Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-12-03
From the washington Union, (the Central Dem
ocratie organ.) Nov. IL, 1857.


From the washington Union, (the Central Dem
ocratic organ.) Nov. IL. 1857.
Slavery Must go into the North.
The primary object of all government in its
original institution, is the protection ofper-
son and property. II IS for this alone that
men surrender portion Of their natural
rights.
In order that this object may be fully ac-
complished, it is necessary that this pro
lection should be equally extended TO all
classes without exception. This, at last, IS
a fundamental principle of the constitution
of the United States, which is the original
compact on which all our Institutions are
based.
Slaves were recognized as property in
the British colonies of North America by
the government of Great Britain, by the
colonial laws and by the constitution of the
United States. Under these sanctions
vested rights have accrued TO the amount
of some sixteen hundred millions of dollars.
1t is, therefore, the duty of Congress or
State Legislatures 10 protect that property.
The constitution declares that 'the citi-
zens of each State shall be entitled to all
the privileges and immuities of citizens in
the several States. Every citizen of one
State coming into another State has, there
fore, a right to the protection of his person,
and that property which is recognized as
such BY the constitution of the United
States, any law of State to the contrary
notwithstanding. So far from any State
having right to deprive him of his proper
ty it is its bounded duty to protect him in
its possession"
If these views correct-and we be-
lieve it would be difficult to invalidate
them-it follows that all State lar, wheth-
er organic or otherwise, which prohibit
citizen of one State from setting in anoth-
er, and bringing his Stare property with
him, and most especially declaring, if for
feited, are direct violations Of the original
intention of government which as before
stated, is the protection ofpersonal proper
ty, and of the constitution of the United
States, which recognizes property in slaves,
and declares that 'the citizens of each State
shall be entitled to all the privileges and
minutes of itizens in the several States"
among the most essential of which is the
protection of person and property.
What is recognized as property by the
constitution of the United States, by
provision which applies equally to all the
States, has an inalienable right to be pro-
teeted in all the States. If its introduc-
tion is obnoxious or offensive to the pre-
vailing sentiment Of the people of State,
there is no reason to presume a citizen OF
any other State will intrude ii in opposition
to that sentiment, and will thus subject
himself to all the notifications and i'll of
fees which inevitably fall to the lot of
those who are at variance with their neigh
bors. There is, then, no necessity for laws
prohibiting their introduction, and the
prohibiting their insult. The public senti-
ment is suficiment guarantee. If the
field were ever so open, there is not the
least likelihood that southern planter
would go and settle with his slaves in the
northern sections of the United States,
where, they would be more than worthless
as property, their possession source of
eternal vexation, and their support an in
tolerable burden. There never has been,
to our knowledge, and rr, badly, never will
be, an instanc of this kind.