Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-09-14
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FOr the Mo'ss %. laIesraPh'
Sentiments Of Eminent Rec iut Onayy
Statesman UpOn Neg no Sacery; as re
y0rds It's u y0mgS, and Vioi0ti0nS Qt' Hu-
man Rights; as source Of N0ttOndi |
Weakness; and as To HS fnat extinction
or abolition. ~
NO. l--CoETISUED.
FELLOW CITIZENS OF MEIGs CouNrY:
Next after Virginia, the "mother of
States and Statesmen" we take Pennsyl-
vania the "Keystone" in the great Arch
of our glorious American Union. She,
100, at the time Of which we are writing,
was like all but one of the Safes OF the
Association" and Confederation,
slave community. And it was not till the
benign principles of liberty and the equal
rights of all men were scdulously Incul-
Gated and almost universally believed,
that the deplorable system Of slavery was
forever destroyed within her limits.
The sentiments of the first of her hon
ored names which we shall notice, are
those of BcNJAMIN FRANKLIN, the faithful
Patriot, the distinguished Statesman, the
1IOIOuUu ullOoODhCA ah0 viz
Diplomatist. In volume end of his Works
edited by Jared Sparks, l.. L. d. we
lind the following:
.An Address to the Public, from the
Pennsylvania Society, for promoting me
abolition Of SLAVERY, and the relief OF free
negroes unlawfully held in bondage.
II is with peculiar satisfaction we as
sure the friends Of humanity, that, in
prosecuting the design of our association
our endeavors have proved successful far
beyond the most sanguine anicipatlons' ~
Slavery is SucA an atrOciOus de6dSenae "a
of hunsun mature, thai it's very eXtirpa,lon
if not performed with solicitous care, may
sometimes open source OF serious evils
The unhappy man, who has been treateo
as brute animal, too frequently sink
beneath the common standard of the hu
man species. The CALLING chains tha
bind his body, do also .fetter has intellec
tuaI faculties, and impair the social Ggrc
nons Of Ais heart.'
Signed by order Of the Society,
b. tRANKLIS, President.
1DllducI lJllld1 4NON. ~ i'OO'
See "Goodloe's Southern Platform,
DC, Page 8.
This is the same society Of which Pass
more Williamson is a member, aud tc
carrying out the principles OF which l.
was SO unjustly incarcerated in prison
the instance of the slave power. Quer.
Would Judge Kane have imprisone
Franklin if he had been living J.
Again we quote from IL 'memorlal
this same Society, to Congress, which "
find in the proceedings of that body, und
date of Friday. Feb. 12, 1890. The m
mortal respectfully showeth,
"'rhat from regard for the happine
of mankind. an association WAS iorme
several years ago in this State, by nun
Der of her citizens, of various religion
denominations, for promoting tie dJolttc
of slavery, and for the relief of those u
lawfully held in bondage. A just al
acute conception of the true principles
liberty, as it spread through the land, pr
duced accessious to their numbers, maj
friends to their cause. and Legislative C
blessing of Divine Providence, ave be
successfully directed to the relieving fro
bondage large number of their tello
creatures Of the African race. They ha
also the satisfac ton to observe, that
consequence of that spirit Of philanthro
aud genuine liberty which is generally d
fusing its beneficial influence, similar
stitutions are forming ut home and adrot
From persuasion that equal liberty Y
originally the portion. and is still the olr
right of all men and influenced by
strong ties Of humanity, and the prnciI
of their institution, your memorialists c
ceive themselves bound to use all justfia
endeavors to loosen the bands of slave
and promote general enjoyment Of
blessings of freedom. Under these
pressions, they earnestly entreat y
serious attention TO the subject Of slave
that you aciU be pleased to countena''ce
restoration Of liberty to those umAGl
men, acho alone, In this land y treetIc
are degraded into perpetual 6ondage, {
. acAo, amidst tie ge''eraljoy of S@rrou'
ing freenses are .groaning in serO{e 81
lection; THAT YOU WILL DEVl
MEANS FOR REMOVING THIS ]
CONSISTENCY FROM THE CHA
ACTER OF THE AMERICAN PE
PIE; that you will promote mercy
Justice toward this distressed race,
Il. ~