Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-07-26

d greater obligation to do wrong than to do righ
If Sir, it is the most absurd solecism imaginable
e 1t is unworthy of the mind that conceived. ar
It of the lips that uttered it.
: Now, a word further in relation to the decla
alton in MIR Clay's New Orleans letter, that Il
) colored people have as good right to enslave |
q as we to enslave them. Suppose some of ii
d members of this House, who have sons an
t daughters, should have them forcibiy taken ar
: sold into slavery; would they, l ask again, /
l willing to compromise with a people TIL
Y would commit such an outrage on their familie
? by consenting that part should remain in 81;
: very, on condition that the others should be re
2 stored? No, sir-no. They would revolt at tn
+, idea. And yet these are fair deductions fror
? the premises laid down in the letter to which
have reterred--this is the gross inconsistenc
OF this recent appeal to our ''magnanimity!" Nc
Mr. Chairman, we must not compromise" truth
We must not do evil that good may come w
) should rather initiate the noble Kossuth, who
y when required by the Sultan to COMPROMISE
his sentiments, replied, " My ansoer does not ad
mt Of hesitation. Betaoeep death and shame til
choice can neither be dubious nor digfcuh!n Sir
this is the only safe rule by which to square on
conduct at all times under all circumstances.
But, hear what our own immortal Jefferson
said on this point:
/ "With what execraton should the Statesman
be branded, who, permitting one half of the cih
zens thus to trample on the rights of the other
transforms those into despots, and these into en-
emies-destroys the morals of the one part. anf
the love of country of the other"
Why, sir, in certain localities, we have pro.
claimed slavery to be piracy. Is it any less sim
| full here? Let me read an extract from speech
| daIi Nv IL
ton OF kentucky mean the Hon. Mr. Turner
"The whole civilized world has turned its
back upon the African slave trade; even Portu-
gal is now coming into civilization and Christi
anity upon this subject, if | may be allowed the
expression; she is placing herself by the side
OF England, and of France, and of all tbs. enlight
ened nations of the earth. And what is there
in the African slave trade that is worse than to
go into another State, and to bring slaves from
thence, tearing mothers from their children,
separating husbands from their wives. without
any offence charged against them driving
them along in chains, as if they were beasts Of
prey? Is it not scene that no man, unless he
is determined to engage in this traffic, can look
upon without feelings deep and powerful?n
Sir, so long as we render such national ia
cities for unfolding this traffic, by keeping,
within sight of this very Capitol, a Jail, and
authorizing the United States marshal to keen
slaves for slave traders at the rate of thrty-four
cents day, and even keep our own citizens
confined IN this same prison for acts of humanity
towards those thus treated, and that in violation
of the clause of the Constitution which express
ly declares that no man shall be deprived of this
liberty, unless he shall be guilty of crime, so
long may we expect to be by word and hiss
ing throughout the world. We sympathize
with the Roman and Hungarian patriots, while
condemning our own citizens for the same noble
deeds! Sir, who are the Kossuths, and who
the Austrians, in the contest TO s-~ve
rerrsi9 ssiyelss and fSrsyt,ss fficarcgr-
ated for receiving on board the Pearl those who
had a right, guaranteed them by the Constitu-
ton, to 90 and come at then pleasure. Sir,
| have visited these our afflicted countrymen in
prison, and given them strong assurances that
the people sympathize with them in their affllc-
tion--that hundreds of petitions are constantly
being sent to Congress for their relief. told
them that the time was near at hand when the
Government would be wrested from those who
now violate the Constitution of their country,
and be placed under the control Of such as would
WELD it for the protection Of all its citizens to
the full extent of our Federal jurisdiction. This,
sir, mast come before the true mission of this
Union is fulfilled, and before we shall be recog-
nized as consistent Republic by all enlightened
nations.
But, Mr. Chairman, among the various classes
of measures, l.rectly and indirectly involved in
the present controversy, to which have alluded
in the course of my remarks, have but slight
| ly touched upon a very interesting topic, now
occupying large share of public attention, and
which Justly deserves more extended notice. l
! refer to the highly important subject of Land
Reform look upon the series of measures of
relief, advocated by the friends of this movement,
as broader in their application, more efficient in
their operation and more glorious in their results,
than any system or creed heretofore presented
to the American people. They not only main
tain the universal right of man to life and liber-
ty, but they have widowed this principle into a
more expansive view of the social and political
duties and responsibilities of men-bringing, al
| the same time, in conspicuous manner to the
public eye, the legitimate means designed by God
for the preservation and perpetuation of the
richest of Heavens blessings The doctrines Of
this intelligent and earnest class of reformers
viz the freedom of the public lands to actual
landlesS settlers, land limitation, and homestead
ext nption, present, to use the figure of the late
distinguished Senator from South Carolina, the
only true law of equilibrium possible in oul
political structure of Government. 1t does moi
: balance, like the grist of the deacon, the mea
in one end of the bag and stone in the other
! nor like Mr. Calhoun's view, with slavery il
} one side of the scale and liberty i'll the other.
: is rather in harmony with the great Unoriginatet
, Mind-the Universal Father--who looks upoi
all his children, without reference to condition
| with the tenderest emotion. Sir, the Gerri
Smiths, the Evanses, the Van Amringes, AM
: their generous associates, have already realize
the most ardent hopes of their friends, in en-
z tightening and correcting public sentiment o.
!, this subject. They should not only be appreci
< ated as friends of the landless poor in our oso
s country, but as benefactors of all mankind.
!, great number of the States have, as have al
d ready remarked, embrace these humane primo
3 pies. and passed laws which secure to their eli
liens, in all vicissitudes, home to shelter then
d and TO protect them from the grasp OF the mere
4 less creditor.
}, But, sir, these are but drops before nor
y plentiful shower, when compared with the va:
5 and indescribabe blessings that are yet to flo
from a more extended application OF these prll
II ciples. We have but to look at these facts
/ oct some idea of the rich legacy God has in stol
e for his landess poor, both of this and the otht
> side of the Atlantic, viz: the fifteen hundre
/ millions of acres of public lands lying aoaste b
4, tween this and the Pacific ocean. find no i
G tie consolation in the hope that these expanslN
d acres viii yet present an outlet, as well as
4 aid to the disenthral of the millions OF Lac
e .tor,;p orroans come to rs UD(