The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-05

10 not speak OF the oprey OF slave labor being carried
OF which the senator from Vermont has told this
morning., and OF which we have heard 50 much during
the lsa three weeks And how will history read by
the ulde OF that Every gale that floats the Allan
TIC comes freighted with the death groans OF king
every vessel that touches your shores bears with her
dins that the captves of the Old World are at last
oec0Blng free-hat they seeking, through blood
and Enthusiastically and madly it may be, but
nevertheless observation-disclosures from the letters
har have re-, held them in bondage who are are they they,
year ago, ! believe, that the officer OF the Turk
sh Empire who holds sway in Tuns, one OF the old
ceyed those of our people taken upon the high seas and
made slaves TO their captorsannouhced to the world
that all should there be free And, not Mistaken
II will be found that this magic line which the senator
from South Carolina believes has been drawn around the
globe which We inhabt with the view OF separating
freedom and slavery-3oo 3o'-brings this very Tunis
into that region in which supposed, by ordinance
Of Nature to be held in bondage. All the
world the air is vocal with the shouts Of men made free
What does il all meant 1t that they have been
redeemed from political servitude; and IN Gods name.
ask. il il be boon to mankind to be free from political
servitde must it not be accepted matter OF some gra
aton that they have been relieved from personal serv
uteabsoute subsection 10 the arbitrary power OF others
What do we say of them l am not speaking OF the
proety OF this thing; may be all wrong, and these
poo fellow. IN Pars who have stout hands and willing
hearts, anxious To their bread, may be very unrea
sonabe IN fighting for it. IL may be all wrong to cut oil
the head of king send him across the channel 1t
may be highly improper and foolish in Austria to send
away Meernich and say ave will look into this bus-
ness ourselves According to the doctrine preached In
these halls-n free Amerca--nsead OF sending shouts
of graduation the water to these people, should
send to them goans and commiseralion for their folly
calling on them TO beware how they take this business
into their own handsinformlng them that universal lib
erty is curse; that born with right to
govern empire, he and his prosperity must continue 10
exercise that power because in this case It is not exactly
partm sequinr Usntrem but partus sequtw pa,remtha
is all the difference. The follows the father
Under your law, the chain follows the mother!
Sir may. ought to remember, that 1t icds law in
this country in l776 that kings had right to rule us,
did rule us. George I'LL said then, "partus sequit,tr
patrem-Iny son Inherits my crown, she follows the
condition of the ather she is born to be your ruler =
your fathers said this is not true. this shall be law no
longer. Let us look for moment at the dOngs oil that
good old time, 1915. Then, Sir our fathers. being OPP
pressed lifted up their hands and appealed to the God Of
justice, the common father of all men, to deliver them
kings born TO rule" They (the men OF 776) did
not believe that was born booted and spurred
to ride another And if, as they said, born
to rule another did it not follow tina, no man could right
fully be born 10 another Sir. in those days. vi
gina and Vginia's Washington and Jefferson, had
little respect for that maxim, Patus sequitur uentrem,
as for that other cognate dogma, "kings are born to
rule" infer from history sir that the men OF that
day were sincere men, earnest honest men that they
meant what they said From their declaration 'aH
are born equally free," infer that, in their judy
ments man, by the iap of his nature, was born
to be slave and therefore he ought not by any other
being born rule, and others being born only TO serve
are both of the same family. and ought to have gone
down to the same place whence Imagine they came,
long ago, together do not think that your parfns Sc
quitur rentrem had much quarter shown II at Yorktown
on certain day you may remember think that when
the Lion OF England crawled in the dust. beneath the
talons of your Eagle and CORVALLIS surrendered 10
George Washington, that maxim, that man is born 10
rule went down, not 10 be among again forever
and ihnk that paru ss2a rent psmem IN the esma
with it. So the men OF that day thought And we are
thus brought to the proper Interpretation OF the language
of those which has been criticised by the senator
from South Carolina.
Mr. President it is worth while to inquire what
the publicly opinions of the leading men and
TIA the year 1887, and from thence up to the final
adoption of The constitution, in 1889 And, first, how
was it in the old Commonwealth, Virginia.
J4n l77i AT general meeting Of the freeholders and
inhabitants Of Prince George county, Virginia. the following
resolve unanimously agreed to, (among o,hersD
Resoired, That the African trade is injurious this
nanuaetwes aud other useful emigrans Europe from
setHs among and Occasions a" Gnns inereaH Of the
balance Of trade against this eolony-(See dmeioan dr.
chices, 4h series, vol. l, page 1881
At meeting ofihe freeholders and other nhabant OF
the county OF Cupeper, in Virginia assembled on due no
lice the courthouse of the said county, on Thursday the
7 OF July 774 consider Of the most efectual method
preserve the rights and liberties of Americas
Rolped, That the importing slaves and convict
is injurious this colony, obsucs the population Of
with freemen and useful manufacturers and that will
buy any such slave convict hereafter be
imported -American Arehioe 4th SERIES pol l, 52s
"At general meen9of the FIRE ehodsr and inhabitants
of the county Nansemond Virginia, the 18th day of
July, 7i, the following resolution unanimously agreed
'.Resolpsd, That the African slave trade is injurious"
&C. [same the resolution of Prince George county J.
American Archives, vof l, p. $50.
"July H. IVA, a similar meeting in Caroline county,
Virginia:
'.Resoped Tha, the African trade is injurious this
colony, &c. and, therefore, that the purchase OF all i'm
ported slaves ought 10 be associated againstAmercan
Archives, pof. i, p Sill
July rs. l77l a meeting Of Surrey county, Virginia
9Th Rcsoired THAI, the population Of this colony
with eemen and useful greatly obstrucled
by the poraton OF slaves and convict servants will
purchase such slaves hereafter be
porled.'Amercam ASetires IN series, rot !, p. 500.
at general meeting Of the freeholers and other in
habants of the county Of Fairfax, Virginia. the
house, the OF Alexandria, Monday, the 18th day
Of Juy, l77i, George Washington, esq, ia the chair
Resolved That 1t IS The opinion oi this meeting, that
during difficulties and distress slaves ought
be imported into any Of the British colonies this
neni and take this opportunity OF declaring
wishes TO entire stop for put such
wicked, cruel and unnatural trade
Resoiped That it is the opinion of this meeting, that
solemn and association should be entered by
all tue colonies" &c dmerican Arohires uol 1, p 60o
George Washington, Mr.. President was the presiding
officer of these meetings Certain young here
may have hard something OF this George Washington
He was then farmer of Fairfax What he did after
that meeting shall be known, remembered, and revered
by world OF thousands OF years to long after you
and ], and all of us, have been food for worms
Similar meetings were held ,Hnd similar resolutions
passed, in the following count irginia: in Hano-
yer, on the Goth July, l774 in IS Ann, in July of
the same year. extract from kxolume of Amer
lean Archives the following. which, jim Mr. Jefersons
connexion with it, becomes important:
At very full meeting OF delegates from the different,
counties in the colony and DOMINION OF Virginia begun
SIN Williamsburg, the Is, day of August, l774, the fol-
lowing association was unanimously agreed to-" omit
Mr. President, all not bearing upon the subject OF slave
ry, and quote only the following