Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-05-24

will not ineu, the awfuf,esponsibility Of
en'alllhg 30 great and evilon the present
and future generations.
A bare CONSTITUTIONAL majority of
the legislature have PISSED lsw to trV
the question for the call,f a Convention
to alter the Constitution otfhe state; and
we have 1t on the authority ola spirited,
able and solemn protest Of tie minority,
that the supreme object proposed to be
accomplished, is the exingishment of
an essential feature of the Constitution
and the establishment IF slavery, as part
OF the civil polity; that Systematic de-
sign is formed to expunge the fairest
feature OF the observation-disclosures shall
be neither slavery nor involuntary SER
vitudc." Tho pro ectors of this plan
and the chief laborers in the unholy vo-
cation, have not hesitated, in the first act
towards the accomplishing of their OBJ
Ject, to resort to an expedient, which, as
Legislators and men should crimson their
cheeks with shame, while it indicates
that most desperate effort will be made
to subdue the virtue of the people.
FROM the Genius of Universal Emancipation,
{ published at GreeneviHe, East Tennessee. J
MEASURES INHLlNOIs.
Some very extraordinary proceedings
ave lately taken place in the Legislature |
'f Illinois, which seem to have excited
burst OF indignation that may lead TO
important resuts,-It appears that by
ome scandalous management they OBJ
aimed majority to recommend the call
Il eo"Ventian to alter their State Con
tltntion, for the purpose of introducing
,lavery!
SO much for the wisdom of those
|ough-faced politicians in Congress,
Who yielded to the opportunities, the
hreats, and the, ----s of Clay, and his
o-adJutors, the advocates of perpetual,
1terminable slavery in Missouri. The
evotees of tyranny are emboldened to G
ush their efforts, and endeavor to ex- r
End their usurpations. Dissatisfied with ,
he circumscribed limits within which :
ley have the power to lord it over their
,llow- creatures, and viewing with an
ye of malignity the virtuous fame OF ?
rose who practice what they profess, v
Ike Satan, when he turns his face to- t
ards the gates of Paradise, they long to 4
ndermine the intervening barriers, and O
t in the flood of corruption. . t.
But can we for moment suppose d
ey will succeed?-Heave forbid - :
'c cannot indulge the debasing thought. :,
Re cannot believe that liberty is retro
'ding in the West. But the spirit oil u
espotsm" is struggling violently for y
'istence; and having gained mo- NJ
entary advantage, so far as to check D.
e movements of its adversary, attempts u
carry the contest beyond the confines W
its own territory. 1t remains to be p
en- hon. soon its minions will be hurled Il
om the seat Of authority, when it is &c
scovered that they have polluted with
cir poisonous breath, the air which
me but free men breathe, and when
ey have profaned with their unhallow- II
footsteps the temple dedicated to lib n
Citizens of the State Of Illinois Are
II prepared to Wv with complacency "
ese outrageous proceedings of your +"
rUants in the legislature Will you S;
notion the diabolical procedure when
u next make known your sentiments hi
rough the medium of the ballot box? st
hesitate not to say it is impossible :"
d that you are incapable of so glazing o. o.
act of inconsistency, and of exhibiting n
CHI an evidence of political and moral ii
pravity. to