Richmond palladium., 1839-04-06

l1s7-she zoo has declared her abhorrence OF e
slavery IN more strong and emphatic terms than i
we have done. In her constitution, after pro- 1
hibiting slavery, involuntary sersitude beas {
introduced inio the Stale. she declares, But as /
10 the holding anv part OF the human creation IN .
slavery, or involuntary servitude. originate
only ID tyranny and 0Shrpdt!or, no alteration of
her Constitution should take place. as to IN
troIuce slavery or lnyountrv servitudc into the
State, otherwise than Tor tie punishment of
crimes whereof the party had been dav convict
ed Illinois and Michigan a lso formed their con
siitutions on the same principles. After such
cloud of witnesses against slavery, and whose
testimony is SD clear and explicit, as a citizen
ut Ono, should he recIe mt 10 every principle
Of honor and ot jlstlce. TO be found the apologist
Or advocate of slavery IN auv State. o: in anv
country whatever No, cannot be SO inconsistent
as 10 say ain opposed 10 slavery in the abstract,
in its separation from human being, and still .
lend my aid 10 build 1t up, and make perpetual
in lis operation and effects upon MAN in this or
any other country. | also, early life, saw ii
slave knee! before his master, and hold uo his (
hands with as much apparent submission. humil- !
Ity ,and adorat tiou as man woud have done. be-
fore his Maker, While his ter with outsret,hed
rod, stood over hlm. This thought, is slavery;
one hjected to the power of another nd
the laws atiordlng him projections and he has
10 beg pardon of man, because he has offended
man (not the laws.) as ii his master
peror and all powerful being. Yes this is sla-
very, boasted American slavery. without which
!. I5 contended even here, that the union of these
States would he dssolV cd in II day, YES. even in
an hour. Illuminating thought, that we are
bound together as States by the chains ofslavery.
II cannot bc-the blood and the tears of slavery
form part of the cement of our Union-and
II Is hoped that hv falling its bands, they may
never corrode aud cat them assander. We who
are opposed to, and deploro the existence of sla-
very IN our country, are lrequentiy asked both
IN public and private, what have Won TO do with.
slavery? ltdoes net exist IN Your State il does
not disturb you, All, sir would God il were
so--that we had nothing IL 90 with slavery, moth
ing 10 fear from It's power. its action within
! own burdars, that lis name and its miseries
wore unknown us. Bat this is not our lot: we
ave upon lis borders. and in hearing of its cries
j yet we are unwilling to acknowledge, that If we
enter It's territories and violate its laws. that we
should be punished at iis pleasure. We do not
: complain IS this, thought might we'll be coneid-
: cred lst ground Of complaint. Ii is our iiresles,
rights, our privilege, the safety of friends
= as well as the overeiCnty and iuGenendencc OF
II our State, that we arc nov called upe. protect
!: and defend
- The slave interest has at this moment the
: whole power Of The country in its hands. Ii
/, claims the President Northnrn with
N Southern feelings, thus making the Chief NIagis
n ifaics he head OF an interest, party; and not
20 of the country and people at large 1t has the
o cabinet of the President three members OF which
= are iFo!n save states, ana who wrote DnCF
of IN t1vor OF Southern slavery, but which fell dead
: from the press, ii book which have seen, in my
: own family, thrown musty upon the shelf. Here
,r then is decided majority in favor Of the slave
!, interest. 1t has five out Of nine Judges of tbs
. Supreme Court; here, also Is n M orty from the
~ slave States. 1t has, with the President oi tho
:, Senate. and the Speaker of the House Of Repre-
,f scntatlVes, and the Clerks of both Houses, ;ht
T., army and navy and the bureaus have, | I'm told
h. about the same proportion. One would suppose
>, that with all this power operating in this Gov
- ernmcnt, 1t would be content 10 pcrmit-yes
~ will use the word pcrmit-it would be content I,
;, permit Us, who live IN the free States, en- il,
- our tresidcs and our homes in qietness; but th
,d is not the The Shareholders and slave law
20 claim that as property which the free States know
ls only as persons, reasoning property, which, 0
- lis own will and mere motion, is Frequently toun
bo in States, and upon which THING we some
,,s times bcs:ow food and rainent If 1t appear hun
~ CRY and perishing, believing it to be a huma
e beng; this. perhaps, is owing want of Wis
off ION 10 discover the process by which
or converted into THING. Fo: this act Of ours
70 which IS not prohibited by our laws, but prompte
3, by every feeling, christian aud humane ,hc slave
ad holding power enters territory tramples unde
- foot the sovereignty of State, violates In
no sanctity of private residence, seizcs our citizens
"a. and disregafding the authority of our laws trans
a ports them lnto Its Jurisdiction, casts ihel
a.. into prison, confines them IN ietiers and loal
. them with chains, for pretended offences agan
,re their own laws, found by willing grand jures u
IN. on the oath Ito the language of the late G
~ vernon of ohio) OF perjlred villain. Is tn
,ds fancy, Or IS 1t fact, sober reality, solemn act?
.s5 Need say all this, and much more, is now ma
70 ter of history IN the of the reverend job
., B. Mahan. OF Brown county, Ohio Yes, it is 9
sry bat this IS but the begiuning-a case Of equ
h,s outrage has lately occurred, If newspapers
a. be relied on, in The seizure Of citizen OF OH
tar without even the forms OF law, and who ca
~, red into irgina and shamefu!ly punished
nv tar and feathers. and other dis graceful means
: i rode upon rail, according to the order OF Juj
,od Lynch, and this, only because IN OHIO he
,b AJoItlonIst.
il Would could stop here-but cannot. II
ow slave interest power seizes upon persons
re- color IN our state, carries them into states who
is,. men are proper:y, aud makes uaerchan ndise
the them, sometimes under sanction of law. but nd
9th properly by lis abase. aud sometimes BY me
ons personal force, thus disturbing quiet and
ab- RAISING our citizens. oil this kind has la
to ~ occurred, where I colored boy was seduc
my from ONO into Indiana, taken from thence i,
1ile Alabama and sold slave; and to the honor
the .sta Stata 4 h.