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My Conversion: For The Signal Of Liberty

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Day
16
Month
January
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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ram gives us me manner or ms c on. May I not do the same? I was a e íizníionift whon the abolition prets of New a orle first .poke out in tones of thunder against' a merican 6lavery. And why was I a n lionisl? The church sting "Hosanna," and ?nid Amen. Ii was not until I saw thee osannas nail thc eolored man to the cross, ei at niy éyea wëre opened 'o my error. - tl 'utlier, forgive llicm, they khow not what H.' ey do,'" was rny prayer to the God of the !at pressod ín iny own belialf. y4 Aholitionisfs of New York preseed me with p( ongf rea?ons, such ns the Declaration of Inpendenco, Human Ripiits, and the Golden i!e. Tliu alls of pfèjüdfce begnn to th In answer to eannon bullí?, I fired the "o jeön sliof of (crii tficir nvisU'.r's throats," - v i'ttakecareof thémseives," and "floodthe )rth." Thc b:UÜet of cotirse, was fro jS - {he yfetory, eertain - the everlasting nai :ks of Gibralter crumbled at the discharge lov i popgun. Jflr 3y some meons, the abolitronists perceived .j, t my èyes were covered with the scale of leg judic-p, and helped me lo tlie blczing al fes of thc West India Emanciparon. - rough these glasses I saw 800,000 freemen aped Irom Eyypt, pa?siu; throupl the gn ness to Cnnaun. The pillar of cloud and of' went betbre them; -the rock burst in ? tiud followod tliem in streams of living Ier: the manna rixtlling on their ttnts in the j,a rning, awoke a frec peoplc from their dnbers, and aummoned thern to a heavenly entertainment. The scales feil from the eyes of Suul ofTarSU?,butyethe was blind, and needed sorrre ono to lead binï. Ananias wa at hand, and at his work like the good Samaritoa. A journey to tho State of Keritucky abeai this time, gave me increasing light. I resolved to look at facts and act accordingly. The Kentuckiansfaid that slavery in their State' wns nor. the Tiger of a southern plantationy luit the Lamb of Palestino, a lamb of the besÉ breed and' of the finest Wool. ííentucky skvery.in epile of all the trappinga of philanthropy and Uieology, was bat a mouldeiïng corpse benomh the sculptured marble. ïf the slavéry of Kcntucfcy, tlien, is buí a rattle snake, what must be the alligator of a sonthern ?lan iaiion. The popgun, that made eo great a noise at tho Norltï, now burdt on firing the first aÖblition bnll. R]y pigeon shot was all gone,and ï found myself alone going forth to attack Golialt without a sling or a etone. Soihething must be doiïe, and ah! thcre was tho rub.- The Philistines gnthered together iri their temples with their Rev, a'rtd Hlght Rev. Dogon - with all their Bishop, Rectore, and' D. D's.At abolitionism they hur!ed thcir flaming thunderbolts. A Sampsotí, with thejawbone ' of on ass, coukl have slain-a thonsand of Ihem. At this dread moment, a ri nnseen hand presented me with a shieldj brightéf tñan eilVer,costlier thnn ?ol(], auJ that could effectually resist any or all of the Roman bat tering ram."He that putteth his hand tolhe plough and lookelh bnek, ia not fit fot the kingdom of Heaven". With increasmg courage, I enquif-i ed after the pillars of elavery, and bögari; to' break out some of the underpinning. The tnps of the hammer, though1 light aüd at long intervals, were none the more agreeaWo totho' Philistines. On my return to the North, ï found Sampson, diicoun.ged with thislighl tapping, now,with arma extended, rushing to tlie ballot box- now grasping the main pillars- now praying to God for help only this once, and then straightening himself to the tremendoü confusión of all Dapron's worshippërsv ít wns some time before 1 couíd justify Sampson in his secrningly rash enterprise; Thé" final conclusión, however, inasmuch as tiehad already lost hs eyes, and must lose is hfealsoi that Jie had better sell himself astearas possiblíí to tho Philistinfes for the' wvatioh of his country. I need not here say that the Sarnpsori; so" nuch dreaded by the South, is pölitical aötibrf rhe Delilah of the Soöth, with her promises,. nd tears, and emiles, and threats, has wel igh dug out the eyes of the Nortli, and' hötn us of our goM sil ver and political' seks. Now 'the Philistines, be upon tliee,' !an?pson.rt This ie aH the thanks poor oriherners, get for cringing and bowing our ecks, excepl being "hung like a dog," whe re go to the South. A conven to political actiort, ia beHalf e-F" 500,000 American slav es.

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Signal of Liberty
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