Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-08-03


slaves, and every part thereof, be reliS-
iJusly fulfilled at the epoch at which 1t is
directed to take place, rrithom evaS'o"'
neglect or dclay."
In letter to Sir John Sinclair he fur
ther said: "There are in Pennsylvania
laws for the gradual abolition of slavery
which neither Virginia nor Maryland have
at present, but which there is nothing more
certain than they must have, and at pc
riod not remote" Goodell's Slavery and
iAnti-Slavery, p. 81.
During a speech in the U. S. Senate,
August &c, 1852, Hon. Mr.. Sumner, Of
Mass, said: "While President of the
United States, at the close of his admins
tration, Washington sought to return
slave, who had fled TO New Hampshire.
His autograph letter to Mr. Whipple, the
collector of Portsmouth, dated at Phila-
delpha, Nov. GO, 1896, which l now hold
in nv hand, and which has never before
seen tie light, after describing the fugi-
tive, and particularly expressing the de-
sire of 'her MISTRESS Mrs. Washington,
for her return, employs the following de-
cisive language: Il do not mean, how
ever, (says Washington by this request
that such violent measures should be used
as would excite a mob or riot, which might
be the case if she has adherents, or even
uneasy sensations in the minds of we'll
disposed citizens. Rather than either Of
these should happen, would forego her
services altogether; and the example, also,
which is of infinite Importance.
Mr.. Whipple IN his reply, dated Ports
mouth, Dec. es, 1896, says: 81 will now,
sir, agreeably TO your desire, send her to
Alexandria, if it be practicable without
the consequences which you except, that
of exciting a riot or a mob, or creating an
easy sensations IN tile minds of acelI-diS-
,osed PERSONS" Continues Mr.. Sumner,
the fugitive never was returned. but
lived in freedom to good old age, down
to very recent period, monument of the
lust forbearance of him whom we aptly
call the Father Of his Country.
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Washington to his private Secretary, To-
bias Lear, written a: Philadelphia, and
dated May G, 1894, while Mr.. Lear was il
Great Britain, charged with negotiations
for the sale of a portion of his landed es-
tate, and we are done as regards his great
name. The extract reads: 81 have nt
scruplc in disclosing to you that my mo
tives to these sales are, to reduce my in
come, be it more or less, to specialites
that the remainder of my days may there
t by be more tranquil and free from care
7 and that L may be enabled, knowing wha
: my dependence is, to do as much good as
nv resources will admit; for although, il
the estimation of the world, l possess /
: good and clear estate, yet so unproductivt
is it, that am oftentimes ashamed to re
fuse aid which l cannot afford, unless
t sell part of it to answer this purpose. BE
G side these, have another motive which
= makes me earnestly wish for these thing
Q it is, indeed, more powerful than all tn
S rest--namely: to liberate certain specie
h of property which L possess very repug
G nanlly to my own feelings, but which IN
o perious necessity compels, until | can sui
stilute some other expedient, by which eN
penses, not in my power to avoid, Chow
q ever well disposed l may be to do 1t, ca
G be betrayed" The above letter to MI
g Lear, was first published in the Ne
n York "'Tribune," i'll June, 1859; and 1t
- authenticity has been attested by Jare
E g oIly
5, and one of his most able biographers. I'll
t; "Tribune'' published, from the oriGin'
70 letter. The other letters we have quotet
where the authority is not given, are take
from pamphlet by Daniel h. Goodloe,
Is lawyer, lately of North Carolina, entitled
- "The Southern Platform; or Manual {
= Southern Sentiment on the Subject
> Slavery" Mr.. Goodloe quotes direcu
from Washiugton's Works-glVing vo
= page and date.
le The above are the sentiments of Il
o. Father of his Country upon the subject
~ slavery. Condensed into few words TIT
y mean simply this: That slavery 10 gre
and unceasing wrong; that Its "direlul
o. fects" are inseparably connected with
ut existence that he would gladly ha
r semancipated" his own slaves long befo
-, he did, had not {" imperious necessity
y compelled him to do otherwise; that sla
ery should be abolished by law" Al
it, that his suffrage" should never be wal
k ing for that purpose. Further than thl
20. he appointed John Jay, of N. " Oh
Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court,
OF though at the time of his appointment
n was President OF an Abolition Socie'
as Hence we see that by act of Washngt
oil himself, the first Chief Justice of the
S. was an open and avowed Abolition
"e Again, he signed an Act, Congress- Az
10 7, 1889, making the Ordinance OF l7a