Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-09-28


although / heard ! outraged the TO
lirious sentiment Of tho Democa.lc
party and shocked the p,e'S
of that organization saying "
Ilaughterl--I did cay there ana :
now say here that the fugitive s'As0
law OF 1850 would have
DIsGRACED HELL IN HER PALAif7i
fLAughter.l At the same "me -
nearly all the western states '',e'0
was 9 law by virtue Of which noepl'
tally became an indictable onen1..
There was law by virtue OF Wn'cn
charity became a crime, ana m.u
| simply for an act OF kindness exe.-
cised, could DO indicted, imprlsonea,
| and fined. It was the law OF Iillnois
| INV state, that III gave drop o.
| cold water, or crust Of bread % :
Door fugitive from slavery, coul'
| he indicted. fined and imprisoneo..
Under the infamous slave law %
1870. under the infamous black laws
| ~ tha western states when the re-
publican party was born, II . WOMAN ',
%. 1Ooths white had escaped itom
| slavery, carrying her child 10 ne.
arms. had gone through wilderness
and tangle, and swamp ana Ws'el,
| and finally got within one 100. ~
free soil, with the light Of the norm
star beckoning her TO freedom ~
would have been an indictaoie ol.
tense TO have given her drop Oh
water and q crust Of bread. AND
under the gative-slave law, u was
the duty Of a northern citizen claim
inc u be a frceman TO clutch that
woman and hand her back TO the
dominion OF the hound, tho demo-
crat. and the lash. fCheers.l what
more? The institution OF slavery
had polluted and corrupted the
church, not only In the south, but .
| large proportion Of the church In the
north, 90 that ministers stood up Ia
their pulpIts here and in New Eng
| land and defended the very laws
that I have mentioned. Not only
30. but the Presbyterian churcn
| south In 1863 met In general synod
and passed three resolutions, TWO OF
which were: Resolved, That sia-
| very Ia a divine institution; Re-
solved, That God raised up the
Presbyterian church south 70 pro.
tect and perpetuste Naturalization.
All / have to say Ia, that II God ola
II, He never chose more Infamous
instrument to carry out q more dia-
bolical object. Laughter.l What
more had slavery doneg 1t had cor
rupted our courts 30 that In nearly
every State OF this Union, ifa DEM
ocrat had gone TO the hut Of a poor
negro, and shot down his wife and
children before his very eyes, and
strangled tho babe In the cradle, his
testimony was valuless, and he was
not allowed to appear before the
grand jury and prosecute the wretch.
Justice to him was only blind: but
ID was deaf, and that was the idea OF
Justice In the United States when
the Republican party was born.
BIRTH OF THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.
When that party was born the bay
of the blood hound was the music OF
The nation. The dome of the capitol
It Washington cast Its shadow upon
he slave pens In which crouched and
huddered mothers from whose
,reasts babes had been torn by
vretches who are now for honesty
nd reform. Then IL a poor negro
ad titled a farm, and watered 1t
nth the sweat Of honest labor, and
a Democrat came along and seized
pom the results Of his labor the
ourts OF the United States did not
now to whom the corn belonged.
Cheers.l And when that question
anne to be tried the learned judges
cad all the books and all the plat
orms OF the Democratic party, and
,ushed their spectacles back on their
loble and expansive foreheads, and
anne to the conclusion that the
Democrats owned the corn. laugh
er and applause.l AT the time the
party came into exis-
ence, slavery was not satisfied with
,eing local, but endeavored to use Its
Infamous leprosy, az II were, for
II into every territory OF
he United States. Recollect the
condition OF the country Mt that time.
Boats went down the Missouri river
oaded with wives torn from their
husbands, with children torn from
he breasts Of their mothers, while
he same men who did this are now
for Tllden and reform.
Great applause. At that time we
we're nation OF hypocrltes. We
pretended to be free government.
Il was lie. We pretended tO:have
ustice In our courts. II was lie.
Above all our pretences, and above
III our hypocrisies rose the crime OF
like Chimborazo above the
Great applause. The Re-
publican party came into existence
In 1860, when 1t elected Abraham
Lincoln, the greatest man that was
over President Of the United States.
Applause.l AS soon as he was elect
I'd the south said: "We will not
stay In the Union.n The south said:
'You have no right to elect q man
In tha nv tanaiou IF hu,oao