Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-11-04

The history of man is that of oppressed strug-
Cling against oppressor; tyrant is subdued
but another takes his place: and it seems as
if we could read in the counsels of Eternity
that God would no longer be tried with US
Then the friends of Liberty plead with Heay-
en-, "Give man another trialr' and the All
wise consents. He opens way over the
world of waters, and a new land appears
where a Temple of Liberty may be erected
with doors flung to the oppressed of the earth
Long continued cheers. But the serpent
envied the happiness of Eden and the arch
enemy of our race mars the second handiwork
of the Most High; he sends Slavery to curse
the fairesJ work of creation. Shall his nal.
ice succeed? Cries of No, No. 1t may OIL
not; the issue is with you. Liberty or Slave
lg must give way; they are antagonistic, and
cannot exist togather. Applause, Now, we
only ask YOU to labor.ecttbtn the Constitution
We have sworn allegiance to it; and even fol
that reason, our first duty is to relieve it from
its foulest aspersion-Slavery Tremendous
cheers. The men who made on Constitution
did not intend Slavery-they held their peace
about it-they looked forward to the time
when it would die out and leave the Consti-
tuition uncontami mated with its name to the
time when the parchment on which this was
written might be tit to have traced on it the
Charter of Freedom. Slavery is parody on
the Constitution, a DISGRACE to the civilization
of the age. | merely say now what | said
on the floor of the Senate, when the infamous
Fugitive Bill was passed. | call it not a law
and never WILL 1T has no obligation on me,
nor on my conscience" | shall now con-
clude. Loud cries of 90 on If must go
on, | will present you with a picture. By
this Bill, if the Commissioner find the person
claimed to be described in the paper held by
the claimant, he must hand that person over.
Suppose slave, nearly aohHe, (as adver
tisements show some slaves are, so nearly that
they try to escape as white,) flies, and, to aid
escape, takes horse. The owner gets both
horse and woman described in his papers he
comes, say, to New York. meets his horse (as
he asscrts) drawing dray, demands it of the
owner, who says "Why" "Oh here it is
described in this paper" But the owner says
"You must wait; You can't take my horse
without trial by jury"
Suppose he gets the horse? then say you
are the owner. He next comes and says,
pointing to your daughter, 81 must have her
too" "Why?" "She is described here, in
this paper And so she may be. A horse
thief was apprehended in South Carolina,
and in his pocket was found letter from a
confederate in Philadelphia, desiring him
TO send papers describing suspicious negroes
there, whom he would send on to him as
slaves. Now, horses cannot be taken out of
the State Of New York without trial by jury
-,Comen can. Deafening cheers. Your
daughter is descrbed-your are in dislnay-
you talk of jury trial, but he says ''you 90
too fast" You talk to a lawyer-he hears
your case-with commiseration tells you that
in 1850, there was much trouble the Union
was in great danger. Laughter. Patriots
saved it, at a compromisc-had to throw in
trial by jury for women. He tells YOU at is
rather hard, but then they saved the Union"
Renewed laughter. Do not tell me OF a
Union. Let the purest and hottest feelings
of humanity be saved, then, if you can, 90
and save your Union. Great applause. Let
the union which binds a father to his child
he sayed--if the other cannot be also saved
let it be lost, the sooner the better But this
is the only point of public policy on which
we are told the President and his Cabinet
are united We are told not to agitate.-
Agitation is Necessary in nature, animate as
well as nanimate. The heart which sustains
my life is agitated; when it is not, | perish.
The ocean has been ever agitatet, since, in
the dawn of creation, the Almighty formed
it out of the hollow of His hand. And the
pool of which we read in Holy Writ, when
at rest, had no yirtue-when agitatcd healed
whosoeyer went down into it. But these
politicians do not wish to have it agitated !;
for them there is no healing 1t is error
alone that fears agitation. Loud and long
applause. | do net speak to pdyty-I speak
to each one here as a man. Party knows
but one law-"Note the regular ticket
| ask each man here to go forth among his
neighbors and spread abroad the truth which
he knows. Victory may not be ours; we
have no Custom-House spois to distribute
this gear. Laughter. But we have self
respective have conSciences. And if we
can do no more, at least, as my eloquent
Young friend from Massachusetts, said. we can
free ourselves. If we cannot bring Others
help, through our efforts, at least we will
know that when the God of the oppressed
deals with this nation as he has dealt with
those, which, before us, have been guilty OF
the sin of oppression, We can, in that day Of
dread account, stand upblenched before the
Home Of Eternity, and call upon the Lamb
of Hearts to witness that the guilt and blood
of oppression do not stain the hem of oul
garments
Mr.. Hale took his seat amid loud and long
continued applause.
Franklin Pierce.
"But Yesterday he might have stood AGAINST