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Show 170 TE"'TDf NY OF LIYING 'VITN.E~SES . In tho won1-.; of a ron t )mpornn ou~ w r ·~t<1 ily and ] I ·artily i JHlors H r L nrgutu ·nt i n ·L·d •tl ngain~t ~len ·ry . ' ·v ·r, arg·uutt•nt b iug nc •dod we lt:t\' it f'rum ~u ·It r-oun· l'4 a~" ill, in our lton hi in ·arnat <·mtf<•<l •rates. ( 1 rIll an " r i l r, '\ l1 n 1 an(7na(f • 1'l ~ ~ t h ' :4II:une of our n•"o that 'l'akin p: t 11ing-1 n:-; tltt'} ar , hu\\ of1'L'l' tl it; and " lta\ ufi't~red ·t opinion, eonf'onncl tlw de, ilund Th -., t .. timoni ·s ullctl from tho nrcumulatc<l wi:dorn of ne:u·l} :ist} ·enturic · hr•riJlning with th gr a autl good 111 n of onr own tim , and running huck thr ngh d.i:tant ng s to 8aint Paul, ~·aint John, nlHl ~uint Lnk ; to 'ic ro, Plat , and ~·oc rntc8, t Solomon, I>:wi<l all(l nlo!--C'"' and even to tll 1> ity ]limsclf~ aro th pillar of . Lr ngth m11l hL:mty upon \\ ltit·lt tho popularity of our \\ ork will, h1 nll proba bility be priueipa1ly hasctl. Jf the nulet-iL writerH of th.. )hl T \ taJII 'Ill; if th lo<lllCllL proph ·t-; or old; if Lito l' ' IWWll 'U pllilo ·ophcr~ or (;n~~ee nml I~ome · if tit' h as nly mindc<l author~ mH.l compilers of the Xc\\ To--talllcnt · if tit illu trion poet nml pro:o-writ rs, l1croc , , tatc~mcn, ng, of nllnntioll'-' an<·ient antl1notlorn · if Uotlltim "'e1f nnd tlt hut r 1 nrn tl wini ·ter."' wlwm l10 ha onnni '- ioned to proclnim l1i word- if u1l tit'S \ ur ·wr ng, tit )n we are wrong ; on the other 1to.rul, 110,, , ,. r, if tlt 'Y aro rigltt w arc rigltt; for, in effect, '" only r peat and endeavor to nforco th 'ir prce pts. lt' wo ur in error w' d ·ire to lJe correelecl; nnd, if it i not n-.kin" too murlt, wo r ~pccLfully rC<JU ."'t tit ud\'ocat s of ·lav ry to ftwor w "ith nn c.rpos(; of "hat th y, in th •ir 011c-sitl <.l Yiew of thing~ cone ·iro to UC tho atl\'!Ulta(r ., of their favorit allU peculiar lfi 'tituti0J1. I \ldt nn ~...rpose, if kill fully x en ted wou1J <lonlJlle ·. Lo regarc.leu n tho l'nnnic 'i nov 1 of tl10 tim 1 '-:1 fit production, if not too immoral in i fl•lld ' llCie~, to uo incorporated into tho ll xt euiLitJU vf D I:mdi 1 Urio.'itie~ of Literature. CIIAPTER IX. FREE FI\.UHES A~n SLAVE . Go1l fix'tl it certain, that, wh'\ tc,·cr llny Makes man a. sllwc, tul\ •s half hi:i worth tnvny. PoP!· 'd ITo rr.n. (snER thi.' hcndiug \YO propm to intL·oduco Ut 1' tnainch•t' or the moro important. talibti ·~ f th Fr an<l of the ~l:n f1tat =-- ·-c• pc•ci:tlly tbo:c tl1nt r lnt to on1m rr fnnnfadnrr'4 Jnt rnnl lt11pro\1.'tll •nt .... EJnrntion nn<l Heligion. rigina11 r it wns our lllft'lll ion 1o Cll'\·ot .epnmto ·1tnpt r to ach of tlte industrial an<l moral inter '"f. nhov' named; uut oth r consid rations hn.' I"O greatly ncTond1 'd on onr puce that 'roar orup 'lleu to modi( Oltt· th•sign. To tllc tlunt~!Jtfnl anu discriminating r ad r, how \'0 1', tit ·lli ·f . tati~ti<''-1 '' liich fniJnw will u noul tit 1 ~. int r . ting for llot hl·ing tho '-'lll>j •et · of :uuwtatinn. At pr · nt nll w a:k oft 11 pro-~lnvcry 1ll '11 no mnt t er in '\hat part of tl1c worl<l th y 1nay r -;jc] , i~ to lonl-. th '"C ilgnr ~ f.ti rly in t11 f:t<'L'. We \\ish tl! 111 t <lo it, in th t ir:-~L in..,tanc , not n tltt pl:tlf'tll'lll of JHiblir tlcbn.tl\ \\h ·rc tlt XPr ·i:-.c of' ·ltHJll<..' lll' • i' t.oo of'tt-n <'ha rncflriz ·d by Yiolcnt pat..:ion nrH1 httl)terfttgl', 1ntt in tht'ir wn }ll"i\'at< nparlntttlf..., wh ·r 110 eye Knv tlmt f Lh All ·c·e in ~~ ( >n • will r -,t 11pon t it ·rn, and wlter, in <'onsid ·ring the r lations whielt tl1l'Y .. u~tain tn 11H p:bt, th pre:-cut nn<l tlt fntur nn opportunity" illl>l' nfl<lnl ·<1 thl·tHnt' !'vcuringthut rno~t vnlunblc of all possc:-.sintls aLtn.inn.ul on nrtlt :l ('Oih ·i uc rohl nf ofl' ·nc to\\·anl God and man. Each~ pnrnt tnl,] or pnrt ieulnr compilation of . tali :-.tic·...; "ill afl'ord foou for at ]cu-.;t an hour's profital>l r ·lledion; int1 ·ed, th mur l thc:e ti~rur'3 nr Gtntli ·<1, an<.l tho lJ tt •r th ·y :11· un<l r::,loo<l, tlt so 11 r will the author'~ object bo o.cco1nplisho<l - tho , oouor will the g ninH of lll · versal Liberty dispel tho dark clouds of blavcry. 111 |
