The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-01-26
TO the Senate and House Of Representatives etH
STATE OF DELAWARE.

TO the Senate and Nouse Of Representatives @Me
STATE OF DELAWARE.
The mem rial and remonstrances OF WI
ming on Monthly Meeting of Friends, held
at Wilmington, III the state ot Delaware,
the SOth of the 10Th month, 1925, Respect
fully Showeth-
That your memorialsts, considering the
interest wn,1h the Legislature must take III
every subject, involving the rights and hap
piness, OF the people whom they govern; and
belle wing il to be out imptreus duty to NAM
tain righteous Testimony against injustice
and oppression, we earnestly solicit vuuf at
tention to the subject Of olay cry, which con
tnucs to exist IN this state: il suDJect that IN
voles the present, and future ages, and gen
erations get Nn6orn; moral and pollticai
evil, on which the charlstlan, TAG phlldl-
thropist, and the statesman, must ponder
with equal pain and solicitude: FOR l. con-
Germs not only the civil and palltlcdl relations
Of men to each other, but their relation also,
to that Being, froG. whom cometh every
| good and perfect git"
! The period is vet within the recollection
Of many Of the present generation, when tht
American people believed 1t incumbent Oh
them to resist what they deemed an en-
I croachmcnt on their vested rights; and IN
/ Justification of their conduct they proclamca
I before the Supreme Ruler of nations, ali
in the face OF the whole Universe, as truths
! Seifepiacnt, that liberty, and the pursuit oi
1 happiness, were rights Inherent, indefeasi-
ple and divine; and appcrtained to al men
7gifhout distinction; and IN support OF thest
declarations, they solemnly appealed to rea-
son, to Justice, to the christian religion, and
H vi trreot \ ,,l,,tPr af uatiOnS
When, after Il long and arduous conflict
their object WAS obtained, they ascribed sue
cess to the behust of an ovcrruiing Power
propitiated. the sincerity OF their motives
and ''the lustice of their cause."-(Iratetu
for the favour, they solemny asserted tn,
equal rights of man, and professed, in tn,
face of the whole world, '.the hriacNics 0
universe saiuati9n." 1t was then pubhci,
declared, that mo people Can be bound t
acknowledge and adore the invisible hand
which conducts the affairs of men, more thai
the people OF the United States" Ever
step lit was .id) they have advanced to th
, character Of an Ndependent nation. seem
: to have been distinguished by some token q
proyidcntial favour" They moreover pro
fessed and engaged, that ''tho foundations i
t the national policy, shauld be laid i'll the pur
! and immutabe principles of private morali
tv; ana the prc-cminenee Of free governnen
E exemplficd by al the attributes, which CT
e win the affections Of its citizens, and com
a mand the respect Of the world"
: These pledges Of future just dealing, an
) righteous government, so amply afforded /
. the crisis of danger, and during the getetr
; remembrance of divine favpu', remain unre
9 deemed. Although some Of the OH 81 t
i have emancipated their slaves, the hay
/ ,.Nt.> Ia
h slaves in the United States, at the close {
e the revolution, amounted to about half
a million; they are now more than three time
s. that number, and the extent of surface sui
e iected to this portentious evil exceeds tn;
: of the whole thirteen original states as no
IS located Thus slavery Remains to be an a
e tribute of this free government" syste
is of Injustice, which is not merely slight u
,e croachment on the rights of man, but t.
t, tai privation of them all. In vain shall "
seek in the annals ofiniauty, and IN the us
IN gcs OF the most barbarous nations, for II bo
n dage so void of mercy as that which pc
IS. vades the largest portion OF the Americi
H. onion: For we believe it to be trut
" that in oppression, cruel suffering, and de
as radiation negro S(GpeTy remains 7vHhoW
I'd haratiei, in the known world, Excessiv
in unrewarded labor, starvation, torture, chai
IS, anu exile are illlllCtcU Within tlr pOWST
ed the master, or his deputy. The Amer1ct
III slave, generally speaking, holds every cart
of ly comfort at the pleasure Of his ownc
~ Wife, children, home, arc to him precio
ID enjoyments: he is often deprived of them
on a moment of time. The degradation Incl
gs ent to his condition, is made prctext
on governing him, by the most cruel and il
e qutous laws, whilst the means of instructi
he are 9Y4hheid, or hrohi6tcd. The aboliti
We of that branch of the trade, carried OH w
he the coast of A frica, had an effect to enhai
the price of slaves i'll the American marx
els and hence the raising Of them for sale, |
ne become a regular and lucrative busine
he in many places in the United States. A c.
.s stant internal traffic is carried on; famil
ou broken up; all the tics OF kindred are t
me asunder, and these victims of unparalle
for injustice and cruelty, are driven under
ds, whip, and in letters, from state to state
lid Even in the SPOT where the National Leg
a lature convcnes, and over which 1t exerci
nat exclusive jurisdiction, the sound OF the g.