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The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-09

But were denounced as sympa'
thizlng with lelons-althoug
many of these men were born ir
the State, and reared among us
All can po.at to their fair con-
duct to Vindicate their character
-conscious Of their loyalty tc
the laws. and innocence OF the
charge laid to them. Yet such
is the tyranny Of public opinion
that it degrades them in their
own estimation in spite Of them,
and in the estimation of misled
good men.
Long editorials are published
in Christian Advocates-letters
from Laymen and Preachers are
published in the same papers,
modestIy claiming the right of
the people to choose and sup
port the pastors of their choice,
indicating those whom
they have chosen for their
Spiritual guides from sympathy
with felons, and declaring their
loyalty to the State of Virginia.
Laymen who see fit to cease
acting with the dominant party
are charged with abolltionlsm ;
and when the character OF these
holy. men are attacked in this
particular, in the public or the
social circle, laymen if they hap
pen to belong to the same domi-
nant party either countenance
the insinuation, or are afraid
boldly to meet the charge, lest
they in turn may be charged
with sympathizing with aboli-
tionists. This very state offacts
proves that the object of the
leaders of this crusade is to de-
grade those men and force them
to leave the state; not for their
acts, for thro' their instruments
atty a church has been built up
in the state numbering 10000
communicates, orderly, loyal
cis;zens, besides perhaps as mas
ny more who are in the NJ. E.
Church South, who embraced
the faith under the ministration
Of men holding the same faith
with the old Church !; not for
their ccts, I repeat, but because
they stan3 up as a conservative,
holy monument, a living protest
by their lives, their precepts and
cheir neutrality-suspicious. the mo-
dern heresy that s1aVeFy prO8a-
santiism is in accordance with
the Divine command and will Of
God. Because their consciences
bind them 10 the faith Of the
fathers in the church, and in
the republic and what is the
effect of this Gods messen-
gers, commissioned to stand be-
tween the living and the dead,
whose duty it is TO declare the
whole will Of God to man taught
in His word, are silenced, on
practical portions Of the scrip
ture, brow-beaten and intimida>
ted, by a base party and sectari-
an clamor, gotten up for party |
and sectarian purposes, the tyr
amy Of which is as proscriptive
as that exercised by any crown
ed head of Europe at the pres
ent day. You seldom hear a
methodist preacher of either the
NJ. E. or M. P. Church speak |
ofan abuse Of slavery,o or express
an anti-slavery sentiment, but
he does it in an undertone, in a
deprecatory manner, with an
avowal that he is not an aboli-
tionist--as if it were a sin to
condemn oppression, or a crime
TO profess the faith Of his faith
ers, without protest, lest odious
epithets should be hurld at him.
This state Of public feeling may
do to help men into office and
keep them there; and 10 build
up a sect Of prosolytes; but un>
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-09
FAIRMoNT, Va. ,
Feb. %, 1860. (.

FRIEND Norris There Is
much in the idea, that it is I'M
portant, frequently to recur to
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Useful
pursuits in all the practical de-
partments of life daily remind US
Of this necessity. II was a
favori,e maxim Of Jefferson, and
I have no doubt Of many emf
nent men before him-F'IIlat
there was no danger Of error
while truth was left free to cons
bat it." All OUT modern nations
of liberty are founded on the
rigLtsofp person, property, speech
and the rights Of the press
None ofthese rights are to be
used in a licentious manner
The, assembled wisdom OF Viz
GINA on the llth day Of June,
l776, in our bill ofrighis afiirms
-"That no free government, or
the blessings Of liberty, can be
preserved to any free people, but
BY a firm adherence to justice,
moderation, temperance, frugal
lty ahfyirtue, and by a frequent
recurrence TO fundamental prin>
ciples. That religion or the
duty which we owe to our Cree
ator, and the manner Of dischar-
ging it, Can be directed. only by
reason and conviction not by
force oryiolence; and therefore,
all men are equally entitled to
the free exercise Of religion ac>
cordiag to the, dictates Of con-
science, and that it is the mutual
duty Of all 10 practice. christian
forbearance, love and charity
towards each other" These
maxims have been made a part
of every organic law Of the
State from that day to the pres
emf. Blot them out practically
from our actions and libSrty
wouldbe as effectaully extinguis-
he'd, as would light be, were the
sun blotted OUT Of the heavens.
The reason end good sense of
.esafy 'Rtea, addresses itself to
The app FaTa! c! our calm T5az0tt;;'
observation and Judgment. This
stands as an eternal protest Of
eur revolutionary fathers against
injustice, intolerance and
prescription. They had felt all
these and thus they entered
their digniie1 protest. Tyran~
ny IS always the same whether
exercised BY one or the mass
selfish, oVerbearing, into!e~
rant and proscriptiye. 1t has
always the same effects On its
subjects, who for a time are op,
pressed and degraded, until sub
mission ceases to be a virtue,
aud the only redress-to be found
IS in violence and revolution
The good man bears much, ho~
ping for the better, but there is
point at which ''0ppression
naketh a wise man mad" The
sane God that gives the good
man grace to turn the other
cheek when one is smitten, gives
him grace TO die a martyr, when
duty requires II. III was 10 'hlS
spirit that the great apostle OF
the Gentiles exclaimed, Il am
! not ready to be bound only, but
|slso to die at Jerusalem for the
name of.the Lord Jesus
The different phases the sla-
|efy sentiment has assumed III
his country, has led me into this
,ain of thoughts. There are
ow and have been for years
aose in the, United States
tho embrace every possible
pade Of opinion on that subject
on the most ultra Obstructive
bolitionist to the most ultra
ro-slayery propagandist. The
ira aboIitionist appeals to the
ible for proof of his views, and
i;no 10 find it there, denies its
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-09

