Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-01-16

4 1850 !. .ansn M ,nRnnrgnn.
1g1snh,ril1 . sxprrtra, Int d z hlies psS1'
pursseuusg. ~ en- 1nIsf nIH1lly inioo ol1.1ssill
e ihs sahious Il Gl.ssry, nsiihsE a. Ne Fsepols
70 question ihs poIiet er szpndlsnsy q chs cum
pact entered into. q guaranteeing 20 ths SLAVE
siatss. ths constitutional right Il protecting. and
psrpsiuating n sisrBal honisgss large proportion
q thsir fsllow msn. II h suciout Cor ~ 10 nlEs
he constitution ~ We nnd its-ast Che Supreme law
II he Lard. and most chssFfhly would We nssaEsgy
energy and inlnsncs ws possess. IN dsEsndins nd
cAsrilhing isS sassed prosisibns; - would sag 70
0ur southsEn brethren. we have sworn q support
the consultation, and we oer not to interfere with
your ssdomestic institutions on yon rests the aV-
ful responsibility Of not g doing unto Others ~ ys
sugssid Gaas efAes shsaid DO s,sto yomss Here
would No talre our stand, and here would We inter-
pose the same energy and inEuspcs, IN staying cp-
preston over any human soul. Here would We
remind them q those truths setforth
in the declaration Of cur Independence, that :. all
men ere crsated equal ;--that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable rights
which arslifs. liberty, and the pursuit n happi-
ness Hers would We ~ unto z Elhiepis stretch
out your hand. and grasp tie proassed boon Of lib
erty. Here wopld wsclaim the privilege, I" re-
specially but earnestly. to remind Consfess. BY
petition 81 otherwise. that they have power grant
Cd thsn, 10 exercise exeissipe legislation in all
eases sclaisospsr ove,s The District Of Colombia.
veal. 80 ~ soula proclaim TO The wholsworid.
that the temple q liberty, plantsd =
Ted spot, was - passport 70 freedom, 10 every
guiltless foot that pressed its haliowsd soill
Neither would We stop here-we would could
We make our voice heard, proclaim to the whole
universe. that slavery i mortal, damning sin
that Il 10 forbidden By justice, humanity. reason.
and revelation. Man reduce his fellow-mans 10 q
slave, brute, ehattels Man rob his neighbor OF
his freedom, his ambition, his virtue, his desire for
life, his hope in death! Ye southern champions Of
Republicas denoeracy, stand forth and proclaim
to northern ears, your right to destroy the family
compact I'D drive the father from his beloved
family 80 force the mother TO new, and sdulte-
rous concubinage ;to compel the tender daughter
ID furnish new subjects for their !" hellish frgc;
and the confding boy the perpetual toni ct some
suitry. sunken plantation! fsa 81 l5f' s
But not 10 pursue this subject farther. . We
.;,,- .s.,yh Ia hee aid. 70 convince the most
slept;cal. that slavery i an evil. WIN mot the
annexation ii Texas add to the number Of it u e
timsi II Il does, are its advocates and aDeftors
alone responsible for the sin it oscasons Are not
we all accountable, for our passive acquiescence in
known wrong: Let reason, mercy, and justice
decide. g, y. tss I. 80 WY
I'm tracing the progress OF slavery In TINS eoun-
fsy, how foFxibly are rerninded, 81 the naughty,
Oppressive, and domineeEing spirit. with which the
slave interest has ever conducted the contest. ne
tween the slave and free states. In every instance
where legislative action has been had have ceen
the slave interest pEepOnderate by the constifu-
t;on ~ lerrifory belonging to the United States
living cut OF the limits Of said states, was put undel
ne control and legislation Of the general govern
ment. Yet Notwithstanding this momentous NOR
eress. we have seen II every state which has been
sdded "a he union. where slave labor was thought
r. - nrcfstle. that Interest Mo- unisessally pre-
vailed Let Us Just LOOK u tiast stuPendcus fraad
/. which was fastened On this government, BY VIVA
- usually called the Missouri compromise. Wn
ings, the threats, the love, the hared the shame
and the stripes. which were 90 bountifnlly show
erred ON the representatives in Congress from -
free states BY southern despots, IN the progress
! that act Can any one have 20 soon forgotten IN
entire unanimity with which the south acted @
that occasion! and how they were atterward
tainted By their southern nabobs, that this hum
bling, disgraceful fraud was contaminated through
the influence and aid Of . aorshesn doagh !Gees
Can they remember how IN that case. % an IN
present, il was solemnly argued. .thaf AZ was g
prove the means Of nal emancipation that q woult
cure the malady BY its expensive phia1fnropy ane
that, in the meantime, the admission ofsiaves int
the territory would be limited. BY the Slaves AREA
dy in the United States that their health and com
fort would be promoted by dispersion--and that
the;r number would be the same. whether they're