The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-08-29

INlt.NitNt N'ta "a NitSaoN ny iHttoi 70
a. De Marbois Of 40 French legation,
onhis c0ifs in heVrliua tetish ture,
whre ho inifolhced bill 70 abolish Sla.
very. ~
R6mid. Our minds were ciicumscibed
WitAiu narrow limits, by ha6ilud belief
thar Il uss Unr duly V be s0bOrdinale 70
tbe mo.hsf country To m ttters Of Govern
ment. lo ditect ~ our labofs IN subsery-
eaos 20 hey interests. and even 70 observe
q bR0led intolerance Of all religions but
hers- Thediiiiculiiesof our Repfo,enin-
bives ven IL habit and ddespair, not Of 70
noclion aud conviction
{Jsiierson's Life, page 30.
nnfs NOTES 70 ~ NARpols
Ho saidsCan The liberties Of q nation
Is soeure when We have removed their
.odly iifm basis, aconsictiou in the minds
.of the people that these liberties are the
gifts Of Cod2 Tha, they are 70 be ,iola.
t6d bat with his wrath Indeed | trem
Die ior my country when | remember
tbst God s Just, that. his Justice cannot
elsep for ever; that considering numbers,
nature, natural means. only revOluiion
lin The aleel Of fortune, au exchange OF
ti.ufiiou possible; that it becomes prob
able By Supernatural in,erierencel The
Almilhiy has no attribute which can
fake sides with us in contest.
A Life, page 81
!, Jefferson said on the propriety tsiri
king. certain clauses from the Original
corr iofthe Declaration Of Independence;
The pussillanimous idea Al we had
friends iu England worth keeping term
with. sill haunted { be minds of many.
For this season. those passages which con
veyed censures on the people Of England
were struck out, lest they should give
them offence. The clause TOO, rcproba.
tipg and enslaving the inhshitants OF AT.
rtoa, was struck out, in compliance Ol
South Carolina aud Georgia. who had
never attempted TO restrain the imporIa
ton Of slaves, aud who, on the contrary,
ttill wished to continue II. Our northern
brethren. also. believe felt little ten
der under these censures; for though they
had very few slaves themselves, yet they
had been pretty considerable carriers ot
them % others.
Life, page OIL.
The part OF the Declaration referred to
was as follows; He (tho King)had urg.
ell cruel war against human nature itself,
ylolAnng It's must sacred rights Of life and
liberty in the persons OF distant people,
who never offended him, captivating aud
and carrying them into slavery In another
hemisphere, or TO incur miserable death in
their transportation thither. This pia,-
ieal warfare. the opprObrium Of the in
hdel powers, is tho warfare Of the christ. !
ian King Of Great Britain. Deiermin.
ed TO keep open market. where men
should be bought aud sold, he has pros
trate his mega i've for suppressing every
legislative attempt, to prohibit or restrain
this exceable commerce. Aud that this
Rssembage Of horrors might want no
fact Of distinguished die, he IS now incl
ting this very people to rise in arms am
ong US, aud 20 purchase that Of which he
has deprived them. by murd, ring the
peoph 81 whom be also obtudcd hem
thus paying off former crimes committed
Rgsinst The liberties Of one people with
the crimes which h. ury them TO com
NIT against the lives Of Others. Life.
page 95.
The following was penned in France on
learning Of the passage Of the Bhl in the
Virginia Legislature without his amend
ment.
What stupendous work, what an in.
comprehensive machine is mani who can
endure toll, famine, stripes, imprisonment
and death itself, in vindication Of his own
liberty, aud the next moment be deaf 70
all those motives whose power supported
him thro' his trial. aud irllicl on his eel.
low man a bondage, one hour OF which
Is iraught with more misery. than ages OF
that which he rose ia rebellion TO opposed
But we must await with patience the
workings Of an overriding Providence,
aud hope that He is preparing the dc.
liveranUe OF these our suffering brethren
When the measure Of their tears shall b.
full, when their groans shall have ihvolV
cd heaven in darkness, doubtless God
ofiustoe will awake TO their distress, aud
by diifusing light and liberty among their
Oppressors, or at length by his exiermi
pating thunder, manifest attention To the
things of this world, and they arenot lef
TO the guidance Of blind fatality.
Life, page l49,
EFFERsoN WROTE AS FoLLOws To A FRIEND
The whole commerce between master
and slave is a perp taal exercise o N,
most boisierous passions, the most unre.
mitling despotism on the one part, and
degrading submission on the other. om
children ses this and learn Ia initiate H..
for man Is an initiative animal, this quail
ity is the germ Of all education in him
From his cradle TO his grave he is l,arn
ing 70 do what he sees others do. lie pa
rent could fnd no other motive either III
hts Philantrophy or self.love. for restrain.
ing the intempeDnoe Of passion towards
his slave. Il should be alwayssa suilioien,
one that his child is present, But gen
orally II 10 not sufficient. The. parent
stofms, tae~ohild looks on, catches the
lineaments Of wrath, puts on abe same
airs in the circle Of smaller slaves, gives
lnosefO his worst passions. and thus nur
sed, educated. REd daily educated in tyr.
amy, cannot but be stamped.by il. viii.
odioqs peeuliariliaa. The man must BE-