The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-06-28

nau DnlShtd MS W0Tk upOu suc eess"1
he lef, in his will, the following dseIass-
ton, in testimony of his sincerity:
Upon the Icceasc Of my wife, il 10 my Will
and desire that all the slaves which hold tA0y
own right. shalt receive their freedom. II
tmancipaie them during her life. w0ald. tAoAOh
earnestly wished by me, be attended with such
in.uperahle di'ic ultes account OF their iDtss.
mixture by marriages with the dover ns-
groes To excite the most pa;nfal sensations.
il not disagreoable conseq nences from the latter
while both descriptions are in the occupancy oS
the same proprietor. it not heing in my power.
under til" tenure by which the dover nsgIoes
are held. 10 manumit them"
But when Mrs. Washington learned
from the will Of her deceased husband.
that the only obstacle to the immediate
perfection of this provision was her right
of dover, she at once gave it up, and tho
slaves were made free. Such wife We
worthy of even Washington.
The eloquent Patrick Henry has lsfs
his record against slavcry-he says:
Would any man b.lieve that am master Of
slaves of my wn choice! will not, esssos
Justify it. believe time will come when IN
opportunity will be offered to abolish this lament.
abie erX'
Again he says: ~ta
"Itwonld rejoice my very soul that every oss
of my EIiop-bsjngs was cmancipated We ought
to lament and depiore the necessity Of holding
our f.li"tr men in bondage
Observe the language Of one of natures
uoblemcn. He did not call them prop
crty but telio~ men. Southern gentle
men do not use such language now.
Thomas Jefferson, in his "Notes on
Virginia. says:
" There must aoubtlesshe an unhappy influence o.
the Of our people, produced hy the existence
Of slavery among us. The whole commerce between
master and slave is perpetual exercise OF the
the part. and degrading submission the 9th
The must he prodigy who can retain his
ces, And with what execraton shonld the statesmrn
hc loaded who. permitting one half the citizens thus
to tramplc upon the rights Of the other TRANSFORMS
those despots and these into enemies, desroys the
morals Of the part. and the patri< Of the 9TH
Cor ifa slave have country In this world, Il
any other in preference that In which be
born to live labor FOR another: in which ne nuss
lock up the faculties of his nature. contribute
depends his individual endeavors, to the evan
ishment of the human entail his miserable
condition on the endless generations preceding from
him. With the morals Of the people their industry y
also destroyed: for in warm climate, no man will H.
hor for himself who make another labor TOE him.
This is true that OF the propretors Of slaves very
the liberties of nation be thought secure, when
have removed their only firm hasisa conviction In the
minds ofthc people that these liberties the cir Of
tod that they not to he violated but BY his vraShf
Indeed, tremhle for my country when reflect that
God just; that hisustice cannot sleep forever; that
considering numbers, nature natural means only,
revolution of the VIII e Of fortune, exchange Of stu
alton is among possible events; that 1t may become
probable by supernatural interference The Atmtshty
has attribute which take side with Us In sach
CONTEST
In 1774, While Virginia was yet
Colony, she held Convention to appoint
delegates to attend the first general Con.
gress, which assembled in Philadelphia,
in SEPTEMBER Of the same year Before
that Convention. Mr. Jefferson said
''The abolition ofDomcstic SLAYER, is the greatest
ect ofdesrc in these Colonies. where was unhappiiy
rnfranchiscm Of the slaves it is necessary ex-
"ude further import atoms from Africa. Yet our
r"aed attempts to effect this by prohibitions, and BY
imposing duties which might amount to prohibition.
have been hitherto defeated ny his maestys negative;
thus preferrng the immediate advantage ofa sew A.
rcan corsars to the lasting interests Of the American
States and the rights of human nature deeply wound
ed by this Infamous practice"
In a letter to DR.. Price, of London,
dated August 7th, 1885, he says:
''Northw ard of the Chesapeake you may nnd. here
and there. opponent of your doctrine. as you may
hnd her" and there, r"'er and murderer; but in .,
that III few years there will he slaves norhward sf
Maryland. In Maryland do not find such disposi.
This is the next State to which turn eyes
for the interesting spectacle OF Justice conflict with
averce and oppression: conflict wherein the sacred
side is gaining daily recruits from the influx into ONCE
ofyoune men grown up. and growing up. These have
sucked in tie principles of liberty were, with ths
mothers milk and 1t is them look with anxiety te
turn the fate Of the question"
In another letter, written in 1914, he
says:
Yonr favor July 3lst duly received. and resA
with peculiar pleasure. The sent ime nts do honor t.
the head and heart Of the writer. Mine the subject
the slavery negroes have long been in the NOS.
session ofhe public, and time has only served to give
them stronger root The love of justice the love Of
country plead equally the these people, and Il
is reproach to US that they thould have pleaded q
long in vain'
Again he says:
"What an incomprehensible machine in man,
who can endure toll, famine stripes, imprison-
ment, and death itself, in vindica alton Of his own
hbef'y; and the next moment be deaf to all those
motives whose power supported him through his
trial, and infiict on his fellow man a BONDAGE
one hour of which is fraught with more misery.
than ages Of that which he rose in rebellion 10,
oppose.
We must wait with patience the workings Of
an overruling Providence, and hope that that 10
preparing the drlverance of thete our brethren,
When the measure of their tears shall te fall,
when their groans shall have involved Heaven
itself in darkness, doubtless God Of Justice will
awaken to their distress. Nothing Is moro Ger.
tanly written in the Book Of Fate, than that this
people shah he free"
In letter to James Hcatou, on tho,
Same subject, dated May 20, 1926, only
six weeks before mis- death, he says:
My sentiments have been forty years besose
the public. Had | repeated them forty tjmea.
they would have only become the more stale and,
thrcadbare. Although l shall not live 20 see
them consnmmated, they will not die with me-"
James Madison who is esteemed the
father Of the Constitution in the Same
light that Jefferson is spoken of as the,
father Of the Declaration of Independ-
encc, said, in the Convention that framed
it, that he
Thought it mroax 10 admit In the Constitu,,
ton, the idea that there could he property In,
men
And that this was the view of alf the
members of the Convention l refer 70
the fact-that when the clause for tho
rendition of fugitives from service OF.
labor was under consideration il orisinal.
ly read, "So person held to servitude or.
labor in another State under the laws
thereof, escaping" &C.: We find from
the testimony Of James Madison (sse
Madison papers, vol, 3: p l569) that
ION motion of Mr.. Randolph (of virginia) the
UNANIMOUSLY inserted; the former being thoughe
to express the condition of slaves, and the lasass
the obligation of free persons
Col. George Mason, leading and in.
tuential member Of that Convention from.