Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-12-08
A sharp Answer.

/ Mrs. L. Maria Child, the abolitionis
who wrote to Gov. Wise asking the privil
ege of nursing John Brown, has replied t,
the Governors letter, and the documen
contains many truths, so told as to cut, a
every word, to the very core of the South
erb Fire Eaters code.
SHE THINKS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE sHouLr
BE SAUCE FOR THE GANDeR.
In your civil but very diplomatic reply
to my letter, you inform me that have /,
constitutional right to visit Virginia, fol
peaceful purposes, in common with every
citizen of the United States. was per.
fectly aware that such was the thory ol
constitutional obligation in the Slave
States; but was also aware of what you
omit to mention, viz: that the Constilu.
ton has, in reality been completely and
systematically nullified whenever it suited
tho convenience or the policy of the Slave
Power. Your constitutional obligation, for
which you profess so much respect has
never proved any protection to citizans Of
the Free States who happened to have a
black. brown, or yellow complexion; nor to
any white citizen whom you even suspect
ed of entertaining opinions opposite to
your own, on a question of vast importance
to the temporal welfare and moral example
of our common country. This total disre-
gard of constitutional obligation has been
manifested not merely by the Lynch law
of mobs in the Slave States, but by the de-
liberate action of magistrates and legisla-
tors. What regard was paid to conslitu-
tional obligation in South Carolina, when
Massachusetts sent the Hon. Mr.. Hoar
there as an onvoy, on purely legal errand |?
Mr.. Hedrick, Professor of political Econo-
my in the University Of North Carol ma,
had a constitutional right 10 reside inssthat
State. What regard was paid to that
right, when he was driven from his home,
merely for declaring that be considered
Slavery an impolitic system, injurious to
the prosperity of Statesl What respect
for constitutional right was manifested by
Alabama, when bookseller in Mobile was
compelled to flee for his life, because he
had, at the SPECIAL request of some of the
citizens, imported few copies of novel
that everybody was curious 70 read =
Your own citizen, Mr.. Underwood, had
constitutional right TO live in Virginia, and
vote for whomsoever be pleased. What
regard was paid to his rights, when be was
driven from your State for declaring HIM
sell in favor Of the election of Fremont
With these, and multitude of other ex-
amples before your eyes, it would seem as if
the less that was said about respect for con-
stitutional obligation at the South, the bet
ter. Slavery is, in fact an Infringement
of all law, and adheres TO no law, save for
its own purposes of oppression.
GOV. WISE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO
RoosT.
You accuse Capt. John Brown of "whet-
ting knives of butchery for the mothers,
sisters, daughters and babes" of Virginia;
and you inform me of the well-known fact
that he is arraigned for the crimes of muir
der, robbery, and treason" l will not here
stop to explain why believe that old he
ro 10 be no criminal, but a martyr TO prin-
eiples which he sought to advance by meth
DDS sanctioned by his own religious views,
though not by mine. Allowing that Capt.
Brown did attempt scheme in which mur-
der, robbery, and treason were, to his own
involved, I do not see how
Governor Wise can consistently arraign him
for crimes he has himself commended
You have threatened to trample on the
and break the Union, if ma
ority of the legal voters in these Confed-
Grated States dared to elect President un-
avorble to the extension of Slavery. Is
not such declaration, proof of premedi-
lated treasonl In the Spring of 1912, you
made speech in Congress, from whica /
copy the following:
"Once set before the people of the Great
Valley the conquest of the rich Mexican
Provinces, and you might af well attempt
o stop the wind, this Government might
end its troops, but they would run over
hem like heard of Buffaloes. Let the
work once begin, and l do not know that
he House would hold me very long. Give
ne five millions of dollars, and | would
Undertake 10 do it myself. Although
10 not know how set single squadron in
he field, | could find men to doit. Slave
y should pour itself abroad without re-
traint, and find no limit but the Southern
ocean. The Camanches should no longer
old the richest mines of Mexica. Every
.olden image which had received the pro-
anation of false worship, should soon be
Melted down to good American eagles. l L
7ould cause as much gold to cross the Rio
Ell Norte as the mules Of Mexico could car
y; aye, aud l would make better use of it,
DO, than any lazy, bigoted priesthood un-
er heaven.
When you thus boosted that you and
our booted loafers" would overrun troops
+ the United States '.like herd of Buffa- ,,
,es," it the Government sent them 10 arrest
our invasion OF a neighboring nation, at
eace with the United States, Gid you not
ledge yourself to commit treasoni Was
not by the murder of unofending ,
Iexicans that you expected to advance ,
rose schemes of avarice and ambition -
1hat humanity had you for Mexican
mothers and babes," whom you proposed (
make childless and fatherlessl And for !
hat purpose was this wholesale massacre \
, take place! Not to right the wrongs of i
by oppressed class; not to sustain any ..
reat principles of justice, or of freedom: ii