Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-07-12
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mise. 1t is the very nature OF despotlsm
to override all rights, and grasp in its iron
embrace its intended victims, making
might its only limit. While u own
Government is, in theory, one of freedom,
and should be in practical operation the
protector of he rights Of humanity, 1t has
unfortunately fallen into the hands Of
those who deny the principles on which
1t was founded, and who are %perverting 1t
10 the sanction and maintenance of the
most odious of all the blasphemous claims
Of the Divine right Of Kings and EmPe-
rors to rule and Cypress the people.
We gave some three weeks since, the
letter of Gen. Cass on the rights OF natu-
rallied citizens, surren!eling the doctrine
heretofore maintained by this Government,
and giving the sanction OF the Admins
uation to the claims of the despots OF Eu-
rope, and virtually denying the protection
Of this Government to those 1t has natural
lied. This we thought might have been
expected FROM the Administration OF
james Buchanan. But we must confess
TO a total surprise ut the facility with
which the friends of Douglas lave at
TEMPTED to cut under and even Guido the
Administration itself in this base surren
der. And our German friends, especially,
must admire the cool audacity with which
they are classed with fugitiOe SLAVES. and
their relations with the Kings and lords
Of the countries from which they came,
placed upon the precise condition as the
negro in Virginia. That they may see
the light in which they are viewed by the
Democracy, we quote from the Estates"
published in Washington City, a leading
Democratic paper, and the organ of Doug
las. 1t says:
'ln Prussia, every male child is born a
soldier. The King has a claim upon him
for a certain number Of years of military
duty, aChich is just as Ualid as tie claim Of
a Vir1inian to a SLAVE child. for 'ife is Valid
by tie Constitution Of Tie Union.
IF a male quits his realm. at whatever
age, without having discharged such duty,
he Is ever liable for it's performance, either
personally or by a substitute. upon re-en,
tering the realm.
No obligations which he can take upon
himself to another county, and no protec'
ton winch such country can extend to HIM
can impair this claim, because it is Of an
terror existence.
For instance, if q male Stare of Vr
ginia-one of Mr. BoH's, for instance
ayerc TO eScape from his oecn5r, proceed t.
Prussia, there become a subject OF th
Crown, and subsequently return TO VIZ
ginia, is it likely that he would be restore
To Prussia upon the demand that he is
Prussian subject?
The notion is too absurd to be enter
tanned by d rational being. Old Virgin
would surrender her existence before sh
would surrender him.
:'THe cases are identical. So long
the slave remained under the jurisdicuo
of Prussian law, or cut OF the confines
the Uni ed States, 50 long would lis ma
ter be without a remedy for his wr3n;
and so long as the Prussian, who 9w'
military service, remains in the Unite
States, or without the confines Of Prussi
and the Germanic Confederation, so Ion
is he secure from the exactions of the SOY
ereign III whose realm he was born"
There. you have the latest step in &C
vance of mordern Democracy. All Il
people OF Europe are the slaVes of Il
Lord5-as much so as the slaves in Vi
GINA. Those who come here and becon
naturalizad are simply fugitive sla0eS, e
capped from their masters! They have
''rights which these matters are bound
respect" 1.-The cases." says this pape
between Il na.uralized citizen aud a fus
tive slave from Virginia ''dre identical
We have no fugitive slave treaty wi
those countries by which they can be
liyered up by II Marshals and sa
catching Commissioners, but if their NIX
lers can catch them they have a Divi
right to do so and this government v
give them no protection!
Viii our naLuralized citizens look t
thing fairly in the face? AS long as th
men can use you for their purposes, p
haps no sucll treaty may be made. ]
let the mass of the Germans, for instat
vote the Republican ticket and h til
These leaders have already denied t
you have any right which they are boz
10 re pect-that you stand in the pre-
~yeiatiou of fagtiuo SLdOos-that your @
safety is III the absence Of n taw apple;
10 y,u case. Now give them the !
text, and if in power, how long will i