, 1862-05-23

Tho DrfgfI al Antt-SInvery AgltatorB*
There is not q man living who wishes more
sincerely than I do 10 see Jlan adopted for
tic abolition Of slayery.-Geo. Washington,
ApTil II, 17SG.
t'The echemc, my dear Marquis, which you
propose as precedent 10 encourage the enan-
cira1iou Of the black people in this country
from the state Of bondage In which they are
held, is j striking evidence Of tine bcneVo1ence
OF your heart Washington to 1Lafiayette,
sit is the most carucst wish of America to
see an entire stop forever put to the wicked.
cruel and unnatural trade in slaves. .''-1Gsetiag
Washington.
~ tremhIe for mY country, when reflect
TINT God is just. His Justice cannot sleep for
ever."-7I3ersom's Notes on Slzre1;y in Vs7ysn'a,
17S2
"Thc King Ct Great Britain has waged cruel
most sacred rights Of lite and liburt5, in the
persons OF o distant people who never offend
I'd him; captivating them aBd; carrying them
iuto slavery in another hemisphere, or to in;
cur miserable death In their transportation
hither."-:hfffs1so"'s original dreft Of the De-
eaa.estio.t tf lndependeaee
"Af,er the year 1900 Of the Christian Cru.
there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude in any Of the said States" Gall Of tho
territories then belonging to the United
States. .rJegerson's 0rdsnanos Of 1871, as,,ani-
n.ousiy approved By Congress aud signed by
| Washington.
| "Wo have seen the nero distinction Of
| color made, in the most enlightened period Of
time, ground Of the most oppressive do
| niuson ever exercised BY man over nlln. -
| james Madison. -.
"We have found that this eyi1 has prevcl
upon the tery pitals Of tbs Union, and has been
}rejudlcal to ali the States IN which it las ex.
listed. ."-9afaes -Mon7oe.
s'The tariff was only the pretext, aud dis
union and a Southern con5ederacy the real o.
.iect. The next prrtext will ba the negro 0,
slavery question. ."-Andrew Jackson, Nay
| 1888
"Sir, envy neither the heart nor tie heat
| OF that man from the North who rises here t<
defend slavery on principle. ."-J9hn Rando!p]
t'ef Roanoke.
sTho people Of Carolina form two classes
the rich and the poor, The poor arc veG
poor; the rich who have slaFes to: do sill thef
work, give them no employ mint, The littl
they get is laid out IN brandy. not in books ans
newspapers; hence they know nothing OF tn
. comparative blessings Of our country, OF .
the Dangers which threaten it; therefore tha
care borhiug about 1t. ."-Ge7a. Franets Karso
to Baron d. Ealb-
So long as God allows the vital current Il
flow through my yefns, will ucrer, never
never, bY Wprd or thought. by MUD or viii
aid in admitting one rood Of Tree territory t
the everlasting curse Of human ,hondase.'-
Henry ciay.
II AlludiDg to the time the above sentimez
| Wss uttered. Thornas II. Benton says:
, *tThat was proud day. I could hav
: wished thatd had spoken the same words;
?. speak them now, telling you they wets hi
) and adopting them % my own
4 - We coneider the voluntary ens1aving
!, one .patt Of: The huuian race By another IS u
teslY Inconsistent with this; 1.w Of God, wlie
; :erJdina ths& All things Whatsoever ye woul
!. that men should do to. Jou, do ye even so
| tken.' "-Rss9a0ion* anan:mouar tdopted
> Tic General ASSEMBLY Of the Presbyterian EYtssr,
: Of tho. .Un,ted States Of America.