The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-03
THE LORD WITH SLEEPER.

In our report on the proceedings Of the
police court OF tuesday, We gave the evis
dence in the case Of Rev. Mr.. sleeper, ar
rested for vagrancy.
This gentiemsn--we presume we may
so designate him-wss arrested on Mon
day mig bit and confined in the city Jail un-
til the next morning.
We do not much admire Mr.. Sleeper
but we think his arrest, on the charge of
vagrancy, and imprisonment was an out
rage. No matter how strange may be the
conduct Of any man, he has rights which
should be respected, and the infringement
Of the most unimportsnt of those rights Is
an outrage which should be severely repro
bated
Mr.. Sleeper is religious fanatic, taken
by an impulse Of duty into the vineyard of
colored labor, as he defues his mission.
He has cast his lot with those colored fol-
lowers Of the Lamb, who live together not
always pescsAoly in the Baptis. denomin-
alton. He breaches in their churches, and
In advance of many Of his white fellow
Bsptists who would not Ell in the sanctu-
~ with black brother 10 Christ, and look
forward With shudder 20 the time when
Sambo will strike upon his golden harp
before the throne where caste and social
prejudice will be unknown, Mr. Sleeper
lives with his colored brethren upon terms
oil tho most perfect social equality. He
breaks bread with them; and, strangely
infatuated IS he must appear TO any
white minister who is q converter Of
white sinner. and is in great doubt
whether the id u:ggers have any souls
anyhow, he hss been known to pray to
God and ask that converting power might
come down, as it did upon the pentacosts1 |
day, and work the salvation of moaning !
Dinah, and grooming Sambos.
We admit tina; al this kind Of thing fur
nishss strong evidence Of vagrsncy; and,
we have no doubt, if the refined Col Potter.
Of The Mound CITY journal, had been !
produced upon stand al Mr.. Secpers
trial, he would have saxon solemn oath
that Mr.. Sleeper or any other
man who would dare
TO believe niggar ought to bo crowd
Ell with his bc.ters into Abraham's bosom /
a place reserved for the blue-blooded !
Pot.erisn Chrisiisns-is, beyond all
doubt, yGgrant, who should be pu, to
death By torture.
The Pot.erian view Of the case NAV be !
The correct one. Mr.. Sleeper may be a /
ysgrsu, but we assert that 1t was cruel |
~ ou.rage-to arrest him as 10 Wa arrest |
cd snd imprison him as he vas impf.son-
81. The officer mus, have know that the
negro who informed upon Mr. Sleeper zas
one Of Rev. Mr.. Shores trustees, party u
the church fight now in process Of detsr-
minstion, and melted TO the prosecution
by Malice knowing LIS be became tool
OF Mr. Shores, who is seeking revenge Of
Mr. Sleeper when he arrested the OUTRAGED
divine, lats at night, and threw hin
INTO The vile cells OF that sink VI filth, tie
di.ease-sngsn iering city fail NJ. Sleep
CT IS 40 old man, and the cruelty Of The of
neet nigh, have sent hin, before his time,
to enjoy tbs! glory into which be believes
II Is hn mission 10 lead those sinners whom
TIE Lord, uluch to tue disgust Of h,gh-tored
DsmoctAis, has covered with black skins
But the angels who waited the prison ID
which intolerance, thessme to-day as then,
hAa 'mp'ssoLed The two apostles, WAS with
mr. sleeper through that dreadful nigh,
guarding him from disease and the ravage.
OF vermin and, IN the morning, one Of
angels, IN the person Of Judge Mulkey
mapped the old mans fet.ers, and he
walked forth free man. Ylriue-is III
own reward, and thus are Wind ated meri
toflous men working IN new paths owe
which hang the sullen cloud. Of Prelude
and caste.