Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-10-01

man 0ngh, 10 he free. The white man
ought NO, 10 have reduced him 10 bond
age. The white man ought 10 fire. him,
But. on the other hand 1.-The black man
ought not 10 he immediately made free, IL
| by his immediate freedom the great and
paramount interests OF Society are TO be-
| endangered, --as il Is clear common sense
20 conclude they would be. IL such mass
of ignorant and degraded beings purpose
! " kept ignorant and degraded. generation
after Feneiation,) we're cast suddenly upon
the community. without other check than
the laws that govern the white citizen.
| conccde. and have always maintained that
| the stain of slavery is deep and damning
| one upar our national escutcheon. - and
herein have Tho full accord Of all the
soaiherner. have conveyed with on the
subject. But while | Claim immediate
emancipation as a theoretical right Of tho
negroes here. am compelled. from the
most careful observation which have had
an opportunity Of making within these few
weeks, TO deny il as practical right. IN
other words, ccnscieniiously believe that
we have no right TO set the slave. a. lie ",
! ec~--inasmnch az we should r, duce him
| to worse situation than he is now placed
In. We should throw him out Of house
and home. I'VE should plant him, de-
fenceless wretch. in the midst OF a people
who despisc and hold him in ahhorrence
Nor of al dreaded and loaihej objects IN
the slave States The most so h a free black
Now have we practical. moral right
10 do this though in doing Il VIC yindi-
cate theoretical and probable right Of
the slave | think not"
As TO the prop'iefy Of exercising thai
right | must confess my mind Inclines 70
the opinion, after much deliberation and
no little Investigation Of the subject in ell
its bearings. - that the slave States should
be regarded nv us. non.slavehnldcrs. In
reference 10 this subject. as a foreign pow.
err, with whom our nation has made a trea
Nv Of alliance, --nnc Of the conditions of
which. upon afier-thonehi, or in after &c
nerations, becomes ahhnrrcnt 10 our feel
ings and principles. We cannot GO behind
the treaty, we cannot claim right TO in
ieriefe with conditions soiemnly agreed 10.
The consideration Of which has already
been performed and the existence Of which
was well known al the signature OF tho
treaty"
arGUsr J.. 1885.
= w Hui Hlthb W ibtet fthf"t"o " 49,
srght TO the monstIous aggregate OF excl
ting language on this topic. Which agiiatcs
the country, until i, seems as u despera
ton were the certain goal No! have
thought differently upon this subject until
very recently, and now make no merit Of
acknowledging that moderated The evil
which Lnow cannot but view as ifnrend-
ing over my county as tie inevitable re-
suit Of direct interference with this topic
on The part Of the people of The non slave-
holding states. But still, to say that Il
should not be our constant endeavor, by
well directed efforts upon the fninds and
con.cienees Of the slave holders l,y judi
eious legislation, and by. temperate and rn-
tional moral persuasion. TO bring about
such state Of public opinion as will en-
sure the uproo,ing of this odious sys'em
from our body polite, were TO deny that
among an Americans dearest hlrthriglts
are liberty Of Speech. liberty Of the Press.
Free Enquiry into the causes Of his own
di.contents, and The Right TO discuss mat
tiers bearing weightiIy on his own hsppi.
ness and freedom | reserve, therefore,
the right OF the citizen 10 discuss this SUBJ
iect,-whle concedc that he has no right
10 do il in a manner that shall prejudice
that grand object TO which all political
discussion and action should tend - tho
greatest good to the greatest number"
AucusT Z. 1885.
Yet can there be doubt that. in The
present state Of the public mind upon this
subject. thst +" right" inalenable. inde-
feasible, indispn'able as IL is max not,
consistently with an American citizens
paramount duty 10 his country be at all
agiiatcd2 have given in my adhesion
- the principles laid down in the Amer.
can Anti Slavery Societyf Declaration OF
seniiments, but jf such an adhesion IL to
he understood as binding me 10 60 such
length, at such q time, under snch circum-
stances, and with such practical work.
ing Of The plan Of that Society as now see
going on, shall be speedy in Withdrawing
il entirely.
81 believe the wish 10 rid themselves OF
slavery as soon and ms easily as practical
Bile, 10 far more prevalent among slave
holders at the South, than orr New Eng
land eountrymen are apt to imagine, or
ready 10 believe. And furthermore. have
come by careful reflection, observation and
comparison, 10 the conclusion that i, can
only be done gradually, il peaceably, land
can by no means be done at once, without
at The same tine producing eonyuls'on
that shall shake The republic 10 its centre.
As 10 what ought 10 be dors, 81 course
there can be but one answer TO such ue-
mand.
We, the people OF the United States,
have made compact between ourselves,
the consideration OF which was union
and alliance for specific purposes, without
al an affecting other specific purposes.
WHICH are ofindipidpat moment alone: and
| in making this compact. we agree that
/ certain ohroxious feature he left upon lts
faco, unquesiioned. How can we question
| il forever afterp II is as If the States 10
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