Washington sentinel., 1854-04-11
claim exclusively the whole Of every territory

as mas Deen always done under uirect taA, the
entire value of the slaves Of the south, and ex-
cluding two-ifths in representation in Congress-
while none Of the labor at the north is taxed,
and full representation is allowed2
Why is it that they allow man living in q
State to determine whether he will have slaves
or not, and if majority SO determine they may
have it with the entire acquiescence ofthe north,
and yet man, or majority, living on territory
adjoining are to be held in pupilage and not
allowed this right?
Why is it that slavery may be permitted in
every State, and the north bind itself, as it does
under the Constitution, to protect it, and yet no
wrong be done why no cause for bitter dissen-
sion, no cause for disunion, no cause for 5000
clergymen to come forward, and in the name of
the Almighty to declare a dissolution--a sepa-
ration from such abominable guilt?
Why is it that all these things have been done,
are done, and continue to be done, while these
1900 clergymen, who are daily praying for the
preservation Of the Union as the very source Of
strength and prosperity, can get declare that
the simple fact Of changing The residence Of a
sldre is an offence so heinous in the sight OF
Heaven, that the thousand Pandora boxes of all
sorts, which they have hitherto declared would
be opened by dissolution, are light in compari
son to the crimson guilt of allowing master to
change the residence Of his slave?
Does the repeal Of the Missouri compromise
make one more slave?
Will it add to the hardship of any one?
Does Heaven think it pardonable south Of
$50 3O>, and criminal north of that line?
Will it not certainly contribute to the COM
fort of the slave TO change his residence, as
the change is always made precisely because
it will benefit both slave and master?
If it will benefit the slave, then who is the
criminal party--he who opposes this change
beneficial to the slave, or he who seeks to Sc
cure it for him
If the object Of limiting the area of slavery
be to render it SO Improbable, and SO burden
some to owners, as to compel them to emanci-
pate them in selfdefence, will not the suffer
ings which the slaves must inevitably endure
beneath, the impoverishment of their masters
be so great as to render the restrictive policy
doubtful?
Can there be found, in the world, laboring
class of equal number with the slaves Of this
country, SO free from intemperance, from riots
and crimes-so healthy, so long-lived?
Is there, in all the world, laboring class
whose tasks are as light as those Of slaves
who in sickness and in age are as well cared
for or who are rs merry?
Is not all concurrent testimony in regard to
indiscriminate masses of free negroes immea-
surably in favor of slaves, as to health, temper
ance, freedom from crimes, vices, in length of
life and multiplying, and in every essential
which contributes to their comforts?
If the enormous mass of slaves at the south
were made free, could the scenes which would
follow be more complacently viewed by Heaven;
would virtue and temperance and industry
more prevail; would either master or slave be
the better off?
The northern opponents of the Missouri re-
peal express perfect willingness that all the
slaves of the south shall 60 into the Territories;
and yet every State which has been threatened
with an inundation Of free negroes, has taken
steps to save itself from SO pestilent an evil.
Are the alms-houses, jails, and peniten-
tiares of the north or the south most crowded?
What are the comparative expenses of the
north and south for paupers and criminals
Is there, in word, any such excess Of
moral wrong, in changing the residence of the
slave, over all that is done and permitted in
regard to slaves and slavery, as to justify any
agitation?
Where is the evil practically and morally?
Suppose the south should be majority; what
would it do, what could it do, to injure the
north? s. @ @
Has there ever been single question out
side of slavery, upon which the division was
the north on one side and the south on the
other2
There never has and probably never can be
any other question, ifeven there could be one on
that, upon which the south and the north could
be sectionally arrayed.
meal.tub of abolition excitement.
Why is not the subject discussed upon the
proper principle-what will be the practical
evils to flow from this act?
This underlined balderdash, and we regret to
to say it. the pointless and senseless an
athemas of 1900 clergy upon matter Of
which they are ignorant, Of which they had not
even read, is in fact, mere idle defamation
on what does not exist.
We are firmly convinced that 5000 heads
Of focks never signed the memorial intelligent
ly, nor indeed at oil; and that by far the larger
number of those who did sign, signed upon mis-
representation and misapprehension. .
Why is it that no one can point to single
human being who viii be even incommoded by
the passage Of the Nebraska bill?
The whole outcry appears to be brutum
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