Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-08-26

the man, and with the strong hand torn him
from his own home--part Of the family volt
have killed, and the rest you have bound in
chains and brought to Virginia! Then, ID
accordance with the brand which it seems
the Almighty has impressed upon poor wo-
man--partus sequitur rentrem-- you con.
denim TO Slavery, 10 the remotest posterity,
the offspring of your captive! 1t Is the
same right originally in both cases. This
right OF conquest is the same as that by
which man mny hold another in bondage.
You may make il into law If you please.
you may enact that II may be so; il may DO
convenient to do SO; after perlesrating the
original sin, il may he better to do so. But
the case is not altered; the source Of the right
remains unchanged. What is the meaning
OF the old Roman word Sercuse profess
no great skill in pathological learning, but I
can very well conceive how somebody, looks
Il ing into this thing, might understand what
was the law in those days. The mans life
was saved when his enemy conquered him
in battle. He became sercus---rhe man was
preserved by his magnanimous foe; and per-
petual slavery was then thought preferable
to death. That was the way in which
Slavery hegan. Has anybody found out on
the face of the earth inan fool enough TO
give himself up to another, and ask him 10
make him his savel ! do not know Of one
such instance under Heaven. Yet IL may
he so. Still think that NOT one of my
lcomplexion of the Caucasian race could be
found quite willing to do that! General
laughter.l a'9a9
This right, which you are now asserting
to this country, exists in no other foundation
than the law of force, and that was the or
ginal law, by which one man appropriated
the services aud will of another TO himself.
Thus far we have been brought after having
fought for this country and conquered il
The solemn appeal is made 10 us---"Havo
we not mingled our blood with yours in ac-
quiring this countryi" Sure, my brother!
But did we mingle our blood with yours for
the purpose OF wrestling this country by
/ force from the peoplei That is the question.
/ You did not say that il was purchased, M
Louisiana or as Florida was, with the COM
mon treasure of the country, and then we
come 10 the discussion of another PROPOSE
ton: What right do you acquire to estab-
lish Slavery iheres But was about to ask
of some gentleman--lhe Senator from S. G..
for instance-whose eye at a glance has
Icomprehended almost the history of the
word, what he suppoSes viii be the history
of this, our Mexican War, aud these, our
;
il the direction which he desiresi do not
speak Of the proprety Of slave labor being
carried anywhere. will waive that quesA
ton entirely. What Is il of which the Sen.
ator from Vermont has told us this morn
ing, and Of which we have heard SO much
during the last three weeksI Every gale
that floats across the Atlantic comes fret ght-
ed with the denth-groans Of King; every
vessel thnt touches your shores bears with
her tdiugs that the capfiyes Of the Old
WoIll are at last becoming free--that they
are seeking, through blood and Slaughter
hlindly aud madly, it may be-nevertheess
Observation-Disclosures from the letters that
have held them in bondage. Who are theys
The whole Of Europe. And il is only about
a year ago, believe, that that officer of the
Turkish Empire who holds sway in Tnnis,
one Of the old slave markets of the world
whose prisons formerly received those of
our people taken upon the high seas aud
made slaves of their capfors--announced to
the world TINT everybody should there be
free. And, if am not mistaken, il will be
found that this magic limo which the Sena-
tor from s. G. believes has been drawn
afnund The globe which we inhabt. with thu
view Of separating Freedom and Slavery
SO deg. so min, brings this very Tunis into
that region in which by the ordinance Of
God men are 10 DO held in honhnge! All
over the world the mir il vocal with the
shouts &C men mnde free. What does il all
mrani II means that they have been re-
deemed from political servfude, and in
Gods name ask if II be boon 10 man
kind 10 be free from political servitude,
must il not he accepted az matter of some
graduation that they have been relieved
from absolute sucrtion 10 The arbitrary
power Of oihersl What do we say of thens
nm not speaking Of the propriety Of this
thing; il may lie all wrong and ihese poor
fellows in Paris, who have stout lands and
willing henrtS, anxious 20 earn ,.icir bread,
uay be very censurable for fighting for it,
Il may he aii wrong to cut eli the head Of a
- King or send him acre IS the Chnnnel.--
The problem oi Free Government, as we
call IL, - not, il seep's, ;et solved. II may
highly iniprnIer S.Bd foolish in Austria and
Germany 10 s"ni away Metternich and say,
awe will I'iok into this busliIess ourselves"
According to the doctrine preached in these
inl.s-in free America--in-tead Of sending
shouts of cnngraiulation across the water 10
these people, we should send to them groans
and cOnnis-eration for their folly, calling
on them to beware how they take this bust
ness into their own Notwithstanding them
thar universal liberty IS curse; that ms one
man !. born with right to govern an EN-
pire, he aud his posterity Gas Louis Philippe
of Orleans maintained when he announced
that his son should sit Oh the throne when
he left I'D must continue to exercise that
power, iHcau,sP 10 their case IL Is not exact
ly partus sequitur UentreDs, but partus sequi-
tiT patren,--fhat j. all the difference
fLaaghter.l The Crown follows the faith
erl Under your law the chain follows the
motheri ISubIued manifestations Of feel
ing.l
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