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Show 310 APPENDIX TO NOTES. inp;:-l, llutL it i1-1 important should he underst.ood by tho commt~nit;r in wbioh he lives ;- we mcrm, tlw mm·ais he meulcntcs: <;>r th1s, from time to time, wo have had intim:\ti01l6 in a .. number of prmtcd attac~s on the judges of obr courts, on our m:~g~stratcs, on our c!~rgy-m s hort, on anybody that did. uot !HJI_J. opnuons agrec!lblc t~. Ihoodore Parker himsclf;-ann01mcmg Ius JUdgments, so m~tuncs \\Ith brutal coarseness, though oftener in ~~tone that sho~Ys he IS, after nl~, rather holding political caucuses on SundaJ: mornmgs, th:\n 1u~ythmg else, 1tnd that his hearers so understand hun lJy answc_rmg Ius nppcals to their passions with clapping of hnnds and other s1gns of cnucus-like applause. llut, on one occasion, he went b~yond _the cha_tMtcr even of a common political demagog ue. 'Vc refer to Ins teachmg that, in certain cases-which cMcs nl'o to bo judged of by each man for himf; lclf- pcrjury is tho duty of a juryman. Mr. l3. H.. Gurtis-ttow a Judg;c of the Supreme Court of the United State~::~, and as much honored by the country as nny man sitting on that bench-exposed this indocent outrage on public morals in a speech delivered at n. very crowded mcctitlg in Faneujlllnll, above two years ago. llo said, with n plain. ness and sternness of rebuke, worthy the acknowledged elevation and integrity of his character:- . "' Mul'dcr and pCt:j ury have been erected mto virtues, and, in this city, preached ft·om the sacred desk. I must not bo suspected of eiaggcra. tion in tho least degree. I read, therefore, the following pnssa( Tcs ft·om a sermon preached and published in this city- ?,' Let me sopposo :\case which may happen here, and before long. A woman flies from South Carolina to Massachusetts to escape from Londa(Tc. l\lr. Grcathcnrt aids her in h er escape, hnrbors and conceals her, and is brought to trial for i t. Tho punishment is n. fino of one thousand dollars and imprisonment for six mo.nths. I am drawn to 8-Cl'\'C as n. juror, nnd pass upon this olTcncc. I mny r efuse to serve, nnd be punished for that, leaving men with no scruples to take my plncc; or I mav take t he juror's oath to given verdict according to the law and thC testimony. 'l'hc law is plain, let us s uppose, and the testimony conclusive. Grenthcart himself con fesses that he did tho deed alleged, saving one ready to pcri!lh. Tho judge charges tbnt if the jurors aro satisfied of that fact,, then they must return that he is g uilty. '!'his is a nice matter. H ere nre two qucRtion s. 'fhc ono put to me in my ofiicial cnpacity f\S jur~r, is this-' Did Grcathcart aid the woman?' '!'he other j)ut to me 1n my natural character Uij man is tl1is- ' Will you help to punish Grcnt!!_cnrt with fine o.nd im-fris~ nment for helping a woman to obtain her inalienable rigl1ts?' f I bn.vc extinguished my manhood by my juror's oath, then r slnlll dv my official bu:.iness nnd find Gt·entheart ~uilty, and 1 shall scl'm tv ben. true man; but ifd t :\luo my mrwhood, I shnll answer after my natural duty to l ove~ man, nl1d not h_tttc him-to do hi m_.iuJltice, 110\ injusticc-tu allow hun tho natural nghts he has not altcnnted, .n.nd s hall say • not guilty.' 'J'he_n ,~· ill _men call n~ e forsworn nnd a har; but 1 tlunk hum:m 1mturc will JUStify the YCrdJCt. * * * " ' The man who attacks me to reduce me to slavery, in that_ ~~oment of attack alienates his right to life, n_ud i~ I '':ere tb~ fu gttn·c, and could csc;:.po iu no other way, 1 'would ktll hun wtlh as hlllc com- APPENDIX TO NOTES. 311 punction ns I would drive a nmsquito from my facc.'-A Sermon of Conscience, by Nev. Tl1c0<.lore J hrker. "'I should li~e to ask the Rev. Pt·eacher, (continues Judg;c Curti~,) when ho goes mto court, and holds up his hrwd, and calls on his J\Ittkrr to :tttc~t the sincerity of his \'Ow to render f\ true \'erdict ac· cut·Jing to lhc law tUHI the evidence, whether he docs tlutt ns n man, or in somc_othor capacity? And I should also like 00 ask him, in what c:\p:tt.aty he would expect to rcecive the punitlhmcnt which would :~w:~it him here :tnd hereafter, if he were to do what he r ecommends to others?' "This was said hy .Tutlge Curtis, on the '2Gth of No,·ember, 1850. On the 18th of June next IOllowing, a jut·yman in 13oaton utu.lcttook to put in praclico the precise doctrine hero set forth, and was i(Tno-miniously stru ek fl'om the panel of jurors l'u1· it, as soon as he ~nts detected, Uy the Judge of tho Dist1·ict Court of tho United States. llo\\: many othc_t· pcn;uus-either to gratify their own passion<~, or tho ~~:~/:;%~~~~£cct~;~~~: ¥~~~~J~l~:t~:~lr~~~0~v iJt k~~~,,~~;;:~~~ \~~~~~~~sJ~~~~:n~t the L:lr of God's judgment." * * * * * * * * APl'.EXDJX, Q. I .EGARE ON Si.AVETtY. '!'he Charleston Courier publishes the following eloquent remarks of l.10g~rc on the s ubject of Slavery in the United States. 'l'hcy arc su_g-_<:;estlvc :- " This is :\ groat prncti<'al question, n.nd needs to bo treated Qy statf'~men, and not by sophistcrs n.nd fanatics. "Jt is not 1·es inteora, and it is not necessary to discuss tho jus tico or injustice, the fi tness or unfHness of the institut ion in the :tbs'trnct. "'l'hc true question is, what is to be t he destiny of this quarter of the world : what ?'ace is 00 inhaLit and possess it? Shall it be g;i\'cn up (as to a great part of its surface) to barbarism-its inevitable fate u nder the dominion of the black mce-or s lulll it continuo to be pos~ esscd Uy the most improving, enterprising, acti\'C and energetic breed ol' men that have C\'et· founded empires and peopled waste places-by ;!~~\~e ~;i,~~~·;l~, ~~~l~e~,,;:~~~sGo~,~~~~~~s~: u~~~~0p:;f~~~~il~~;l ;~·ll::~~f R~:~~~: designate it as tho fitti ng instt·umcnt, in the IHJnds of Providence, for tho gl'e:-tt work of building up n world-that English race, of which tlw_OJ·i~inal s~oc~ has m:.~J~ itself tho w~ndcr of llHH!k intl-ll. people cnt1rely pecul_mr 1n comb1nmg whatc\'cr IS most dazr.lmg: in opulence :\nd power, wtih wc11 re~ubtted liLerty, and mild and cqua.l admiuist rotion of law- the mo:.t mag nificent ma.nifcst:l.t ions of the mi,..ht and the ~randcur of ci\'ilizcd life, that the world, in any :tgc of i t, h.1s ever beheld. ]_..ook at Hayti, a nd contrast it with Ncw-llolland! " Oocs any ma.n, who looks into the politicnf-character nnd effects of the cotton plant, doubt for a. moment that slavery in the South haa |