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unlawful oaths, to prescribe the exile and his
children for their nativity or their conscience
sake? Where would then have been the Erie
Canal, the Genesee Valley Canal, the Oswego
Canal, the Seneca and Cayuga Canal, the
Crooked Lake Canal, the Chemung Canal, the
Chenango Canal, the Black River Canal the
Champlain Canal-where the imperial New
York Central Railroad, the Erie Railroad, and
the Ogdensburgh Railroad, with their branches
penetrating not only every inhabited district in
this State, but every inhabited region also in
adjacent States and in British America
Where would have been the Colleges, Acade
mics, and, above ALL the free common schools
yielding instruction to children of all sects and
in all languages? Where the Asylums and
other public charities, and, above all that noble
emigrant charity which crowns the State with
such distinguished honor? Where these ten
thousand churches and cathedrals, renewing on
every recurring Sabbath day the marvel of
Pentecost, when the sojourner from every land
hears the gospel of Christ preached to him in
his own tongue? Where would have been the
steamers, the barges, briggs, and schooners,
which crowd this harbor of Buffalo, bringing
hither the productions of the Mississippi Val
ley and of the Gulf Coast, in exchange for the
fabrics of the Atlantic Coast and of Europe,
and of the teas and spices of Asia? Where the
coasting vessels, the merchant ships, the clip
pers, the whale ships, and the ocean mail
steamers, which are rapidly concentrating in
our great seaport the Commerce of the World
Where the American Navy, at once the repre-
sentative and champion of the cause of univer-
sal Republicanism Where your inventors of
steamboats,, Of electric telegraphs, and of plan
ing machines-where your ingenious artisans
where your Artists-where your mighty Press,
the Courier and Enquirer, the Tribune the
Times, and even the Herald itself, defender of
Slavery as it is? Where your twenty cities
and where, above all, the merry, laughing Agri-
cultural Industry of nativebo and exotic la
borers, enlivening the whole broad landscape,
from the Lake coast to the Oceans side ? Go,
ask Virginia-go, ask even noble MARYLAND, ex-
pending as she is a giants strength in the SER
penis coils, Ito show You her people, canals,
railroads, universities, schools, charities. COM
merce, cities and cultivated acres, Her silence
is your expressive answer.
Once more: Spaniards planted slave States
in America; England planted not only slave
States, but free ones. Spain planted twice as
many as England and cultivated them with
more assiduous and maternal care. The Anglo
American free States are all of them strong and
vigorous, and already overshadow the Continent
Europe regards them with respect and admira-
ton. There is not one Spanish American State
that is truly selfsubsisting and independent.
Sciolists talk of Anglo-Saxon blood No nobler
blood than the Iberian ever coursed through
human veins. But the Spaniard planted only
slave States. The Anglo Saxon planted free
ones.
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/ will only add, that the course OF policy
marked by the slave power itself, indie ,tes the
true policy to be pursued by the fri ends of
American Liberty.
AS the one has repudiated compro disc, so
the other should repudiate compromise
AS the one claims and yields the ,ational
Government for the support of SLAYER so the
other should claim and WELD the Natio al Gov
eminent for the abolition of Slavery
AS the one fears no consolidation neces.
sary to the support of Slavery, so tie other
should fear no consolidation necessary to the
support of Freedom.
As the one knows no Estate rights" in favor
of Liberty, so the other should know no State
rights in favor of Slavery.
AS the one proclaims war upon Liberty north
of $50 30>, so the other should proclaim war
upon Slavery south of go 3O/.
AS the one claims the same right ofsnational
protection in the Territories that it hes former
ly enjoyed in the slave States, so The other
should claim that same right of national pro-
lection to Liberty in the slave States that is has
formerly enjoyed in the Territories.
AS the one claims national protection for
Slavery in the free States, so the otbs.r should
claim national protection for Freedcsa in the
slave States.
AS the one would make all freemea slaves,
so the other should make all slaves fisemen.
