The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-04-18


stripes at the hands OF a slave, all in viola.
ton Of the laws of the State You may
boast Of your chivalry. but such men arc
dastards, whom it would be base Hattery
to call cowards' The slave trader lands
cargo of merchandise from Africa, and your
Juries refuse TO punish the pirate. \ few
months ago, woman with a sick child was
driven from a village of Georgia, because
she had written to her friends at the North
her impressions about slavery. 4 whole
community, the Bereans, were exilsd from
the soil Of Kentucky for no crime; they
were only obnoxious in entertaining the
opinions proclaimed by Washington and
Jefferson. Are such the men you propose
arming to seize the Capitol and archives.
Rest assured. braver men than they fed
from the British in 1914.
Mr.. CRAWFORD. The gentleman
Mr.. VAN WYcK. The gentleman must
excuse me-
Mr.. CRAWFORD. The gentleman has
stated as fact
Mr.. VAN WICK The gentleman must
excuse me.
Mr.. CRAwFoRD. | understand the gen.
tleman to state as a fact that woman was
driven from Georgia with sick child. /
desire to say that never heard of it before;
it is news to me, and | do not believe a
word of it.
! Mr.. VAN WYcK The gentleman does
not read the papers, then; that is all | have
to answer.
! Mr.. CRAWFORD. Will the gentleman
give the authority for his assertion!
Mr.. VAN WYCK. will furnish it some
other time.
Mr.. CRAwFoRD. Then you have no au-
thority with you.
Mr.. BINGHAM. Ho says he has it not
here.
Mr.. VAN WICK. Your despotism is as
CALLING upon the whites as the blacks. Sla-
verv must prescribe what books thvy shall
read. Your population is about eight mil
lion; yet you control their destinies and
} compel their opinions. How many men
from the South on this floor are non.slave-
holders? How many in the Senate. and
among the foreign appointments Your
soil was invaded by Brown and few fol-
lowers, and Virginia is convulsed from Gen.
tre to circumference. In violation of all
law, your citizens were shot down, and You
: had a right to feel indignant and outraged
Governor Wise headed the Virginia mill.
. tia; the Federal Executive sent sixteen
marines, who captured Brown-about the
same number, / believe, jackson sent, in
l 1892, to conquer South Carolina. and place
her proper orbit in the political heavens
) Innocent women and children were mur.
dered in Kansas; her virgin soil was moist
ened with the blood of Free.State men, and
l the light Of her burning dwellings famed
against the midnight sky. The Executive
was implored but Pierce, upon looking
: thrnngh tho Constitution conla find
thority to interfere; and the darkest page
of our history was written in blood. A
: slave gets loose, and is committing grand
larceny by running away with himself; nc
: necessity for consultation then; the light
ming flashes the message to use the lane
3 and naval force to restore the fleeing fugi
t tive, and the court house of free Com
monwealth is surrounded by bayonets ant
t chains. Your homes in Virginia were in
b vaded We regret and sympathize with you
but have you no regrets or sympathies fo
e the homes, just as sacred as yours, invaded
= in Africa Had you tears for the children
o that were rendered fatherles, and the w;ve
t widowed and driven shelterless, upon th,
+ open prairie in Kansas. by men having n
e claim to manhood but the name!
e You reproach the North because. whil
!, we condemn the crime, we admire the no
!. bic qualities of manhood which Brown pos
!, sessed Your own Wise did as much; h
e said he was "brave, honest and sincere ;;
: and is it no cause of regret that such nobl
e traits should be wasted in reckless enter
o prise? You think 1t impossible that tn
:: man can be separated from the crime ID
III you not remember. in the darkest hour c
:, the Revolution, when almost all was lost bu
le courage and hope. the young. the brave
lie and accomplished English officer descende
i. to the character Of spy. and. through Al
Is Is nold's treachery, well-nigh eclipsed tho Ri
ing sun of our independence Can til
Of mind conceive greater crime. not onl
b, against America. but freedom and til
,e world He was arrested, tried and exec,
,s ted !; and notwithstanding the enormity
Al the offence. Washington and his general
h and the American people. sympathized Wit
1r the heroic bearing and gallant address
g. the criminal; they overlooked the spy, an
re thought of the grand nobility of his maj
ID hood and had it not been for the exigenc
" of the public service, would gladly ha,
y, pardoned the offender. And at this day, r
&c American child reads the history of h
ds country. but drops tear on the page whic
II. records the fate Of Andre.
n. You ask the men who are born amid ii
<. free institutions of the North, where repo
"a is given their cradled hours in songs of uu
=. versal liberty, whose limbs are strengtbent
70. BY the air from the bold mountains, ar
ch whose hearts are warmed to all mankind
the lessons of the Revolution and the teac
D. ings of the Saviour. to restrain their anti-sl
ia. very sentiments, and believe, with you, tn
,s. slavery is Divine institution Never, ST
An never There is no attribute of the A
nc mighty, no command of His word, no spil
an of His gospel, that can tolerate such Sc
of timent "Ye shall not respect persons
Ir. judgment; ye shall hear the small as w
vr as the great: We shall not be afraid of d