M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-30


very for the sake of doing them a fa-
vorl Shall we fee the ours of slavery
in order to make them rich at our ex.
penSe9 Shall We pay the whelps oI
slavery for the privilege of converting
them into decent, honest, upright
men! No, neyer"p. 32S.
THEIR REVERENCE FOR THE BIBLE.
Even thqt system, however, the
worst, which seems to have been
practioed to a considerable extent by
those venerable >old fogies, ABRAHAM
ISAAC, and JACOB, was one ofthe mon
strons inventions of SATAN that God
'winked at.'"p. 275.
HORRIBLE sEETIMENTs--iF CARRIED OUT
h (, TO wHAT'VlLL THEY LEAD!
"The oligarchs say we cannot abol.
ish slavery without in frnging on the
rights of properly. Again we tell
them, we do not recognize property
in man." p. 1913.
YImpelled by sense of duty to 9th
ers, we would be fully warranted in
emancipatNg all the slaves at once,
without anyNcompensation whatever
to those who claim to be their abso-
lutte owners."p. 1913.
''lt is for Won to decide whether we
IRE to have justice peaceably or by
violence, for whatever consequences
may follow, wc.Gre determined to have
it ono, way or tie other. Do You as
pire tdAbecome&he victims of white
-slave,holding vengeance by day,
and Of barbarous massacre by the ne
grOes at nightl Sirs, you must eman-
cipate them-speedily emancipate
them, or, weNSill emancipato them for
you" PIP. 12S, 129.
REPUBLIcANIs5G AND ABoLITIoNlsM sY-
NoNYMOUs.
"Then we are an Abolitionist?-'
YES! Not merely frce.soiler, but
an ABOLlIlONlST, in the fullest
sense Of the term. We are not only
in favor Of keeping slavery out of the
Territories, but carrying our opposi.
ton TO the institution a step farther,
we here unhesitatingly declare our0oIf
iii favor Of its immediate, and uncon-
ditional abolition, in evry State in
this Conlederacy, where it now ex,
ists." PIP. 25, 2G.
"Hitherto as mere hee,Goilers, you
have approached but half way to the
line sryour duty" now for your own
sakes and for ours, and. for tho .pm.'
pose of fperpetuating this glorious BE.
public, which your fathers and our
fathers founded III soptennAl streams
Of blood, we ask you, in all SERIOUS
ness, to organize yourselvec ayone
nan under the banners of.Liberty, aud |
to aid us in exterminating slavery
which is the only thing that initiates
ns j nat;on complete ags5endi7omont
SIN this extraordinary crisis of af.
fairs, no man can be a true patriot
without first becoming an Abolifon-
ist. "a free.soiler Is only a tad pole
in an~advgnced state of transforma.
ton; an HboG6onSt the full and per-
5ectly developed frog)' 'p. 116.
. "Abolition is but another ramo for
patriotism, and its other special sy-
arc generosity, magnanimity,
prudence, wisdom, religion,
progress, justice, and humanity" p.
l16.
"To conniye at the perpetuation of
Slavery is to disobey the commands Of
Heaven. Not to be an A5olitionist
is to be willul and diabolical inGtru.
ment Of the devil. The South needs
to be free, the South wants to be free,
The South shall be free!" PIP. 367, 368.
"OdS motto, and we would have
you to understand it, is the Abolition
Of Slavery, and the perpetuation ofthe
American Union. Sirs, you can
neither foil nor intimidate uo; our
purpose is as firmly fixed as the eter-
nal pillars Of Heaven; we have deter
mined to abolish slavery, and so help
rs God; abolish it we will" 1S6,
lS7.
"We ase determined to Abolish
Slavery at all hazards-in defiance of
Ill the opposition, of whatever nature,
which tits possible for the slaveo-
,rats to bring against us. Of this
hey may take due notice, and govern
themselves accordingly" p. 149.
Mr.. Seward says of the "Impen.
ling Crisis" ."-"I have read the I'm !
Crisis of the South with deep 8
Ittention. Itseems to me a work of !
,reat merit, rich, yet accurate, in sta. :
istlcal information, and logical in :
.nalysis." " F !
We also give an extract from a let i
er of Joshua r. Giddings On this
ubject.
VAsH1NeToy, q. Q. Feb. 5, 1860. .
"Our friends at home should be d
IoU to canaura thair t;,os .