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Show Henry Ward Beecher. f: . 1 If tl y have are a.natlca . 1 their reason, they usually ha.v e lo~t thc·u · conscw· ncc. I ncv r will trust . ueh men w1th money, JIOt. p l.·u :.c .•1 1l Y con f1dcn<'e in them . wha tsoever. I do not 1~ n ow w 1l ). 1' t i · • 0 ' but my cxpe. n t'nc' ha:-; I ll u. ght m that men w I1 0 <1. 0 Sl1ch thin,.b,.'s nrc crafLy, am1 . ·otnc forth f·r om uc1 1 t·. llllp(, t.l·l1 o0 ' unreliable . ,m en. Co. nsptra tor. , the ,vorld O\ . 'I., ..u. c , ~u..., <l men · And 1 ( I w rc .1 11 t. he South- an<1 l t 1! I· ll k t 1t •"• V'"'' the reputation th• ere o• f bemO' a tolcrn.- l>ly stout a1u. o1 ·t 1·t On ·I s·t· - I lwulll ' not f•r om {. •n. r o. f th ' m. aster,• hut f.r om tl 1 11 10o"~'- dclib r·1• Lc ' cu ·co{ th ' lii· Jltno u~ efT<' ·t. . of it to th ' :-;1:\vc, ne,·rr by word, nor f; ign, nor. at' t: do any ll,'~ng to xcit uiseonlcnt among those that are m t>Ian.·ry. I Ito cotH1 .t t·w n o [' tl l c sl·••• vc mu · t be chan•g ·d, lHl t the change can- not go on ·t n o nc, 11•a rt of the communi ty alone. There . mu -t 1u. e c1 1 :t n ge l·l 1 the h• w' ch·• woO 'e in the ehnrciJ , cb. angc 111 the 1 . ·c c!1 .. 11 rre in the middle elns~<'s, a.ud 111 all el ai-ii-irR. upper (' ass , , ·• o . . . · ~ . . Emancip:1tion when it cornes, wdl come etth <'l hy I C \olutt ~n, or by a change of public opinion in the 'l~h ~lc ~omm'lm'LIJJ· No influences, then, arc au ·qualo to the r <'lld of th sla:~~, w1 l l. (' I1 a rc n o•~- of' '' \. })1'0}10l'tion •·t nd 1)0\\'Cl' sum ·i 'll t to mocldy the thought and the fc<'ling of the whol<' comn~unit y. '~'he evil is not partial. I t eannoi be cured by .part1:\.l r<' t~c<:ICS. Our plans must inclmlc a uni\' •rsnl change 111 polH.:y, f:•c h~1g, purpose, t hcory, and practice, in the n~t ion.. The npphcat10n of simple r mctli s to sing! spots, m th~,' ~r ·:'t bo~ly ~f disease·, will serve to produce a u clc s 1rntatwn ; 1t w1ll nwrcly ~ st('r the hand, but not cure the "".hole ~ody. 3. No r elief will be cnrriNl to th e . lav('S of the South, as a. bO<ly, hy any individual or organiz •d plans to carry them off, or to in('itc them to ab;:,coml. Th morr enlightened and liberty-lov ing among I h So utl~em lave~, h ' t\1' too much of th 'ir mast e r~' vlood. not. to a va~l themsclv <'s of auy opening t.o csenpr. It is th en· n ght - tt will l>e t)l<'ir practice. Free locomotion is an incident to slav~ property whi ch the ma::; ter mLJst put up with. N imhle Henry Ward Beecher. Jrgs nrc much nscd in providence to tr mpc t· the s verity of f)lavt'ry. 1 (~ th(•r •fun', nn <'ns lavecl man, a ·ting from the ycarniugs of hi ~ own 11 •art, de:ires to n 111 away, who sha ll f(>roi<L ltirn ? In all tlw •nrtlt, wher ' \'<•r a hll lll:tll bt·ing i ~ J1 eld in bond:wt", he has a right to s lough hi~ l>t tnl<•n and hn·ak hit; yoke j{' he can. lf' h ' wishes Jib ' t'Ly, and is willing to dare and suffer for it, Jet him! I f by Jtis manly ·oun1ge h' achieves i't, he ought to have i t. And I honor such a man! Nny, if' he ha~ c~cap d and come to me, I ow' him : helt r, suct"o r, cl c• f' •nce, and God-sp •cd to a fin al l-'a fety. 1f tl H·rc Wf' re as many Jaws a. th •rc nr' lin s in the Fugitive t; lave Law, and a. many om ·crs ns there w ' l'C lions in Da niel's lions' d<·n, I would di ::~r ganl every law, bu t God's, and II lp tlH' f'11giti\'e ! The officers might <'atch me, bu t not lu·m, if' I co11l<l h ·lp it. A man whose own hea rt Jras inspired li bcr·ty atHl courage fitlfficient to 'twbl • !rim to achi ,,.c what he d t'~ iretl, . hall nev 'r come to my door and not be mad' a ' wt•l ·omn as my own child. I will adopt him for God's f;:t ke, and for the ~akc of Chri t, who bt·oods over the w<·ak nnd pnishing. Nor am I singular in fi ll h f •cl ings and purpos '3. T 'll thousand m 'n, even in tire Soul h, would fc l ancl do t l1c sam . A mau who would not help a f• llow cn•:tl urc fl ying for his lib •rty, must be c ith<•r a villain or a poli ti ·inn. But all this is very dim·rcnt fi·om ~~ in·ing up discontent, and s ·tting on m 'n to e ·eape by o ut~id e in flu •n ·c. I stand on the out ·ide of this great ·onion of darkn cs~, and every man that c capes from it, running- for his Ji f( ·, . ha ll Ira vc omc help from me, if h com s forth of his own free accord ; )' 't I am not the man to go in and inci te sla\' 'S to run n.way, to send any ot h r man to do it, to approve it, or to <'ountcnn.nee it. I <.lo not l>c li •vc we have a right to cnr1·y into the f.iys tcm of slavery ext ·rior cli scontcnt ; and for this r ·n~o r1 : tit at £t is not good J'o~· tile slaces tltemseh·cs. ] t is blhort- ·ighted humanity, a t be ·t, :tl1ll poor policy for Loth tiro |