Year+1852


 * June 3rd, 1852, Monday**

People often have a contorted view of me, because of my notorious position in society as a transcendentalist, or that is the name that they call me and my colleagues nowadays. Just because of my resentment for materialism, formal religion, and slavery, they say that I have offended the Americans severely. Most of Americans, as it turns out, believe that money is the sole purpose of life and church is a necessity. To the Northerners, who I have spoken with about slavery, believe that slavery is not moral, but should be left alone nonetheless. What kind of hypocrisy is that? The Fugitive Slave Law which was passed in 1850, is enforced even today. I will not obey such malice, by God!

"An immoral law makes it a man's duty to break it, at every hazard: For virtue is the very self of every man . ' It is therefore a principle of law that an immoral contract is void, and that an immoral statute is void. . . .The [Fugitive Slave Law] is a statute which enacts the crime of kidnappings crime on one footing with arson and murder. A man's right to liberty is as inalienable as his right to life. . . ."

Black slaves should have a second chance in their life, as God is their creator also. The men who enforced the Fugitive Slave Law will be condemned for life, mark my words. I have been preaching and lecturing around the countries these positive doctrines. I firmly believe in a reality and a knowledge that transcended the everyday reality that the Americans were accustomed to. I believe in the integrity of the individual, not the conforming nature of him. Some people title me as America's biggest critic, but I am simply trying to help Americans discover their identity as an American. If my work stir up resentment within the people, so be it.