none
in Mexico, none among the poor wild Indians; that the voice of
the civilized, aye, and savage world is against him. I would have
condemnation blaze down upon him in every direction, till, stunned and
overwhelmed with shame and confusion, he is compelled to let go the
grasp he holds upon the persons of his victims, and restore them to
their long-lost rights.
Dr. Campbell's Reply
From Rev. Dr. Campbell's brilliant reply we extract the following:
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, "the beast of burden," the portion of "goods and
chattels," the representative of three millions of men, has been
raised{328} up! Shall I say the _man?_ If there is a man on earth, he is
a man. My blood boiled within me when I heard his address tonight, and
thought that he had left behind him three millions of such men.
We must see more of this man; we must have more of this man. One would
have taken a voyage round the globe some forty years back--especially
since the introduction of steam--to have heard such an exposure of
slavery from the lips of a slave. It will be an era in the individual
history of the present assembly. Our children--our boys and girls--I
have tonight seen the delightful sympathy of their hearts evinced
by their heaving breasts, while their eyes sparkled with wonder and
admiration, that this black man--this slave--had so much logic, so much
wit, so much fancy, so much eloquence. He was something more than a man,
according to their little notions. Then, I say, we must hear him again.
We have got a purpose to accomplish. He has appealed to the pulpit of
England. The English pulpit is with him. He has appealed to the press of
England; the press of England is conducted by English hearts, and that
press will do him justice. About ten days hence, and his second master,
who may well prize "such a piece of goods," will have the pleasure of
reading his burning words, and his first master will bless himself that
he has got quit of him. We have to create public opinion, or rather, not
to create it, for it is created already; but we have to foster it; and
when tonight I heard those magnificent words--the words of Curran, by
which my heart, from boyhood, has ofttimes been deeply moved--I rejoice
to think that they embody an instinct of an Englishman's nature. I
heard, with inexpressible delight, how they told on this mighty mass of
the citizens of the metropolis.
Britain has now no slaves; we can therefore talk to the other nations
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