The gospel of slavery : a primer of freedom . K Stands for ICidn€ippev^ Whoso others have stolen, i&leagiid with tlie thievesvBut setting aside what this proverb reveals,The Slaveholder breeds what the Kidnapper steals tDistinction there is, and a difference too—But which, if you chose, would be chosen by you ?To buy, or to sell, involves profit or waste-To breed, or to steal, is a question of taste;:And whoso does either, a business may claimThat perfects in meanness the sin and the shame! What odds to the buyer whether the chattel has been kidnaj)-ped or bought by the Trader ?
The gospel of slavery : a primer of freedom . K Stands for ICidn€ippev^ Whoso others have stolen, i&leagiid with tlie thievesvBut setting aside what this proverb reveals,The Slaveholder breeds what the Kidnapper steals tDistinction there is, and a difference too—But which, if you chose, would be chosen by you ?To buy, or to sell, involves profit or waste-To breed, or to steal, is a question of taste;:And whoso does either, a business may claimThat perfects in meanness the sin and the shame! What odds to the buyer whether the chattel has been kidnaj)-ped or bought by the Trader ? In one sense, there is somethingmanly (because risk of Hfe is incurred),, in taking prisoners inwar and making slaves of them ; but kidnapping is unmitigatedvillainy. How then can we sufiieiently express abhorrence ofthe men who make a business of breeding slaves for the mar-ket? Doubtless, they are aU, aU honorable men, aiiid, igcorthilyaccounted the chivalry of the land!. L Stands for Liberty, Know you the bellThat 76 sounded so nobly and well?Or know yon that soon was developed a flaw,By Freedoms assertion of Slavery Law? Created all equal.— Excepting the black,From States of the Union the answer came cracked the big bell. Yainly chipped to the core,Ko compromise measures its tone could restore,And the prophecy stands, though the bell, in its fall,Now silently hangs in Old Liberty Hall! The bell referred to, cast in 1753, has on it the inscription,^Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitantsthereof,—Lev. xxv. 10. Was this a prophecy? That bell an-nounced the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It v/as af-terwards cracked—I know not the date. Occasional use on na-tiojml anniversaries increased the difficulty. Chipping, so as toseparate the vibrating edges, failed to remedy the mischief. Itnow3hangs in Independence HaU.
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