Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-10-22

would satisfy GllOert out The blood oil MS VIC
tim. But at the second shot he received a fata
wound, and notwithstanding the attempts of the
numerous friends that surrounded him, to restore
him, he shortly after expired. He was then
brought to this city, where We had such a great
funeral display. He has since been carried &c
San Francisco with great pomp.
II is surprising what an immense amount q
immigration there is TO this region of country
Though the chances for digging gold are fast
diminishing. Still, laboring man, if he is in.
dustrious and has good health, can get better wa.
ges here than in the Atlantic States. Bnt lest
| fatigue your readers by continuing my letter
to an injudicious length, | will close | need
not tell you how long 10 see my friends and
old Kenosha once more.
Respectfully, yonr friend,
ISAAC GEORGE.
P. s. The little girl that had the small pox
has since died.
u The following article appeared last week
but with so many typographical errors, we pub
fish it this week as correct. 1t will repay an
other perusa:
THE kENOSHAA AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Mr.. PETIT commenced his address by ad-
verting to the pecuniary distress of the commu-
nifty for several years past, and showed its
cause, and way for permanent relief His re-
marks were extended, and ranged under five
general head.
LIST. The amount of judgement liens on the
real estate of the county. The sum necessary
to be raised annually, to meet the interest ac-
crueing, and the mode of Relief.
81. The amount of direct and incidental tax
es on the county and a mode of reducing them
one half at least.
Sd. Costs of Litigation, fees of officers pre-
scribed by law, compared them with those of OIL
der states, showed the amonnt of costs paid the
past year in this county in lawsuits, and his
views of what legislative action shonld be had
in the premises.
4th The effect that Slavery and the Fug-
tive Slave law has to increase the burhens OF
the citizens of kenosha, and their only mode OF
rcl;ct
5lh. The pecuniary burthens Of some $50.
600, by the traffic in intoxicating drinks, and
urged Legislative action, 10 avert the evils and
closed his remarks by adverling to the varied re-.
sources of the county, and the importance of
IHN'g 't az Va lid'lllS IL HOlIcStcdu, u
portion of the soil, to make him an indepen-
dent freeman, and as a means of perpetuating
our Liberties, and transmitting them TO oGr chill
dren.
His remarks under the fourth head, were as
follows:
A fourth item Of positive charge upon the
tax payers OF this county, is traced to the hor-
rbe system of oppression, of unpaid labor which
has temPest-ossed this nation the last six years,
and will continue to do So until the right prevails
system that permits rapacious man. to seize his
unfortunate fellow, and say to- him Work for me
and do ii for !Je-dnd against your aoiA--anll
wlthoM 'cages-and not only so-do it yourself
and your postery after you; TO the latest gener-
'ationa;" be as my cattle and horses, and that
man has power to enforce the wrong, by legal
enactment.
| did suppose our constitution guaranteed
Liberty to US all under the Stars and
Stripes; y no man was presumed slave, and
that not clause in our charter OF liberties
sanctioned slavery, or recognized its existence,
but by differences.
lsu so! Are we mistaken in this supposilion 3?
Ard yet this government, by its enactment has
struck down every guaranty of your and my ber-
ties, by making the eXE artc affidavit of the man
steaerto reverse that presumption, and you would
stand before that embodiment dIyrannv- Unit
ed States Commissioner-divested of your man.
hood, deemed mere chattel, denied your oath,
or privilege TO plead, and the right of trial as to
your being freeman by jury of your coUn-
try; and the writ of Habcas Corpus ineffcient1J
for you, by that affidavit, duly certified, are pre-
Sunlcd to be a slave, or TO owe service not by
contract, but by eXacton and against your will
That act, virtually declares, that these, your
fields, consecrated as you supposed to freedom,
81 a no 10 biIp fpr t,a ,r;t, md
that you and !, when called upon to Join the
hue and cry cannot be called good citizens,
unless we aid and assist in the prompt and eff
cient execution Of this law-l quote the Ian
guage of the act itself. CD
Who in the future, when speaking of unpar-
alleled arocity and wrong successfully perpe-
trated, and its victim without any redress; W Il
refer to the Spanish lnqusition, as the place the
deed was done? This enactment; has reared
"domestic" inquistons, from whose recesses, as
cend the signs of the hopeless and the wall OF the
despairng.
Can you believe man can hold property in
man, as he owns a horse ? Look at the Enor-
nifty.
The commandment is: Thou shalt worship
the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve" The master says to his slave Thou
shalt reverence me, and me only shalt thou
serve"-and he must do Il, or die.
The law says, Thou shalt not steal" This
implies capability of holding property that
may be stolen. Can slave own property the
question is absurd, for he him> elf is u stole,,
ding. The stealing Of a coat, is punishable
by law-and the same law permits you, to re-
ceive and hold its stolen wearer, if its wearers
mother had been robbed of her liberty. What
reason for such an enormity
! The command is, " Honor thy father and thy
| mother" This implies the marriage relation
| But our domestic institutions have prohibited
that, and says propagate in prostitution until
the end of timen for my use and raise stock to
do my work'-and This is a finally!
! Ofwhat force is the command 10 slave popula-
ton, Thou shalt not commit adultery plac-
ed by law in a condition that under no circum-
stances could they violate that command Did
God from Sinai Il speak with reverence) enact
a folly in speaking it to us, or are we Heaven
defying blasphrmers, by our deeds 10 our fellow
man in this thing?
1t is matter of historical verify, that the
best blood of Virginia flows in the veins of her
slave population, and it is of equal verify, that
the condition of the child, follows that of its
mother, if she is a slave, without regard to its
paternity, and it is also truth, that in this age
| of revolution the free father is not ALWAYS able