Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-04-25
WHOLE NO. s273.


not have her child, given to her from God
through the martyrdOm of maternity
Hear that soft exquisite warble Of moth
er's love:
Ere last years sun had left the sky,
A birdling sough my Indian nest,
And folded, ahI so lovingly,
Its tiny wings upon my breast"
Now where is the wretch who would dare
to 60 up and take that nuttering and pant
ing birding from the bosom Of its mother.
and say, at is mine; / viii sell it ike
calf; 1 will sell it ike pig?" What right
had that mother to her babe? Was it be-
cause she was Fanny Forester" the gif-
ted authoress? was it because she was the
wife Of venerable and venerated mission
airy? No, it was because she was its moth
er, and every slave mother has Just as good
a title to her babe, as Fanny Forester
had to hers. No laws can make it right
to rob her. l say, in Gods name, my child
is mine; and yet have no right to my
child that slave father has not to his
child. Not particle The same argu-
ment that proves my right to my personal
liberty, proves the right of every human
being to his. The argument that proves
my right to my children gives the same t.
tie, the same sacred claim to every father.
They. as I, get it from their God, and no
human law can annul the claim. No, SIR,
neverl Therefore every slave has right
to his freedom, in spite Of your slave laws.
Every slave has a right to run away In
spite of your slave laws tell you, Mr..
Chairman, and L tell you all, that if l were
slave, had the power, and were it neces-
sary to achieve my freedom, would not
hesitate to fill up and bridge over the chasm
that yawns between the hell Of slavery and
the heaven Of Freedom, with the carcasses
of the slain Give me my freedoml Hands
off Unthrottle that mani Give him his
liberty He is entitled to it from his God.
With these views, do not think, Ofcourse,
it is any I'm to help away slave. Z
told you that year ago. l need not re-
peat it.
/ A Member-'you steal them
Mr.. Loyejoy-Who steals, when a man
comes and takes my child from my hearth
stone? Who steals when he comes and
takes the babe, flesh of my flesh, and bone
of my bone? Who steals? 1 tell you 1
have no more hesitation in helping fugi-
tive slave than 1 have in snatching a lamb
from the jaws of wolf, or disengagfng an
infant from the talons Of an eagle. Not .
bit. Long enough has the nation erouched
and covered in the presence of this stupen-
dous wrong. Here and now I break the
spell, and disenchant the Republic from
the incantatien of the accurscd sorceress.-
1t is simply question whether it viii pay
to 90 down-into the den where the wolf is.
Qaughter.) If you would only 90 into
your lair. and crunch the bones and tear
the flesh of your victims, we might let yOn
alone, but you viii not You claim the
right to go with this flesh in your teeth all
over the territories. We deny it.
My time is passing; must 90 on. 1
wanted to say considerable more about John
D Brown.
'-;"u, A. Z Dem. n. I'LL
Mr, Au4.- 4Ne geRtleman more
propose that we give 60
time.
air. GOyejOy-I viii answer al ssea.
tons If the House will give me more time
Cries of 'Nol nor Give him time Sci
Mr.. Singleton, Oem. Miss. NO, Sir:
any gentleman shall have time, but not
such mean despicable wretch as that.
Mr.. Lovejoy.-When the Jews could
not do anything else they spit upon Christ,
and said he was possessed of a devil
Laughter One of the earliest settle
ments of Virginia was made by a fugitive
slave. John Smith was captured in war
and sold to high toned and ehivalrous
Turk, and put at the task of threshing.-
The master rode up to the barn-dOor one
day, and said Jack. you rascal, why don't
you thrash faster?' Jack AOrreSto reteTre,asy
flew at his master. killed him with his
fail, Ooh, for a Harper's Ferry Commit
teel sprang into the vacant saddle and
escaped, and came and settled jamestown.
Oh for South side preacher to admonish
John to stay with his master, whose mon
sy he was. like a good Christian doe!' A
Sir. Let US look at this ques-
tiOn aside from its moral aspects. And 1
ask what right slavery, or a stakeholder,
has to 60 with his slaves into the common
territories of the United States. You talk
about the equality of the States, and |
grant it The citizens of Slave State
have all the rights in the Territories that
l citizen of a Free State has. You have
'he right, l concede. to 90 into the common
Territories and live there with any kind Of
property we can take, but you have not the
light to take slaves This is the distinc-
ion l make. At liberal estimate there
Ire not more that two millions Of people in
he United States interested in slave Ia
Dor. There are onl " four hundred thous-
Ind Shareholders. There are thirty millions
IF people in this country. There are twen-
ty-eight millions interested in the system
of free labor, and two millions in that Of
slave labor. The free system accommo-
lates some eight millions in the Slave
States better than the Slave system. Here
s the point. If Slavery goes into the Ter
ritories, free labor can not 90 there The
presence Of slavery without any local law
ior the purpose is the exclusion of free Ia
Dor. If you take slavery there. 1 cannot
% there with the New York Tribune, the
Evening Post, the Independent, or any
similar paper, religious or secular. I can
lot 90 with the minister I desire to near
preach the gospel Free Schools cannot
% there. You say, indeed we can co.
Yes; so all may 20 to public house. It
S common to all who choose to make it
heir temporary abode All are invited to
he table hOte The landlord opens the
loOrs of the dining hall. and says, Walk
n gentlemen but if man sitting there
S leprOus,, dripping with contagious dis
,ase. no one viii 60 in. It is really as
much an exclusion as if the doors Wero
closed and barred against his entrance
So if Slavery goes, Freedom cannot go.
Concluded on Fourth Pag@