Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-09-07
For the Moigs Co. Telegraph.

For the Meigs Go. Telegraph.
Sentiments of Eminent Revolutionary
Statesmen npen Negro Slavery; as re-
CARDS its Wrongs, and ViOldtiomS Of H~.
man Rights; as a source Of National
Weakness; and as to tts final extinction
or abolition.
NO. 1-CoNTINUED.
Fellow CITIZENS OF MEIGs COUNTY:
Friday, February II, 1890: Second
Session of the First Congress.
A Memorial of the Pennsylvania So
cieiy for the promotion of the ABOLITION
OF SLAVERY, the relief of free negroes un-
lawfully held in bondage, and the i'm
provemeut of the African race signed
by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, as President, be-
inc under consideration, Mr.. MADISON
said: s"The debate has taken a serious
turn, and it will be owing to this alone, II
an alarm is created; for, had the memo
rial been treated in the usual way, it
would have been considered, as a matter
of course, and report might have been
made to have given general satisfaction
If there WAS the slightest tendency by the
Committee to break in upon the Constltu-
ton, he would object to it; but he did not
see upon what ground such an event was
to be apprehended. The petition prayed
in general terms, for the interference OF
Congress, SO far as they were constitu-
tionally authorized; but even if its prayer
was, in some degree, unconstitutional, it
might be committed, as was the case op
5 Mr.. Churchman'S petition, one part oil
which was supposed to apply for an un-
e constitutional interference by the General
e Government. He admitted that Congress
is restricted by the Constitution from
n taking measures for a6oliShing the sfovt
e truae. yet there are variety OF ways BY
which il could CouNTENANCE THE ABoLI
o r1oN, AND REGULATIONS MIGHT BE MADE II
e RELATION TO TIE INTRODUCTION OF THEN
}, (slayes) INTO THE NEW STATES TO pl
$ FORMED OUT OF THE WESTERN TERRIroRY
e He THOUGHT TIE OBJECT WELL WORTHY OF
IS cONs1pERATIoN."
This speech of Mr.. Madison's, we ais
n copy in Juli, from the "Abridgement o
!, the Debates in Congress" vol. l, pag
= ell; and with it conclude our quotation
l. from his writings. The most importan
re part of it is that which relates to the In
n. reduction of slaves into the States to b
e. formed from the Western Territory. A
y the time the speech was made, the cele
ID brated Ordinance of 1887 was in force
ar effectually excluding slavery from thu
I'd country while it remained in Terr
", torial condition; but Mr.. Madison, havin
s. the utter "fallacy" OF republicanisn
where slaveryis permitted to exist as we
IL as its weakening tendency fully in view
is went step Leyond and insisted on II
er application of the ploviso Of Jefferson
is 1884, which prohibited slavery, not onl
vs. in the Territory while it remained sucl
he but also in the states which should
VS. formed out Of it.
be This was certainly step which shoul
ng have sunk Mr.. Madison deep into his p
Us, litical grave, aud covered him with Il
nd anathemas of all friends of the Unio
IN and the maledictions Of all Democrats
n his ..day and age;" and it would, doub
lal less, have done so, had IL not been tn
ID; the .Union men" of that day loved fire
I'D dom, while the Democracy, led by Jette
of son and Madison, hated slavery.
no Al the present time such senimen
ng o,o denounced by our ar1sIocratic Demo
he racy as very treason; men holding the
ay are dubbed "Black Republicans, whi
ire the slave interest is upheld with all Il
3D. power and patronage of the National Go
of ernment, even to the attempted forcing
zen slavery upon people who said in their fu
Aer damental law that they would not have
ian and any man who dares avow the OPT
nd ions of Jefferson or Madison, is ostracis
by from all connection with the domina
est party. Yet the party which repudiat
not the doctrines of these great men calls
of self democratic! Shame! shame! on SUI
Janus faced professions-such hypocri
wv. cal corruption and double-dealing, whi
AIT would make scarlet the face, the We
la "horns,'' of Beelzebub! Fellow -citize
or of Meiys-Democrats- you susts
ove it?
ion Our fourth, of "eminent Revolutions
statesmen" is GEORGE MAsoE, of Fairl
the County, Virginia; although perhaps I
ess entitled to this rank by ability or inf
the ence. Yet as we concluded to give V
and einia patriots the first place on our list,
the is probably not misplaced.
It'll A short sketch Of his life and char