Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-09


its name-which has accrued from the
amalgamation of the liberty and free sol
parties. Now, humbly submit, whether
you should not he little more definite as tc
what you intend. If you mean to castigate
the political triguing of the party, why, then.
have no objections. Commence holy
crusade upon the political tricking of any
party or person, wherever found, and shall
bid you God-speed. But if you intend to
give indiscrminate warfare to all anti. sla-
veryism, must attend and see how it is
done.
2. object to your fling ut that good
honest, old Englshman. Allowing that you
are correct and he in error, you know great
latitude is given to writer's of skill-latitude
which prosy fellows like you and would
not dare to take. After all, however, is the
doctrine you advance, touching the fact of
English slavery and its relative terpitude,
correct? l have never given this subject
much thought. You, perhaps, have; but !
believe you have the honor in your state
ments Of differing with most of England's
jurists and statesmen as to the fact.
think, in your view of the relative degra-
dation of the slaves in our States, and the
laboring class in Great Britain, you are also
at variance with some good American au-
t lorty. Perhaps, however, you only in
tended that as a rhetorical flourish, and be-
cause some of us are in the habit of justi-
| flying our own sins by magnifying those of
our neighbor, and because you knew that
would tickle us.
! 3. object, again, to your construction
of the constitutional laws of Congress,
touching this question. l may be in error
but am half inclined to believe that Con-
gress may control or suppress the internal
traffic in human cattle now carried on be-
tween the States. How is this? III they
have, the propriety of its exercise may
come in to claim our attention.
A. object to the impression in your ar
ticle thrown about the adjustment of sla-
very IN the District of Columbia. Why,
what did you mean in talking SO eloquently
about those ssmarket stands and the sweat
and Q bclieve) blood running down the
limbs of the slave more profusv,yE Give
us light.
5. object to the statement, made, at
least by implication, that the shareholders
are willing to release their 'sgoods and chat
tels' so soon as We devise peaceful mode
of disposing of them. Now, Mr.. Editor, l
can hardly think you candid here. The
proposition seems to me toe absurd to re-
sure construction. | hope l have not
understood you correctly. l think it would
reflect 100 seriously either On your knowl-
edge or candor.
.. object to your want of loyalty to your
-overnnent. You are exclusive in your an
tagonsm to the Fugitive Slave Law. You
know that was enacted, () To return the
.chattels which the owners are so willing
to give up, by law, and at the expense of
all the taxpayers in the non- -slaveholding,
as well as the other States-which is surely
very kind to the owners of slave stock. IL
my OK or your jacsass should break away
and escape into Missouri, we could only re-
'uih tAS.h az oui oaH eApeusc. %, you
see, the law is very generous towards our
neighbors. (2) To save the Union! Now,
my dear sir, can it be possible that you are,
by your fulminations against law, going to
destroy the Union? Allow me to ask you
to deal cautiously with that Union-saving
machine. If you come out again with such
display of ''hs!ist" opposition shall be
under the necessity of posting you a
"Higher- Law man.
Z. object to your ecclesiastical history.
| have, after giving some attention to the
subject, seriously questioned your declara-
ton that abolitionism caused the secession
from the Methodist Church. l had never
been accustomed to consider the members
of the Ohio and Baltimore Conferences, who
We're most active in pressing the slavehold-
ing Bishop to disconnect him from slavery
as aooltionists. ana little afraid that
was not original. You must have sscissored'
that declaration from some of your southern
exchanges.
Other objections exist, but / will stop
lest be considered sensorious.
Muscatine, Aug. %, 1853. OBJEcroR.