The Delaware abolitionist. (Wilmington, Del.) 1847-18??, 1848-12-31

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thaI was Illuminating 70 enter mo com
pact WIN Inc slaves oil the southern States, as
win Inc horses ana mules oil Inc North" II
was COMMENTED, mat u slaves were men, inen
| 'ney should pe taxed as men, and have Their
votes as men N mere property, they should
NOT enlitle mel owners 10 vote, more than
| olner property II might be proper TO lax
slaves, because It mad tendency TO Discount
age slavery, opt 10 take Them INTO account IT
giving representatives tended 10 encourage The
| slave trade, and 10 make it the interest of the
States 10 continue that Infamous traffic.n It
was said, that 1--WE had Just assumed a place
among independent nations, in consequence oil
our opposition 10 the attempts of Great Britain
TO enslave us that this opposition was groun-
ded upon the preservation of those rights to
which God and Nature had entitled US, not in
particular, but IN common with all the rest of
mankind. That we had appealed to the Su-
| preme Being for his assistance, as the God oil
heaven, who could not but approve our efforts
to preserve the rights which he had impaired
to his creatures, that now, when we had
scarcely risen from our knees from supplica-
ing MS AID and protection IN forming our gov
eminent over free people,-a government
formed pretendedly on the principles OF llber-
", and Tor It's preservatlon,-ln that government
10 nave provision, not only pntiing 1t out oil
It's power 10 restrain or prevent the slave trade,
even encouraging that most Infamous traffic:
and giving States power and influence in the
Union in proportion as they cruelty and wan
tonly sport withihe rights OF their fellow
creatures, -ougbt TO be considered as solemn
mockery Of, and insult to, that God, whose
| protection we had then impored, and could
not fail to hold US mp in detestation, and render
us contemplate 10 every true friend OF liberty
in the world"
i.'i'hT' ~ - .''o.pef o. MARY
anu, 'nougnl !, inconsistent WIN inc prln-
clP'es VI .ne heVo'u.o',, aug u'snono'aole 70
.ie Asns,'cal cl'a'ac,e', 10 nave ll'e iulpor'a-
''N -, N'','ao
Inc No',ne'n o'a'es, ana some OF 'he oou'n-
e,n' wlsneu 10 aep,sn ,ne save lraue al once.
Slr. r,rckney, o. SCUM S,a,o',,la' 1nouSnl mat
n'a.e ~ou.u .iTVe' dcceue 70 me CONSTITUTION,
p'ou'o"s 'ue siaVr l,aue sue womb
moi sop net importation OF saves ~ any SNORT
sine oalu m1; hoIleuee' Oh SCUM CaIona,
| Tue peupie Vi 'ne oa'o''iiaS ana georgia, VIII
I never De snch lools as 10 give up so important
an interest Religion ana humanity nave
no'n'hS ~ no WIN !'i's qneS''on' Interest," alone
is inc governing prhc'pleI WIN na'ions.| In
apporuohlng lakes, ne thought three slaves
ought TO be counted as bat one Tree man
WINE III appo''lpn.rS ,ep'eSen'nifVeS' us col
leaeues'IMessff' nu'ler ana rlhckney,-de-
c'areu, 'he DacSs ousnl 10 s,ana on an e.
quali'y WIN 'ne nnes; Mr. flncKney
would make BACKS equal 10 WHITES IN me
rallo OF representation ! ne went iur'ner'-he
Wou,u nave some security against an eman-
clpa''on OF saves ana, says MT Madison,
seemed 70 wlsn some provision should be
included l'h me Oonsulutlonl IN favor OF pro-
perry ~ saves oou'h carolina and Geor-
ga" salu Mr' rlncKney, cannot do without
slaves. Inc Importation OF slaves would be
Tor inc interest OF Inc whole Union the more
slaves the more produce 10 employ Inc carry
ing trade, Inc more consumption also"
On the other hapd, Mr.. Bedford of Delaware,
thought "Soulh Carolina was puffed up with