Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-12-05

slavery lHuctS nOtnlng Out mlecnlof en-
the far greater part Of the inhabitants Of
America; The only place in which indi-
ViGual interest is connected with slavery
are the slavehOldiDg States. Now, in
those States, almost without an exception
(if, indeed, there be any exceptional the
people Of color greatly exceed the own
erS; and thus, even ifan injury were 70
be inflicted on the SHAREHOLDERS, by de-
pTivIng them Of their slaves the adVan-
IageS would be most abuhdantly cOunter.
balanced and compensated for By the in1
Gnitely greater number Of persons who
would thus be restored TO that greatest
Of human blessings, personal liberty thus
the noble Behihamite maxim, of doing
the greatest possible good to The great.
est possible number, would be amply
carried out int effect. By the enamel.
patton Of the negroes, you charge the ab.
OltiOnisl as with a crime that they ems
courage a negro flying from Kentucky to
steal a horse from an inhdbitant Of Ohio,
in order to aid him. If necessary, in me.
king his escape. We are not, upon fun
reflection. sufficiently Vsrsed in cssuistry
to decide whether, under such circum-
stances, the tskiug Of the horse would be-
an excusabIe act or not. But even con.
ceding that it would be sinful, we are of
this quite certain, that there 10 nOtOne Of
you that address US who, lfhe were Hn-
der similar circumstances, that is, having
no other means OF escaping perpetual
slavery, would not make free with your
neighbours horse to atfsciuate your Just
and reasonable purpose. And We are
also sure OF this, that there is not one Of
you who, if he were compelled TO spend
the rest Of his life as a personal slave,
worked and beaten and sold and transfer
ed from hand TO hand and separsted,a at his
masters caprice, from wife and family
consigned to ignorance working with
out wages--tOiling without reward, With
out any other st;mulant to that toll and
labor than the drivers -whip:-We do
say that there is not one Of YOU who
would not think the name Of pickpOckOt,
thief, or felOn, would not be too court
eous name for the being who kept you
in such thrsldom,
ave cannot avoid repeating our as
tonishment that you, Irisbmen, should be
80 devoid of every trace Of humanity a.
to become the voluntary and pecunIariIy
disin,erested advocates of human slavery
and especially that you should be 80 in
America; hut what excites our nncOn-
qlerable Ioathing is, 10 find that in your
address you speak OfinaR being the prop
erty OF man-Of one human being
the property Of another, with as little
doubt, hesitation, or repugnance as ifyou
were speaking of the beasts Of the
field.
1t is this that fills US with utter aston.
ishment--it is this that makes US dis.
claim you as countrymen. We cannot
bring ourselves to believe that you breath.
ed your natal air IN Ireland-Ireland, the
FIRST Of all the nations Of the earth that
abolished the dealing in slaVes-the slave
trade of that day was, curiously enough
a slaUe trade in British youths-Ireland,
that never was stained with negro slave,
trading, Ireland, tnat never committed
an offence against the man Of color-Ire-
land, that never fitted out single vessel
for the traffic IN blood on the African
coast.
''Itis, to be sure, affecting and heart.
rending to US to think that so many Of
The Irish in America should bO so degeM-
crate as to be amongst the worst enc
mics Of the people Of color. Alas, alas,
We have that fact placed beyond doubt
by the indispulabIe testimony of Lord
Morpeth. This is foul blot thai we would
tain wipe off the Ascoucheon Of expatria-
ted Irishmen.
"Have you enough of the genuine II.
ishman left amongst you to ask what il is
we require you to do3 1t is this:
"First-We call upon you in the sa.
cred name OF humanity, never again to
volunteer on behalf of the opprOssOr: nor
even for any selfintereN 10 vindicats
that hsinous crime, personal slavery.
"SscoudIy--We ask you 10 assist in
eEsry way you can in promoting the eds
ucation Of the fresmen of color, and in
the foolish feeling Of
nSss, of that criminal Sel6shness.
which makes the white man treat thS
man of color as degraded or inferi-
or being.
"Thirdly-We ask you to assist in OBJ.
laining for the free men Of color the fall
benefit Of oil the rights and franchises of
! freeman in whatever Stats he may in-
habit.
"Fourthly-We ask you to exert your,
selves in endeavoring 10 procure for the
man Of color, in every case, the benefit
Of trial by jury, and especially where q
man insisting that he is a freeman is
claimed to be slave.
"Filthly-We ask you to exert your
self in every possible way to induce slave
owners to emancipate aGmany slaves ss
possible. The Quakers in America have
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