The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-10-29

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ox,en, If ;,s ;mnnr, wnS made hy the No.
cIar,,;,ns Of ,Ln ,,,;r,osn States Jn mns,
IF ,hnm s,averv ev;s,cd md had lonr ax-
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lion tho States ,hat concnrred j., !, ;n,en-
ded that it should be tortured into viz
lual emancira,ion of all the slaves within
their respective limi.s9 Would Virginia
and the other Southern States have ever
united in a declaration which was to be
INTERPRETED into an abolition of slavery
amonr theme Did anv one of the lhir-
teen States entertain such a design or sx-
pecta,ion? To impute such secret and
unavowed purpose would be to charge a
political fraud upon the noblest band of
patriots that ever assembled in council, a
I II aud upon the con(ederacv of the Reyo-
luton a fraud upon the Union of these
States, whose Constitution not only re-
copuized the lawfulness of slavery, but
permitted the Importation of slaves from
Africa until the year 1908. And am
bold to say that, if the doctrines of ultra
political abolitionists had been seriously
promulgated at the epoch Of our Revou-
ton, our glorious Independence would
never have been achieved. Never! never.
Great applause, and many voices echo
ing 'Never"
know the predominant sentiment in
the free States is adverse to slavery; but
happy in their own exemption. from what
ever evils NAV attend it, The great mass Of
our lcIlow-ciiiizens there 60 not seek to
violate the Constitution, or 10 disturb the
harmony of these States desire no
concealment of my opinions in regard to
the institution Of slavery. look upon it
as great evil, and deeply lament that we
have derived it from the parental govern
mcnt and from our ancestors. | wish
every slave in the United States was in
the country of his Ancestors. But here
they are, and the question is how they
can be best dealt with? If a state of
nature existed, and we were about to Law
the foundations of society, no man would
be more strongly opposed than | should
be, to incorporate the institution of slavery