Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-05-17
Petitions.


In the House of X pr .seltaves, May 3rd,
among other petitions, the following were preson-
ted and referred
BY Mr., Durkee: The petition of Norton, Du-
rand & Co., of the city OF Racine 10 the state of
Wisconsin, praying Congress to pass law al
lowing American built vessels that by any means
may have become the property of foreigners, or
obtained foreign registry, TO be registered in
this country as American vessels, upon their
again becoming the property OF American clti-
zens.
Also, the petition of the Free Congregational
Church OF the@city of Milwaukee, in the state of
Wisconsin, praying that Mr.. NJ tson's bill for the
recapturc of fugitive slaves may not become a
law, for the following reasons; That its provi-
sionS are utterly incompatible with the dictates
Of humanity; that they regard themselves bound
by the word of God not to deliver unto his mas
ter the servant which has escaped from him
that they cannot regard the aspirations of the
slave for liberty as unhoy; and that they utter
Is decline anv participation in what they are com
PEELED to call Us inhn man and unchristain, the
work ut reducing man who Is merely giving
Indulgence to that desire Tor freedom which has
been painted III 81. Joao;:i, 70 the condition OF
chOttcl, forbidden by lsw 10 depart from the will
If his master, even though 1t were To meet the
dictates Of his own conscience and Of his God.
o. The New York Herald and Globe recent
" rccomm nd. d, Il, a mode ol putting down the
agitation Of the slavery question. that abolition
meetings be invaded and duScussion stopped. by
force, if it could not be- done in any other way
The Tribune gives tue following OF the
frs, attempt to carry out the recommendation of
thoso Shccls:
A DARK BUsIvEss-We intensely svmpa-
tliEa with our democratic fellow citizens. Prot
Grant. Capt. Isaiah Rynders, Hon. Dan. f. Sick
les, etc, for the severe discontinue they expert
cnced at the abolition convention at the tabcrna-
clr yesterday. Unsuccessful in their attempts
tn kick,up rDw of respectable dimensions, they
altcm tel, for in their live, to reason, and
bling invited 10 the stand, undertook to demon
Alrate that the urgros H0ia human being, though
the learned Professor thought he belonged to the
genus kom. g; and then he launched ont into the
sea Of learning, cited natnrasts, quoted latin.
talked Of vertebras. cerebrllums, &c, using sci
entiiic and medical terms in such profnson as to
make himself ridiculous and excite the visibility
otthe audience hugely. A person OF due shrewd-
ness and learning might possibly have rendered
this position plausible, but those qualities were
sadly lacking on the side of the democracy, on
this occasion
Fred Douglass took them in hand and skinned
them. But the Democracy woud not give it II
NO. 40, you are not a niger exclaimed the
Ryndcrs chorus . you are ha!f-boodad; rea
mlggor can't reason" Whernupon Rev. Sam
X Ward-a genuine Niguuan, black the ace
of spades in deep cellar ona rainy midnight
took the floor and fairly eXvnguiShed the party
learning science, logic, wit, history all went
down in heap and the audience were thorough
IL convinced that fany body present was proved
nephew of rather dull ourang outang, it was
Professor Grant: il any body the first cousin OF
very vicious monkeys il was Capt. Isaiah Ryn-
dcrs When their patty evacuated the taberna
Gle, they looked as if perfectly resigned to the d.
scpne OF crawling through very small knot,
hole