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Show Charles O'Conor. come with us, but will r emain with the South. (Cheer!'.) Gentlemen, if we allow this cour:e of injustice toward" the South to be continucll, these arc mo~'t assuredly to be the eonsequences- evil to u~, evil also to them. 1\Iuch of all that we are mo. t proud of- much of all that contributes to om· greatness and prosperity as a nation, must pass a way from m;. Is there any rea~ on why we houhl allow it? There is a reason preached to us for permitting it. 'Ye nrc told that Slavery is unju t. We arc told that it is a matter of con. ciencc to put it down; and that whatever treatieR, compact , laws, or constitutions may have been made to sanction and upholtl it, it is still unholy, aml that we arc bounu to trample on these treatie , compact , law. , and con~ titutions, and to tand by what these men arrogantly tell ns is the law of God, nml a fundamental principle of natural juRticc. Indeed, the"c two thing~- the law of God and the prinC'iplcs of natural ju. ticc- arc not distingn i::;hablc. The law of God aml natural ju "lice, as between man and man, arc one and the amc thing. The wi c. t heathens gave the rule of conduct between man and man in these few words : Live honestly, injure no ma.n, and render to every man his due. In word' far more direct and emphatic, in words of perfect comprehcn ivcne , the Saviour gave us the same rule in one brief sentence: "Love thy neighbor as thy::,elf." (Cheer:;.) Now, speaking as between ns, people of the North, and the people of the South, I ask you to act on this rule-the maxim of the heathen, the command of God : R ender to e,·ery man his due; love thy neighbor a thyself. Thus houl<l we act and feel towanh the South. Upon that maxim, which came from llim of Nazareth, we arc to act toward::; the South, and without putting upon it any new-fangled, modern in terpretation. But, gentlemen, the question i -,do the ·e maxim. justify the a ~crtion of tho. c who seek to invade the rights of the South by proclaiming that negro c::la.very is unjust. That is the point to which this great arO'ument invo1 vi nO' the fate of b ' 0 pu;r Union, must nQ\}' ~.Qf4C~ Is negro slavery unjust? If it Charles O'Conor. violn.tc~- that .g1:eat r.ule of ~t~ma.n conduct, R ender to every m:m Ill:-. due, 1t 1 . .; un.Ju:-;t. If 1t v10lut ·~ the law of God, whi ·h [-;n.y~, "Love thy ncigltbor as th)' elf'" it i , llllJ·ust A 1 ' ' · • • IH , ere 11 - tJ •men if it <·ottld be mnintained that neO'l'O s.l 'tVC'l'}' 1·, tlltln · • • I':) ( :; :-; ln confliCt With th \ law or natun· and the Jaw of God I miO'ht be prer pa.r <'<.l - pc rhnp - we should all be prc>parcd- to rr~ w'tll h I a < ~ ~l ln g u1~.lt ·d m:lll, to whom allusion is frc<lliCntly mad<>, ~UHl say, tl.wr~ 1s a h1gb r law whieh comp ·b u · to di;-;r<•p;anl the Const 1tut10n and trample it beneath our feet as a wiekcd and unholy com pact. And this is the qn •.stion which we must now meet, ~nd which we mu t finally determine for ourse l n~~, and Oil w lu ·h w. e mu -t come to a coHclusion that mu . t govern us h •reaft<'r m the selection of reprc ·entntives in the Co 10' , f 1 U . l S t nrc. s o t .'c 1~1t '( ~ tate . I insist that n •gro slavery is not uuju. t. (?t'IC of "Bravo!") It is not only not unju t, but it is Ju:t wtsc, and beneficent.'* (Applause and loud hi ·ses; eric:-~ 0 / " Bl"l' VO ·I " '' tl l <1 d'I ·orel cr. '1'1 terc being a strong dispo. . .;ition on the part of the audience to eject tl1c offendin rr })'lrt 1· e~ l\I 'I'' o , , , nyor JCmann demanded orller, and called on the audience to allow the individual to rem·'1 in · l\l1· . O'Co n 0 r d'1 (1 1·11 .-ew·t ' '. ) l\faJ'Or TuorANN. Gcntl"....m c n.· If' a· ny ,u, ot1y 11 1· '::><' hen•, you t~u st r~member that every one has a peculiar mode of ·xp~ ·e ~- mg l11m. elf, and as the gentl •man seems to under:taml h1c::smg, let him hiss. (Loud cheers.) Mr. O'CoNOR. Gentlemen: There is an animal upon this earth that has no faculty for making hi:s cntiments known in any other way than by hissing. (Cheers.) I :un for equal ricrhts (A voice : " Three cheers for Ilenry A. 'Vise." Loud ch~ers. ' ..*. Wh<.>n Mr • O'C ~n or fi r!' t nunnunc<'d thn.t h e I.Jcl i<'''<'cl n<•gro 11 slaV<' ry '' j ust and Ir J...t, htt,l h. iHS.t •s n.roso lmm n early nil q unr· tte,l 'S o fib c 1t ollsll, a nd for a mollie II t wu trcm hlt•tl cs . IO rnrghty truths ho was utt<•ri n~ were fidlinl-{ upon a g<·ncmtiou not pr·cp·trcd to 1'~Ct·Jvo them.; hut this doubt t>xistcd only fill' a nwmcut, fur chcl' l' aftcL· cht•cr ~ tl . , tunes titre<• rnfat't-rcv·d . t J tl. 1 II<O . • ' ~ Jt'Jit c 11011~ 1 tho unhlo and spur·ious bui l din~ u ntil dl ~lppo~tlt~ll was tlr·ownctl. 1\'othing wns left bu t a I'JlOilfnncous b u t·,;t of cntht;f:h!ltn ;.or i Hl ol< "~eakcr who thus darct.l to face, what it Jrns ue<'JJ pret:Jumctl WitS Jlllhl,ic opi n-ou , Lutt wh11:h, as wo have often coutontlctl ' i1:1 n ot l' hc cuso • Jt ,,.... n 1Y n ee<1 l !< 1 ·t 1H 1ltl ~~~~~, lL ru.o 111 1tn , ~ pttlt/otic man, to stem this lido of Auoli tiou delusion. C;tal'lcs "" onln'r .~~.ts dono Jt. \\ Jthout his speech, tho meeting would have bocu a failure.n ew 01 , .. Day Book, December 21. |
