Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-01-27
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We think the time is not distant when the ex-
|ly tested and solved When the Government wes
formed, slavery existed in the States it was toler
a.ed, but the whole sentiment involved ia framing
the Government was opposed 70 it, and steps were
then taken which manifcstly contemplated its ex-
tinction at no distant day. Such continued to be
the ruling sentiment long after the formation Ct
the Government. The purchase of Louisiana and
the consequent opening Of new rice, cotton, and
sugar fields, strengthened and extended the slave
interest and awakened purpose in those interest
ed TO endeayor 10 perpetuate the institution. The
Missouri Compromise was the first evidence of the
growing strength of slavery, and from that day to
this, apparently its power has been on the increase
The history of the past few years is familiar to our
readers, and we need not dwell upon it, Flushed
with repeated triumphs, end now completely III the
ascendant, slavery aims at nothing less than undi
vided and undisputed control Of the whole country
What Nebraska is, the following extract from the
National Era, will show:
Nebraska embraces the whole of tho unor-
ganized Territory of the Union--the extent
Of its boundary is over three thousand miles
its area about five hundred thousand square
miles-capable of being formed into dozen
States, each as large as Ohio. This magni-
fcent domain has been for whole genera
ton the heritage of Freedom-held under
the high sanction of American Law, sacred
to Free Labor and Free Institutions. The
Nebraska Bill proposes to abrogate this Law,
to remove the flaming sword which has turn
ed every way, guarding it against Slavery,
and to allow the Destroyer to enter and do
his work of death--or, to speak more plain
", to lay the foundations of a vast Slave En-
pire from the Gulf of Mexico to the British
Provinces, dividing the Free States east Of
the Mississippi from the Free States west of
the Rocky Mountains, and thereby obtaining
the mastery Of the Mississippi Valley directly,
and indirectly of both the Atlantic anb Pacif
ic coasts
This is the work Slavery now has on hand
Heretofore it has claimed to act on the defensive
it strikes boldly at free territory Its purpose
to make the conquest of the nation, is no longer
conjecture, but is boldly proclaimed. The strife
on this issue will test the character of people,
effort on the part of Douglass and others is sue
ce5sfu there is manifestly no further obstacle in
the whole Territories and States of the Union to
the spread of the spirit and institution of slavery.
Under such circumstances, the dissolution of the
Union, and the downfall and destruction Of the Re-
public, in crime and BLOOD is simply question of
time. AS long as God rcigns, it is not possible
for any nation TO attain pernaucnce and prospect
" in wrong doing. A nation of tyrants and slaves
carries with it the seeds Of its own death, and TIE
fruit will surely come.
Were we TO judge entirely by appearances-by
the outside semblancc--we should say the fat" OF
the Republic was already observation-disclosures
abandon the contest in despair and concede the
victory already Won by the slave power; but sure
~ Providence has not this in store for us. Where
shall liberty find an abiding placc-where rest with
hope of regcne' ating the race, if driven hence?
"When Liberty from Greece withdrew,
And Ger the Adriatic flew,
She struck the rude Iarpeian rock,
Sparks were kindled by the shock;
Again her fires began 10 burn"
Bnt whittier shall she fly when driven from this
spo.7 There can be no hemisphere undiscovered
no new continents in the far-oh oceans, to which
oppressed humanity can fec to raise anew the
standard of human rights. No, it cannot DC. Free
dom is here driven 10 the wal-here is her last abb
ding place, and here she must establish her throne
to fiji the earth or be crushed out forever, and we
are not yet prepared to embrace the atheism invol
we'd in a belief in this latter result