The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-04-04

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reared by the mercenary hands OF those rom whom, Nh,
sacred fame OF liberty received no devotion
"Sr II Is ptable 10 reflect TO what wild stepces
10 what opposite hurried by the fhy OF
Long have been convinced thar generous
sentiment OF which the human heart capable elevated
passion Of the soul that dlgniies mankind, obtain
uniform and perfect dominion to-day may be aroused
man. by wonderful and unacoounae'e sympathy,
agans, the aess inrader Of the rights 81 his etfor
lures tomorrow may be gully Of some oppression
,rhich reprobaied and resisted ~ Others Is H. Mr.
Speaker because the complexion of these devoted victims
quite delicate ours1 Is because their untu
tored minds umbed and debased by the hereditary yok)
appear active and capacious than own or is
because we have been so habuaied their situation
become caus the horrors OF il that are determined,
whether polite not, TO keep them ill time shall be no
Montesqueu so MUCH AssIMLArEs MAN TO A BRUTE
AS LIVING AMONG FREEMEs HIMSELF A SLAVE
"CALL NOT MARYLAND LAND OF LIBERTY; 90 not pre-
tend that she has chosen this country as an asylum lhat
sle nae eleI.eu nei uP ~ I,,,, ,,n,,
y go. ~, ',as - s,csy;sces nj l;s ,,oJ,,ted
aTs The iIy and the brambe NAV grow in social prox.
unity BUT LIBERTY AND SLAVERY DELIGHT SEPARATION.
would as soon believe the ncoherep of school
how who should fell me that he had beeu frightened by
ghost as that the grnt of ought in degree
~ alarm ms Are we apnrehensjve that these men WILDE.
come more dangerous by becoming FREEMgsi Are
sahal ss Inn bs insured with deadly enn,y
agsnS the rights Of ohers1 Strange unaccounabe par
adori S much more rational would il be 10 argue hat
,hs na,nrI enemy Of the privileges of freeman is he rho
!; ,oIed oc t5e, biseIf In him the foul fend Of ea
sy ,, ~ ~. ~ fas af a,hars ,vhiIe
oIos nv W, ha iIsd tn IL Je~rcJ;,,o s;,,
, ~ wnp Som vou have restored 10 ihat rSuk in
uhoH sute, Whit ~ p;a III q .,,; ~. - lie fnr,na
u'e oIu.1 ~ 49, "a. .;,'ina haenra -: .,cb -
p, H.; pa ,en ,honsand times hiacI or Than his
luliess ms sou W e. .i ahi .e e- IN ~ i
compie1ohl you may 'easony ~ ' az ~ ""ff9
VVss as u ,tis - ;a,.s -, r. oh, -, ,ari,i Of
SIR lei US moi llmt our views 10 ue SNORT pefiou o.
ie IN beng lei us ehienu e ~ aiong 'e COZ, nm e
o. @ s m , yns 80 5, ana whom xo,ir
la 10Y l - % ~ c,,nsn y. naaa.~,,.I 49,
ACE ieei te " s " nus sc
gpe nSfy s,' ,s of S"eIon9 Dsboooratle 10 1
sleoies Is ,c uea uat J ~ III P S i ~ ~
our interests reIedsea JIo, ne sahes satGg W .,ie
Jushce Oh I9neinnoi anu .te y " % -, i w.
want oil hdehiy anu a,achmeh' "o"u DC next W i'po'
siDie. -. n. 49,, Ar,
,1l a az RE cestr' or nncnltv,ed The mip omr
HooereI tsfoote n 90. - $50 - 's s,n
UNIVERSAL fAiihn nn e ~ 49,, :, $500
WITH THAT Being CONFERRED THE iNALfASASLk RIGHTS
of FhH SrA .....,,-
Extracts from speech deiieered the Maryland Legis-
iat,re, NoreDaber 1889
..pae oa, IN feedom s fenced about with such barJa.
uoo' ,p ~ anid he nanralIy led 10 be-
eve thai our statesmen considered the existence Of It's
opposite among the qua of prosperity;
eions crinnalify to raise an humble bondman from the
ms, ,d poce 6u ON he starr of life on ere Nth their
Mr fiqitous and most dishonorabe TO Mary.
land is thai eary system of partial bondage which their
hesr object and her citizens by their practice coune
nanced
"Founded in disgraceful traffic, to which the parent
country lent her fostering aid o1n motives Of interest
she would have disdaned TO encourage, had
England been the deSined mart Of SUCH iSHuMAN MER.
