Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-10-15

sPeeulIy recur again. III WILL De neVer-endng
still-beginning pretext for extension, until the
whole world shall become vast realm Of slave
ry-even the free States being engulfed with
the rest so that the dove Of freedom will have
no spot on the surface of the globe where she
can set her foot
And now, notwithstanding the infinite evil anc
wrong of slavery, intrinsic in it, and inseparabIe
from it notwithstanding the virus with which
it pOisons all our free institutons-its exclusion
OF independent communities from the brother.
hood Of the Union its hardening the nation 5
heart against all people struggling for liberty
Its understanding its attempt to transfer the
whole false English code of high treason into
our law; and all its debasement of the republi-
can sentiment, and the moral sentiment of this
country notwithstanding all this, the Baltimore
Conventions decree that the subject of slavery
shall be agitated among us no more forever
Look at the cOmprehensiveneSs of this inter-
dict. Ii embraces all subjects. 1t forblds the
political economist from discussing the relative
productiveness of free and slave labor. 1t for
bids the educationist from demonstrating that a
slaVe-holdlng people must always, from the ne
cesslty OF the case, be an ignorant people-a
people divided not only into castles of wealth, but
into castles of intelligence. 1t for ids genius
from presenting Truth in the glowing smilltudes
II,
authoreSs of Uncle Tens Cabin" is under the
Baltimore ban. 1t forbids the poet, whose lips
from olden days have been touched as with live
Goals from off the heavenly atar-from ever
again kindling the hearts of mankind with a d.
vine enthusiasm for liberty. 1t strikes out all
the leading chapters from the book of the moral
lst 1t puts its seal upon the lips of the minister
OF Christ, when he would declare the whole coun-
sci OF God, and torbids him ever again to preach
from the text, " Whatsoever we would that men
should do unto you, do We even so unto them. y
AIl-WorIdly prosperity, education, genius, mo-
rallty, religion, truth-are struck out by these
Baltimore Conventions in their maniacal part
nership.
The nobest men whom God has ever sent in.
to the world-patriots, reformers, phanthropists
apostles, and Jesus Christ himself, are on the
side of freedom. Tyrants, usurpers, traitors
men stealers, the wholesale mnrderers and rob-
bers OF nations, are on the side of slavery. The
Baltimore Conventions enlist under the banners
of the latter. They affiliate with the House OF
Hapsburg and with Nicholas; with the King OF
Naples, and with the prince PRESIDENT OF
France. One might almost suppose they had
plaglarized their resolves from the Paris Mona!
teur, where that ape who mmcs the imperial
grandeur he cannot compreher d, records his ty-
-
Louis Napoleon decreed free discussion out OF
France. Six hundred men at Baltimore decreed
the same thing for this country. The ape sue
ceeded; they fail.
And how are these resolves to be construed
provided new questions respecting slavery arise
or questions already started are precipitated up.
on Us Should an attempt to annex Cuba, in
order still further to aggrandize the slave power
be made--and if General Pierce should be elect
ed, such attempt doubtless will be made--or
should a new State, with slave constitution
from California apply for admission; or should
Mexico be again dsmembered to form new slave
territory and new slave States; in the occur
renee OF these events, or OF either of them, how
are these Baltimore resolutions to be then con-
strued? We know perfectly we'll what claim
Will be set up. 1t will be said that the new
events come within the terms of the prohibition
the caSuS fpderiS--and bind the nation to ST.
IenCc. 1t will be claimed that the resolutions
cover not only all SUBJECTS but all time and en-
slave our children as well as ourselves.
have exposed the character and extent of
those resolutions. Let me now expose their mo-
tive. charge upon those Conventions the base
motive Of attempting to silence discussion by
force--as in this House and in the Senate, the
same spirit once rejected petitions, and would
now silence debate--bccause they are conscious
they cannot meet it by argument The fugitive
slave law, for instance, is assailed by the lurist,
because it's unconstitutional by the patriot be.
cause it dISgraces the country in the eyes of the
civilized world by the religious man, because it
is unchristian, and by every one who has the
sentiment of humanity in his bosom, for its I'M
heard-of cruelty. The upholdcrs of that law
can answer no,Oue of these ayraignments. Their
only resource, therefore, is the dastardIy DENIAL Of
discussion and free speech,--hke Louis Napole-
on, who, having no possibility of reply to the &C
cusatlons OF treachery, perjury and usurpatOn
forblds the accusations to be made. Among all
our constitutional Judges, and among all those
mock Judges called commissioners, there is not
one vino has met the arguments against tie con-
stitutionality of this law. They ntrench them
selves behind a feeble rampant of precedcnts as
their only defence. Judge Noggns decides it
to be unconstitutional, because Judge Scrog-
gins had decided tito be so. And when we look
back to Judge Scroggins for light, we find he de-
cided it to be constitutional because Judge Sprig-
gins had held it to be so. Chief Justice Shaw,
of Massachusetts, whom | regard as one of the
a6lest Judges who ever administered the common
law, anywhere, virtually admitted, in the Sims
case, that If the question of the constutionality
of this law were a new one the affirmative could
not be sustained. / repeat, then, it is a bastard
ly order to keep silence, because they cannot
meet discussion. Necessity is their only de-
fence.
"-and with nEcessity,
The iyrants plea, excuse their dey ilish deed"