Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-10-18
The Fathers on Slavery
4 Column of 'Black Republicans. ''

r,tilns that it is my wish 10 hold these un
Hi lappy people lnegroes) in slavery. can on
III r. .ay that there is not a man living who wish
.. m re sincerely than do to see plan ad
HI .otad for the abolition Uf it WdSltinotOa 10
u Robert Morris.
Il never mean, unless some particular Cir
,9ustances compel me to it, to possess anoth-
l Or slave by purchase, it being among my first
wishes to see some plan adopted by which
qgsy il. this country may be abolished by
law FaSlitytoH.
BIZ his will he gave full effect to these views,
NJ and directed his slaves to be emancipated.
would never have drawn ny sword in the
III ,,uso of America if could have conceived
III that thereby | was founding q land Of SID
i ysry.-LGayetts.
Slavery is detested we feel it's fatal effects;
We daploro it with all the pity Of humanity
repeat it again, that it would rejoice nv ve-
II r. soul that every one Of nay fellow beings
we're emancipated. We ought to lament and
iepoFe the necessity Of holding cur fellow
men in bondage Patrick Henry.
II is a debt we owe to the purity Of our re-
.i0u 70 show that it is at variance with that
..w which warrants slayerY.--Iahick H,nrV
Would any one believe that am master Of
slaves by my own purchase? | will not
cannot Justify it. However culpaDle my own
rsiuct, will SO far pay my devoir to virtue
a, 70 own the excellence and rectitude of her
II 1r.cepts and lament my want Of conformity
4 .bem. believe a time will come when an
n 7p3rrunity will be offered to abolish this la
a.1bie esrij.-Eat,'tck Henry.
H I t9ga5'e far my couHtJy achen Tlra,enlbcy,
il' G23 IS -jpsi, and that His justice cannot
4 sep forever. \ revolution is among posi-
lie events. The Almighty has no attribute
which would take sides with us in such
:.ruggIe.-Jefcrson
What an ineomprehensble machine is man!
Who can endure toll, famine, stripes, impris.
nment, and even death itself in vindicatJn
Of his own liberty and the next moment be
deaf to all those motives whose power sup
ports him through his trial, and iHhict on his
fellow men bondage, one hour of which is
II .rauGnt with more misery than ages Of that
4 which he ryse IL rebellion t. oppose.--Je6er
II POP.
Till America comes into the measure ifar
s5a.isbing slavery her prayers to heaven viii
be lmpjoUS. This Is st,ong expression but
IS just ] believe that God governs the
II wT.i, and | believe it 10 be a maxim of his,
Is IN our courts, thai those who ask for cqui
Y rnaght to practice it.-John jay, tiJ@l C4jst
Il Jg'.ts " The L. States.
N Sir envy neither the heart nor tie head
II that man from the North who rises here to
HI l.enI slavery un principle.
VI give to nv slaves their freedom. u which
~ conscience tells ME they are Justly enti
III J Ii has long time been q matter of the
.eNest regret to me, that the circumstances
rr.I -tYl,i II, .l II.
III ss thrown in the way by the laws Of the
N lind, have prevented my emaDcipating them
my Eie time, which i is my intention to
N case | can accomplish it.-John Ran
III .d Va.
Slavery stiles industry aud represses en-
MI T-nrlse; it is fatal t. economy and Provi
--nca; II discourages skill, impairs our
'.astA as a community, and poisons morals
!: their fountain hcai.--Jndge Custom, of
NJ r"i Carolina.
lie earth, which multiples her productions
under the hands Of the free born Iaborer seems
II y shrink into barrenness under the sweat Of
NJ .aa s.ave.-Or. Rush.
III it's rnlnous to the whites: retards improve
1e@t; roots out an industrious population;
ylhlshes the ycCmen Of the country: deprives
-e spinner, the weaver, the smith, the shoe
-'SeT' the carpenter, Of employment and
# N!Faft Labor Of every species is disrepu
t..e' because tits performed mostly by slaves;
"s general aspect of the country marks the
.-F'g OF a wastetul, idle, reckless population,
'-' nave no interest in the soil, and care not
II 1'" much It IS imp0verished-T Thomas Mar
''aL ?t Virginia, 1882.
i0e!Ieve that 10 cancer on the physical body
was ever more certain, steady and fatal in IL
s.esS than Is the cancer Of slavery on the
E,.deal body Of the State Of Virginia 1t is
Virginia.. - :
Ay opposition to the extension of slavery
NV, 'ur'her back than l844-forty years fur
,"'' oack and as this is a suitable time for
Fl r.'al oeclaratlon and a sort of conscience
livery, | will say that nv opposition to II
.l'es from 1901, when | was student at law
-, ,~e State Of Tennessee, and studied the
ilyeet Of African Slavery in an American
~ Virginia boUk-Tucker's edition OF
R.at9a. ''' IA eN 'a''''- "'"'2S H.
@ss'sted, That the abolition of domestic
s,i,sy Is the greatest object of desire in these
M L Ib,es a' where 1t was improperly introduced
4yo ,'G'F mia infant state.-COLony Of Virginia,
"e "s. nave found this evil slavery, has prey
~pon the very vitals of the Union, and has
Monroe. ''D''i@i 10 all the otates.-Ja"'eS
Nj = SNOW the world that we are not inf1uen-
bp, any contracted and interested motives, /
iii 3f nh. general philanthropy for all mankind |
sy da"}eNer ds'er language or complexion, we hera- |
III d n. bs''aFe cur disapprobation and adherence
is~'a unnatural practice of slavery in Amer
hpbIr practice founded in injustice and |
I'M GmnS,.o dangerous TO our liberties. -Darien |
''SS,"Htee' 81 Georgia, l775. |
sof ~ s,ong as God allows the vital current to
Ford Won through my veins, will never, never, by I
qiniru VI thought by mind or will, aid in adj
II Astinas one rod of free territory to the ever,
ca&s spFss OF human boudage,--Hensy