Of God, and are hurried by their
! Blind Eanaticism into all the MAJ
yes ofinfdelity, and the reckless
wickedaess pertaining thereto.
Situated on conservative
ground AZ we are here in Wes>
tern Virginia with slaves enough
among us to enable US to form
correct opinions Of the practical
workings of,ha system, but with
not sufficient pecuaiary interest
! in slaves to bias our opinions,
we ought to be the best judges
in the world in regard to the in>
stitution; and the mass Of the
peoplein Western Virginia hare
an opinion on the subjec: Of sla-
very. That opinion is not the
result of a days reflection, or
formed from a single speech, lee.
ture or the reading Of single
book on the subject; but It's the
opinion formed from enlighten-
ed observation at home where
there arc fewslaYes, further south
where there are many, and at
the North where there are none.
Our sentiment have grown up
with us from infancy to manhood
from manhood to old age. =
They were impaired to us from
generation to generation; they
are the opinions Of the fathers
Of The country.
We think, the man who de-
MES that involuntary Servitude
Of some kind is not tolerated in
the Bible, is equally at fault with
the man who looks to the Bible
for authority for the abuse of
the system. We further think,
that the man who attempts to
draw an analogy between be-
tween Hebrew servitude and A
mericaA slavery is also at fault.
There was involuntary seryltude
among the Jews-there is ms
voluntary slavery in the United
States; but here the analogy al
most entirely ceases.
Ask thousands Of good men
in the country why they do not
own slaves, they will tell You
that they never did own any and
they neverwilI, presst the question
and they will tell you, that the
system is environed with so ma
ny difficulties, that they never
were involved with the iustitu>
hoa-anrh theysneYer Intend TO be-.
% You~beiiese ,..~ tcia'.Gn a
sin per Se-no! Many men
whom | esteem to be good chris
tians are shareholders; fellows
ship them without censure, and
believe them to be good men.
Press the subject still further,
some will assign one reason,
some anolher-perhaps very
different, perhaps very unsatls-
factory to slavery propaganda
ist, but that is no difference all
these opinions together form a
sentiment, a feeling, which is in
accordance with good consci>
ence, and that with some good
men is stronger than a reason.
They cannot find the feeling cons
demned in the Book Of books,
and this satisfies them. This
sentiment was General in the
country North and South, among
non-slavehoIders and many who
held slaves partook Of it,as thou>
sands Of last wills andtestiments
will testify. But abolltionlsts
at The North commenced aglta>
ting the subject in Congress-
Many Southern statesmen and
leading newspapers at the south
admitted in the argument that
slavery wasa "SOcial and poht-
cal ecil." Both branches otthe
Presbyterian Church bore a
testimony on the subject. The
Baptist, Episcopal and Method
~. ,,s, ,lcn hore their tess
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-09

Has- We are authorized to announce JOHN
". NORRIS, as a candidate for the Office OF
Commissioner OF the, Revenue, for Taylor eoup-
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04
A. K1NGsBunY.

