The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-04-26

VIII spring up in Kentucky and in all the Slay
STATES ere long and these Disunionists and gen
0 uemen Whom you see violent now will be dis
e paced by more moderate, and-if NAV saw 81
! without being ohensive-more sensible men
oeheve IN that doctrine 1 de not endorse ey
cry expression in the Helper book, for bay,
not sCuuled every expression but the philosoph,
OF the book, the idea of organizing party in th
v slave States as against Slavery, l am in favo
OF, and expect to see it accomplished, Wha
; Is the objection to the book? The objection i
}, mat citizen OF the United States, an America,
citizen, addressed himselfto his fellow-citizens
e In II. peaceful way, through the press, and TO
THIS you lind fault with him and say that he mus
De hanged, and that any man who signed rec
: ommendation for the circulation of his book is
0 "blightng, blasting, burning whitening curse,
0 and must not occupy that chair. want to know
! II 1t has come to this? Has not an American
= cltlzen right to speak to an American citizen
want the right of uttering what say here il
i richmond claim the right to say what 1 say
7 here in Charleston
, Mr.. BoNHAM-I ask the gentleman why h,
does not attempt to assert his right?
l MIR. LovEJoY--Yes, Sir. The gentleman
, comes from Slave State, in which they are il
the habit of speaking of the laboring classes il
tue Northern States as 'greasy mechanics" "fl
thy operatives" "small- listed farmers, and they
leer at US as worse than Slaves. This insulting
+ language can be, and is used in the Free States
! without molestation or injury. Yet, they say
III you come here and utter the sentiments which
you sincerely believe, we will hang you" Il
mechanic from Free State goes there and ut.
tiers the sentiment that he thinks-if sthey had
2 more white laborers and fewer black ones, that
E labor in the south would be more respectable
What would you do with him? Denude him
scourge him, and, to intensity the ndigaity, you
drive the knotted thong, by the hand of slave
deep IN his quivering flesh then tar and feather
him; and then put him on the cars, still naked
10 be sent long distance, and threaten with vi.
oence the man who has the compassion to give
2 him cup of coffee. And, finally after being
Jeered at every station along the route, this vic.
tim OF your cruelty, a free citizen, crawls into q
stable and stealthily begs, the cast-o clothes
OF an oster to hide his nakedness. You drive
away young ladies that go to teach school i'm.
prison or exile preachers of the Gospel and pay
your debts by raising the mad-dog cry of Adolf,
tlon against the agents of your creditors.
: Mr.. BARKsDALE--The meanest slave in the
South IS your superior, [Cries of"Order !" from
the Republican side
Mr.. MARTIN Eva. III hope gentlemen from the
South will let him talk as he pleases but 90
away and not listen to him.
A Member, on the Republican side-Well, 90.
} "Stand not on the order of your going, but go
l at once"
Mr., Lovejoy-When the Jews could not not
! do anything else they spit upon Christ and said
he was possessed of devil Laughter One
of the earliest settlements of Virginia was made
by fngitiYe slave. John Smith was captured
IL WI and sold to heightened. chivalrous Turk
and IT at the task Of threshing The master
!, rode up to the barn door one day, and said,
Jack you rascal, why don't you thresh faster!"
Jack-horreScc 'cterenS flew at his master,
killed him with his fail Ooh for Harper's Fer
ry Committee } sprang into the vacant saddle
aud escaped, and came and settled at jamestown
Oh tor South-side preacher to admonish John
to stay and serve his master, whose money he
was, like a good Christ an dog !" A moment
= sir Let US look at this question ASIDE nom It's
r moral aspects. And want to know what right
l slavery, stakeholder, has to go with slaves
into the common Territories OF the u. S.. You
talk about the equality of the States, and grant
it. The citizens of Slave State have all the
rights in the Territories that citizen of free
State has. You have the right, / concede, to 90
into the common Territories and live there with
any kind OF property we can take but you have
not the right to take slaves. This is the dis
tinctoD make. At liberal estimate there
are not more than two millions of people in the
United States interested in slave labor There
are only four hundred thousand SHAREHOLDERS
There are thirty millions of people in this coun-
try. There are twenty-eight millions interested
in the system of free labor, and two millions in
that of slave labor. The free system accommo-
dates some eight millions in the slave States bet
ter than the slave system. Here is the point.
If slavery goes into the Territories, free labor
cannot go there. The presence of Slavery with
out any local law for the purpose is the exclu-
sion offree labor. If you take slavery there, l
cannot go there with The N. Y Tribune, The
Erening Post, The Independent, or any similar
paper, religious or secular. ] cannot 90 with
the minister l desire to hear preach the gospel
Free Schools cannot go there. You say indeed
we can go. Yes; SO all may go to public
house. 1t is common to all who choose to make
it their temporary abode All are invited to the
table d. hote. The landlord opens the :doors of
the dining hall, and says, "Walk in gentlemen -
but if a man sitting there is leprous, dripping
with contagious disease, no one will go in. 1t
| is really as much an exclusion as if the doors
were closed and barred against his entrance
| So if slavery goes, Freedom cannot go. favor
the equality of the States. l favor the right of
every citizen of slave State to 90 into the Ter
ritories ; but deny that he has the right to
practice slaveholdng there, for it is not an in
stitutlon-it was never instituted ; never estab-
| lished by law-but practice like polygamy. I
say that they have not right to go there and
practice this high crime, so injurious to man.
and so offensive to God. And this is the ques-
ton whether these twenty eight million PEG.
pie shall be accommodated, or two million people
shall be accommodated for, repeat, the pres
ence of slavery is the utter exclusion of free la
Dor and the institutions of freedom. deny no
one their rights. The slave States are equal to
the free States. 1t is poor, pitiful, and patry
patriotism that cannot take in the entire extent
, of its country; but do deny that Slavery has
the same right as freedom in this country-l
Freedom is the Isaac Freedom is the heir of
promise. Slavery is the Hagar and Ishmael and
they must go into the wilderness, and freedom
shall have the entire inheritance. God aud the |
fathers gave it to freedom and tree institutions
1t belongs TO freedom-not to me ; not to the
citizens of free States, but to freedom, to the
utter exclusion of slaveholding. Now gentle
men, l know you are in mood to take a little |
advice. laughter tell you love you all. |
Renewed laughter.
Mr. Mcqueen-I utterly repudiate your love. |
Mr.. LoVejoy-Sinners did that of Christ but |
he loved them still. Laughter
Mr.. Mcqueen-I do not think he loves you
much.
Mr.. LovEJGY-Mr. Chairman, I say
| claim the privilege of going anywere
and everywhere within the limits of this
American Republic, as free citizen,
unmolested. and if uttering, in an or
derby and legal way, any sentiment that
| choose to utter; and yet,are we allow
ed to do it? Are we, in these United
States,to be subjected to violence, out
rage tar and feathers, burning. imprison-
ment,, and the gallows? Answer that
question. I know gentlemen say that
self preservation is the first law of ma
ture; buff you cannot keep Slavery
and follow free discussion and all the |
say, in Gods name, before free discus
sion and all the rights of free citizens
are to be sacrificed to that Moloch of
of Slavery, that Moloch must be immola
ted at the shrine ofliberty, free speech,
free discussion; and all the rights that