Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-17

laration give them these privileges. This
IS essentially government Of white men,
made Tor white men, and ruled by white
men, all Of whom are equal"
Lincoln and his supporters deny the r,yh of
property N slave5.
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 liG srty, and, as necessary cOnse-
quence, cannot rightiully or legally be-
held as a slave, we find him, in q 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 to 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 hC dollar
This is a world Of cOmpensations and
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, 'oder AUST God, cannot long
retain it,"
Senator Seward ina speech delivered
Buffalo, n. Y. October, 1855, used this
pacided language
"If all men are created equ al, no one
can righyuly hold dominion over or proDerty
IN, another man, without his consent. ifail
men are created equal, one man cannot
rightfully exact the service or the labor
Of another man without his consent. The
subjugatiou of one man TO another by
| force, so as TO compel involuntary labor
or service, subvcrls that equality between
the parties which the Creator established"
Hon. Charles Sumner, senator from
| Massachusetts,, whom the black republi-
cans have almost deifed, in bis 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
: ly appreciate the absurdity OF the assump-
! ton which, in defiance of the Constitu>
! tion, yet foists into this blanleless text
! the barborous idea that man can hold
! property in man. Fore
/ most, of course in these elements is the
! impossible pretension, where barbarism is
lost in impiety, by which man claims prop
erty in man. Against such arrogance the
argument is brief. There
Is no sanction for such pretension; no Or.
dinRnce for it, or title"
Now, hear The Hon. Mark Trafton, Of
Massachusetts,, in the House of Represen-
tatvos, August 6, 1856:
"What right have their owners to prop.
cry in man? Who gave you this right p
Show bill of sale fIom your Maker, and
we will admit it to DO authoritative; un-
| til that time, we demur. No, sir in the
eternal principles of right one man cDnllos
OlCR another"
Hon. Owen Loyeioy, of Illinois, said in
his speech, in the House, April s. 1860:
"As | remarked, Mr.. Chairman, this
brings US to confront slavery, and ash
what light this Caliban has on earth ? /
| say no right Ny honest conviction is thai
all these slaveholding laws have the same
moral power and force that rules among
pirates have for the distribution Of their
4 booty, that regulations among robber,
| have for the division Of their spoils. X
| insist that any laws for enslaving men
have just the same force as the arrange
ment among robbers and pirates have for
distributing their spois."
The Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hamp-
shire, in speech delivered in the Senate
February 20, 1860, not only denies for
himself, but for large portion of the re
publican party, the doctrine that man cal
hold property in man. He said:
LET it be understood, also that vasl
numbers of those who comprise the re
publican party, and of those who sympa-
! th:ze 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 lack-repubican;sm, joshua r. Gid
dings, in the House of Representatives,
May, l6, 1854:
"IIc who bestowed on us his own image
demands that we should maintain the
dignity of the race. Man in his rudesL
state has ever refused to become the prop
erty of his brother To call men proper
ty is n libel upon ourselves. ."-AppendiN
Cong. Globe, Ist sess. Sod Cong, page 9So
We quote next from the speech OF Hon.
G. +. Sedgwick, of New York, delivered
in the House, March %, 1860:
/ Slavery stands wholly upon the law OF
violence and superior force II finds no
support in equality, in right, in Christian
ity. speak deliberately, MI.
Chairman, when | say, for myself, that NO.
forms Of constitutions or law, however
solemnly agreed upon, or whatever high
claims they may have to authority, inten-
ded to recognise, or aut horize, or guaran
ty any such system Of outrage and vio-
lence upon human rights has the least OF.
fcacy to bind the conscience or control
the action Of the citizen OF any govern
ment under Heaven. l. is Clear usurpa-
ton and Tyranny, and not law. 1t stands,
| say, wholly upon the law of force. By
and by, some Annus or Spartacus Will rise
up in their midst, and contest with the
masters this question Of superior force
(ConhEued ia our Hsrt
TuE NUMBER Of BSDIEs FoUND. The to
tal number of dead bodies recovered from
the Lady Elgin disaster or Lake Miohig