CONSISTENT PARTY.-The Republi-
cans were the fathers of the liquor law.
At first it was entire prohibition, but to
purchase German votes the Legislature
gave permission for the sale of lager
beer here. Consistent party.-Niles
Republican.
The above is floating through the
Democratic papers in the State. Every
well informed man knows that it is an
true, although it is probable that ma
jority of the temperance men in the
State vote the Republican ticket. The
" liquor law" was passed by the Dem
ocratic legislature of 1852, before the
Republican party had an existence.
The Republican party in 1855 SO
amended the law as to permit the sale
OF native wine, ale and beer.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04


The Cleveland Herald, speaking Of
Senator Douglas speech in that city
on Saturday of last week, says:
We had heard him when his voice
rang out clear and commanding, but
his enunciation on the stand on Satur-
day last was two hours spasmodic
bark; laborious to himself and painful
to those who in vain attempted to catch
his words. No term expresses the
sound of his voice as well as the word
BARK and the monotony of those
banks, to those only few feet from him,
was too painful to be borne. Hence,
excepting a few hundred, close up
under the stands front, his audience
were constantly changing, for after the
curiosity of sight of Mr.. Douglas was
gratifed, there was nothing more to
stay for, as four words out OF i've, to
those twenty feet removed from him,
were inaudable. We trust MIR. Doug
las will not attribute the restlessness OF
his auditory to lack of good manners,
but to the true cause, an utter inability
to catch his words. BY his side was a
plate of lemons and every sentence or
two he would conrulsively clutch and
squeeze one, swallowing the juice, SO
as TO keep open feeble passage from
his lungs. The Presidency even, if 1t
were insured to him in November, is
no compensation for the physical wear
and tear he is suffering"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04
But does the Constitution make a


But does the Constitution make a
soife, minor child or apprentice, the
property of the husband, parent or
master? Even Stephen A. Douglas
would scarcely have the brazen efront-
cry to pretend that it does. How then
does it make slave such property
Does the Constitution give the Fed
eral Supreme Court general jurisdic-
ton of questions of title to the persons
or services of wife, minor or appren-
tice? Not even Stephen Il. Douglas
would have the brazen effrontery to
claim that it does. How, then, does it
give such jurisdiction of a question of
title to the person or services of slave ?
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04

are the following points, among others,
claimed to have been decided by the
bred Scott Decision:
"EvERY CITIZEN HAS A RIGHT TO TAKE
WITH HIM INTO THE TERRITORY ANY AR
TICLE OF PROPERTY WHICH THE Con-
sTITUTIoN OF THE UNITED STATES REC
OGNIzEs AS PROPERTY"
"THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES RECOGNIZES SLAVES AS PROPER
TY, AND PLEDGES THE FEDERAL Gov
EMINENT TO PROTECT IT. And Con-
gress cannot exercise any more author
ity over property of that description,
than it may Constitutionally exercise
over property Of any other kind"
Thus we see that Mr.. Turner, in his
endorsement of this decision, recognizes
the full Constitutional right Of the
Shareholder to go to the Territories
with his Slaves; and his further right
to all the protection which any other
Constitutional guarantee is entitled to
when he gets there.
There, Democrats of Cass County,
you have the whole matter before you.
Was Mr.. Turner a Democrat in 1910.
Was the principles of the party right
at that time, and if so, are not the same
principles right now? Which do you
like best, Cofinbury and Turner in
1s49 or Cofinbury and Turner in 1860
The National Democrat a few weeks
since said that "many changes had
taken place within the last few years."
Above we have given couple of these
changes.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04
The Jurisdiction of the U. s. Supreme
Court, and the heresies of the apOsfate
Democracy on the subject.

