Speeches of Hon. A. C. Barstow, Rev. Geo; T. Day, Rev. A. Woodbury, Hon. Thomas Davis
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Excerpt from Speeches of Hon. A. C. Barstow, Rev. Geo; T. Day, Rev. A. Woodbury, Hon. Thomas Davis: And Resolutions Adopted at a Meeting of Citizens Held in Providence, R. I., December 2d, 1859 Fellow Citizens: We are assembled under peculiar circumstances. A fellow-citizen has, in the judgment of his peers, violated the laws of a neighboring commonwealth, and for this, stands condemned to die upon the gallows, and this is the day appointed for the execution. Before this, perhaps, the penalty has been paid, and John Brown stands before that higher tribunal to which he made his appeal, where actions are judged by the rules of Eternal right, rather than by those rules of carnal policy and civil expediency which often form the basis of human jurisprudence. Without arraigning the court of Virginia, or presuming to anticipate and declare the judgment of the Judge of all the earth, we may at least be pardoned for assembling at the foot of a gallows to learn a lesson of duty, as we have often assembled, as Christians, at the foot of the cross, on which was suspended another malefactor. I am not here this afternoon to advocate insurrection or justify treason. Neither do I counsel or approve an armed intervention for the deliverance of the oppressed. Had I known John Brown, and been advised of his plans, I would, if possible, have dissuaded him from the execution of them. I confidently look for the deliverance of the land from the damning guilt of slavery, but I pray that it may be accomplished by peaceable means. I hope that it may pass away from the Southern, as it did from the Northern States; but sometimes I fear that God may allow some child of Providence to arise, like Moses in Egypt, or Touissant Louveture in St. Domingo, before our Southern brethren are prepared to loose the chains, and that in the conflict between natural right and arbitrary power, history shall make another record that shall parallel that of the Red Sea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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