Washington sentinel., 1856-08-02

hancs of a solemn compact made by every
northern State, pledging its sacred honor to
its ful6lment.
Not only this, but they protest against one
of these slaves going into any portion of the
common and immense federal domain, belong
ing equally to the holders Of the slaves as to
the northern men.
The South is condemned by the North, (the
Black Republican North to lose their slaves
when they escape to the North, to have every
slave kidnapped, seduced, or stolen by the
North without reserve, hesitation or limit.
To have the slaves in the District Of Columbia
forcibly manumitted; in addition to the full
price paid the North for these slaves, the
North now requires, in addition, the abandon
lnent by the South with their slaves, of all
right or pretension to any portion of their own
domain, domain in which they are with the
North joint and equal tenants. This was GER
tainly no part of the original contract when
bills of sale were given for the slaves, nor is
there any trace OF any such subsequent pro-
vision. The North would also prohibit the
interstate slave trade or commerce, and pro.
hibit the passage of slaves from one State to
another.
The North itself held in slavery as many
negroes as it found profitable. How did the
Northern States get rid of slavery? BY eman-
cipation? No. They did not pass laws eman-
cipating all who were their slaves, but they did
pass laws to the effect that if the owners of
slaves did not by certain time sell their slaves
out of the State, that then they should be free.
Under this law, of course, all were sold except
those whose owners were willing to set them
free, and needed no law to do So Thus IL
clearly appears no Northern State eper emanci-
pated its slares.
Having thus imported slaves and sold them
to the South as long as the law allowed; hav-
ing worked as many of them at the North as
we're profitable, and as long as they were pro-
fitabe, they then emancipdte them into slarery
at the South for a fill consideration.
The laacs tcere laws for emancipating the
Northern States from negroes, and nothing
else; they we're laws to relieve themselves from
burdens, not for the freedom or welfare of the
negro; from no motive of philanthropy or mercy,
but cold calculation of their own interests
and convenience; it was an emancipation for
which full value for the slaves was received,
and by which the negroes were consigned into
a designed perpetual slavery for full consid-
Grafton received
Without referring to the immense profit
which these same men have received for trans
porting the products Of save-labor, from the
manufacturing these products, from the sup
plies furnished to the slaves and their masters.
we will simply say
That with this record before il the North sits
in judgment on the South and announces the
verdict:
1t discards the old adage that "the receiver
is as bad as the thief and its verdict stands
That the receiver is alone the guilty one"
The thief is not only guiltless in their esti-
nation, but he is the very proper person to ac-
cuse, prosecute, testify against, judge, condemn
and execute the receiver; the very thief who
assured the receiver that his title to the slave
was perfect and absolute and who had given
guarantee of title to the receiver against every
such claimant.
The judge is the Northern thief, with the
consideration and guarantee money in his
pocket, setting in judgment on the Southern
receiver, who holds the judges own bill Of sale,
receipts and guarantee Of title in his hands.
Yet the honest thief judge, chinking his guilt
money, in his pocket, condemns his Southern
receiver.
This is plain unvarnished truthful state.
ment in which scarce half the enormity of
Northern guilt is shown, and but portion Of
the monstrous injustice to the South appears
We will exhibit this in a separate article.