Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-05-19

Plsase, ! prefer 10 conclude What I h,ys
iesaF silhest ialsIEap,iaa. p, 49,.
ment declares lhss De rigsl "A aIopsTiy IA
slaves aBd tleir ihtfeAss + uol taiha ths
control Of The majority of the peopls of
the State, thsl i6s fight 4 bsfoie ana
highes lhah sag coaainlsiOual sanaisa--4.
Ihs iusirumsnt as.eIlE aaolbeI plosision
ne brutal depoiism Of which ean hardly
Be eqaaled, s1cspl b. hat fecsslly exsrci.
'ed BY Nicholas wboss Hands we're red
with The blood of saasdasl nslsnd and
ibe assassiuaisi Hbesiy q Hungary. Z Il d
the proTision which d0om fs-snes. ruillr
Of no crime, 70 perpetual exilas Such ass
some of lbo provisions oftbh inlsual iD-
lsirumeut framed ai Lsoompson, ior which
We are nov ealIedupOu - vote. N
! What, siE ars The prgumsuia addteasSd
b us 70 induce us 10 give our assent % tha
iustTumeai7 The President of lbe United
States stopping IN The position Of BIS great
Office. hitherto made ilustrious bg WISH.
ingtOn. Adams. Jefferson, and Msdisos--
be e0m@ bsre lnlo the Hall Of Tbs Houss
Of Representatives, and tells Us that lhis
LecomptOn constitution, with NJ ils sEo.
eoH pFosgiouS Is emiae1tly reasonable
ard proper, because Kansas says be, @is)
q this moment as much Save Sta.e q
Georgia or South Carolina" And be
does not stop viih this. The President
has officially declared To- Us chat tbess
Save Provisions are just and reaso0abls.--
Justice, sir,tO sell man Nhef Justice
70 sell a child's mOtberl Justice 70 drive [
a man. guilty Of no crime away from the
snd Of bis birth, from The scenes Of his !.
ebildood, from the graves Of bis kindredl
Justice 10 deny to a man The fraih Of bis
own TOLL Juslice 10 deny 10 a man the
enjoymeats Of BIS own homel Justice 10
deny to 3 man the presence and praItIs II
bis Own cbildrenl Justice TO deny 10 =
man the convictions Of bis own souIl J,s.
tieel justice. sir, Is The uBOhaBging add
eternal rule Of right; it Is The attribute of
The Great Goi Of nature; il dSelt with him
before were; It will abide with him when
worlds penshl By the judgement Of the
Pagan and Christian world, it is injustice
to deny TO any man bis rights. aeI
Mr. Speaker Il is not justice to wanicn.
y subject men, women, and children, ats
the arbitrary win q another. 10 stripes u
imprisonment. to hunger and thirst to cold
and nakedness. robbery and murder. To-
enslays man isto murder him By slow
torture. This viii not pass for justice
among men, until men forget the dstinc.
tiOns between right and wrong, good and
evil. virtue and vice. ~ =
By this biIl, sir, we are not only TO sane
ton the monstrous astrocity Of cbatteI sls-
very, but we are 10 say. II the majority
will accept the bribe, that attrocity shall
be perpetual. We are TO agree that the
children OF wrong and oppression in Kan.
sas shall have no deliverance IN the future;
that they and their children shall, from
generation to generation, toll on in The
house Of their bondage; in the words of
this instrument, that no slteratioh shall be
made therein to affect the ownership Of
property in slaves. Sir, the American Oon-
eress. by this enactment, is to decIsre that
if the majority will accept the bribe, the
Congress Of tie United States win berpet-
uate the horriG lie that one man may OF
right sell his brother for thiity pieces Of
silver--as Judas sold our Lordl
l say to gentlemen you, may pass the
bill, but you cannot make the lie perpetu-
al. A lie cannot fise forever, il has no vi
talitv in it. Sooner or later 1t must per.
ish. Perpetuate the atrocity that nsj5rl
iiy may Of right ensIaye the minority or
drive it into relurnless exile! Make this
rule of wrong perpetual There is mott.
ing perpetual but God, Histruth, His JUS
tice, and the creatures of His hand. l
'ay to gentlemen on the other side. you
have it 10 your power to save your country
rom this foul dishonor. Why do you hes
tate to deny your assent to this great
Rrongl Is it because you believe With
he President "thst slavery exists in Kan.
sas under and by virtue of the Constitution
Of the United States?' Is It because yor
believe with certain political economists of
our day, that slavery is the natural and nor.
NAL condition Of the laboTing man? II
that be your conviction, &C. il cut; say SO
in words. 1t is your right aud your duty
10 declare it. And by an open, manly
avowal of it, YOU will command the respect
Of those who differ from you for your can
dor, If you can never hope TO command
heir approval Of your principles. Declare
openly your true purpose and intent, For
Gods sake do not shirk this great issue
lnder false and, il l may be allowed the
expression without meaning to be offensive.
fraudulent pretenses of State rights and
popular sovereignty Why do you hesi.
ate to say openly what your support of
his bill manifestly impons-that Il is your
purpose to establish and uphold chatteI
lavery in Kansas under the forms Uf law
lud at all hazards? Why do you hesitate
o svow this purposel Is it not because
,ou feel and know that its distinct avoVal
would eleetrify the nation, and summon it
o q stern, united, defiant resistance!
I say TO gentlemen on the ether side,
Who compose the majority Of this House.
7ou may pass this bill into Law ;you may
nducs the majority to accept It's profered
,ribe; you may thereby impose upon that
Toung Territory the shame and crime and
,urse of this brutal atrocity; you may
hereby shake down The pillars of this
,eautiful fabric of free government. and
trench this land in fraternaI blood, but
you can never give permanence to such
IN act of per6dy, TO such a system Of