The claim that the Federal Supreme
Court has, by the Constitution, juris-
diction of all questions in relation to
slavery in the territories, is based
wholly upon the pretence that slaves
are made property by the Federal
Constitution. fancy unquali6dely as
serts in his opinion in the bred Scott
case, that "the right of property in
slaves is distinctly and expressly af-
frmed in the Constitution )" and Doug
las, in his speech at New Orleans, De-
cember 9th, 1858; in his speech in the
Senate, February %, 1859; in his Har-
per's Magazine article, and in various
other of his speeches and written pro-
auctions, asserts substantiallythe same
thing. and adds thereto, that the Con-
stitution makes no distinction be-
tween slaves and other property" and
that it "places them upon an equality
with all other kinds of property"
And what do our readers think is
the clause of the Constitution upon
which this bold pretence is based? 1t
is none other than the " Fugitive from
Service " clause, as it is called. Both
fancy and Douglas expressly state
that it is that clause which so makes
slaves property !; and there can. be no
pretence that there is any other provis-
ion of the constitution upon which such
a dogma can be founded.
This fugitive from service clause is
the Sd subdivision of Section I'd, OF
Article 4th of the Constitution, and is
as follows:
"No person held to service or labor
in one state, under the laws thereof,
escaping into another, shall in conse-
quence of any law or regulation there
in be discharged from such service or
labor; but shall be delivered up on
claim of the party to whom such SER
vice or labor shall be DUE"
This looks amazingly like making
" persons held to service or labor"
absolutely property, don't it? IF the
trainers of the constitution had intend
Cd to distinctly and expressly affirm
the right of property in slaves" as
fancy and Douglas pretend, isn't ii
pretty likely that they would have
adopted something like the language
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04

GEN WALKER ACTUALLY SHOT
News from Central America confirms
the capture and execution of Fillibus-
ter Walker and his associate, "Col.' D
Rudler, by the Government of Hondu-
ras. His handful of deluded or over
adventurous men, were acquitted Of
intentional guilt, and sent back to the
United States, and twenty-eight Of
them reached New Orleans ON Monday.
Walker and Rudler were shot on the
18th ult.
While some of the fire eating journ-
ais of the Gulf States are deploring the
fate of the Fillibuster, the more con-
siderate and conservative papers of
even the extreme South appear to re-
joice that he is out Of the way. The
New Orleans Picayume says, for ex-
ample:
Although there may be some quail
ties of mind and some public acts of
Gen. Walker that are calculated to win
popular applause, it is doubtful whether
his whole career has not been disas.
trous to the progress of liberal princi-
Piles in Central America. He has cre-
ated deep distrust of all North Ameri-
cans throughout the entire Ithmus.
Our Government is regarded as ambi-
tious, deceitful and treacherous by those
who, before Gen. Walker visited them,
looked upon our Republic as model
for imitation. He has prepared the
way for the performance of European,
particularly English influence, from the
Gulf of Panama to the southern bound
airy of Mexico. 1t is we'll that expedi-
tons with such results should end.
What Intervention may be necessary
for the interests of commerce, national
development, or humanity, we should
be prepared to make openly as nation,
and not leave the opening of the way
to mere irresponsible private individ-
uals.'' -
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04

Total interest paiu S3SS, ll.S4
Reader, these are official figures, to
be found in the documents referred to.
Compare the Democratic administra-
tion'of the part-pafd bond debt with
tie Republican administration of it.
Instead of annually paying the interest,
as the Republicans tave done, they al
low it to increase from 1855, 900 to ST.
956,695-being at the rate of $780, 2l
ayear for the entire fourteen years.
On the oti1er hand the Republicans re-
duced the debt in five years S129,353,-
So: and also paid 1927 ,075.65 more in
terest upon it in FIVE years than was
paid in the fourteen years previous.
This is the difference between Re-
publican and Democratic administra-
ton. 1t cds Democratic neglect and
naol-adnainistrdtion that made an IN
crease Of tares necessary, to stop the IN
crease of the State Debt By paying the
interest annually, according to laso and
the condition Of the bonds. Is not
cur correspondent-and you, reader
satisfied and grati6ed at the Republi-
can exhibit?
tSee page SO Auditor Generals Report Dec. l,
1s4S.
tSee page So tor-Generaps Report, Dec. 1,
1S49
tSee pages 80, rs, Auditor Generals Report,
Dee I, 1885,
ISee pagrs 8, 4, Auditor-Generals Report, Jan.
/, 1851,
**See pages7, 4, Auditor Generals Report, Jan.
i, 1852.
sSee pagess, 5, Auditor-Generars Report, Jan.
j, 1858.
HSee pages 6, 5, Auditor Generals Report, Jan.
!. 1854.
ttSee pages and Auditors Report for 1855.
ttSee pages 10 and Auditors Report for 1856.
SSSee pages 10 and Auditors Report for 1857
liSee pages 10 and Auditors Report for 1858.
IfSee pages IL and Auditors Report for 1859:
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04
Another Change.


