Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-27

I ueuS' ana 70 let the oppressed go free, an
a that ye brake every yoke?" lisa. SO, 5-6.)
RI 1Gov.-10. God, We draw near to Thee thi
day, and beseech Thee show this people TIL
4 will, spare this nation for Thy own nam
sal1eE 15ALG&t4& 80&l y
} &C." For aszmueh as this people draw nea
: to me with their mouths, and with their lip
: do honor me, but have removed their heart
: far from me, and their fear toward me is taugh
; by the precept of men. Therefore, behold
will proceed to do marvellous work anon;
this people, even marvellous work and won
der for the wisdom of their wise men shai
perish, and the understanding of their pruden
: men shall be hid. Woe unto them that seel
deep TO hide their counsel from the Lord, anC
their works are in the dark, and they say who
seeth US and who knoweth Us Surely YOU
turning of things upside down How striking
ly' this applies to the pro-slavery wrestling and
distorting Of the Federal Constitution1 shall
be esteemed as the potter's, clay" lisa 90
/ 1916 proclaim liberty throughout all the
I land unto all the Inhabitants thereof" LEV
3 25s10) zzz1 loL1 81 =-
! GoY.-"O Lord, stay Thy hand, we are as
nothing before Thee We are crushed under
theresi>tless weight Of Thy argum, nt3, and au.
thority. Gladly would we follow Thy law
1 Thy higher law, the dictates of conscience and
common humanity But Thou seest how we
are res trained by The fundamental law Of our
land-fhe Federal Constitution" esf'7.'5 +
/ -"RemoEe not the aneieat land marks
which thy fathers llaye set. prov. %, 28A y
How appropriate this injunction and rebuke
/ TO the recent attempt of our national Govern
! ment to fasten upon our Constitution an un-
alterable amendment forever prohibiting the
General Government from interfering with
slavery in tbe States! Surely this is remov-
ing the ancient landmarks Of liberty which
our fathers set up! .t is
Goz.-"But o our Union! Union Re
pubIicanism is subordinate 10 the Union as
everything else is, [rhis includes liberty itself,
don't you see?l and ought TO be - Repub-
liclnisin, Democracy, every other political
name and thing-all are subordinate and they
ought to disappear in the presence-of the great
question of Union" [See lYm. Fl. Stewards
great speech Of Jan. 30 Lo these many
years compromSe Ses alone with slavery, have
held this glorious Union together, and now
even these fail!i
c." Your covenant with death shall be
disannuled, and your agreement with hell shall
not stand; when the overhowing scourge shall
pass through them We shall bc trodden down
by IT," lisa. 28. 18.) saa5isE ais --a
Goy.-.-O Lord, we know that the voice OF
truth is the voice Of God, Let US hear Thy
word, and o incline our hearts 10 do Thy
will 81" .e9 4
We have always acted on the hypothesis
that the General Government has no Authority
und,r The Constitution TO interfere with slav-
cry in the States. Shall we destroy our con
stitution and form another?' e'"
TrntlI@-Nor Hv5
How, then, can the national govern
ment bring its action to bear on slavery where
it is already established under State laws p
Would not such action be in violation of the
Federal Constitution ~ 97#
Truth.-'''Try your last question by your
constitution 1t is acknowledged by all, that
your Federal Constitution is the supreme law
of the land is it not?n .............s
Gov-"Certainly so, for the Constitution
declares itself 0 be such" (Amend, Art. G,
clause 2.) #- H' .1aa'
Truth--eWh hence proceeds the Government,
from the people or from the States in an or.
ganized capacity?' ----.....
Gov" From the people, according 10 the
Preamble Of the Constitution"
rruth.-"Very well, then, has any State
Constitution, or law either State or national.
framed in violation Of this Constitution, any
binding force on the people?" M
Gov.-'No. according to the art. re erred 1
to, ii has not" @
Truth.-"Again, since this constitution was
made by the people and for the protection Of
The people, unless there is some iexpress pro /
vision by which a specified class is to be exl
cluded from the eneralprotection, every ind.
vidual in the nation has a right to claim for
himself all the privileges guaranteed to the /
people by the Constitution; now is there any /
such specification in the Constitution ?n'
Cow -"No there is no other specification
than, ace The people, &c" Z's-.a
Truth Hence, Nas it is not expressly de- I
clared that negroes shall be excluded from the
rights and privileges Of the people, since lib !
erty is one of the rights especially mentioned /
as belonging to all men, and to secure which /
TO the people of the United States and TO their 1
posterity after them, the Federal Constitution |
was framed, and the General Government IN t
negroes have a rightto liberty undet. I
the Constitution, and have a right to claim
protection from the General government
whenever in any case they are oppressed BY :
the laws OF any State directly, or refused pro
lection in their natural rights by the authority
of their State. IN word; The Constitution
was to protect all the people, the pegros are a
part of the people, thgrelore it was to protect
them. But it does not protect them, therefore
the Government is perverted. This shows
that the Constitution DOES not restrain the
General Government from proch,imug liberty
throughout all the land 10 all the inhabitants
thereof Such declaration is libel on the
Constitution Of the nationl And never will (
the Government Of the D. S. be guiltless be-
fore God, till. administers Justice to all ac,
cording 10 the. Constitution. There is no
fault in the Cornsliiution; it is all in the meli
who misrePreScut it, aud unjustiy use it for
wicked purposes. Put the case thus: Graut,
for the sake Of the argument, that the CJn-
stitu;ion al.Aits the eight Of property in man;
is there any specification as TO the color, lang
nage, or any other Characteristic of particu.
lar class that may be held as propcfty?" si'a
q Iv.-"NU9 al 7ai. ErG 8 .a97o4
Truth" We'll, then under tho gJnstitutiop
The South Carolina slave masters have as much
right 10 .cns.ave an Englishman, a Frenchnian,t
Or German as an, African. Would that
State send its slave ships 70 European coasts
Io'steal slaves Again, granting What has
been grantcd, and for the same purpose, unless
there are positive specifications to the con
trary this right IS a general one and the slaves
naye the same right to lenslave their masters
whenever they eau get the physical power to
10 il as the masters have TO hold their slaves.
And also, il the right is thus UNRESTRICTED; the
master, whether he be black or white, has lis
much right to bold Als slaves lin one part or ;
he Union as another, Garry out this princt
nle and what hncnmns Of liherLv 91 7. -