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Show Gilbert Haven. treat d with a thou.'aJHl-f'old more r c::ipect and fi·ntcrnnJ familiarity than tlH'Y were t wcnty year: ngo. Y d tlt t• rc remain:; much to be done. Our wnll:=; of prrjut1icc. till ri ;:.; • high bet w •en u and them. "\V c mu·t tear th m down. "\Y mu: t cca c pnrating them from u • in our churche'- p erpetuating, under another form, the n egro-pew abomination of our f:tt he r:;. "\V c must open the doors of our ch ool ' and coll gcs to them, not only as scholars, but as tea che rs, i f th y show them~ ·1 vc, capable. "\V c m u t let them e n tcr our shop. as apprentices, our stores as clerks, our firms as partne rs. "\Ve must open the doors of all our Yaried d epartment of human e nterpri c, and ay to them, " how yout" elvc cnpabl<•, we 'vill .. bow our clve liberal." Ilow high the walls that now h em them in ! how n:urow and poor the soil th y nrc pcrmittcc1 to culti vate! The lig htc t quadroon, no lc s than his darkest kindred, i · cabincd, criiJbcd, confin ed within the range of one or two modes of industry, and they the lcnst int elligent and r emunerati,·e. I heard a worthy lady ay, not long since, he might allow one of tbi:s cla, to work in h er kitchen, she should revolt from letting h er sew for h er. H owever light in hue, however neat and nimble in thi mo~t womanly of accomplishment , she could not a vail h erself of it to get a living in that family . Could she in yours ? \Ve must c ru cify this lu t of pride and ca · tc, if we would be the fri ends of Chri t, if we would deal truly and ju tly with the lave and his master. No one act in the whole movement, thus far, can contribute to this end whnt the deed , done and . uffcred by John llrown and his as ociatc·, will do. That sublime speech, on r eceiYing his cntencc- so manly, o womanly, so full of gencrojty and frankne s, full of mod s ty and eournge-bas a few sentences that, with the d eed that a ccompa ny them, will be living forces for the cl ean ing of this nation from the base prcjn<lices that now inCect it. !lear him, and let his words work their perfect work in all your heart : " !lad I interfered in the manner which I admit, and which I admit / Gilbert Haven. lm~ be"n fairly prov d - for I a<lmirc the truthfnlne::;s and cunt1or of the g re:\ter portion of' the wittw~ CH who have tcsti!i •d in t hi · ·a~e- h:ul I so int t• rf'e recl in lH'half of the ri ch, th powe rful , the intellig •nt, the :o-call cd g r<>at , or in behalf o f any of their f ri e 11ds, itlw r fath r, mothe r, brother, , ist •r, wife, or ·hi\dren, or any of that clas., HJ1(l gufr •red und . aerific •d whnt I have in thi :-) i nt e rfe re nce, it " ·ould have been all rig ht, and v •ry man in tJtis court would haYc tie ·m ·d it an act ·worthy of r c wn.r<.l rather than puni;:.;lun nt. This court ackno wledges, too, a~ I suppo~c, the vali(lity of the law of ~od. I ~cc a book ki~s(•d, which I ~nppo. ' to IJc the Bible, or at least the New T •s tnm nt, which teaches me that nll thino-s what ocv •r I woul<l that men should do to me, I t"> should do e ven . o to th em. It t<·nd ws me furth e r to r •mem-ber them that arc in bonds a bound with them. I •ndcavorcd to art up to that instru ction. I , ay I am y et too young to unde rstand that God is any res pecter or pc' r. ons. I beli eve that to have int rf'ercd as I hn ve done,- as I have always freely admitt d I have dotw,-I ha ve done in b ·half' of his clcspi cd poor no wrong, but right." Anothe r b enefit is the new life it will give t o the p;rca t and varied mod ·s which have long b een at work again,·t this wrong. Had it 110 l b<'cn for th •ir prc vion acti,·ity, it would have been utte rly powe rlcs. for goocl or evil. . Twe nty-five years ago such nn a r t would have cr eated no gcn ral uproar. The slave power was too strong - the anti-slave power too weak. It is far diffe rent now. The speech es, and sermons, and editori als, and votes, and prayers, of a qua rter of a centm ·y have not b en without their ffect. The quick ening of the moral sen c of the nation, the incr ease of Rympathy nnd fraternity with the opprc ·~ed, the calli ions of churches and parties, the v ry fi r ccncs of the wrath of the ::;lavch older, have all been a fu el pre paring for thi spark. The quenching of this spark will not cansc the work to cease. It will go on as never be fore. N ot arraying the North against the South, but |