The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-09-19

Seard, after reading il, says it is 'TeTy able
work." and wishes that ''it may be universally
sstudied." q
This book Of Spooner denies tis< slavery
'Rsd any legal existence in the fce,ihssy at the
time ofthe Revolution, and holds that the Dec
laration Of independence makes si9yery even
now illegal,
In chapter II, the writer says:
"Our answer to this argument is, that at the
adoption of the Constitution of the United
States, there was no legal unconstitutional sla-
very in the States Not single State conSti-
tuition then in existence recognized, authorized
ur sanctioned slavery. All 'tic slaveholdng
then practised was merely "a private crime, com
mitted by one person sgainstenother, like theft
robbery, or murder"
"Slavery is Inconsistent With everything that
is either expressed or legsty implied in the
Constitution"
z"Ths illustration is sufficient to prove that
the power OF the General Government to liber
ate men from slavery, by the use oil the writ Of
habeas corpus, is Of the amplest character; that
il is not confined to the cases OF those who are
a part OF the people OF the United States and
so parties to the Constitution; that it is limited
only by the Territory OF the country; and that
sttutioa or lalos of any State.
'If these opinions are correct, it is the con-
stitutioual duty of Congress 10 establish courts
if need be, in every county and township even
where there are slaves to be liberated; to pro-
vide attorneys to bring the cases before the
courts, and to keep astanding military force, il
need be, to sustain the proceedings.
ain addition to the use OF the habeaS corpus,
Congress has power to prohibit the slave trade
between the States, which Of itself would do
much towards abolishirg slavery IN the northern
slaveholding States. They have power, also,
to organize, arm and discipline the slave as mi
litia thus enabling them to aid in obtaining and
securing their own liberty"
Our extracts are taken from the New York
Herald, of Oath March, 1860. This book does
not contain the violent language of the Helper
book, but is even more malign and insidious in
its attack upon the Constitution and the domes-
tic peace OF the country.
Read the following from the speech Of Owen
Lovejoy, prominent Republican from Illinois,
delivered in the House OF Representatives, A
pril 5, 1860:
"Slaveholding has been justly designated as
the SUM of all yilainy. Pat every crime per-
p6LraJPu among IH6E tnlO d tiOIdt CluClule, anu
dissolve and combine them ALL and the resultant
analgam is slaveholding 1t has the violence
of robbery.
"a MEMBER. You are joking.
"Mr. LovEJoY. No, sir, | am speaking in
dead earnest, before God, Gods own truth. 1t
has the violence OF robbery, the blood and cru
city of piracy; it has the offensive and brutal
lusts of polygamy, all combined and concentra
ted in ITSELF with aggravatons that neither one
of these crimes ever knew or dreamed Of
t"Mr. Chairman, was about stating, when
interrupted, that the principle upon which
slaveholding was sought to be justified in this
country would if carried out in the affairs OF
the universe, transform Jehovah the Supreme,
into an in infinite Juggernaut, rolling the huge
wheels of his omnipotence ankle-deep amid
the crushed, mangled and bleeding bodies of hu.
man beings laughter on the Democratic side
q. on the grocnd that he was infinitely superior
and they an inferior race"
Mr.. Lovejoy is pa"Son and is great favor
ite on the Republican side of the House. His
speech was re published in the New York Tri
bune, and praised for its "terseness and manly
vigor." He is warm political friend of Abra-
ham Lincoln, of course.
On the a4th July. $780, Mr.. John Hickman,
member from Pennsylvania, said, at Concert
Hall, Philadelphia:
II am not ignorant of the fact that those who
suppose they may rightfully make merchandise
of mothers and their children, seem to think
that they can shape the designs Of Providence,
and re write the history Of humanity, reversing
everything ou- fathers thought, and for the
maintainance of which they perIlled life and
honor"
The Hon. D. c. Leach from Michigan, on
the l4th March, 1860, said in the House of
Representatives;
"And hesitate not to say that these princi
Piles, (of the Republicans) faithfully observed in
the administration of government affairs will
lead to the abolition Of slavery in the District
of Columbia, to the repeal or essential modfi
cation Of the fugitive slave law, and to the lin
itatIon Of slavery to the States in which it now
exists. If these resolutions from the Repnbli
can platform mean anything they mean no less
than this And, sir, to limit slavery to is pre-
sent possessions, is to destroy it. 1t must ex,
pand or die"
book, in the Uniied States Senate, 18th De.
cember 1859:
"Now, I want to ask the Senator if .here is
anything in that book that he thinks dangerous
to the people Of any section of this country"'
y "Why, sir, has it come to
this in free America, that there must be cen.
sorship OF the press instituted-that a man can
not give currency to book containing argu.
ments that he thinks essentially effect the rights
of whele classes OF the free population Of this
nation? hope not, and believe not
Hear Mr.. Van Wick, ofNew York, leading
Republican Of the present House, on 7th March,
1860:
"You talk Of God, justice, and mercy, who
hold, claiming by DIVINE authority, four mil
lions OF human beings in hopeless and irretriev
able bondage, and ostracise free white men who
will not sing hosannas to your traffic in the bod
les and souls Of men, and stigmatize as murder
ers and felons those who will not applaud the
cruelty which tIamples upon all the attributes
OF the mind, thr affections Of the heIrt, given
by the Almighty to the children OF his own
creation"
1.-The fprosy Of slavery is lin the warp and
woof'' OF your organization"
We shall now ask your attention, iellow-citi
zens, to the speech Of Hon. Charles Sumner
delivered in the United States Senate on 4th
June, 1860 Mr.. Sumner is one Of the m)st
prominent and influential Republican leaders
Lie has been twice chosen Senator, and is a
warm supporter of Abraham Lincoln for the