Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-11-28

IT 10 compensate our slavsh0!dsTs, nor
AVE our abOlitionists, and the Pennsyl'
Iania gentlemen included among the
number, ever suggested plan, BY which
lhey should be compensated. They pro-
pose peaceful abolition Of slavery. Yes,
they propose that the Southern citizen
shall be robbed Of the means upon which
his family is dependent, that thousands,
and hundreds Of thousands, shall be beg
CARED, that millions Of degraded beings
snail suddenly be lot loose in the body
polite, 10 corrupt, to debaSe and poison
propose, that all the snIiPathlss,
and preiudices, strong in the groVth OF
centuries, shall at once be violently
brought into collision with the Object Is OF
their abhOTrence-and this, 70 TO be done
peaeebIy. Men raised 10 aftiuence, sre
psacea6ly to surrender up all The means
which support them in sOciety--the terms
Of our nGliOnal compact are tobe violated
the fundamental laws OF our land are TO
bs trampled uuder fOOI--lhe whele face
of our society and its pursuits are to be
reVolutiOnized, PeaceRbly, aye, Peaceably
--how peacesbly, let your knowledge Of
human nature answer. The same gen.
tIeman tells you that nearly oil the States
haVeSlaws to ding to enslaVe the human
beings, and that, for naluralIzed Irish.
men to array themselves with ab JlitiOn-
lists, would not be in violation Of their cons
stilutional ObligSllons.' We tell yeu
that no Slate ia this Union has laws for
aiding to enslaVs bsman beings not even
the slave States themselves, for there,
when once free, the liberty Of the black
man is as absolute, and his freedom as
lmprcgnabIe, as the white. It istrue that
BY the terms OfOuf national compact the
free States are bound to surrender up
TO his master the fugalive from bondage
and in co Ompliance with this obliRa.
iion, not only the general govern-
mem, but the different States, have en-.
acted laws recognizing the rights Of slave
holders. The constitution Of cur gov.
ernment may be changed as they say, by
the action OF the qualified voters; but tO
make that change, you have to sVercOTDs
the very difficulties Of which we have
spoken. Compensation TO the slave.
holders, and the disposition Of enanci-
pated slaves. These gentlemen deny
that they have recommended either re-
sorl to tle dagger or the torch; but more
than one outbreak shows plainly the ten
dency Of their actions Residing il
States where slavery docs not exist, ,thes'
gentlemen are almost as remote from lh,
evil, as you are in the land Ia which yOl
live, and yet, their excessive morali'
leads them to stir up di,cOrd in other
States, TO rouse slaves to sedition, to de
slroy the peace Of whole communities
aOd 10 shake alOft the midnight torch &
whet their secret dagger. Abolition with
them is broader than The mantle Of char
ity Tho latter msy cover multitude oI
sins, but the former covers all. And the
1Octrinel which teaches the negro thai
he has a right 70 steal from the people OI
Ohio, because he has been held in ben
daRe in KsnlUcky, are a fair specimen
Of their notions Of right and wrong.
The insldi ous manner with which thev
run their parOIlNls between the negro &
the IrishmaR. however strong il ma,
make the Argument in others eyes |
tslt, we assure you by the lrishmsn in
America, as anything but aCompllAnet t
ourselves.
As it regards the clothing, food an
personal comfort OI the slaves, we feel o.
hesitation in say ing,lhat they are farabOv
those Of the operatives of Europe. Tn
employer pays The half starved wOrkm a
what ne has contracted for, and what care
he whether it be sufficient for maintain
encef When disease lastens upon, an
his limbs refuse 10 perform their dali
toll, who provides for him the necssSa
rlss Of ,he bed! His Drawn aud sinew
are the marketable commodities he has
and when they are gone, ask the work
shops Of EnelsHd what his fate Is. Th
very relation Of master and slave create
an interest on the part ofthe fomer ,whIcI
never ceases until the death of the latter
IN sickness and 10 health, II remains un
broken, and the connection natural,
leads the master to provide for The com
fort and safety Of his slave. Under sucl
ciTcum stances 10 imBglne that he wouIC
permit other persons to 'inHicl upon them
any OutTages they might choose, and lha
entire imPuRity usually follows tho wrong
is sn abaurdily which common sense re-.
jects. The truth 10, lhst there is nc
class Of offences more vigorously resent
cd BY the stakeholder, Than an outrage up.
on his slave. He iS untiring in hlS pur.
suit Of satisfaction, and the eases. where
i happens, are so extremely rare as to
be scatcnly worth mentioning. To sup,
Jose that the slavehnlder would be 80 Ia.
different TO the safety Of his property Is
10 permit il TO be exposed to the sapri-
c'Ous violence OfwhoeVer might choose to
exert il. ia 10 aunNosa him 0ovaPnaA 4.