Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-17
The ORIGINAL AntI-sIavery Aeitutors.

The Original Antl-SIavery AgitatOrs.
Who, after reading the following unques-
tiOnable genuine testimony of the fathers
of the country can maintain that anti-slav-
cry agitatisn and feeling is an invention
Of modern fanatics;
"There is not a man living who wishes
more sincerely tnan do to see a plan ad-
opted for the abolition of slavery. Geo.
Washington, ApTiI u, 1876.
"The scheme, my dear Marquis, which
you propose as q precedent TO encourage
the emancipation of the black people in
this country from the state of bondage in
which they are held, is a striking evidence
Of the benevolence your hear" p Wash
ington to Lafayette, 1873.
at is the most earnest wish Of America
to see an entire stop put forever to the
wicked cruel and unnatural trade in
slaves" Meeting at FdiIfaz, Va, july 1Sth,
IVA, presided ouer By Washington.
I tremble for my country when re-
feet that God is just. His justice cannot
sleep forever. -Je9ersOn's Notes on Slavery
in Virgiaia 1882.
aThe King of Great Britain has waged
cruel war against human nature itself, vi
olating its most sacred rights of life and
liberty, in the persons of a distant people
who never offended him; captivating them
and carrying them into slavery in another
hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in
their transportation hither. er.'-JefeTsOns 5
Original Draft effhs Declaration Of IndePeR-
deHce.
After the year 1900 of the Christian
Era, there shall be neither slavery nor in
voluntary servitude in any Of the said
states" (all of the territories then belong
ing to the United States. )-JefsTSon's Or
dinance Of 1887, unanimously approved By
Congress and signed By Washington.
awe have seen the mere distinction Of
color made in the most enlightened period
of time, a ground of the most oppressive
dominion ever exercised by man over
man. james Madison.
awe have found that this evil has prey
ed upon the very vitals of the Union, and
has been prejudiciaI to all the states in
which it has existed. .p-JGmes Monroe.
"The tariff was only the pretext, and
disunion and Southern Confederacy the
real object. The next pretext will be the
negro or slavery question. ."-AndreV Jack
son, Nay, 1888.
" "Sir, envy neither the heart nor the
head Of that man from the North who rises
here to defend Slavery on principle. -
John Randolph Of Roanoke.
"The people of Carolina form two class
es, the rich and the poor. The poor are
very poor; the rich who have slaves to do
all their work, give them no employment.
The little they get is laid out in brandy,
not in books and newspapers; hence they
know nothing of the comparative blessings
of our country, or Of the dangers which
threaten it; therefore they care nothing
about it:"-GeHeraI Francis Marion to Bar
on De RaIb.
so long as God allows the vital cur
rent to flow through my veins, I will nev-
er, never never, by word or thought, by
mind or will, aid in admitting one rood of
free territory to the everlasting curse Of
human bondage. Henry Clay.
Alluding to the time the above senti-
ment was uttered, Thomas H. Benton says
"That was a proud day. could have
wished that had spoken the same words
1 speak them now, telling you they are
his, and adopting them as my own"