the lash, to load their limbs with irons, to i
heir families, to knock out their teeth, to burn their flesh, t
imply
Co-I will not. I have better employment for my time and strength than such arguments
on to their masters? Must I argue that a system thus marked with blow
What, then,
remains to be argued? Is it that slavery
is not divine; that God did not establish
it;
octors of divinity are mistaken? There is blasphemy in the
thought. That which is
inhuman
cannot
Who can
reason on such a
proposition
? They that
can, may-I cannot.
The time for
such
argument
t a time
like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument
, is needed.
Oh! had I the ability, and
ch the nation's ear, I would
today pour out a
fiery stream of biting
ridicule, blasting reproach,
sarcasm
, and stern
rebuke. For it is not light that
is needed,
but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but
We need
the storm, the whirlwind
,
and the earthquake. The feeling
of the
nation must be quickened
t
be
exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be denounced
.
nce of the
nation
must be roused; the propriety of the
nation must be startled;
the hypocrisy
of
the
elected representatives
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