Year: 1860

into horrible compact, by their own showing
which they are bouud to repudiatc forever. Is not
that to te practicalH


But we are told to dissolve the Union will be
to leave the slaves alone. How do l forsake a
man when say to another, who has him by the
throat, and whom have agreed to stand by and
see that ho throttles his victims successfully, Il
can do this no longer and will not but will pre-.
vent your doing it, as far as | can Z" Give me the
omnipotent North ; give me the resources Of the
eighteen free States of our country, on the side OF
freedom, great, Independent, free empire, and
will ask nothing more fOl the abolition of slave
ry. )Applause.) The hour that witnesses the
establishment of such an empire will witness the
overthrow of the slave system; for without this
North. it is utterly impossible, in the nature of
things. for the slave States, degraded and powOr-
less as they are, to hold single slave in bond
age. Our practical work, then, is to cut the con-
nection Not to separate ourselves from the
slaves, but from their masters. Then, our great
magnificent invinciblc North will be Canada all
the way through, to all fugitive slaves lnpplause,
aud it would not take twenty-fOur hours to empty
the whole South, and cxtinguish the slave system
That would be the inevitable result and The Sou utf
knows it. The madiest Of the fre-eators have
never yet dreamed of separating from us-neyer
1t is all deluson and folly to think that there il
anything in their threats OF leaving us, if we re
fuse TO do their dirty work. Not because they Dc
not hate us--they do; not because they would no
like to separate, if they could and live but they
cannot; not because they would not like to rol
au Atlantic ocean, and the Pacific added thereto
between us, but because it is not IN their power
Tor God has put them into our hand, and by ou1
doing righteousness, and standing by freedom
we can, without shedding drop of blood, in {
single hour emancipate every slave on the South
ern soil. (Applause.) But willie this blood
stained Union continues, and the people of the
North arc ready to bow down in idoatry to it,
there is no hope, none whatever, of a peaceful
abolition of slavery. The time will soon come
when God will say, Because We have not proclaim
ed liberty every man to his neighbor, behold,
proclaim liberty for you to the sword, saith the
Lord : and we shall have many John Browns
raised up to bring slavery to bloody termination
But want no bloodshed, if it be possible to avoid
it; and it is possible TO end this struggle without
the shedding of blood. Let the people of the
North wash their own hands of ood-gui!tiness
and there will be more bloodshed; no more
slavery in the land. Oh, the multtudinous bless
ings to grow out of the abolition of slavery to the
Sot th, with her beautiful climate, and fertile soil
and boundless resources! Under the plastic pow
er of freedom, she will become the garden Of God
aud lead the wo,ld in all that is great and gloti
Gus. want to see her domains SO crowded with
blessings, 6y doing righteousness, that there shall
not DC room to contain them; and this shall surely
come to pass by hearkeuing to the command, I'm.
do the heavy burdens, break every yoke, and lei
the oppressed 60 free! (Applauso.)