Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-05-03

Almighty has no attribute hich can take sfuc WIN
us In such an event" a9 "a .9lhao9 sfa te
Again, jefferson says; shast OF EnltosssN !
sThe abolition OF domestic slavery is the great
unhappily introduced in their infant state But
previous the acknowledgements or the slaves, it is
necessary to exclude further importatons from AZ
rica." .a4ala
Madison said: 7l50 sss ~ iafe SIS ~
"He thought it wrong to admit In the Constiiu i
ton the idea that there could be propesty in men,"
Monroe said; Eea .srlIi1 ~. fIldfe ~
s'We have found that this evil has preyed upon
the very vItals the Union, and has been prejudi-
cial to all the States in which it has existed"
Patrick Henry ssid
"It would rejoice my very soul that every ere OF
my fellow beings were emancipated. We ought
to lament and deplore the necessity OF holding
fellow-men in bondage. Believe me, shall hon.
or the Quakers for their noble efforts to abolish
slar cry" -1F rf.a
The foregoing are but few Of the many ex-
tracts which we could make, had we space and
time, but these sufficient to convince the hon.
est reader. that these great men were utterly oppo
scd to slavery, and that most of thcm-and a
mongst that number was George Washington
were in favor of abolishng it by law. To some it
may seem strange that, Investigator. citizen Of
Marshall County, and perhaps man arrived atthe
age of ofdiscretion, in fall possession of all his
tai faculties should assert and persist in asserting
that Washington, Jefferson and Madison, when
writing letters and documents Of which the above
extracts. alluded to the abolition of the Afri-
can Slave trade. But il must be remembered that
this is wicked and perverse generation and that
n
tor and his intelligent fellows are prone to err. 1t
win be by reference to the language in these
extraccs that nothing be more certain than that
the noble "fathers" alluded to, who shed their
blood in the glorious cause of human freedom,
were in favor of the abolition Of s.arey by lar!
If any respectable Republican Of this county shod
make use ofprecisely the same language the "Fath-
er Of his Country" used concerning slavery, he
would be hooted at and denounced by DEMO
GRATIS. as an abolition traitor; and if he were to
go to the very spot where Washington penned those
lines, and utter the sentiments contained in them,
Democrats would hang him high as Haman, for
thus they have said, and they honorable men,
The Democracy OF the South are honest enough to
admit that these glorious old Revolutionary heroes
were in favor of abolishuy slavery, and that they
recorded sentiments to that effect but they contend
that they were wrong,-that they then did not full
ly understand the blessings slavery conferred uron
black and white, bond aud free. To prove that
Washington had no desire to see slavery abolished
10y law-although oftentmes he said such was his
desire Investigator gives extract from his
farewell address. We have carefully read this cx-
tract and are as much pleased with every sentiment
in it when we read it years ago, and as any Dem
ocrat can possibly be now. We arc at total loss
to see the application Mr.. /. honestly make Of
even single line, though he very much distort it,
to sustain his position. The address says VIC sho'd
indignantly frown upon the first attemp: to alien
ate any portion of the country from the rest, or to
enfeeble the sacred tics which now link together
the various parts. Perhaps this is the part Invcs
tigator intended for the Republicans. If the Re-
publicans violate this injunction of the address be-
they hostile to the spread of slavery they
cannot be held culpable for it, for that hostility
which you wou ID call violation Of the injunction
was engendered by the written sentiments of the
immortal author of the farewell address. There i
not word or syllable in the address directly OF
indirectly concerning slavery or its aboshmeni
The Democrats in Congress last winter and else
where, and at other times, and all others who
threaten disun ion. the persons Washington had
reference to. No Republican in Congress last win
ter, threatened the dissolution Of the Union. Ma
ny Democrats who now in full party commuui
on did make such threats.
Says Investigator:
"In apoistfing slavery in Massachusetts, Men
York, &c. the reason and only reason, we eve
heard assigned, its unproftableness. 1t a:
not done by emancipation, and giving each slav,
sixty dollars. but BY disposing Of the human chat
tels-as God-like Massachusetts, would now sa y il
to other States-to Southern planters AM
, traders"
. One of the principal reasons urged by the De
mocracy in favor Of slavery, is its proftableness-
Then as long as they can possibly grind paltr,
dollar out of the poor slave, long will it be main
tanned. The reason God like Massachusetts, an,
r New York abolished slavery was because they new
er had much Of II, and we're fresh from the battle
they had been fighting for liberty, and knew it to
an accursed evil. They abolished it because il wa
was wrong as they abolished many other evils, am
not only because it was Improbable. They abol
ishcd it for the same reason hatit was not toera
TED IN CALIFORNIA.
Probably no man of the times in which he lived
> has been more wantonly misrepresented tha
Thomas Jefferson" Very true, and no set Of ME-
have done it thousandth part as mnch as tn
: Democrats.--They advocate the perpetuation 0
slavery, and he advocated its abolition, and yet the
profess to be his disciples and are now mantled
his cloak-Dcmocracy! but "Inves.igator" say
the misrepresentation is by othcrs--hc says, 9Th
: most ultra, uncompromising and senseless of til
|, abolition crew, quote from him to prove themseIye
followers in his footsteps &C." In the extrac
. jefferson speaks for himselfin language that can
not be mistaken. He denounced slavery and sal
: he wanted it abolished, and we presume he under
stood hmsclfbetter than "Iny csligator" ,cH under
{ stand him.. We cannot make palmer or stronge
his hostility to slavery by any words of os. there
E fore We simply refer again to the extract, one
e them reads thus: a- f;.i. ..d .-f...l s.......
/ "The abolition of domestic slavery is the grea
i est object of desire in these colonies, where wa
e unhapply introduced in their infant state. Br
: previous TO the acknowledgements of the slaves it
: necessary to exclude further importation iror
e Africa 4. ,fsss.- -, -...
! Jefferson himself said he was in favor Of th
: 'aboltion Of domestic slaDery and that that was
Il great adesire any thing ese in the colonies