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telIects OF Monroe township the man
ot the mill. He has let the water on
his braln'miIl, and 10! a stupendous
grist has come forth, and the dcmocra.
tic rats have been eating at il till thew
are ready to burst; and now they are
eVacuating the faces of it all around the
neighborhood. To this giant of the
quill we may apply the words of the
poet:
"Thrice he routed all his foes;
And thri3e he slew the slain"
The poor abolilionists are all aghast
and speeches. from the inimiabIe dis.
play Of scorching eIoquence and pro.
found logic Of this stupendouo patriot
Poor fellows! you had better hide YOUR.
selves from the burning ire Of this war.
whoop man, whIlst"he is nursing his
wrath TO keep it warm b."
This awful democrat Of Monroe town.
ship-thls lover Of mankind, his coun-
try and his creator brings, with zone
fell swooP" the charity like charge
that abolhlonists are enemies TO their
country, to mankind. anG to their Creu-
tor. Now, we do not intend 10 conrute
the profound arguments of this redoubl-
able master Of eloquence and logic; but
we desire to obtain some small inkling
how he has got such clear views of this
subject Well, this bright luminary
tells US, "there is nothing more plain
in scriP iPture than that the Creator ap-
proves OF slavery by giving US nc laws
TO prohibit it, and by his giving special
laws 10 govern both masters and SER
wants, and by the practice Of the best
men in all ages" Now, since he says
the Creator approves Of slavery &C.,
why does he say, "he that s,eaIeth a
man and selleh him, or it he be found
IN his hand, shall be surely put to death
Agaln-the law was made for mur
derers-ior man stealers. Again
"thou shalt not deliver unto his master
the servant that has escaped from his
master unto thee" He shall dwell
with thee, &c, thou shalt not oppress
him. Woe to him that buildeih his
house BY unrigheousness and his cham
bers by wrong; hal useh his neg boris
service without wages. and givelh hm
not for his work Agau--ths awIni
master Of TIE goose ouOI says. that the
Creator approves ol slavery 'Ov his
giving special laws 10 govern bath Mas
ters aud servants, We'll. then, does lhe
Creator approve o. man having Two
wives now, becau'e he gave special di.
rection under the Mosaic Economy 10 the
man who had two wives2 And, again
ne says, "the Creator approves of sia
very because the best tnen in all ages
had Servantsn - Jacob had two wives
and two concubines, and did he approve
OF that? II 50, 90 then and do likewise
And slavery may say there is differ
ence between servant aud slave; anC
they grant that voluntary soryitude was
authorized by the judicial law among
the Jews, But our learned democra
finds slavery authorized thore-that is
the holding property 10 a fellow being
and reducing him from a person TO
chattel or thing, for the conncxion show
says he, that they had right in the i
manserVants and maidsorvQnts as il
other property. And so by his og
we may conclude that their wives were
TO be considered slaves, and be put on
leVel with their oxen and their asses
for we read all in the sume connexion
"Ihou shalt not coVet thy neighbor'
vile, nor his manseryunl, nor his OK
&c. &c.
Upon first reflection we supposed thi
patriot of the first water was living il
sin when no held the principle tha
slavery was approved Of God; and ye
he neither held slaves nor was trying Il
get slavery introduced into the fret
State Of Ohio. But upon second consid
GRAFTON we concluded that ho was nov
making some atonement for his forme
omission Of duty. Now he has come ou
the champion OF slavery and the spiri
OF modern democracy, is exciting hin
TO SOW the seeds Of slavery, and 10 teac
his fellow citizens 'helr duty on lhi
subject, And the next step for him an,
his fellow coadju'ors will be- 10 chang,
the Constitution OF Ohio TO admit aver,
into our free State; and get their blacl
servants scattered among US, and thu
approve themselves to their Creator -
But yet he has quaIm at his stomach
and is forced to say whom unaer the f,
that "sIavery is a n""isance.n Wha,l -
slavery "ul'ance and yet approved o
by the God oI heaven, according 10 him
What! a relation Instituted by the law,
gyer OF heaven and earth, and yet
nusanceP What a reflection upon thu
wisdom and goodness Of the Supreme
Lawgver! Does he really think an!