On Tuesday next, as we learn from
" flaming posters" and gassy editori-
al in the National Democrat, great
Mass Meeting is to be held by the De-
mocracy of Cass County, at which
Hon. Charles E. Stuart is announced
to be present and defend and explain
"My great principle" This is all
right and proper. In fact we are glad
to see that they have spunk enough
left to get up meeting and 60 before
the people with their apology for prin-
ciples. But our object in abiding to
this subject at this time is not for the
purpose of giving them "puff." As
we before observed Hon. Charles E.
Stuart is to be present, and as we happen
to have in our possession the following
letter, supposed to have been written
by Mr.. Stuart to G. S. Wheeler, Esq,
of st. Joseph Co., in reply to questions
touching the power and duty of Con-
gress with respect to slavery in Terri
tories, we merely wish to be informed
whether the letter is genuine, and if
genuine, whether the opinions con-
tanned therein are still held by the hon
orable gentleman. 1t is small matter,
we know, but we confess to little GU
riosity on the subject, and we respect
fully request some one of our friends
take the trouble to show the letter to
Mr.. Stuart, ask him az to its genuinness,
and whether he still holds to the opinions
therein expressed. The following is
the letter -
KALAMAZOO, Oct, 25th, 1S47.
My DEAR SIR: A statement of my
views upon the subject of Slavery will,
l think, answer satisfactorily both
branches of your second interrogatory.
So far as the Slave States have rights
under the Constitution and the laws of
the Union, they should, in my opinion,
be held inviolate. But IN the orgami-
cation Of Territorial Governments,
aohether ont Of our present possessions
or such as zoe may hereafter acquire,
a provision oxghs, IN my opinion, to be
Incorporated prohibiting Slavery.
Upon this subject l think we have
an undoubted right to act, and / also
think that the spirit of Philanthropy,
in addition to our interest, requires
every good citizen to act in favor of
Liberty. Entertaining such views.
should l be placed in position to force
them, / should only be restricted in my
efforts by the Constitution and laws of
the United States and the permanency
and welfare of the Union.
Regretting deeply that the character
of this correspondence will not permit
me to state, at length, the reasons upon
which the foregoing is grounded.
l am, Sir, your obedient servant.
CHARLES E. STUART.
G. S. WHEELER, fowerfield st.
Joseph county Michigan.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-04
A few Questions for Asa King.bury.

| OOme lew weeks since, We put tnt
following question to Geo. B. Turner
editor of the National Democrat, and
asked for candid reply. The follow
ing week Mr.. Turner" skulked" around
the question, since which time he han
treated it with silence, while at the
same time he is calling upon the Re.
publican candidates for Senator and
Representatives to answer questions
that have no bearing whatever upon
the election, and appears dreadfully
shocked to think they don't deign to
reply to his twaddle.
Now, Mr.. Kingsbury, as we cannot
get Mr.. Turner to reply to our question,
we respectfully put the question
together with a few others equally
important to you, and ask therefor an
answer at your earliest convenience.
1st. Do you believe it right for one
man to own property in another, under
any circumstances. Or in other words
should Capital own labor?
I'd. Are you-in favor of, and if elected
State Senator from this county, would
you vote to strike the word schite out
of the Constitution :?
Sd. Do you believe that negroes have
any rights that white men are bound
to regard I?
4th. Are you in favor of the further
emigration of negroesinto Cass County?
5th. Was the Government Of the
United States made exclusively for
white people?
9th. Is slavery as it now exists in the
United States, great moral, social and
political evil
18th. Does the Constitution of the
United States recognize property in
slaves?
9Th. Can a Territorial Legislature
abolish or prohibit slavery in Terrific
ry over which it has jurisdiction ?
9th. Has Congress the constitutional
right and power to prohibit the intro
duction of slavery into any Territory of
the Union?
10th. Has the Douglas doctrine of
popular sovereignty given the South
slave territory five times as large as the
State of New York?
IL. Has Congress the power to sell
or dispose of any Territory, or any por-
ton of Territory?
18th. has the Ordinance of 1887 been
of any use whatever to the States north
west of the Ohio River?
18th. Does the bred Scott decision
carry slavery into the States as well as
Territories
And finally, 14th. Does H. V. John
son hold to the Douglas doctrine Of
popular sovereignty?
Now, sir, we put the above questions
to you in all candor, and ask for each
of them candid answer. They are
all capable of being answered by a
plain eyes" or "no'' and this we claim.
We assure you that an early reply to
the above will please many Democrats
in this section.