, 1860-02-17
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
STEILACOOM, W. T. FRIDAY, FEB. II, 1860.
@THE IATPENDING CRIsIs.n

mAQe oOtu III Nhu Oub VI NOnSEess' HOd do h-
formation Of the public, we copy few extracts
from it, leaving the reader to draw his own con-
clusions respecting its character.
"Inscribed on the banner, which we herewith
unfirl to the world, with the full and fixed deter
mination to stand by it or die by II, unless one
of more virtuOus efficacy shall be presented, are
the notices which, in substance, embOdy the
principles, as we conceive, that should govern US
in our patriotic warfare against the most subtle
and insidious foe that ever menaced the inaliena-
BILE rights and liberties and dearest interests Of
America
lst. Thorough organization and independent
political action on the part Of the nOn-saveholding
whites Of the South.
Cd Inelgibility Of slaveholders-never an
other vote to the trafficker in human 1esh.
Sd. No cooperation with shareholders in poll
tics-no fellowship with them in religion-no
afiliation with them In society.
4th No patronage to slayeholding merchants
no guestship in slave-waiting hotels-no fees to
slavehoiding lawyers-no employment Of slave
holding Physicans-no audience TO slavehOlding
parsons.
9th. No recognition Of pro-slavery men, except
as rufiians, outlaws and criminals.
9th. Abrupt discontnuance Of subscription to
pro-slaye y n,wspapers
TIN. The greatest possible encouragement to
free white labor. 49, ..
sth. No more hiring Of slaves by nOn-slayt-
holders.
oh. Immediate death to slavery, or il not i'm
mediate, unqualified prescription Of its advocates
during the period Of lis existence.
10th A tax Of sixty dollars on every slave
holder for each and every negro in his pos sion
at the present time, or at any intermediate time
b tween now and the All Of July, 1s6l-said
mJnty to be apl to the tr .nspo tation Of blacAs
to Liberia, to their colonization in Central or
South America, or 10 their comfortable sett ement
within the boundaries Of the United States
lIth. An additional tax Of forty dollars per
annum to be levied annually, on every stakeholder
for each and every negro found in his poSsesss n
after the 4th Of July, lS63-said money to be
paid into the hands Of the negroes so held in
slavery, or, In case Of death, 10 their next Of Iii,
and 70 be used by them at their own option.
This then, is the outline Of our scheme for
the abolition Of slavery in the Southern States.
Let Il be acted upon with due promptitude. and,
as certain as truth Is mghtier than error, illeen
years will not elaPse before every fot Of terri
tory. from the mouth 10 the Dea Q Q 10 the en-
boguing Of the Bio -Grandc, will glitter with Il Q
Jewels Of freedom. Sometime du ing this va,
next or the year following, lei there b. general
convention q non.slav, ,holdIrs from every slave
State in the Union, to deliberate on the momen-
tous issues now pending."-Ip. l6E, 15e, 1871
Henctlorth, let It be dlstin y untosst Jod
that oWnershipin slaves constitutes naigibility
that II Is crime, as We vel believe Il IS, to
vote for q slavociat for any Office whatever. In
deed, II Is our honest conviction that all the prV
slavery slaveholders who are alone ryspnsblr
(or the continuance Of the baielul institution
among Us, deserve 10 be at once reduced ~ .
parallel with the basest criminals that lie fsttsred
within the cells Of our public prisons Beyond
the power Of computation is the extent Of the
moral, social civil and political evils which ICY
have brought, and are still bringing on the conn
try Were L possible that the whole numhcT
could be gathered together and transformed h.io
fur equal gangs Of licensed rObbers, rutlians
thieves and murderers, society, We feel assured,
would suffer less from their atrocities than il
docs now.'-(p. e5s, 1921 III ia
sSTo turn the slaves away from their present
hOmcs--away from all the property and means Of
support which their labor has mainly produced
w6ild be unpardOnably exceedingly un-
inst Stil more cruel and unjust would Il Be, how
ever, to the nOnsayehoding whites no less than 10
the negroes, to grant ather liberation to the exist
ence Of slavery. In any event, come what will,
transpire what may, the Institution must be abok
ished. The evils, II any, which are TO result from
It's abolition, cannot, BY any manner Of means, be
half Is great as the evils which are certain to
oyertake Us IN case Of It's continuance The per-,
petuatiOn Of slavery Is the climax Of iniquitys--
Vein his matter however, 90 far has wrong
tfidmphed over right, that the slaveholders-a
mere handfulof tyrants whose manual exercises
are wholly comprised In the use they make Of
instruments Of torture, such % whips clubs,
bowie-kniyes and pistols-have as the result Of
series Of actsof their own vilIainOus legislation,
become the sole and niggardly proprietors Of al.
most every important item Of Southern wealth"
sonce ior all, within a reasonably short period,
LAT us make the slayeholders do something like
Justice 70 their negroes, by giving each and every
one Of them bis freedom, and sixty dollars in
current money; then let Us charter all the
ocean steamers, packets and clipper ships that
can be had on liberal terms, and keep them con-
stantly plying between the ports Of America
and Africa, until all slaves shall enjoy freedom
In the land Of their fathers. Under well de-
vlsed and properly conducted system Of opera
tons. but q few years would be required to re-
deem the United States from the monstrous
curse Of negro slavery ZIP. 1881
But, sirs, knights Of bludgeons, chevaliers (
bowie-knives and pistols and lords Of the lash,
we are unwilling TO allow you to swindle the
slaves out Of ali the rights and claims TO which
as human beings, they are most saeredly enti-
ted. Not alone for onrsell as an individual,
but for others also--particularly for five or six
millions OF Southern non'slavehOlding whites,
whom your iniquitous statism has dobarred
from almost all the mental and material comforts
OF liIe-do We speak, when we say you must
emancipate your slaves, andpay each and every
one Of them at least sixty dollars cash in hand"
Up. 1851
aAnd now, slrs, we have thus laid down our
ultimatum. What are you going to do about
itp Something dreadful, rs matter Of coursei
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