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Show 86 Theodore Parker. Down with justice aml ]Hnnnnity l" .The South. mu.~t re~p a:; ~ 11 e SOW:~; i W ]1c1·c s' he ' ('alters the Wiml tho wbJrlwJtHl wtll It will be a pretty crop f'or her to reap. \Vithin ('OITIC ll P· ( . a few years the South has BGHNEO ALIVE <'tght or ten nc(Troes. Oll 1 C· l. "u l•'t "'+~ men looked on, nnd learned how to fas~en the chain, how to pile the grren wood, how to seL this Hell-fire of Slavery ngoing. The apprcntiec may be f'low to learn, but he ha hau t •aching euough by this time to. know t 1te ar~1~ nnu_, my's tery of torture; and, U<'P n<l upon 1t, tho nc(Tt·o will one day apply it to his old tormentor!". The Fire of y en(Teance may be waked up even in an African'::> heart, especially when it is fanned by the wickcdn .s~ of a white man .. tl1. en it run from man to man, from town to town. \Vhat shall put it out ? The white man's blood! Now, Slavery i~ a wickcdne ~ s so vast nnd so oh1, so rich and so respectable, supported by the Stat', the Press, the l\Iarkct, and the Church, that all tho ~ c agenric. arc needed to oppo~ e it with- those and many more which I eannot , peak of now. You and I pr fer the peaceful method; hut I, at lea5t, shaH welcome the violent if no other nrcomplish the end. So will the great ma. of thoughtful and good men at the North: el e why do we honor the IIerocs of th Revolution, and build them monuments all over our blessed New England? I think you gave money for that of Bunker Hill: I once thought it a folly; now I recognize it as a great sermon in stone, which is worth not only all the money it co. t to build it, but all the blood it took to lay its corner- ·tones. Tru t me, its les on will not be in vain- at the North, I mean; for the Loarc OF SLAVERY will keep the South on its lower course, and drive it on more swiftly than before. " Captain Brown's expedition wa a failure," I hear it said. I am not quite snre of that. True, it kills fifteen men by sword and shot, and four or five men by the gallows. llut it shows the wcaknes:; of the greatest Slave State in America, the worthlcssne,s of her soldiery, and the utter fear which Slavery genders in the Tl1codorc Parker. bo~om ...; of thr m:1sten~. Think of the con<lition of the City of \Va~ hin gto 11 , whil' Brown wns at work! Brown " ·ill di , I thi11k, like a martyr, and al;-;o like a saint. Jli:1 nob! ' <l<·meanor, hi .., ttnflinehinp; bravt•ry, his gent lrne,s, hi ::) calm, r eligiou:-; I ru:-.t in Uod, and hi:; word:-~ of truth and solwrncH:-.;, rnnnoL f:til to mak ·a profound imprc~~ion on the hearts of' North '1'11 lll l.'ll; y<·~, and on SouthC'rn Jn en. For "ev('I'Y lntman heart iH human," &c. 1 do not. tiiink the lllOIH'Y wa:-.;kd, nor the lin·::; thrown away. 1\lany :warns mu:-:t l><~ sown to hnve one eomc up; ('YCn then the Jdnnt g rows :-.low; but iL i~ an Oak at la~ t. :None of' tht' Chri~tian m:trtyr:-~ di •d in vain; and from f-:;tephen, who was stoned at ,J<'rusalem, to .l\Ltry Dyer, whom our f:tt hers kmgc•tl on a bough of'' tit' gn·at tn•e" on Bo:-:ton Uomrnotl, I think there lmvc lw<·n f'ew f' pirits more pure ancl den>t<·d than tTohn Brown':-;, aml JJone that g:l\' • up tlwir breath in a nobler <"au ~c. Ld the Ar11r·ri<':ut State klng II is Locly, nnd the Amerie:--.n Ul1urch damn his soul; :-:till, the hl<':<:'ing of such a nre ready to pcri .:.;)l wjll f~dl on him, and the unin·r:-al justice of the lnfinit<:ly P erf(•ct ~ od will tak • l1im w<'icomc home. The road to Ilea vcn i:; as .· hort from the gallom:3 as from a throne; perh:tp:;, abo, a:-~ easy. I uppo::;e yon would like to know .~om ct hin g about my~clf. Rome ha: treated rne to bncl weather, which tell:-; itH t-:lory in my henlth, and C'<'t'lainly doc~ not mend me. Hut I look for brighter days and hnppi ' 1.' nights. The , ad tiding· from America- my friends in peril, in cxil ', in jail, kill ·d, or to be hung- have fillctl me with grief and so I fall Lack a little, but hope to get forward again. God bl s · you and yours, and comfort you ! Ever affectionately yours, TTIJ.<:ODOlU~ PAIU<ER. To l"JtAN Ur::; JACK ~ON , Esu., Doston. |