cssNpIss it's continuance is shamefAf
Eternal infgDy ya the abandoned niscrednfs whose
selfish souls could prompt them unhappy Africa
of her sons freight them hber by thousands poison
the fair Eden Of liberty Nth the rank need Of individual
bo1dage Nor is il more TO the credit OF our ancestors that
they did command those spoilers to bear their
cargo another shore where the shrine of freedom
knew no yoaeS and every purchaser would at once be
In the dawn tme Mr. Speaker WI the rough feel
ings OF baoarsm aa not he soiening touches
., ht human nature wpuId have Needed Tho o ~,
nf an analogy bu, TO the ererasg ye,,rooc6 If rJ,J
be IL said ai ,chen her citizens rsraded the nation from
whence they emgrated in the knowledge of moral prnci
PIES aud an ~ The cause oil they
srooPkD TO BhSonh The ssks OF THEIR FELLOW
,l so t her, cou, which should ia VII, urv
sIccessye generation ~ '
"For my part,I would willingly draw the veil of OBJ
lvon this disgusting Of nqny, but that the
present stale OF those who are descended from these
nnappeu s'he'''' pe'pe"'Ny oi'nss 'orwai' 10 'he
Ru, ,vbereore ho,ld ve con6pe the edge of csns,ro
70 our ancestors or those from whom thew purchased
ARE NOT EQUALLY eUmryl They sirewed around the
seeds oil slavery WE CHERISH AND SUSTAIN THE GROWTH
Ihey n"ced '"e sys'em WE kSLARoE' iSViooRArE' AND
oos rh ~, ; l., s ,hr,,r "a, n, , :,
web one AZ hss s and he world viii see thronsb 1
NOT do thus TO tax ike philosophers and act IKE unreeut
ing tyranfs 10 be perpetualy seronizg ioih liberty
or oar fert AND ACTUAL OPPRESSION for onr commentary
survey tne countries SIR, wnefe tne mana o. freedom
Vorp =; this VIEW annsar Ite The s,nre
houses of emmets though not supplied With equal industry
To trace the cause this disparity between the fruits Of
freemans voluntary abors animated by the hope Of profit
and the sowpaeed efforts OF slave who acts from com
puson only, VINO mas 10 ~ 70 d
inc The The cause and The effect are too
obvious TO escape observation
The EXTENSION OF CIVIL SLAVERY OUGHT TO ALARM US.
In TRUTH We are tie only nation upon earth that ever con-
soerea manumss'on as groaa o VI
-. -, ,,oo
.n "as "a,a ;h ~ , ,,o .,,h;oo, ,,h;oh 49,
- ~ sy, 49,. ss; nh"y Ian IL "" 10
raneG mones " ra6y ou, ae "ogmuons ., .e
viii Consent 70 carry oyt all ,hass 0hi@a,ions ;n
IN h. 80 81 49, a -, wy. w.. ~
goIu iai VS sooa u na uoes 10, tetuie ma o
- -, narrv ;n,o efync, ,bo nnrnose &c
o. W .diy my ','o poIe VI iyeap.uts
,Ss o. fen., W s,'.an.. ,'as ,
h i,,eros, 81 rho, hond Sa $1,000 nro,no,od'
d nardd and Il, IL IN 5n,,, ~ ,bo Spna,o ad
of ~ Wa,;o,aI eoslo,nro ~ nrotnc, ond mad
~ uo ~ ~ W p'o'''' "''u s""'N
'hSse rign.S oi,teeao jill, x, .,, ,h;, onoro,
onasn ',oavn ,ho SUBJ, NJ murnose apd o;p,
-, v I;lp"ns1 Gnt ui h
nos W nv" auy appJ y, S VIZ
a,temnt WAS made nv he Senator from South Caro-.
INA 10 give, WIN all ,he authoiily a''acheu W us
great name anu rePua'lon, an nis,o,ica account 0,
me manner IN whch ms SUBJECT had arisen ana
mad been treated, ana when saw In that hstoricai
account great injustice had been done, as thought
considered mat sense OF duty required me, &C
cordns TO the measure OF my feeble a6ltes TO cor
rect II, and attempt TO DO II justice nave no pnr-
pose and no desire TO say or do anything that may
be exciting, or wound the feelings OF anybody. The
honorable Senator from North Carolina, Mr.. BAD
GER, In his appeal to the Senate, puts the question
TO us, If we are willing TO go on with measure
which the people OF The Southern States mnst con-
slider as great wrong and an insult to their feelings!
will tell you where think this excitement grows
from and springs from. believe 1t grows from the
very building in which we stand; and that the peo-
pie OF the South never suspected that they were be-
ing wronged and insulted, I'LL they were told so from
the city of Washington, | believe that disturbing
matter goes out in speeches made in this Hall, and
in the other end OF the Capitol
believe that no possible ingenuity, no course Of
reasoning, could have induced the Legislatures Of
the Southern States to think that q simple perse-