AS the one repudiates municipal lr-w as the
basis of Slavery, and appeals to the cision of
natural and common law, so the otlsr should
do the same.
AS the one knows no politics but avery, SO
the other should know no politics but Freedom.
The true issue would then be joine and the
decision would be sure and speedy. "God
speed the right" WILLIAM G ,oDRLL.
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TO PAsSM0RE WILLIAMSON, IN NOYAMEE-
SING JAIL.
BY N. W. CAMPBELL.

Yes. there are many kinds of marty rdosl-
The axe, the cord, the stake perform thsr
Al once, and in their very sharpness pr6te
Most merciful. But who shall say that he
Who lingering, drags the weary hours along,
Within telon's prison-shut from all =
The kindly intercourse OF social life,
While waiting for his country's tardy jksdce
To break his bonds and give him back tj'freedom-
Is not as much martyr the man
Whom tyranny condemns al TO delh,
And wherefore art thou doomed 10 wal, and bear
The legalized oppression OF a Kane!
Why, righteous Abel art thou now imf ,1red!
Because thy heart could feel for woma S wrongs,
And know that underneath her dusky lin
There dwet rational. immortal natuf&
Not wanonly, at others mandate, 10 b. Torn
From country, friends, and children, lie behind.
Women of Pennsylvania! behold the han,
The champion of your sex, who dared o brave
The frowns of those, high IN official station,
That stoop TO Slavery's o'ertoppng baseness,
And in this prosperous State which we call free,
Would aid the woman-ca catcher i'll his work,
Set on the bloodhounds and secure the prey.
Oh! that my words had power thou truly brave
To rend thy dungeon walls, and set tbec free;
With choicest flowers I'd strew thy homeward path
And thou shouidst enter that mos, sacred place,
To bless the babe as yet unseen by tlAe,
Amid the plaudits OF admring men,
And tears Of women, weeping i'll theisloy.
But cheer thee, suffering hero As tte blood
OF saints has given still new life and vtgor
To the church, so every pang thou feS}est
Will help TO fill the cup of Freedoms wrongs,
Till from the brim o'erAowing there STALL pour
A food OF holy Indignation all arounSs
To sweep away the influence which voud blight
Our much-loved country with that ny ts-deaih
IN midst of life the of slavery
But forget how poweriess is my voSc-
woman's voce-and can only 81 ID
My cordial greetings to thy feon's Il
A faint " God bless thee" and restor thee coon
To all thou lov'st, and give thy coun y wisdom
To write thy name among her choic: vi ones.
Maple Grore, Sept. l9, 1855. >
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THE RAG PICKER;
BIO U Nd AND FIRE T..


We have read ths work. which claims to be a I,r0ri
OF facts by eye and witness. with thrilling interest,"
al a single sitting II deserves 10 he placed Ia the
category with Uncle Iom's Cabin. though rGru-
svely dcvOied 10 delincalons OF the slave system the
South. VIVA, higher panegyuc can We bc~tow upnI '-
Boston LibcrdfOT.
blast, and very furious one. against IIr Fuei-
i've Slave Law. with q strong advocacy o TIE Name
Law By way of underpot-N. y. Carrcb1EanJ.
As whole life in the South fairy and honesty rr
tured, to own knowledge. the and .c-
dents are such we hav7 Witnessed many 900 Var
gnia and Maryland. years ago.-N J. S,rIfgy inns
most intensely exciting book-pIljtti E,rori...
The story i most exciting one, well and powerfully
written. The reader VIII recognise some q, co..
characters portrayed. and probsbly find one a-,r
very well Tor Anthony Burns-Bo,,on T05Dcugt
No one read il without being intensely Interested
Chicago NsW COre.dnt
Written with distinguished ability -BostoE CL-oa'.
We have no clue TO The authorship ,h- r~uarka.'
story. which whether pure hcliou % pul'r~
be, record OF facts, but become "a work
considerable nUte.-BoSi0a -i:ias.
PUBLISHED BY
NJ son 3 RIO Z II EBS,
AGO NEW YORE
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