Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-08-17


For the Telegraph.
Sentiments of Eminent Revolutionary
Statesmen npOn Negro &averyj as re-
gord$ its Wrongs, and violotions Of ill.,
man RtyhtS as u source Of National
WeoknesS; and as to Hs trial catjnction
or abolition.
NO. 1---CoETTNUED.
Fellow CITIZENS OF MEIGs CoUNrY:
From pages 1915, Of Jefferson 5
Works, We quote the following re-
hectious "What stupenduous,
what an incom prehensble machine is
man who can endure toll, famine, stripes,
imprisonment, and even deah HSeLf, in
vindicatiou Of his own liberty. AID, the
next moment be deaf 20 all those motives
whose power supported him through his
trial, and innict on his felow-men bon
dage, one hour OF wkich as JraugW with
more misery than ages # that which he
rose IN rebellion to oppose. But we must
await, with patience, the workings of an
over-ruling Providence, and hope that
that is preparing the deiveranco Of these
our Suffering BRETHREN. When the
measure of their tears shall be full, when
! their groans shall have involved Heaven
itself in darkness, doubtless a God Of
I Justice will awaken to their distress, aud
hy diiusing light nnd Nderality among
their oppressors, or at length by his Ex-
TERMINATING 1HuNDERS, manifest his at
ten,ion to the things of this world, and
that they are not left to the guidance Of a
olind partialiiy."
In vol. 2d, page 334, i'll speaking of the
depradations Of Lord CORVALLIS, in the
war Of the Revolution, he says "lle
carried of, also, about thirty Sloves. Nad
Ills been to give item freedom, he mouiI
/ Aage aonc righh"
April GO, 1920, Jefferson thus wrote to
John Holmes ; II thank you, dear sir,
for the copy YOU have been SO kind as 10
send me, of the letter TO your constituents
Oh the Missouri question. 1t is Il perfect
justification to them. had Tor Il long
time ceused to read newspapers, or pay
any attention to public affairs, confident
they were in good hands, and content to
be one passenger in our bark to the shore
from which am not distant. But this mo-
mentous question, like n fre-be)l in the
night, awakened and filled me with terror.
| considered it at once as the kneil Of the
Union. 1t is hushed, indeed, for the mo-
ment. But this is d reprievc only, not a
final sentence. A geographical. line, CO
inciding with marked principle, moral
and political, once conceived and held up
to the angry passions of men, will nevel
be obliterated and every new irritation
will mark it deeper and deeper. lean sag
qcih conscious truth, Mvt there Is not q
: man on curtA yho acouid sacrifice Nor,
than I ,could to re!teVe US from tbs hea"5
reproacA IN any practica6Ic ,coy." Vol
9, PIP. 1923.
The following is taken from letter writ
ten by jefferson, and addressed to Edward
Cole II had always hoped thar the
younger generation, receiving their carly
impressions after the flame Of liberty had
) been kindled in every breast, aud had be,
come, as it were, the vital spark OF every
American, that the generous temperament
} of youth, analogous to the motions o
, their blood, and above the suggestions o
? avarice, would have sympaLhized with
oppression whercver found, and proved
their lore Of liberty beyond their owr
, share of it,
"But my Intercourse with them, since
my return, has not been sufficient to as
certain that they have made, towards this
: point, the the progress IAad Hoped. Youl
solitary but welcome voice is the Grs
which has brought this sound TO my ear
J and have considered the general silence
5 which prevails on this subject as indica
ting an apathy unfayorable to every hope
: Yet tie hour Of emancipation is advancing
IN Tie march Of time. 10 aOW come and
5 whether brought on by the generous ener
: gies Of our own minds, or by the blood,
process Of st. Domingo, excited and con
: Quoted by the power Of our present enemy
: if once stationed permanently within on
e country. and Offering asylum and arms t
+ the oppressed, is a leaf Of our history no
/ yet turned over"
) "As TO the proper method by which thi
4 difficult work is 10 be effected, il permitte
= 10 De done by ourselves, l have seen n
{ proposition So eNped,'nt, "n theW hole, =
IL tha; oj @n0" !a,lca x those lvr'l '.,!er