The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-03-23

to all classes and colors. We publsh .the
communication free ffom'ail opinion OF our
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Shalt Slavery, and with ~ Ignorance,
exse" q here any farther!
Oppression nae. deprived the descendants
ofthe Africans OF alsnost al the privileges Of
humanity The negro here has list oil re-
membrance OF his country, and the Language
spoken by his forefath' re- j. never heard
around him, he have been transported by men
who pretended to be civilized, and these white
civilized bsrbsrians has kept him subdned.-
The poor negro has been kept in the darkest
Ignorance, lie is sold bv the one and rrpulsed
by the other, finding not u spot in the uni
verse called by the sweet name Of his own
dear country. This counfry-especiallv the
sla, e States-yes, this country is dear to him
but in what seuse! dearly he had to pay
for it. because is color is black. BY con-
venience he was 4 slave. laboring hard for
white tyrants; by convenience he has been
kept in Ignorance for years; and then great
many people are as daring 10 say that the
E,hiopians have not the capacity to learn
We would like to know what the people
would say il the whites would be kept sub
dued. Proof, proof, is the cry Of Those infect
ed by foolish prejudice! Are the Russian
slaves, the whites, better off than the slaves
here! The poor negro has entirely forgotten
his fOrefather's customs, and is not aware Of
their language, and could not acquire any
claim TO the same privileges Of Europeans
and Americans for want of education, and
for being kept subdued. Shall we keep in
ignorance other human beings, who have be-
fore God the Almighty exactly the same right
to live in the same way OF education as we
do! Shall slavery, and with it ignorance, ex-
tend any farther! Are our deeds not blacker
than the color Ct the darI est locking negro,
by constantly pushing him f:om one end to
another, without regard to him, without re.
gard to GU selves! ask any one, and every
one, in the presence Of just God-and there
is no other-are we justified if we do not help
to diminish slavery, in any sense, shape CT
| form! --E
The slightest shade OF an idea OF posi-
bli,y to make slavery extend in new territ, :
ries. no matter by what reason(D is a base
crime involved on each and every individual
who merely induce others Of lending help
ing hand towards it, Will you not be pleas.
ed to investigate little more what slavery is,
aud to what it lea.s-nay, 10, what il has lead,
and to what it will lead. To what did slave
ry: in other words tyranny, lead in Europe!
Look t, the rotten diplomacy of the Euro
mean powers; revenge! revenge!i is the cry oi
the oppressed; civil war, right and left. revo-
lu,ions, and at last nations against nations.
destroying each oiher That is the conse-
eucnce Vi slavery and Of extending the same
Un Europe slavery has only another form
Ii slavery extends in republic then the word
republic exists not any more. Strike it out
in every American dictionary, strike OFT the
word liberty and we will be liberated of by.
Ipocracy. Will not the royal rOgues on the
O'her side Of The ocean appear in a better
light, (the Russian Emperor Of satanical ty.
fanny excepted,) will they not deem them.
selves sanctioned and even sanctified by com.
pairing slavery here with tyranny there! The
twin sisters, liberty and republics; the twin
sisters, slavery and tyranny, what have they
done! Oh!to buy and.to sell human being
CURSE To the man who first hal this diaboli
cal thought! Oh. to let all men be born equa
as our Declaration of Indepei dence say s.
Blessed be the man VIII did not forget To in.
sert these important words '.the stronghold
al our declaration" in il. Alas, many a
prince appears in better light than many
hundred slave holders. Let us look now q
/ little To our sister republic Switzerland; I
she not better off than OURS. how vigorousi,
did she ti.row off the yoke Of tyrsnts an,
their brothers the Jesuits. The Austrian,
and French we're repulsed, and the Jesui,s
who go around like the cat around Il dish q
hot milk, these proessed gentlemen tried Il
get hold OF the schools, to gradually infect Tho
youth with their DEAR principles, and by Ivy
pocracy to get hold OF money and power, ihese
kInd fellow thought it was time To get hold
OF the Swiss government, and 10 make slave
State. out Of our sister reT ublc, "a slave State
for tyrants Of the basest kind!' Switzerland
was aware il. The poor seduced people o
the cantons, which were infected with Jes.
ultsm, had first to pay money and then they
had to pay their yes! Let the sun of intel
lect shine also in the hut of black man, anc
do not let US extend slavery any more. Re-
member what black man can do il educa.
ted. Remember Toussaint l. Overture and
many others. | say 1t is an il. dispe., ble
duty to put stop 10 slavery in any sense
shape ar form, and while We have this intro.
duced evil to diminish the same by honest nd
peaceable means. b I the means are mol
honest it people are blinded, and induced t.
indirectly vote for possible slavery extension
Enlights ned America will never have slave.
ry extended, neither directly nor indirectly
May the Almis hty God protect her, and may
we be in time 10 prevent slavery extension
Whatever wings or democrats may please to
observe, we have TO take honestly the bes
principles Of both parties, and then to Judge
!, tor ourselves; but never have we to Ii-ten t.
such whose only aim (hdden Or not hidden
!, it is to get an Office. Those are gener us
traitors, and in their selfishness will try with
energy TO make use OF anything only TO come
to high hOnOrs and 10 live on accouI OF Un.
> Gle Sam, who is always good enough to pay
whenever an office is occupied. beg leave
. 20 remember that every one who is opposed
. to slavery and its extension should do his bes,
to intellectually inform his br ther fellow.
man I what slavery exte sion must lead. =
| Every honest white IAN has the power ic
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