The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-06-21

seen: all THIS nave fully exposed on
a former occasion. And yet the most
important part Of the argument was at
this time left untouched; | mean that
which is found in the character of slav-
cry This, natural sequel, with the per-
mission ofthe Senate, purpose uow to
supply
MIR Sumner, as preliminary to the
discussion, proceeds to state the as
sumptions made by Senators on the
other side-that slavery is the corner
stone Of the republican edifce, that its
forms of soiety are the best in the world
that is a great moral, social political
blessing-a blessing to the slave, and a
blessing 10 the master, &c, &c, quot
ing the language of several Of the pres
ent Senators; and that, by virtue Of the
Constitution, the pretended property in
man is beyond the reach of Congress
sional prohibition even within Congress
sional jurisdiction. He continues
"Such aresthe two assumptions, the
first an assumption of fact, and the sec
0nd an assumption of constitutional
law, which are now made without ap-
ology or hesitation. meet them both.
To the first | oppose the essential Bar
bariam of slavery, in all its influences,
whether high or low, as Satan is Satan
still, weather towering in the sky or
or squating in the toad. To the second
| oppose the unanswerable, irresistible
truth, that the Constitution of the Uni
ted States now here recognizes prop.
art Hhnco -
maturity go together. They are ''twins''
sucked by the wolf. They are the
''couple" in the present slave hunt.
And the latter can not be answered
without exposing the former. 1t is on
ly when slavery is exhibited in it's truly
hateful character, that we can fully ap
preciate the absurdity of the assump-
ton, which, in defence of the express
letter of the Constitution, and without a
single sentance, phrase or word, up
holding human bodage, yet foists in
this blameless text the brrbarous idea
that man can hold property in man.
On former occasions, IL have diccuss-
ed slavery only incidently; as, in unfold
ing the principle that Slavery is sec
tional and Freedom national; in expos
ing the unconstitutionality of the Fugi-
tive Slave Bill. in indicating the pro
hibition Of Slavery in the Missouri Ter
ritory; in exhibiting the imbecility
throughout the Revolution of the Slave
States, and especially South Carolina;
and lastly, in unmasking the Crime
against Kansas. On all those occasions.
where | have spoken at length, l have
said too little on the character of slav-
cry, partly because other topics were
presented, and felt to press the argu-
ment against those whom l know to
have all the sensitiveness of sick man.
But, God be praised, this time has pass
ed, and the debate is now lifted from
details to principles. Grander debate
has not occurred in our history, rarely
IN any history; nor can this debate close
or subside except with the triumph of
freedom.
Mr.. Sumner then takes up these as
sumptions in their order, and here is his
opening picture of Slavery -
'Look at it in whatever LIGHT YOU
will, ard it is always the scab, the can
ker, the "bare b0nes,', and the shame
OF the country wrong, not merely in
the abstract, as is often admitted by it's
apolog:sts, but wrong in the concrete al
so, and possessing no single element of
right. Look at it in the light Of princi-
pies, and 1t is nothing less than a huge
instruction against the eternal law of
God, involving in it's pretensions the
denial Of all human rights, and also the
denial of thai Divine law in which God
himself is manifest, thus being practic-
ally the grossest lie and the grossest
Atheism. Founded in violence, sustain
ed only by violence, such wrong must
by sure law Of compensation blast the
master as well as the slave blast the
lands on which they live; blast the com
munity of which they are a part; blast
the Government which does not forbid
the outrage; and the longer it exists and
the more completely it prevails, must
its blasting influences penetrate the
whole social system. Barbarous in or
lgln; barbarous in its law; barbarous
IN all its pretensions; barbarous in the
instruments it employs; barbarous in
consequences; barbarous in spirit; bar
barous wherever it shows itself, slavery
must breed barbarians, while it devei-
ops everywhere alike in the individual.
and in the, society of which he forms
part, the essential elements of barbarism.
In this character it is now conspicuous
before the world.
Slavery is bloody Touch-me- not,
and everywhere in SIGHT now blooms