Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-10-26
NO. 80
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Is. That Southern planter the owner of slave.
should desire, on migrating to a Territory O
the United States, to be protected in what he
claims as his property, is, we admit, natural
feeling. He has been accustomed to dominion
over slaves all his lifetime. and it is not strange
that he should cling to an old habit.
But even a Southern planter would admit
! that there are things of more Importance than
! property IN negroes. A white mans life they
must allow, is of far greater value, than his
/ right to have black man who he can sell to
I the highest bidder We don't uiean at pres
ent to say anything in disparagement Of the
prerogative Of owning fellow creature we
simply wish TO lay down the clear position
I that. valuable and desirable as it may be, life
is far greater blessing AL writers on pub
licdaw he We. therefofe. zvssys properly put the
right to life before the right to propsrty.
I'm the controversy which il going on re-
specting the right 10 import slaves into The
territories of our Repubic, ois side has uil-
happily, in'its zeal for certain species OF
property, wholly fargetton the report which is
due to human life. The owner of q slave mi
CRATES with his bondman to one of the terri
tories. All the South is open-muuthed in
maintaining his right to hold the man as his
new residenre "A Methodist of the Northern
Church goes down to Texas. The people
among whom be comef deprive him of his life
with as little ceremony as the doorkeeper of a
picture gallery takes away the walking-stick
or the umbrella of visitor who is about to
enter. The champions of Southern rights as
semble, and for no other reason than the poor
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Methodist denomination, which calls itself the
Methodist Episcopal Church North, they
hang him ON the nearest tree. The victim is
orthodox, but he belongs to,a Northern reli-
gious organization, and is therefore suspected
Of being an Abolitionist. In the catalogue of
Southern rights the right Of q man to his life
has no place. That every man has a right to
own negro, is an incontroyertible maxim Of
constitutional law that every man has a.
right to life, though that be one Of the princi-
pies laid down. in our Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, they by no means admit -,
We are not at all surprised that there,
should be men who think that, those. who go.
this length in their zeal for the rights of prop
erty go little too far, The Chicago papers
publish letter from the Rev Mr. Eddy, the
editor Of the Northwestern Christian Advo7
cate, TO President Buchanan, III which, speak
ing in behalf of the Northern Branch OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, he 'dwells upon,
murtlerous proceedings of which its members
have been made the victims in Texas, and
particularly on the hanging of the Rev. Bewr
ley, with whom be was personally acquainted.
The Methodist Church. he remarks, is not
political organization; its members are loyal,
peaceable and sobedient to the laws, and in
that character they have a right to enter in
safety, and iphabit without molcstation any
part of the domain Of the United States.-
Many of the people of the slave States. he
observes, prefer to belong to the northern
branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and for these he claims perfect liberty to do
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a Itsseems to ms northerners, that DIR. Eddy is
right IN requiring that no man shall be hang
ed in Texas, OF anywhere else, for belonging
to the Northern Methodist Church. Wheth-
er Mr.. Buchanan, to Whom tbe. doctors letter
is addressed, will view The matter in that light
we cannot say but the ting is at hand whrn
the Republic will have at its head a Chief
Magistrate who admits. to, its, fullest extent,
the rights of an innocent peaceful man to
life. whatever may be his opinions on the sla-
very qnestion.--N. Y. Post.