Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-09-17
TERMS OF aDyrRrrsrxr,

of CGrsuch plracal slave catcher no M AZ O.
SanaEeuged in spite of ne public treasure and Executive
put forth to Sain conviction of those who right
oousE sew HIM The patriots who assisted Shadrsch
pT me Hhgs OF The Boston boodhounds yet laugh
som your infamous law. AZ syracuse, at Rochester and
hundred other places: the friends OF liberty rejoice al The
impoiency his law although IN has inns far hear bock
ca ~ Executive power, These defeats OF the Executive
ana OF hs enactment belously called lax have resulted
vin agan"n ana vel may slave caIcheIs and dougha-
ce nov sScS 10 she discussion 10 silence people.
Sir, while these things were going forward the
| Secretary OF State was looking for and oyuect-
ing, return for the services he had rn.1-r.l th,
slave power. The Presidential Chalrer3 M n,
House was locked 10 as the reward OF his treason
| TO Godand humanity. But there again agitation
had done its work All rehecting ncn knew
that he could receive in the whole Union scarce
, iy twenty electoral votes. And when the Bal,i-
more convention passed upon his clams, not a
southern vote was cast for him. Chagrned,
| mortified, and Disconnected he win soon retire
and history will record the truth concerning him
and us. But sir, will not agcrayate the chills
of political death, nor call up % mind tho Sins
! which must sit heavy on his soul when dar-
keT night shall close around him.
Agitation has brought to the scaff0ld another
| conspicuous victim. The President of these T.
nited States lent his whole influence to the pro-
motion OF these compromise measures 10 which
have alluded. His devotion TO the slave pow
| er has been openly and boldly avowed. Stcad-
y and basely has he Frustrated the Influence and
power OF his office to the purpose of supporting
slavery, oppression, and crime At the Baltimore
Convention, the slave holders, | beheve were
unanimously in his favor But northern dele
gates dare not support him. Agitation had in
formed the people OF his having deserted their
cause and gone over to the enemies of freedom.
The popular voice of the North had pronounced
his doom; he was cast aside the political grave
yawns for him and on the Sd Of March he will
be laid in it. Wc,e | to write the cpitaph of
these men, would inscribe upon their tombs,
KILLED BY AGITATION Think you not that
these men and their party have cause for their
hostility 10 disCussion--t TO the dissemination Of
truth g.?
The Democrats, also, have cause for opposing
agitation. Their ablcst, their most experienced
statesmen have fallen victims to IT, Gen. Cass,
the man who Of all their candidates deemed
best qualified for the Presidency, in an evil hour
signed letter pledging himself to these COM
promise measures Ii proved his political DEATH
warrant, when, 10 late, he found that the people
OF the North would sustain no man who had thus
pledged his influence Of office to measures
which the popular Voice had condemned as bar
harons, as disgracetu TO our nation. AT the
Baltimore Convention his friends bore him TO his
political grave and
Not drum was heard funeral note
as they quietly deposited his remains in their f.
nal resting place. Such, too, was the fate Of
pennsylvania iavorltc statesman. lie had long
been ANXIOUS to sorve the slave interest. He
pledged himself in the most unqualified manner
to MAINTAIN these laws as II perpetual settlement
of the slave question. But no. too was cast
aide at an advanced age, when he can look for
no further prc!crncnt. These men all died Of
eating Southern drt.'
circumstances appear to render il indicate
for me to speak of other candidates of the De-
mocratlc party.* Yet would remind them all
OF the fate which must await those public men
who provo false to liberty aud humanity. as
sure them and the country that agitation will
continue and increase until the people of the
free States shall be relieved from all paTticipa-
ton IN the disgrace and crimes Of slavery.
Agitation is the great and mighty instrument
for carrying forward these reforms. Agitation
is as necessary TO purify tho political atmosphere
OF this nation as storms are 10 purify the natural
atmosphere. Deprive us of storms, of winds,
and showers; and yapors, poisonous c1halations
and nIasmas would be around us, and we should
lnhaIe death in the unseen atmosphere. Such,
too, IS precisely the in the political air of
this nation. Stop agitation, and the political al
mosphere will soon be filed with frauds, abuses
and corrup,ions, which would be Inhaled bv
o; the nation would be poisoned, and the body
polite would purify.
But this opposition to freedom, so dominant
in the Wing and Democratic parties, led TO tho
organization Of The friends Of liberty into Il sep
arate political party in 1878 The cXtraordina-
~ circumstance which then surrounded thr adj
voCatcs Of freedom called together a mi.lty
host. On the memorable ninth OF Au-r.t. ot
that year, fifty thousand frcemcn mt in s3lcur
convection. They were men Of Distinction.
men OF intellect, statesmen, and plilfnIrol,s.s
They were conscious Of the resi- possibility rest
ing upon them. In framing coat ssi'n Of y. ir
political faith, they laid its foundation, uyon the
enduring, eternal principles of justice The
equal right Of all men TO enjoy Ike, liberty, aud
happiness, constitutes the basis Of eur creed
and the next article asserts that Governments
are constituted among mon to SccUrc their rights
Nj our action under the Constitution should be
to prot ct the life and liberty Of every human
being within our exclusive jurisdiction. That
our legislative powers in this District, on the
high seas, and in our Territories, should be cx-
crtrd to secure every human being who bears
Gods image, in bis right to life and liberty, in
stead OF establishing ard sustaining oppression
and slavery. Here, sir, at this point, an ssne
b.twecn US and the other parties, deep and broad,
is presented. And from this position the friends
OF humanity will never dc;a
It an important 'act, that neither tho Wing
nor Democratic party profess 10 pay any respect
or attention to moral principles in their legisa-
ten. BY their practice they deny the RESPONSE
bliity Of human action, so far as politics are con-
scmed They hold that members Of this body
may pass laws which deprive our fcllow-mcntf
life or liberty, AID that those who enact such
laws are not morally guilty Of cnslaying and
numbering their fcllow-men. We, sir, hold that
those who enacted the Fugitive Slave Law, arc
as guilty ii the sight Of God and good men as
they would be were they themselves to seize
white man, place irons upon his limbs, and send
him into slavery without law. In such crimes,
We, tie advocates Of freedom, will not partici-
pate. One Of our resolutions adopted al BuAiI.
10 was in these words:
Resolved THAT it is the duty Of tho Federal
Government: to relieve itself fran all rcsgon,-
biI:g Tor the eri&tcncc or continuance If siucry
'caerer r i possesses constitutional authority ~
gisia,e on itGt Subjsc'.
This resolution j, in direct and unqualified
coulic; with the entire policy of the Wing and
Damocraiic parties relative to slavery. 1t is in
conflict with the platforms Of these parties to
which have called attention. Basing our whole