The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-02-17


doctrines does he rely, to which OF those
sublime precepls does he advert, TO sus.
tain his position Is it that which
teaches charity, justice, and good will to
all, or Is it that which teaches that 'Ye do !
unto others as ye would that they should
DO unto you"
Another Representative from Jefferson
and Harper's Ferry, Mr.. Henry Berry,
said
al believe that no cancer on the phys
icnl body was ever more certain, steady,
and fatal in its progress, than is the can.
Ger on the political body Of the State OF
Virginia. 1t is eating into her very vitals.
And shall we admit the evil is past rem
edy? Shall we act the part Of puny
patient, suffering under the ravages Of a
fatal disease, who would say the remedy
is too painful, the dose too nauseous, |
canno. bear it who would close his eyes
in despair, and give himself up TO death ?
No. sir, 1Coutd bear tie knife aud tie
cdutery for tie sake Of heaM."
Mr., Thomas Marshall, Of Fraqucr, 10
the same section of Virginia, said:
| "Whereiore, then, object to slavery I?
! Because it is ruinUus TO the whte2-re-
tards improvement, roots out an indus
trious population, banishes the yeomaniy
Of the country, deprives the spinner, the
i weaver, the smith, the shoemaker, the
carpenter, Of employment and support"
Mr.. James Mcdowell, Of Rockbridge,
since Governor OF the State and dislin
guished member Of Congress, said:
"Slr, you may place the slave where
you please-you may dry up, 10 your ut
most, the fountains of his feelings, the
springs Of his thought-you may close
upon his mind every avenue TO knowl-
edge, and cloud it over with artificial
night-you may yoke him TO your labor
rs an OK which liveth only to work, ard
worketh only 10 live--you may put him
under any process, which, without de-
stroying his value as a slave, will debase
and crush him as rational beipg-you
may do this, and the idea that he was
born to be free will survive it all. 1t is
The ETHEREAL part Of his nature, which op-
preston cannot reach-it is torch lit
up in his soul by the hand of the Deity,
and never meant to be extinguished by
the hand of man."
1t would be difficult to find anywhere a
more eloquent tribute to the God-given
rights of man Il an this. The same
speaker, in another part Of the speech,
gives the following prophetic warning to
the South:
7 "D gentleman do rot see and feel Me
eva CT Slavery aChHe this Federal Union
lasts, they wiI see and feel il when il is
gone; they will see and suffer ii then in a
magnitude of desoatihg power, to which
the peStilence that walketh at MONDAY
would be blessing-to which the NAL
aria which is now threatening extinction
to the eternal city, as the proud one OF
the ponlifs and C@sar's is called, would
be as refreshing and as baImy as the
first breath of spring to the chamber oI
disease. 4
Was it the fear Of MAI Turner and Iii;
deluded, drunken handful Of fellows
which produced, or could produce, such
effects? Was i; this that induced distant
countries, where the very name Of South.
ampton was strange, TO arm and equip 70,
a struggle? No, sir; it was The suspicion
e,ernaIly attached TO the slave himself
The suspicion that a Nat Turner might be
in every family, that the same bloody
deed could be enacted over at any time,
and in any place; that the materials for it
were spread through the land, and always
ready for like explosion"
What Virginian will not at this moment
acknowledge the terrible force Of these
words?
Philip A. Boiling, Of Buckingham, said
"There is h still small voice which spoaks
to tho heart of man in tone too clear and
distinct to DO disregarded 1t tells him thn,
every system of Slavery is based upOr in.
Justice and oppression. If gentlemen dis
regard IL nor. and iutl their coRscienccs 10
steep. they may be aroused 10 sense Of hrir
danger ,ehea il rs too late 10 rcpair MeW
errors"
"Ilowovor the employment of slave labor
might be defended, gentlemen would not
could not, justify tho traffic in human beings
! How many u broken heart
4 how many Rachel mOurns, because her
house is left unto her dosoate Tho time
; had como when these feelings could not be
suppressed; the day would come when thoy
could not be resisted"
Fl Mir. BroadnaX, OF DinwludIo, SAID:
THAT elavery in Virginia is an evil, il
would be Idle and more than ille for any
human being to doubt or deny, 1t is a
mildew which has bIighiod in Its course
every region it has touched, from the crea
ton of tho world"
2 Tho Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, who alsr
resides in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry
{ made a lorg, eloquent, and radically abol
ton speech. We havo only room for a few
brief extracts. 1t will be seen that. like al
) the Representatives from that region, ht
was, perhaps all unconsciOusIy prophetic
: lie said
: Again, sir ask, what new light hn'
dawnod upon the gentleman from Mecklen
burg, (the late Wm. o. Guode,) that We
: should be called upon to retrace our course
and to disappoint the hopes which our first
-. manly decision gave? Docs not the same
1 evil exist Is it not increasing? Does moi
t every day give it permanoncy and forco ? Ii
, il not rising like heavy and portentiou:
G cloud above tho horizon, extending its deop
and sable volumes athwart the sky, and
I gathering ia its impenOtga6le folds the ac'
tive materials Of elemental war? Aud yet
: shall we be requested to close our eyes &c
tho danger, aud without an etfort-withonI
a even an inquiry-to yield 10 the impulses
, of dark and wthering dospa: Sir, il
: this manly legislation Is it correet--is il
l honfst-iegislation Is 1t acting with that