Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-09-24
TERMS OF ADvERrrsr~c

public act, recorded their judgment, recommend
ing "to ell the people under their care to use the
most prudent measures consistent with the in
terest and the state Of civil society, 10 procure
eventually the final abolition of SlarerV in A.
n'erlca The Congregationalists of New Eng
land also of the faith Of John Calvin, and with
the hatred OF Slavery belonging TO the great
| non-confornst, Richard Baxter were sternly
united against tbs wrong As early as 1876,
oanuel Hopkins, their eminent leader and d.
vine, published his tract showing il 10 be the
duty and interest of the American States TO eman-
clpate all their African slaves, and declaring that
slavery Is IN every instance wrong, unrichteous
ana oppressive-a very great and CRYING sin
there being nothing of the kind equal TO il on the
/ face OF the EARTH And, in 1891, shortly after
the adoption of the Constitution the second JON
athan Edwards, twce.honorcd name, in an cla-
oorate discourse often published, called unon his
! country I'm the present blaze of holt" on the
injustice OF Slavery, TO prepare the way for ITS
total abolition" This he gladly thought at hand
I'll we Judge OF the future by the ias,," said the
celebrated preacher, "within fifty years from this
rme, it will be as shameful for a man m hold =
negro slave as to be guilty Of common robbery or
THEFT"
Thus, at this time, the Church, in harmony
with the Nation by It's leading denominations.
NS""NerS' Methodists, Presbyterians, and Con-
gregatonalists, Numbered against Slavery Tho
COLLEGES were in unison with the Cb9rcb
Harvard University spoke by the voice of NIos.
sachnset's, winch had already abolished Dart
mouth College, by one of its learned professors
claimed for the slaves equal PRIVILEGES win
the whites" Yale College, by its Prc.iJcn, tbo
eminent divine, Ezra Stiles, became tho heoJ ~
the Abolition Society of Connecticut And
the University of William and Mary, in Viroinio
testified It's sympathy with this cause. nj This
very tune, by conterrngupon Granville Sharpc,
the acknowledged chief of British Abolition.
lists, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
The LITER AZURE of the land, such as then
existed, agreed with the Nation, the Church. md
the college. Franklin, in the last literary la
DOR OF ms lie Jefferson, in his Notes on Viz
gina barrow IN his measured verse; Rush, in
a work which inspired the praise of Clarkson
the ingenious author of the Alrcrine Cantive-
the earliest American novel, and thougb now
but little known, one of the earliest American
/ books republlShed in London, were all moved
! by the contemplation of Slavery eff our fell
! low citizens OF the Southern States are deaf 10
the pleadags of nature the latter eycaims in
his work." will ConJure them, for the sake of
consistency, to cease to deprive their fellow crea-
lures OF freedom, which their writers, their ora
/ tors. repr scntatves and senator's and even their
constitution, have declared to be the inalienable
birthright of man"
such, SIR at the Iopon OF the Constitution
and al the FIRST organization of b, National Gov
eminent, was the outspoken, unequivoca heart
OF the country. Slavery was alhorred. Like
the Slave trade 1t was regarded as temporary
and, by many, it was supposed that they wonld
both disappear together Voices of freedom
! filled the air. The patriot, the Christian, the
scholar, the writer, We'd in loyalty to this cause.
All were Aboltionsts.
Glance now at the earliest Congress under
the Constitution. From various quarters me.
morals were presented TO this body against sa-
very. Among these was one from the Aboli-
| hon society OF Virginia, wherein slavery is mo-
nounced mot only an Odious degradation, but
an outrageous violation Of one of the most cs-
sental rights OF human nature, and utterly re-
pugnant to the principles of the gospel" Still
another. OF more important character, came
from the Abolition Society of PENNSYLVANIA, and
was signed by BeuJamin Franklin, as President
This venerable man, whose active life had been
devoted to the welfare of mankind at home and
abroad--who, both as a philosopher and States
man, had arrested the admiration of the world
who had ravshed the lightning from the skies.
and the scel ter from the tyrant-WhO as n Nom
Ter OF the Continental Congress- had set his
name to the Declaration of Indepo ndencc. ard as
a member Of the National Convention. had opnin
S his name to the Constution-in whom more
perhaps, than in any other person. was embodied
the true 5, irjt of American Institutions. nj once
practical AID humane-than whom no one could
be more familiar with the purposes and aspira-
tons of the Standardization eiphty-four
years of age, within a few months of his death
now appeared by petition, at the bar of that
Congress, whose powers he had helped to define
and establish This was the last political act of
his long life. Listen now to the PRAYER of
Franklin
Your memoralists particularly engaged in at
tending to the diseases arising from Slavery be.
heve II 10 be their ndisputabp duty TO preset
tins subject to your notice They have obser,
ed with real satisfaction that many important and
salutary powers are vested in you for prom, tinr
the welfare and securing the blessing Of liberty
TO the people Of the United States and as they
conceive that these blessings ought rghtfullv To-
be administered, wjhoutdjSlinctjo7 II collr to all
descriptions of people, so they indUlgc Themselves
IN hc pleasing expectation, that nothing rli,h
can be doretor he relitQf The unt7ppy objects
If her care :ciH be either omitted or delaycd -
Under these impressions, they earnestly ent,cat
your serious attention to the subject of Slavery
h4 you pciH be pleased 10 counien tnce the restorg
ton Of li6ertyto those unhappy men, ,oao, atone,
IN mas tand Of Freedom, are dggraied into per-
PetHal bondage, and who, amidst the general low
OF surrounding freemen, are groanng in scrvilc
subleciion; that you will promote mercy and JUS
tlce towards this distressed race, and that lo1
wH step 10 The gerry rerge Of he poocer rested in
y0u Jor DISCOURAGING ererv species of
traffic IN The persons Of o'tr JcI!o,0 mn"
Important words In themselves key.note
of the times From his grave Franklin seems
still to call upon Congress 10 step 10 The 1prg
rerge Of The porcers rested in ii 10 DISCOURAGE
SLANERY; and, in making this prayer, he pro-
claims the true rational policy Of the Fathers -
Not encouragement, but Encouragement Of S!G,
very was their rule
Sir, enough has been said to show the senH-
ment which, like vital air surrounded the Ma.
! tionaI Government "a it stepped into being. In
the face Of this history, and in the absence Of any
positive sa.ction, tits absurd to suppose that Sa-
( very, which under the Confederation WIS merely
sectional was now consthuteda national institu-
ton But there is yet another link in the argu-
/ ment
In the discussions which took place in the To-
cal conventions on the adoption of the Constitu-