The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-11-02
A Few Republican Texts.

naked and We clotlled me tiot SIN n'' IA
prison and We visited me net. l";77inuch
| ms We have not done these things to tn"
! least of one of these we have not done tht'n
unto lpe Netc Testament.
He that stealeth man and s'llcth him.
or if he be found in his pos eas;"n. he shall
sarely be put to DEATH Old Testament
l hope it will not he conceived from
these observations that it is my wish to
holl the unhappy people who are til" sue
iect Of this letter, in slavery. | can only
say, that there is not man living who
wishes mere sincerely than do, 10 $50
some plan adopted for The abolition oft;
but there is only one proper and effr' tt al
method ~ which it can lie accomplished,
and that s hy the legislative authority;
and this, as jar as my Suffrage aca go,
stall not BE aOantiag- Washington to
Robert Morris.
! The whole commerce between master
I and slave IS a perpetual exercise of the
! most bo;sterous passions, the most unre
hitting dcspotsns on the one part, AMI
! degrading submission on tho other. /
tremblo for my country, when | r~fl Ct
that God is just that hi, justice cannot
sleep forever Thomas Jlferson.
It's wrong to admit into tho const,tu-
ton the idea that there can Re roperiy
ii lnan.-Jancs NQdison
The sentiments breathed h,oueh tho
whole do honor both to the head and
the heart of the writer. Mine, on the sub
| jet of slavery of negroes, have long s:nco
been in possession OF the uIl;c, and tine
has only served to gre them stronger root.
The love of justice and the love Of coun-
/ try plead equally the cause Of these peo
pie, and it is. a moral repfooch to as that
they should have pleaded SO long in vain.
Nursed and educated in the daily habit of
seeing the degraded condition of those un-
fortunate beings, Jm not rffecfing that
that depreciation aeGs pe3y mach tie uD0rk
Of themselves and their fathers. Few
i minds have yet doubted but that they
were as legitimate subject of property is
their horses or cattle!
had always hoped that the younger ger
GRAFTON, recesvtRg Aeir early Impressions
/ cfter the fame Of liberty had been XII ed
az every breast and had become, rs il
were. the rita5 spirit Of erery american,
would have sympathized with oppression
!, wherever found, and proved Their love Of
BIT beyond tier owa SHARE ot'H. IoEr
solitary but welcome voice is the first
/ that has brought this sound to my car
get the hour Of emancipation IS adt0nci1t
in the march oftime. The enterprise =
fl the young-for tn sc who can !oiic~
it up and bear it through to its consusn
nation. Ii shaHha my prayers; anH
tiese are the only weapons ofan old nrr.
-Jc9ersoa TO E1,0ard Coles, Esq.
| We have found this evil has preyed up.
on the very vitals Of the Union, and la,
been prejud;ced to ali the states in @licI,
it has exsted.-James Monroe.
SO long as God allows The vital current
to flow tt rough my veins, will never,
never never, BY word or thought, by mind
or will, aid in admitting enc rood Of free
territory to he everantipg curse OF human
bonlagc.- Henry Clay.
I Lave made Up ny min! for one, thrt
under no circumstances will | consent 10
the extension Of the area If slavery in the
United States, or to the further increase
Of slave representation in the House Of
Representatives. Il 'cJSter, 1S46
ST. envy neither the heart nor tho
head Of that man from The North, who
rises here TO defend slavery on rrincijv.
john Randoiph, Of Fjfgihia.
NV opposition to the extension Of Sla-
very dates farther back than 1S44-torty
years further back Thomas H. Eenton.
American Slavery is the yiest that es-
er saw tie sun; it constitutes The sum of
I'll viI!ain;cs.--John F7csiey.
We hold these truths to be self evi !ott
that all men are created free md equal
that thy are endowed by their Creator
With certain inalienable rights, that am ny
these. are FIFE, liberty and the pursuit OF
Happiness Declaration Of Independence.
A system CORRESPOND ng with the mid
| principles ofrcligion and l.h.lanthropv to-
Fwards al unen';eftencd race of mon,
whose happiness naturally depends Oh
the conduct Of the United States, would
be as honorable to the hatiohal character.
conformable to the Dictates of sound ro-
. Hey WashiRgton's Iaaugural
congratulate you fellow citizens, on
the approach Of the period when you lnay
interpose your authority, eonstitutonally,
to withdraw the citizens OF the United
| States from all further Participation in
I those violations of human rights. which
have been so long continued on the un-
I offending inhabitants Of Africa, and which
the mortality, the reputation, and the
best interests of our country have long
been eager to prescrlb =. Jefersoa
Q806)
| we have found that this evil has prev.
| ed upon the very litals Of the Union and
has been rrcjndicial To all the States in
! whichit has existed Join Randolph.
/ Of Virginia. b ttae
| Whereas, the traffic in slaves is ire
,eoncilahls with tie principles of human
| ity end Justice; and Whereas OH his
Majesty aud tie United States are des:r-