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Show ) 200 1~ ales Henry N cwhall. f'lave from whi<·h there i::; no npp<•nl <·xrept to th e• Alrni~hty Jlldg<', :It the Cr~at As:~izt• . Il' tit <' dnims or th<· lll:lSt(T Hl'C jn:-;t, tht n it is ju ~ t to enft)l'(.T tJ. . . n by all lH'('t'c":-<li'J nwans nud in ~ tntnH:nts, l>y tltc lash, f(:tter, and f:lgot. St·oHrging nnd tort ur • arc net nl.nts(•;-; of Sla vny, tltey arc in •y it al> le, if tlH• syst ' 111 is to be maintain ed. If' 11 cce~s ary tt> maintain his nutlwrity ov<'l' the slan·, the master may whip, tortur<', kill hint; huuL ltim through tile ·wamps with 1·illes and lJloo<] .. hotuHls, aml offer for him high rewards, dead or ali vc. Anu all thi ~ I repeat again, i · inevitable, all thi · is ju ~ t nud right, if it is righL f(u· man to l>e the property of man. This is the cs ·cnce of American Slavery; this long chain of al>ominations, you will sec is firmly 1inket1 :md lockt·<l tog<' tlter, <'aeh to the next, and all to the fir ·st, propcrt.'/ t'n num. 1 lave I ·hocked and di, gnsted you? b it a ~hamc to spc:tk of' these things in tl1iH d •e •nt and solemn p.laec? Tell me,. th<'ll, in the name of tltc l.~onl, what i::; iL ior a g reat nation to do the c things, to :;train eYcry n~rve and ~i u e w to perpetuate them, for g reat churches to <1cf'cnd tbcrn ~o as to J~tsten this curse upon the Af1·ican, upon hi :-~ S<'ed, and npou ltis ·cet1'H scNl fore\'errnorc ? Ibd all 1 I· ·H .·at i11 <.'Ottt·lave for ag " , the a~seml>l cu devil ' could not have t.l ev i~cd a crime which more thoroughly sucks the jui(•e out of all other crime:, which in a more thorou gh-going an<l workmaulikc manner breaks all th' conmumdrnent of God, from the .lir<">t word of lhc law to the last word of the Gospel. Thi.' is the institution against which John B1·own felL it his uuty to <h·aw the sword. I ha vc ~aid that there 'ras n mortal con fli •t between this sy tcm :md Christianity. You all know what Christianity i ', for you ~1Jl ltavc rca(l 1he New Tc~t:uncnt ; nrul tltcn•forc I will not insu!L your common S<'nse l>y altt'm pt i ng to provo tltat tlwy arc i tTN·oneilahly ltosti le to eneh ot Iter. Doe tor:i of divinity have SJWnt th eir stre11gth and learning to prove that the .lJilJlc euuor:es American ~1:wcry, but sueh divines l Fa1cs Henry N whall. 201 m:11w infi t1\ .. ls fhster than an :HillY of 1 fumes :uH1 P a incs. For j{' you will prove to me ·!ra t· as tht•se suul> ·:tnlfl that the Bil>l ~an<"ti ons thi :-~ <'t'ime, that. monH'nt you has ~"~ made t,h. Bil>l • wortltl cs:-~ to 11H', you have d<·nwnstra1<'<1 to me that Gotl 11 ·v r wrol' it , that it h('ars n. lie on its titl e-page', mHl rev •renee lor my Heavenly F:ttlH·r bids me tltrow it into the furnn.e ·. Sit down :uHl ('Onvin('e me tltnl God approves Slavery as it is in Amr rica to-dny, and when y ou have Sli ('C'C ,d •<1 you ltave mad · me an nthei:-; t. Where Baal or 1\lolo<'h wcr' got1s, Slav<' ry might lt:u·rnonizc with the~ nat ional religion; bnt whe re .J ehovah is Cod, ' hri:;t th<' Savionr, :uul the Bible tlt • Hev 'lation, the man who says that Uo<l :tpproves this Crime of' •rim 'S hlasph 'Ill'S Fat her, Son, ami lloly Ghost. . . r have called this a nat ional instit ution. As O UI' <lr strn-gu is !ted Senator ( w horn God pres<· rvo) h:ts f'O ably s~1 ow~, wh<'ll 01 1r national flag wa first flung to t]tc l>rN•zc, rt drd nnt , 011 the national domain, float above a ~in gk !- l:tV<' .. ~ow wh<'r<'Y ,1• it float :-; it protects and d ·f<·nds the :thon11 natron. TIH'll it wa.:; protcetc<l hy •ertain Stat '", but. nowll{' re hy tlu~ n:Ltion; now th' national a'gis ·II f' 1t ers ·r~ 4. eYery w 1H '~· ' • Fi, rst, all for Freedom, now all f(>r S lavt' ry . The Ame rH·:u• <..~ o vcmm nt to-<l:ly, is a rncrc instrument of the Slave PO"'' ·r. 1 t. h :ts <·oilc(l it~ :-;limy folds round the Am<•rivan Chu rch. I: s il s in the Trnct llouP> at N w York, and eor~·c ·ts prooffih •ct ~ f(n· the Am riean Tra ·t Sor~i c t y. It runs 1ts cy over Harris's 1\fammon, tld cts an allusion to Slavery,. and the senten ·e ·r :; ~ truck out · t The m ·moir of a sweet 111 a momcn · . . S ·ottish girl allli<1C::i to tltc bea uti ful and touclnng Jnct thn.t l l ~o l)l''\Y in ~cC'rct for the ~l av , and the ~ h • w a:-~ a<' 11 s om ( L , ~ • line is ulott <'d that tell.· the talc. T he gr ·at J\Ietho.cl r. t C hurch O('gnn by d 'claring Slavr ry "the sum of :n villa- . " l) t soon the kpro. y began to nppcar among Jls m m-nrcs. >ll 1 1 1 1 I · , t 'lmonrr the 1 ' t· try, and at ]aRt, o. a eprous Jl' l':-i ttp, P.pt'l'h( ' b r-. '1 .l 1 1. (' ,1 "i , hOI) and then the Uhurch rcco1 cu. :'pol on ltc ace o .. u ;-; ' ' |