, 1860-09-21
Has White man II Hight No Itr,,
INN, Sha

That southern planter, the owner @: =,e,sa
should desire, ou mi4ra;isg tc Il serr,,rs a. ~
United Ss':ef. % te prntected il waa. be claims
1s bis rronerty. IL, We admit, natural fee!i. =.
all his lifetime. and it ia not strauee hat hs
should cling 10 an old h-h;s
| -, hut even Southern planter would admit thu.
| there are things Of mere Importance tban nrrn.
ersy In negroes. white usan's life, ,hey must
allow, Is Of FIR grea:er vs!u: than his ri,,ht tn
aa1e nlaex maa whom 1hsy eau sell 10 the
highest bidder We do not mean a. present to
say ANYTHING in dispar1stmeut Of the pre-opa.
tlye OF owning fellow creature: We ainniy
wish to lay town The clear position ttst- ya:n;.
be and ds.iEabe as it maE BE-, life ia far rreut
er blessing. Ali writer's on public law Gaye,
thessiare, veEt Fscpe:y put the righ: to life BE-
fore the right to property.
In the eoutroversy winch is going On resrect,
ing tie right 10 import s!ares irto the tc!ri,o.
1les Of our republic one aids has. unbannlr II
!ts zeailor certain species Of properly, w5o.;y
forgotten the respec: which il due to hu:.an
ilte. The o"ner Of Stare migrates With ia
bondmsu to one Of :hc territories. All 10
South is open mouthed ia nain,a;oinc i,;sr-cht
to hold the man as bis slave at bis new ri,
dence. A Methodist Of the northern church
goes down to Tex.a. Tie people amony weor,
ne comes deprive him oi his life with ~ lit.}.
ceremoaeF a%the docrkeeper Of q pic.u-e ri.
hz:1s Isr1 sases a.ay the ~aik'pg"ssck the .an-
r..
champions Of southern righs4 assemble. s,d far
no other reason t:ln tha. tie poor nan ia a
member o. that division Of tie Nethg,li1. IN.
nomination which cst:s itself :h- Ne,hcd;st
Epitcopa1 Church North, they hang him en- 1b,
Esa.est ire. the v1ctin1 is orthodox. Int Le
oe'ocEs 70 neFstesn religious Organization
and u therefore suspected .: beiue an Ahol,''
t1onisf: IL tire catalogue OF Southern riybt.
the right o. man t. his life l1a3 O blaze TL.t
ever5 nlan has lie ht to swa negro j. an ~.
coatrorer;ibIe maxim Of constitutional i.,r,
that every man has risht to lie, though ,ha.
W en= o. tae ps1ncipci I'D down IN onr Dscla~
nit. s'sa ea-
"eaFe 10: a: all .5rrrisai that there alou;d
&c men who think th.s those :sao 70 th;s l.rr,s
II 'hs'F zeal for tie Fishtz Of prore-tv 70 liz.
ter .s 11e rem 1s IL. Tss R ch:n Ep:ss pahlsa
-Northtrfs'frn Ga-i.:un .dcr.c,tt, to r-ss:ten:
buchanan, III which, .FeskioE il behalf Of tie
northern branch OF tie Nc:ucdist Euiseon.I
Caorch, Re d7e!!s 1poa the n1.d.rous prcc.ed,
logs OF which ltz members have been maze re
Fic:iEs IN Texas, aad partic1larl7 On the hang.
tnS o. tae hsseread NE- bewisy: with whom b.
Church, be remarks. is 20: political oryzujz,- |
t.ou; 1ss members are iovai, peacs:b.e ard oht-
oient to the laws, aud il 1hut character 1hay !
hare right 10 eIter in safety, a:d iutab;s |
Ta19ut r,olestatioo, eoy part Of the dom4ia CT |
tae onAe4 S:eses. Aa1y OF the people Of the |
slAva S!ascs, he observes, prefer to he1ouy tn |
the northern branch 0: The Me:hod;zt Churca.
and icr these he claims perfect libest5 10 do 90,
IL seems to US ncrtherneIs !5at Dr.. Eddy ia /
right IN requiring that 10 man shsll bs banged
y Texas, o. aay here else, for belonging to The
Northern Methodist Church Whether 81. In.
cnauca, to whom the doctors le:te. is a3lresged.
viii view the m sttes IN tha: light, we caorot say:
put ths time is At haud when tho republic viii
have ut its head Chief Magistrate who admits
% o1'siul'e4tex:ens, It's :hs right of an innocent and
'eaeeshle man TO life, whatever mar be his
opinions on this slavery question.
Ia tha meantime. 6etore these fanatics call
lpon the1r fellow citizens OF the North to a;low
heir claim to poasess slaves within the :errtorea
a which We hare all common interest, let them
how that they religiousis respect the right Of
heir aar:hsrn 1gefhrea to the life which God has
,iysn them: Unal sLat Infinitely Create, ri9ht
for su:n they must al!oS j. to bs-sha!l be fnily
recognised ia practice, by the slave party. shame
hould Keep them silent uu the other question.