Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-09-03

The House being in committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union (Mr Phelps in the
chnirj on the civil AMI Diplomatic Appropriation
Bill
Mr.. DURKEE said
Mr.. CHAIRMAN History proves that the most
CALLING oppression the people have ever suffered
has been inflicted by cruel and tyranica Govern
ments under the name and forms of law, But
in the long catalogue Of public crimes among
civilized nations, there is none more cruel and
barbarOus than the Fugitive Slave law now in
force in the United States This law was call.
ed by its friends a healing and peaceful measure,
yet time has proved it, what every candid mind
knew il to be at the time of its passage, icGr
m 3asure in some instances even more cruel in
its operation than the guillotine itself Jetfer-
son says shy the law of nature man IS at peace
with man until some aggression IS committed.
Here aggression exists in savage form.
This law in its operation d,regards every
principle of Justice, and tramples under foot the
very object for which government was insttu-
ted The tendency Of the federal government:
to consolidation and oppression apprehen-
ded by our revolutionary fathers, and so great
was their opposition to the constitution, that it
could only be overcome by the strongest assur-
ances that the amendments now incorporated in
that instrument should be Immediately thoreaf-
ter adopted These amendments were design
ed as additional checks against the unlawful OK
ercise of Federal Power But, alas, how fu-
tile are paper constitutions, in the day of profit
gaay and usUrpation! Who could have mag
ined, four wears AGO. that this great Republic,
boastng Of its intelligence and of its sentiments
Of cIuality. would be now engaged in perform
inc the drudqerv of slave tradcrs-kilna0pinr
nan women. and children. for a slave market !
Who would have baivcd this government could
ever re capable of wagjng pjratica war against
an innocent un0fIanling people, for the sole pUr
pose of enrichng the pockets of those who
Manufacture. AMI those who use thumb screws
chains. and letters. and construct prisons in the
maintainance Of this horrid traffic Good
Heavens can It b. possible that tho Govern
m,ns established by Washington, Jefferson, and
their C0moqtri0tS has On gQIHl in the m!Ille Of
the ninotannth century, in VIA. oar own s.l.lta-
b,,k d,cl,r,s IN certain I,,;tnlns n'ra,v =
S,,r",,,,a.;, ,,o,, eoo,, i i trYa l. ral,ains
;, y, soo- b,,,, "a tha o,orl, arr hound r.. ~,
ho;ns of rort,, el,ynr,' 10 srsiarn and co,-,:nra
mi, ,,rr,Io,,,i,,c, var ,1sinst the African rar,
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should We persist ~ carrying oN' t'o PfhS'h1',57
Of the Baltimore platforms nay moro, we sI,2I
ma necessary % SIT ~ NC f2'' ''I '.'
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h'mrown ln'n dungeons f.r "'I,,~ p ~ ~
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try; toTn2 one en- IAN 20 perceive '"' " csc -.
various ana pNW'r'Ai aG'n'I' &.' g'HN'Ih'F III
ilSiuI Nh'"i'iL'-'h' ''' "'h"~.f, g' Na'"
c'TH'wa know" tends l. promote CIV" "osf'y ana