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human-being contracts were made, where
wives and husbands, parents and children
were torn asunder, and uttered the fright
full shrek and farewell OF despair. Yes,
these towns have been the grand slaught-
er house of the hottest of human ties
When inquest shall be made for blood,
we'll might these Chorazins, these Sod
oms and -Gomorrahs cry for the Allegha-
MES to fall on them, and hide them from
the accusing ghosts Of ruined and thrice
murdered families This trade in slaves
on the high seas, or on the coast of Afri.
ca, American law and American human
ity has pronounced the crime which man
can commit against man, and has declar-
ed its horrid perpetrators, pirates. and pun
ishable with death. Oh! honorable IN
consistency That which is a crime of
piracy 5000 miles off, by our laws be-
comes, by the same law-givers and a part
of the same code when transacted athome
IN our own sight, so far from being the
highest of human offences, II becomes re-
spectable business, not inconsistent with
the duties Of private citizen, a judge, a
President of the United States, member
of any of the Christian churches, yea, a
minister in those churches; sucha mighty
change takes place in the criminal code
Of the United States by sailing through
some 40 degrees of longitude, from the
coast of Africa to the capital OF the United
States at Washington.
Georgia and South Carolina threatened
their sister states that they would not come
into the Union, unless the Constitution oil
the United States guaranteed the continu.
ance ofthe old African slave trade twenty
years after the adoption of the Constitu'
ton, because, they alleged they could
purchase slaves direct from Africa, OF
catch them in Africa, for half the sum they
would have to pay the old states of Vir
GINA and Maryland for slaves and These
states further urged that they would no
come into the Union. unless the free state.
would consent to become kidnappers, ant
catch the fugitive slaves for them, wher
they ran into the free states. For as they
had run the slaves down in Africa, ant
conferred so great blessing on the coun
try by bringing them over. therefore, t
encourage the South in its laudable I'm
dertakings, the South insisted that tn
North, or free states were to act the par
Of shepherds dogs to scare, catch and re
turn their wandering focks, when the,
came into the northern parts of the land
So these chivalfous states insisted on thre
points as " sine qua nonsP' LIST. TIL
African slave trade should be EXTENDS
twenty years. I'd. That the free state
should deliver up fugitive slaves; and 81
That they should count, for the basis {
congressional representation, five OF thei
slavesthe same as three of our citizens
Before the adoption Of the Constitution,
constant system Of threatening was keI
up. that unless all the humanity in tn
world was Violated, they would not com
into the confederacy; and now the cry
that unless we permit these same states +
be. considered honorable pirates, they vii
coout OF the Union. Il has always beel
held overour heads. in terrorem, first. tina
they would not come in and now tina
they are ID, that they would not stay in.-.
And SO, these chivalfous states have keT
the North holding itsbrealh. occasionally
having eeasiptioa fits. lest the chivalrou
humaa aesh importers should become en-