Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-17
NEW SERIES-VOL. I.-NO. IA,

No more does the "all men" in the Dec.
iaration give them these privileges. This
Is essentially government of white men,
made for white men, and ruled by white
men, all of whom are equal"
Li"cobtsnd his supporters deny the right Of
property in slaves. .-
In addition to the extracts we have al
ready given from Mr.. Lincoln's speeches.
wherein he contends that the negro is the
equal OF the white man, and is entitled to
his lib ,rty, and, as necessary conse.
quence, cannot rightfully or legally be
held as a slave, we find him, in a letter to
the republicans of Boston, under date Of
April l3, 1859, again denying the right Of
property in slave:
"The democracy Of to day hold the lib
erty Of one man " be absolutely nothing
when in conflict with another mans right
of property. Republicans on the contra>
ry, are for both the man and the dollar,
but, in case of conflict, the (negro) man be-
fore the dollar.
"This is world of compensations anG
he who would be no slave must consent
to have no slave. Those who deny free
dom to Others deserve it not for them
selves, and, a,dsr ajust God, cannot long
retain it."
u Senator Seward in a speech delivered
Buffalo, N. Y. October, 1855, used this
pecided language
| "lf all men are created equ al, no one
can righJully hold dominion ovcr, or property
in, another man, without his consent. If all
men are created equal, one man cannot
rightfully exact the service or the labor
of another man without his consent. The
sutjugatiou of one man to another by
force, so as to compel involuntary labor
or service. subverts that equality between
the parties which the Creator established"
Hon. Charles Sumner, senator from
Massachusetts,, whom the black republi-
cans have almost deifed, in his recent
speech in the Senate, June 4, 1860, scouts
the idea that imam can hold property in
man." Hear him; -
at is only when slavery is exhibited in
its truly hateful character that we can full
lily appreciate the absurdity OF the assump-
ton which, in defiance of the ConstituS
ton, yet fosts into this blanleless text
the barborous idea that man can hold
, property in man. Force
most, of course in these elements is the
, impossible pretenson, where barbarism is
lost in impiety, by which man claims prop
erty in man. Against such arrogance the
J argument is brief. There
is no sanction for such pretensioh no or
| dinance for it, or title"
S Now, hear the Hon. Mark Trafton, of
Massachusetts,, in the House of Represen-
tstives, August 6, 1856:
D "What right have their owners tn prop :,
? erty in maui Who gave you this right p
. Show bill of sale fiom your Maker, and
: we will admit it to be authoritative un-
i til tEat time, we demur. No, sir; in the
: eternal principles Of right one man cpnnot
o,cn another" -. .
Hon. Owen Lovejoy, Of illinois, said in'
: his speech, in the House, ApriI5 1850:
;, "As l remarked, Mr.. Chairman, this
4 brings us to confront slavery, and ask
= what right this Csliban has on earth
= say no right My honest conviction is thai
$ all these slaveholding laws have the same
n moral power and force that rules among
! pirates have for the distribution of their
# booty, that regulations among robbers
n have FOR the division'of their spoils. n
i | insist that any laws for enslaviDg men
e have just the same force as the arrange
y ment among robbers and pirates have for
|. distributing their spoils."
e The Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hamp-
Q shire, in speech delivered In the Senate
i February 20, 1860, not only denies for
;. himself, but for a large portion Of the re
y publican party, the doctrine that man can
o hold property in man. He said:
= "Let it be understood, also, that vasi.
: numbers of those who comprise the re-
= publican party, and of those who sympa-
thize with it, deny the right Of any man
> or hody of men to hold or establish prop~
: erty in man."
/ In this same vein spoke the old Apostle
/ Of black-republican;sm, joshua r. Cid
f dings, in the House OF Representatives,
g May, l6, 1854:
"He who bestowed on US hisown image,
demands that we should maintain the
|. dignity of the race. Man in his rudest
$ state has ever refused to become the prop
i erty of his brother. To call men proper
d ty is q libel upon ourselyes."-Appendix
rs Cong. Globe, Ist sess. 33d Cong, page 9SS.
o We quote next from the speech of Hon.
II G. b. Selgwick, Of New York, delivered
in the House, March 26, 1867
! Slavery stands wholly upon the law OF
m Vloieilcc anu superior lorce. IL MUS Ho
!, support in equality, in right, in Christian
~ ity. speak deliberately, Mr..
= Chairman, when say, for myself, that no
" forms of constitutions or law, however
;, soleunly agreed upon, or whatever high
:, claims they may have to authority, inten-
~ ded to recognise or authorize, or guaran :
ty any such system of outrage and vio~
,. lence upon human rights, has the least ef.
IS ficaoy to bind the conscience or control
u tho action Of the citizen of auy govern
d ment under Heaven. 1. is clear usurpa-
Q ton and Tyranny, and not law. 1t stands,
l. say, wholly upon the law of force. BY
g and by, some Annus or Spartacus will rise
up in their midst, and contest with the
i masters this question of superior force"
y Continued in our nert.)
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