in
the North against the negro. ! speak
this the more because it has been part
Of my duty any time these last i6 years
to protest against IT, and we'll dressed
and we'll behaved colored man has never
had molestation or question on entering
my church and taking any seat he
pleases IN the whole house. not because
had influence with my people to pre-
vent it. but because God gave me peo
pie whose own good sense and conscienc-
es led them to do il Of their own accord.
But from this vantage ground II has been
my duty 10 mark out the unrighleous
prejudice from which the colored peo.
Pile have suffered in the North. and il is
a part OF the great moral revolution which
il going on tha. the nreluiices have