American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-12-22
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Legislature sinsd sgsipss free regIoss. d..
signing io either driys Them from lbs State
or .nslaye them. Justice Car, OF the
Supreme Ceurt Of the United Stats. has
vtiifq iotbe, Nashville Union, and Amer,
icsn Che f0lloyipg letter, protesting against
the passage, OF this Infamous bill:
70 sfhs Ea't0rs Cf@s Union end A,asri.
con.
DEAs SIR:-I have for seysril weeks
past been shxiously Waiting TO heai what
tine views Of your leading jodtp%islwere'o 90
the bin pending before our Legislslura.
pEopO ing TO enslaFs; or drive from, the
State. the free colored population now a.
mongSt US. II provides that these per-
sons shall be siezsd and sod IL found here
after tiIeEfiret 6f May next, ilf .they ARE a.
duIts--s thai Hlschildren shall bebouod
out, &s.,the adults are allowed to emigrsie
TO Afriei, 10 which case some slight aid IS
to be furnished By the State, TO assist in
her transportation Sor secondly ,athey I~y
seek master and 60 Into slavery .ssifl
Nov. w.wbpsrs these people? There isI
NOT one 10 one hundred OF them, 10 say the
least, that ever has been slave. Usually
their mothers, grandmothers, or great
grandmother, were slaves, who were e
msncipated by masters, for neEitorloas
services. or from benevolent moiyss., by
the Courts Of Justice according 10 isw, -
They an have a vested rigbtto freedom By
| juJgmen.s and decrees ofO0urts. UBdet
oaE constitution Of 1895, the freel colored,
men voted st the polls Tha. sheold Con
stituiion extended to item and protected
tiieir rights TO 4 certain extent. isiree from
doubt. But psss BY this quest on, - a p
My objection TO the bill is,ihAt it sproa
poses tocommit an outrage, 10 perpelIaie
an oppression and cruelty. This IS the
plain tfutb, and tits idle 10 mince words
10 soflenthe fact. Letus look she propoa
silion boldly iip the face. This depressed
and helpless portion of, our population IS
designed to be'driven out, or to be ensla-
we'd for life. and their property foffeitef.
as nosIsve can hold property. The mo'hs
era are TO be sold, or driven aWsy from
| their children /, many OF than infants -
The children, are TO be bound out until they
are 'twenty-on years OF age, and then tc
leave tBe State or be sold: which means
that they are TO be made slaves for life. Ia
fact. Now Of these women and children
there is hardly one in ten that is Of unmix-
ed negro. blood. S,me are half white;
many have half white mothers, and white
fathers, making cast Of 87J4looths oi
white.blood; many have ai:hird cross in
whichIhe negro blood is almost extinct.
such is the unfortunate trEth. Tuis De
scription Of people who were born fret
and lived as free persons are to be intro-
duced as slaves into our families, or into
our negroe quarters, there TO be under an
oyerseer, or they are to be sold to the ne.
gro trader and sent South. there 10 be
whipped by overseers-ana to,preach RE-
BELLIosa 10 the NEGRO quarters--ass they
will preach rebellion everywhere, that they
may be driven to by this unjust law. .whelh
er 1t be amongst US here in Tennessee, Of
South OF US onthe cotton and sugar pian
tasions, or in the abolition meetings in th'
free States. Nor will the women be- tht
least effsetiVsin preaebinga crusaae,wheT
begging money in. the North to relieve
) their children left behind in this State il
. bondage So" 8 - 80
We are told that this Free Negro
BilP' is polite, popular messure.-
5 Where is il popular? In what nook o.
corner of the State are the principles o
} humanity so deplorsbly deficient. that
majority Of the white Inhabitants would
commit an outrage not committed sin
t Christian country Of which. history giye'
any account. In what country is 1t, this
side OF Africa that the mjoritl
! have ensIaved the minority--seld The
, weak Ito THE strong and applied tn
! proceeds OF the sale 10 educate the chill
8 dren of the stronger side, as this bill
3 proposes? 6 1t if an open assertion tha
: '.might makes right % Il is re.opsninl
5 the African slave trade. ini fscte' In thai
1 trade the strong capture the weak. ane
. sell then. sAHd so twill be here, if tbl
t policy is carried out. u u ~ "a
J All over the State. those who are re
8 sponsible for passing the bill will have u
! content with fearful pn6lio opinion. mad
: up Of eli the women who have moral char
! aeters.and religious feelings; backed b.
9 tie. clergy, and sssuredly by . very large
majority OF the members of all the church
9 es; for We must carry Saiohg with us the
] important fact thathumbers Of the apeo
: pie soughtto be enslayed. .cor driven put
a belong 10. aud are members Of ogryari
T Gus churches and in full communion, =
3 That these great 6oddies Of christian me
and women win quietly stand BY and Sc
! Ftbeir hambleco,workers sold on Ahs bloc
!, to theinegto trader, is,not to be expected
0 nor viii any set Of men be supported, mo-
. ally or politically, who are tue authors 9
$ such law.
}. Nor is this half The truth. Take AT Il
Free st.tes, and howwiIlthe matter stand
q There, those staunch and upright men wi
sreastruggling to uphold the constiIIausIsc
! and laws, and 10 project the rights ot Y
! South in the enjoyment Of their slave Pr'
|, epnerty, will be mel BY our law win be ta1n
7 ed before the million. win have. II put I
! them sqnareIy whether they sAnct'on,Sth
: cruel measure as 3 part ,lof the So9tnseif
tcIeed, to wit .tha. all negroes. nlt ana soese 1
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