New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-03-20

stars and Stripes, and even / have bee
bought with British gold, a. many other
have been bought. Good friends IN Englap,
purchased my frsedom from my master will
British gold, but not with Credit Mobile
gold. There was no valley SO deep, N
mountain so high, nor FaneuiI Hall, no
Bunker Hill, nor Independence Hall, that
/ COULD PROTECT THE YrorTrvs
from his master. / thought, when slave
that the Church was on the side OF the bond
man and the slave it was hard to feel thai
the influence Of the Church was against hin
and on the side Of the oppressor. and think
10 the future, there will be fierce discussion
on the question as to whether the Church
was favorable or unfavorable to the progress
Of liberty? In the future, Froude, or 8
Father Burke will discuss Il. .Sawny, what
is metaphysics ?" swell, your honor, 1t i.
when two men are talking, and neither I'M
derstands the other" tLaughter.l The
Presbyterian Church, down to 1903, was ar
Abolition Church. The Baptist were also or
the side Of the bondmen, and stood behind
| them all.
The SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,
that grand old society that did 50 much
stood by them down to the day of the abolf.
ton Of the evil, and BY this we see that in
former times the Church was In opposition to
the institution Of slavery. The earliest anti.
slavery book was written by DR.. Goodwin, Ia
Cuba, about two hundred years ago, and was
| intended to prove that 1t was no sin to bap-
tie negro. [Laughter.l 1t seems singu-
lar that it should ever be mooted question.
But We have advanced, and now it Is no harm
! to put water on a negro. (Laughter.l You
may drown him in water if you will, but In
those days it was one Of great difficulty. The
master was everything. He decided all
questions touching the slave, and the canon
said the ordinance Of baptism must be given
only to the free-will agent; and It was q
question whether lie had a soul, as he was
the only one in the West Indies who could
not say his soul was his own. This book was
the basis in Old England Of anti-slayery, for
when it was decided that he, though prop
erty, was as we'll man, the first brick was
Knocked down by which the whole line was
tumbled. lApplause.l In the South, men,
women, and children were
SOLD TO SUPPORT CHURCHES,
10 support missionaries the auctioneer's
block and the pulpit were neighbors the
clank Of the chain and the chime of the bells
on the church made music together, and the
pulpit defended it. This was in the South !;
while here in the North we were striking
hands with them by saying that ''if slavery
was sin 1t was not sin under all circum-
stances.'
After referring to some points in the first
decade ofthe anti-slavery movement, he said |:
The time had come to lay the axe at the root
of the matter, and the churches came into the
struggle. There were blows to give and blows
to take, and the Abolitionists were faithful.
Everything was met, dashed, and driven as
far away as they could get it; though it In
CURED the fury of the mob, the loss of repu-
tation-lifc itself were not too dear if the
cause required it. At last division came.
Moral suasion was the word of one, political
action Of the other; but both worked together
for the common veal, and the workers on
both sides have lived to recognize the value
Of the work of each for the common good.
One of the lessons left US Is Faith in man ~
They believed that Gods truth would over
throw the system when the people understood
it thoroughly. Nothing short of faith in
man and in the truth could have supported
the Abolitionists In their
GRAND CRUSADE AGAINST SLAVERY.
Emerson says: Eloquence was dog cheap
among u.s." and no wonder, for it was faith.
~ believe and therefore speak," said the
great Apostle to the Gentiles. But the Abo-
litionists were not long alone. The whole
South was alarmed, and when angry de-
preston Of the new and hated light, it COW
ered-corered before the lords Of the lash.
Newspaper Offices were torn out and one Of
the noblest editors, Lovejoy, was shot down
in cold blood while standing by his press.
Anti-slavery prayer-meetings were broken
up, Pennsylvania Hall burnt, and the act
lauded as patriotic at the time. But these
acts only increased the Southern contempt for
Northern people, and finally eliminated in
that dreadful rebellion which you had to put
down. They said the Abolitionists were a
handful without influence, the respectable
people were all right and would not interfere
in their business. Calhoun said "this dis
cussion of slavery must 60 down." The
shareholders set law, order, and decency at
defiance to put down free speech, and by the
attempt broadcned free discussion and became
our alles.
The speaker referred to what had been
" flung OUT as to
HIS OWN ESCAPE.
l authorized the manager, Mr.. Pusn, to say
l would refer to the manner thereof must
make that promise good, and do refer to it.
would have told it some time ago, but there
were good and sufficient reasons why should
not tell, and / am not satisfied that those
reasons are removed. Before abolition there
were reasons why l should not tell, and now
that we have abolition there is no reason
why 1 should tell. (Laughter.l Most of
people think there was something remark
able about my escape. If l start and rup
across the stage, you have it all. l had
made an attempt to escape, and my master,
in order to prevent second attempt, sent
me to Baltimore to be taken care of, sixty
miles nearer the liberty he wanted me to be
kept from! The vigilance Of the time was
very great. Amy one could ask you why
you were Off the plantation, and have you
dashed for doing so unless you answered cor
rcctly. l bad been in the shipyard, and
noticed sympathy from sailors, and l, know.
ing their vocabulary, thought l could dress
up and pass off for one, though there were
some difficulties in the way. These were re-
moved by friend, Stanley, who had been to
sea, and he had a
SAILORS Protection"
He was about my height, so dressed myself
September 3, 1888, got the protection, j and
got Isaac Roales to put my bundle on the
train after the cars were in motion, and then
l would run and get on. If attempted to
buy ticket would have to pass rigid ex-
animation, and to avoid this waited and
jumped on. From Baltimore came to Will
mington. In the cars was a man named
Isaac Stories, who made caulking irons for
me, and knew me well, tbut he did not re-
cognlze me, SO thoroughly was disguised.
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