Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-12-20

l have met with Americans, even under the
walls of the great Mogul of Delhi! American
missionaries are graphing with the superstitions
and errors of the Mahomedan, and have COM
mended them for their boldness of speech, which
led them, in the midst of danger, to declare s'the
whole council of God.''
hav e before me, of this moment, anillustrious
example worthy of all imitaton and shall take
the liberty of citing, in my behalf, this morning,
Senator of the United States. The document
which have here, purports to be speech, de-
livered by Hon. Lewis Cass of Michigan, in tire
Senate, on Friday, 4th Jan. $50 son suspending
our diplomatic relations with Austria" What
does the honorable Senator say?
81 freely confess that shall hail the day with
pleasure when this Government, rejecting the
true sentiments of the people, shall express its
sympathy for struggling millions, seeking, in
circumstances of peril and oppression, that ber-
ty which was given to them by God, but has
been wrested from them by man. do not see
any danger to the true independence of nations
by such course; and indeed am by no means
certain that the interchange of public views in
this solemn manner would not go far towards
checking the progress ofoppression and the ten
dency 10 war. Why, sir the very discussion in
high places and free plsces-and here is one of
them-even when discussion is followed by no
act, is tselfa great element of retributatiye JUS
tice to punish it when an atrocious deed is done,
and great element of moral power to restrain
it when such deed is contemplated. | claim
for our country no exemption from the DEGREES
of these high tribunals; and when we are guilty
of 1.-THE OF the oppression and cruelty which
have made the Austrian name a name of re-
proach through the world, hope we shall re-
ceive, as we shall well merit, the opprobrium of
mankind"
Snow, sir, | say it without reserve, that a
power thus setting at defiance the opinion of the
world Mark, he speaks of government action,
and not of the expression Of independent opinion
by one individual, and violating the best feel
ings of our nature, in the very wantonness of
successful cruelty, has no bond of union with
the American people. The sooner the diploma
tic intercourse is dissolved-and dissolved with
marks ofindignant reprobation-the sooner shall
we perform an act of public duty, which, at home
and abroad, will meet with feelings of kindred
sympathy from all, wherever they may be, who
are not fit subjects for the tender mercies of Aus
tran power"
Finally, he commends the Sultan at Constan-
tinople, for having cherished the fugitive slaves,
that fled from the banks of the Danube. IRON
ical cheers He thinks it highly to the credit
of this head of the Ottoman empire, who has ia
ken up, and sheltered, the refugees and refu-
sed to yield to the remonstrance of Austria and
Russia He says:
"The Divau, faithful to the traditions of Eas-
tern hospitality if not to the obligations of the
law of nations, firmly refused the delivery of the
fugitives, and thus spared another g deluge of
blood,'' to use the words of the great Roman his
torian, in this sad drama of a nations over
throw"
Now, sir, I contend that the true reason why
myself and others are denied liberty of speech
upon American affairs, is, that there is in your
midst system which cannot bear investigation,
and the opposition to which is at variance with
the interests and prejudces and lusts of a large
portion of this community, (cheers.) But, sir,
were it not SO, still should claim the right, on
this and every occasion, of offering an explana-
ton of my views upon the question of Slavery,
and on every question connected with the inter-
est of mankind
But, permit me to say, that England has pc
culiar right in the person ofany one of her sons,
to "interfere," if the South will call it So in the
question of slavery. have been told, again and
again, on the other side of the Atlantic, that Eng
land is answerable for this institution; that we
brought, planted, and watered, here, from age to
age, this deadly plant that to and upon Eng
land, and not on America, rests the responsible
ty and the guilt Of this atrocious system. Well
be it so! (cheers.) If this be the fact--and for
the present am not going to deny it-certainly
an Engshman, who regrets that England ever
entertained the crime of ensaving any portion
of the human race, may be permitted to come
and make his friends an earnest appeal to the
political principles, the moral feelings, and the
| religious sentiments of the people of America
in behalf of the liberation of the descendants OIL
those whom England enslaved before the era OF
your revolution. Loud cheers.
But sir is it not fact, that the subjects oil
Her Majesty, the Queen of England, are moi
free to go to any of your Southern ports that
THE coored crews of vessels trading from the isl.
ands of the West Indies are taken ont and i'm
prisoned, not as the free subjects of another ma.
tion but as criminals, and are not restored to lib
| erty until the vessel is ready again to embark
upon the ocean. Sir assert that, as an En-
| glishman, have right to protest against this
| Applause. / contend that have right to
claim, for my colored fellow subjects, the liber.
| ty which every sailor on board United States
/ ships enjoys, on entering the ports of England
or any of England's dependencies in any part Of
the world. Loud cheers. But, sir, I have the
right to complain ofyour nfiicting upon the OBJ
jects of reform in England, most serious inju
ry and of retarding the progress of liberal opin-
ions there, by enabling the enemies of human
freedom to quote the example of America, as
that of nation having adopted the form of re-
publican institutions, to crush closer to the eartf
one-sxth of her population.
Again, sir, let those who seek to silence me ir
America, be consistent, and silence the men they
have sent over from this country to the Other
side. Why, sir, it has been my unpleasant tasl
to track Americans over our country, during the
Is years [ have been absent from you, again anc
again-to make, indeed, almost the circuit of the
British Islands--to furnish antidotes to the pro
slavery poison which Americans have diffuset
through our land. Loud cheers
They have corrupted our churches; they have
shackled our anti-slavery movements; they have
misrepresented the aboltionsts of this country
they have wholly caricatured the condition of tht
slaves at the South. Many of those who rar
well for time in England, have been turned
aside from the right course, by the efforts of mer
who, if not for this purpose sent over the water
one of their objects, at least, on getting owe
there, was TO murder the public mind of Eng
land on the question of American Slavery
/ (cheers.) In return for the visits of these gen
tlemen, presume to offer myself to the atten
ton of the citizens of the United States of A
merca. loud cheers.)
Did you hear of these gentlemen being mob
bed in England? Never. Did you hear 0
George Thompson denying any his right t.
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