Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-20

laul NaNs Ah' Hth-t " saNt'tN Nhlth w
the signs Of the times. must be unaeluainied
indeed. with the new spirit coming to preside
over human Affairs who can believe the end
Of slavery is M, dccrced. and its days mum
srred Bot We arc anxious II should die q
peaceful, no, volcn, des,h.
We would have ], isil gently into IL e,er.
nal sleep, without any Of those couvulsions,
writings and coutoriiOns, which, Il excess
ively painful to the dying, arr mos, heart
rcrding 4, the spectator We consider !, the
duty 1T the government, and OF every friend
Of the slave, To- guard against every measure
calculated ~ excite The slave population
We are bound To regard the whites, a. well
a. the blacks. the least possible injury 10 the
whites. should b. the rule The whites suf,
Ter as much iruln the evil of slaves - the
blacks. n not mrrc Now, e. We anticipate
~ good TO the blacks. and much evil to The
whites. from the immediate abol,uon Of slave
~. Ne arc upp,,sod 10 l,s being done. Bot
We arc opp,scd 10 immediate abolition no,
merely on account IT the masters; We have
M rcspcc, for What the slave holder calls he
lshi n prop,rfy. he has no property IN hrs
slave. never had. snd never can have. except
hy statute law Be, that = nothing Our
regard Is nov E,r the slave, and ~ has good
NC ar opposed 10 his immediate cmanciPa-
ton IN asgrr'' ,drrry - net ~ ~ iar
,sAsA dccisrs, hp, 'ls property of his ndSirr,
ifuiH Tee B,ird lIi, Nnul - IN bondage,
and that u the reason why he submits to a
master. Who tasks has BODY and claims Ihc
motions Of hrs limbs Declare han fiee from
hi, master tomorrow, AMI he !, slave and
slave turned cot io die % 10 kill. We ask
10 the name VI religion and humanity, the
freedom OF the slave. we ask II as soon a.
possible, by sr,ung about the great moral
Work now 10 eject a. bot Nc also as that
the slave have a master, guardian, tail BE- is
fitted TO take caIc OF hiinself
We have no faith 10 the pro,cct IT some OF
the abolluonisis, OF converting the slave into
a hircl man. We do not bclicrc It practice
bic To a great extent. and Il Il wcr, the gam
would b. barely worth naming Throw such
"a vast number II lahnrrTs iniu ihr labor mar.
set. and It, ctIrc, nav b. early iorc,ccn. Th"
slave will, on bccomns lrrc, have no capital,
m most eascs little foresight. lulc business
talent. he Will, therefore, b. obliged TO DO a
lahorcr iur the capitalist. and h,s wages, uu-
der the circumstance, m which he seeks en-
pIoyrncu,, oil b. the very minimum kf hu-
man subsistence We want 10 more such
labor.n The distinction between capitals,
and laborcr, Is bu, two ,irp> 90 advance ct
The master and slave Both a., conditions
~h.ch mus, ultimately end and ihs labor ct
the community b. shared ry AL rs u'cnhcrs
Tho graf question - uo, 10, ,,,I Of sh,cy
,Ia, ], admitted, bu, rAlr- As %. rna,dy.
Bui be mus, have studied history TO little
elect, who D, surprised At the course taken
by ahohuoui,ls They saN slavery, ucy
teig o, Was a gre,ous vrvog, aui, devoted
90 thc night, th,y would have the night done
and Oh, Wrong undo1e without tcl4,. They
must necessarily BE- iutrut go the und and b.
came ALLIED with aHc r,i.a--i.s rrruuc dos, %
,,s 'lrss WiJh n0s barring ir,rr--Io 81
the sl.,r free; AID ,hcy could ng, regard an
NO. considerations Nh.ch arr fofcmos, boo ibe
views ut calm, >,i-coiIrc'rd spectators, Al
their errors arr natural and almus, inevitable
The um-, warrant s,ruug aPI,al, auJ b, - The
age Of as>ocrai.uu, n,cu dccllim uo~-a.dsys,
rather than rrasou, and ac, instead Of thinking.
Take ,hrs" hc,s and the cur, ci ,hr ahc-
uuoulsts j. explained.
We rrgrc,, however, mos, Of all, that lead.
nc atolituoI,is ha,, expressed willingness,
To sacrihcs the Union, rather than ialI of car
wing into execution this one idea system, AMI
thu, bring the same c,il upon the people,
black and white, lha, the Pro-sia,cry nov
would, .ho would rather destroy the Union
than no, Pyrpeln'c slavery Tn, cour.c ct
ll,umuu.s,, O., calculated Ia dci,ai the ,,ry
object ihsy ought 10 have an ,ic~-th, ru,,J,
both Of the slave and 9th, people.
Bot, Il Ne. Eir considerations IN regard To-
the gvod, both OF sla,, and master, de- not ADJ
Nocaie immediate abolition OF slavery. uc 90
advocate the abolition oith SLAVE TEIpr On
,hy District OF Columbia LIT thr traffic 900
human hcsh ccas' m the capital ct a country.
which declares al men arc born free and
elu,l Il Is this domestic traffic Whrcl should
b. stopped. The South has be- night To- COM
plain OF the North for demanding tins ltcau
occasion no survilc war. Il will ~ no dan.
c,roD. example Il our right To insist up
on lh.s, and our rcgrr, should be- granted
~lthou, party or sectional feelings The
Dls,rc, belongs TO the nation, and ., Is not
very pleasant tor Us Ia witness there the sale
vt our fellow bcings; Ne feel that We arc
shargr, 10 the nlgrulty, and We iecI the re-
Pruach We hope the people flhe ire states
~,li dsu,a1d this measure as theu night
Perhaps NC owe an apology To OuT. readers
ioriniruting this ,hrcadbarc subject upon their
notice again, bet We do Il by special rc1ucs,
Of a ilenL, aHd It wall, Ne think, DO no harm
a, heart. Relation To the extension Of slavery
The reader - referred 10 a short article lu az.
other oulumu OF th,, paper. We have no
fear. OF IT. extension IN consequence OF the
much tasked OF newly acguircd Territory.
For the Democrat
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