The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-09-09
~ SLAVERY ABoLIsHEDg

Under this caption, a correspondent
thus writes to the New York News:
/ when a nation proelaims to the world
the aec0nl plsbme.t Of a great deed, that
world may justly question the degree Of
i Inconsistency olFerYed between the prlnci-
4 pies thereby asserted and that nations
lcnsnina acts Al national acts involve
If necessity certain guiding principles,
! aud whea people accept certain prncl-
Pies to govern their acts, they should fully
understand those principles in all their
hearings. aud be prepared to obey them
to their Just extent
By proclamation Of the late President,
freedom was proclaimed 70 four millions
If slaves Laying aside the question Of
the right u bestow such freedom the ar
gnnent rests upon The principle attempt
cd 10 be established The principle in
volged ia the emancipation is that OF
+ Liberty
c There can be no such state as restrict
i "a or partial liberty; for the term liberty
Implies stale entirely impartial and ut.
Iresirai1c4 Liberty 70 BE- virtual must
/ bs entire Therefore when = nation as
!. serbs chat Ebefiyis the principle Of their
+ government the must be prepared to
grant that liberty to al else is their as
sumel Liberty be- partial liberty grant
: Sd t. some. denied TO others; thereby
: proging that they understand not true
libert4. aud that their assertions Of
great principle established are false
:, Liberty Is 4 term liable to perversioR.
:, The South assert that they have been
! fighting fdr liberty tie North assert the
: satpe. Liierty Has the var cry Of each
:. eotabataut Both could not be right 1t
!. iberefors follows that in the downfall of
~ ere or the other Of the contestants was
u involved the downfall Of liberty. II but
!, remains to ask. had they who stood con-
2 qnerors the rgh. 10 shoat : liberty p
i Liberty has by nations been construed
= to mean freedom Of speech and act. The
! reycrse IF freedom must he slavery. If.
q. therefore people are deprived Of free
lst dom Of speech and act, then that people
ne are deprived Of liberty, and being de-
~ prived Of liberty, a consequent slavery is
y imposed Though it be impossible to
II take from people principles inherent in
:, certain of their moYal and legal rights, it
GeI is yet possible to deprive said people of
the power Or liberty to exercise those
lar rights; and the people thus deprived are
ID held in suhjection Or slavery.
lal The term Mon has heretofore implied
rs conjunction Of equal rights II, there
90 fore. Union signifies equality Of rights, it
hiss naturally follows that no one portion of
"a. the people within that Union could arro-
It's gate superior powers over any other por-
ses ton fs- - seen as Sufficient cause arose
TO enable one portion to assume such
lid powers the equality was destroyed, and
I. with tie destruction Of equality was viz
: , tually dissolved the Union, and there
m could but remain several distinct people
Sc connected with each other by the mere
sc. force Of subjugat;on. To preserve the
a Union. therefore. equality must be pre-
so served, and to preserve equality, liberty
{ a must bc preserved.
hsr But hoss are the people of the North
he preserving that liberty The answer il
0arj severe with truth BY not only forbid
SO ding, under death penalty, all freedom Of
80 speech and act-and thus, by denying
NJ positive liberty, admitting negative sla
ere yery--but a set form ssof both word and
ties act is compelled. aud with such compul
son an absolute slavery is established
ste When people are not allowed to speaI
Ier- otherwise than according to q certain
rec iorm-when people are not allowed t.
on ACT but within certain prescribed limits
the when a people are not only withheld from
ties acting, but arc compelled to act by I'll,
of taking Of imposed 0aths-when peopi
ent are liable to sudden arrests and secret tri
: a bunals; and when people are compelled
E is to an'outward support Of such arbitrar,
ar power under the terrible alternative o
g. the oath which lies, or the prison at th'
scafEold base, then there is no freedom
his among chat people, and liberty, polluted
mt. by the tyrant's grasp, lies crushed be
dit meath the despot's heel.
,rty This, then, is the slavery imposed upor
eat the people Of the so-ealled Union; sla
he VERY Of speech and of act; slavery
no imposed by them that dare not brook &
re- difference Of opinion If the people O
his the Union would have that Union re
bile stored in all It's pristine grandeur, theJ
lust must restore its original equality of rights
anvi Unless equality of rights is restored un
rse less freedom Of speech and act is restored
bly unless all the rights Of citizenship ars
the restored, the proclamation of emaneipa
nee sion win not have abolished slavery, bu
aid merely have transferred it from one ract
late Injured to seryitude to another who hay,
her never breathed aught but liberty; ant
slavery will thus be established upon /
no more degrading basis than our annals
Of have yet known. Then may our enemies
ary reiterate with some show of truth, whai
hat they have 50 often asserted, that this wal
anythas been waged not for freedom ant
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