The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-06
The Original Anti-slavery Agitators.


As certain individuals are croaking
about Abolitionism, and denouncing all
men who think the interests of the country
at this particular crisis, would be advanc-
ed by the emancipation Of the slaves, we
would refer them to some extracts from
the writings Of the Fathers of the Repub
lie. in order to show what they thought
Of the peculiar institution. We hope
it may be like oil to their troubled con.
sciences.
There is not man living who wishes
more sincerely than do to see a plan
adopted for the abolition of slavery -
Geo. Washington, April l2, 1886.
1.-The scheme, my dear Marquis. which
you propose as 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 of your heart
Washington to Lafayette, 1888.
cit is the most earnest wish of America
to see an entire stop for ever put to the
wicked, cruel, and unnatural trade in
slaves. ."-Neeting al Fairtar. Va, july
l8, l774, presided ouer By Washington.
81 tremble for my country, when l
reflect that God is just. His justice can
not sleep for ever."-Jsferson's Notes on
Slavery in Virginia, 1882.
"The King of Great Britain has waged
cruel war against human nature itself, vio-
lating its most sacred rights of life and lib
erty, 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
intheir transportation hither.' .''-Jeferson S
orsginu draft Of the Declaration Of hide
pendence.
"After the year 1900 of the Christian
era, there shall be neither slavery nor in-
voluntary servitude in any of the said
states," fall of the territories then belong
ing to the United States. )-J eferson S
Ordinance of 1887, unanimously approved
By Congress and signed by Washington.
"Weihave seen the mere disticntion 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.
1--WE have found that this evil has preyed
upon the very vitals of the Union, and has
been prejudicial to all the states in which
it has existed. flames Monroe
"The tariff was only the pretext, and
disunion and Southern Confederocy The
real Object The next pretext will be the
negro or slavery question" - Andrea,
Jackson, Moy, 1888.
"Sir, envy neither the heart nor the
head of that man from the North who RI
ses here to defend slavery on principle" ]"
John Randolph of Roanoke.
"The people of Carolina form two clas-
ses, the rich and the poor. The poor are
very poor the rich, who have slaves to
do all their work, give them no employ
.ment. The little they get is laid out in
brandy, not in books and newspapers
hence they know nothing Of the compare.
tive blessings of our country, or OF the
dangers which threaten it therefore they
care nothing about it, General Fran
CTS Marion TO Baron De Kalb.
$50 long as God allows the vital cur
rent to flow through my veins, will new
or, never. never, by word or thought, by
mind or will, aid in admitting one rood o
free territory to the everlasting curse o
humanl bondage. Henry Clay.
Abiding to the time the above senti
ment was uttered, Thomas III. Bentol
says:
"That was proud day. I could have
wished that had spoken the same words
speak them now, telling you they were
his, and adopting them as my own."
1--WE consider the voluntary enslayins
OF one part of the human race by anothe
as utterly inconsistent with the law o
God, which enjoins that "All thing
whatsoever ye would that men should d.
to you, do ye even SO to them" ."-Reso
lutions unanimously adopted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Churcl
Of the United States Of America.