The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-14

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SHOULD THE NORTH DO WHAT THE SeurH WI,
NOT s-The fundamental principles on wh,l
| me pro-sayeiy Democracy insist that they have
isht e carry their negroes into all ie terrific
res OF the Union and plant slavery there. is TIM
slaves are property in the same sense that oxen
sheep and asses are property This d ,ct,ine " !,
efectually exploded BY Mr. Douglas himself in +,
speech in lS49 or 80, but it is convent MT for him
| ana ms friends now to forget the scuad consti
sntloaal principles which he then ens,ciated-
Inc pfinclpie that slaves are sinrl- property.
FORMS the basis of action under ill., Fugitive
slave law. Granting for a moment. fiji; the sake
4 the argument, thst they are 80 iii ,vety sense
look at the monstrous assumptions .titr ghiel,
their owners assert their claims They insist
THAT all the power of the General G lyernment
silaii be used to catch and restore Their Dart;cu
lar kind Of property. Not only mus the Gov.
erlinent do the catching at its own charges hut
1t must impose fines and imprisonment upon III
VINO cannot or will not do this mean and .sdrtv
work"
Ihfee q the most respectable citizens or our
own state are now before the United States
Court charged with sins of omission and .o,,
MISSION under the Fugitive Slave Law. The
negro, "Jim,' was claimed to be the i. oDarty of
citizen Of Missouri The United States Gov.
2 nment infiicts pains and penalties UPON our cit
lzens because they did not seiz ti.c fIleac;ons
Niger Now suppose that fifty head Of cattle
owned BY these citizens of Ottawa Il 4 made i
stampede for Missouri, would the L. 8 Marshal
az the expense Of the Government. pgrsue AMI
restore them TO their owners inciosu.e al Otta-
wa Would not the owners Of tie cattle hive
peei ~. 70 theif own catching, and at their own
cost ana charges Now If il is time TINT slaves
~ properly ana that the Geyermient il in duty
pound 70 usa all its power and all lis noney
whenever ''nigger gets loose" to catch hin,
why y It not equally imperative for til Govern.
heht 20 catch property with four legs IL well Al
Two i u not plainly absurd thai the Govern. |
heht should assume the responsible, 81 nuarl
lls The property of one section while Ii ntterlr
gnores that responsibility in the othqry WI,
mould twenty-five millions Of men w|,o hold III
aaves De taxed to catch the ..nggersr IL 4 ,ew
hundred thousand who are the patrial Ill Of th.
peculiar institution"
!, ufanting for the moment that the Fusiti, 8
'laFe Law IL constitutional; that a .tlaose III.
~ should be restored 10 the service ~ it,
Master, We do insist that the cost Of iii annre-
ension should be borne BY his mas ~. St;II
iofe, mat free men who have no taste for the
uftf work, should not be forced to eusaoe ~
:. southern gentlemen" have again and aca;n
~ tiey would not apprehend fugitive. that
isfepatable business il committed to Iii enaar
mite trash, who are but too willing Ia at III
iiding o. the iorlly stakeholder WIZ should
orthern gentlemen be forced to do What I'M
wners Of slaves would noty
~ may De said that slave property would de-
feciate one-half if the q. s. Government d;d
o' step IN 70 protectit. That il the business ii
= owners, not the concern of Northern free
ZEN. II the South choose to deal IN tint Nina
property which uses its legs to run away IN
ZEN take the consequences; but do N cali ~
orshern people, either to engage in the race -
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