Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-07
Original AntI.Slayery AgitatOrs.

There is not man living who wishes
more sincerely than do to see plan adopt.
cd ior the abolition OF slavery Georqe
F'Shf"5'''', ir"H il t7sc.
Tho scheme my dear marquis, which you
propose rs Il precedent TO encourage the
emancipation of the black people in this
country from the state OF bondage in which
they are held is striking evidence of the
bcncvoencc of your heart IVasLiaqton 10
Lafayette, l7s3.
1t is the most earnest wish of America to
see an entire stop forever put to the wicked,
cruel, and unnatural trade in slaves.-Nee-
ing At Farfar I0., Ja,y Is, l77i, presided
occr By IIdShmgtoa
I trcmblc for my country when / reflect
that God IS Just. His justice cannot sleep
iorcvcr-'/eBerSORs Notes on .Hareyy in Vr-
giald, l7s2.
The King Of Great Britain has wagcd
cruel war against human nature itself VIC.
Iating It's most sacred rights of life and lib.
crtN IN the persons Of distant people who
never offended him captivating them and
carrying them into slavery in another hem
isphcrc, or to incur miserable death in their
transportation hithcr.--Je6erSon'S Ortqinai
DrWt Gt the Declaration Of Independence.
After the year 1900 Of the Christian era
there shall be neither slavery nor rinvolunta.
ry scrvitude in any Of the said states, Gall
of the territories then belonging to the
United States. )-JcteySon Ordinance of
1877, unanimously dpprored By Congress, and
signed By Washington.
~, lao, Il 1 a..
made, in the most enlightened period of
time, ground Of the most oppressive do
minion ever exercised 10y man over man.
James NddjSOn.
We have found that this evil has proved
upon the very vtals Of the Union and has
been prejudicial to all the States in which
it has cXistcd.--JJmaS -UoMoc.
Tf Thf It'd tHdd a GH tS Ra'aS the The res s
object The next preteXt will be the negro
or slavery question.-lHdrer JdckSon, Nay,
1888
Sir, envy neither the heart nor the head
of that man from the North who rises here
to defend slavery on iplc--John Ran
dolph Of Roanoke.
The people Of Carolina form two classes,
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 money 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 il; therefore they care nothing
about it,--Gen. Francis Marion 10 Baron De
Hdi
So long as God allows the vital current
to flow through my veins, | will never,
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-Hemy clay.
Abiding to the time the above sentiment
was uttered, Thomas ii. Benton says THAT
was Il proud day. | could have wished that
| had spoken the same words; | speak them
now telling You they were his, and adopt
ing them as my own
We consider the voluntary onslaving of
one part Of the human race by another as
utterly inconsistent with the law of God,
which cnjoins that "al things whatsoever
yc would that men should do to you, do We
even so to them. Resolutions unanimously
ddoptcd By the general assembly of the Pres
bTcrjdu ChWch ot the United States Of Amer
ic6, ISIS.