Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-09

I and although do not believe gentlemen
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I mean to say that gentlemen who are slave
holders would be guilty of these particular
about this matter in the court Of conscience
I in the court Ofright and wrong and in
/ slsC that any laws for ensiaying men have
just the same moral force as the arrange
ment among robbers and pirates for distribu-
ting their spOils. wantto know by what
want to know by what right you can say
that my child shall be your slave I want
TO know by what right you say that the
mother shall not have her child, given 10
her from God through the martyrdom OF
maternity? Hear that soft exquisite war
ole OF a mothers love
Gre last years sun had left the sky,
A birding sought my Indian nest,
And folded, ah so lovingly,
Its tiny wings upon my breast"
Now where is the wretch who would dare to
go up and take that duttering and painting
birding from the bosom Of its mother, and
say, 1T is mine 1 will sell il ike calf;
will sell it Like pig ?" What right had that
mother to her babe Was it because she
was ''Fanny Forester" the gifted author
venerable and Venerated missionary No.
it was because she was its MOTHER and ev-
cry slave mother has just as good a title to
her babe as Fanny Forester" had to hers.
No laws can make it right to rob her. I say
in Gods name, my child is mine and yet I
have no right 20 mine thaU a slave father has
not to his child. Not a particle. The same
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SOnaI liberty proves the right OF every hui
man being to his. The argument that proves
my righJ TO my children gives the same Ii
tie, the same sacred clalIn5 10 every 1aJner.
They, as /, get il from their God, and no hu-
man enactment can annul the claim. No,
sir, never Therefore every slave has a
right to his freedom, in spite Of your Slave
laws. Every slave has right to run away.
in spite of your Slave laws. I tell you, Mr.
Chairman, and tell You all, that if were q
slave, and A had the power and were it nee
essary TO achieve my freedom, would not
that yaVvns between the he'll of Slavery and
the heaven of Freedom with the carca sses
of the slain. Give me my freedom Hands
OFF UnthrOttle that man he IS entitled
to it from his God. With these views, I do
not think, OF course IL IS any harm 10 help
away slave. told you that a year ago. I
need not repeat it.
A MEaIBER-''You steal them"
Who steals, when a man comes and takes
my child from my hearthstOne ? Who
steals. when he comes and takes the babe,
flesh Of my flesh and bone of my bone
Who steals I tell you that have no more
hesitation in helping fugitive slave than
have III snatching a lamb from the jaws Of a
WOlI OF ulseIl an lLoLl lIle Ltli
has the nation crOuched and covered in the
presence Ofthis stupendOus wrong Here and
now break the SPELL and d1senchant the
Republic from the 1ncanta5iOn Of this ac-
cursed sOrceress. 1t is simply question
whether it Will pay to go down INTO the den
where the wolf is [Laughter.l If you would
only go into your lair and crunch the bones
and tear the flesh Of your victims we might
let Won alone but YOU will not. You claim
the right to 20 with this flesh in your teeth
al over the Territories. We deny 10.
My time is passing I must go on. want
ed to say considerable more about John
Mr.. ADRIAN propose that we give the
gentleman more time.
Mr.. LOVEIOY-I will answer all questions
if the House Will give me more g51e' lCIles
Mr.. SINGLEToN-No, Sir any geatEe7lldgl
shall have time, but not such a mean, des-
picabIe wretch as that
Mr.. LovEToY-When the Jews could do
anything else they spit upon Christ ana
said he was possessed OF a devil. Laughter
One Of the earliest settlements of Virginia
was made by a fugitive slave. John smith
was captured in the war and sold TO nigh
toned, chivalrOus Turk, and put at the task
of threshing. The master rode up to the
barn-dOOr one day and said, 'Jacz, you Tsls-
cal, why don't you thresh faster ?' Jack
b0Tresc0 TefelTellS FLEW at his master, Kill
ed him with his f1ail, tOh, for q Harper's
Ferry Committee , sprang into the Yac9nS
saddle and escaped, and came ana seLIlSu
jamestown. Oh for a SOuth-side preacher to
admOnish John to stay and serve his master
whose money he was, like good "Christian
dog ." Let us look q moment at this ques-
ton aside from its moral aspects. And
want to know what right Slavery, or a
STAKEHOLDER, has to go with slaves into the
common Territories Of the United states
] You talk about the equality of the states
and grant it. The citizens Of a Slave state
! have all the rights in the Territories that a
[ citizen of Free State has. You have the
rlghG, concede, 20 go lnJo llle Goilll4iCtt -
rlLofles ana llye Jnefe Win illly 1le ~ ~ , II ~
/ erty we can take, but you have not the rIgnI
/ to take slaves. This is the dlsunctlon
I make. AT a liberal estimate Uhere are nOt
more than two millions Of people IN Jne
! United States interested in slave labor
There are only four nunured bllousano save
/ holders. There are thirty millions OF peO-
! pie in this country There are twenty gIll
/ millions interested in the system OF free la
! Dor, and two millions in that Of slave labor
! The free system accommodates some eighl
i millions in the Slave states better tnan JnS
! slave system. Here is the point. II slavery
! goes into the Territories, free labor canno
/ go there. The presence Of Slavery without
! any local law for the purpose Is lhe ecu 451
/ sion of free labor. If you take Slayery LLeI,
/ I cannot 90 there with THE n. Y. TRIBUNE
The EUe1lillg Post, The I1depe1deft OF any any
similar paper, reli gioqs or secular. etI1o I
| go with the minister desire 70 preacn 4n'
[ gospel. Free schools cannot be there HoJ
say, indeed, we can 60. Yes so an may may 3,
choose to make it their temporary ABODE
| All are invited to the table d'hOte. The land
| lord opens the doors of the dining hall, ant
says, "Wallz in gentlemen :" but II q mar
sitting there is leprous, dripping with con
" as much an e5-elIIsiOr1 as ii the doors wer,
/ closed and barred against his entrance. So
/ the euualitv of the States. I favor the rlgh
of every citizen of Slave State to go 1nlC
right to practice lavehOldtng there, for Il Is
not an inStitutiOn-it never was instituted
never ests blished by LAYOUT practice ilNs IS
! polygamy. / say UnaL Iney nave hoJ 2 LleLl ~
to go there and practice this high crime, sc
/ injurious to man, and so ouenslVe TO 600
And this is the question; whether tnest
j twenty-eight million people shall be accom-
/ rnOdated or two million people shall be ac
commOdated; for L repeat the presence o
and the institutions of Freedom. / deny n'
one their rights. The Slave States are equa
to the Free States. It is poor, pttttul, ant
paltry patriotism that cannot take IN lh,
entire extent of its country but 90 den9
that Slavery has the same right as Freedom
in this country. Freedom is the isaac y reg
dom is the heir Of promise. slavery is TN
Hager and Ishmael, and they must go mt
the wilderness. and Freedom Shall nave IN
entire Inheritance God and the faJDer
gave it to freedom and free institutions.
citizens of the Free States but to freedom
to the utter exclusion OF slaVeholdlng. Nov
gentlemen, I know you are in a mood q
! lake little advice. TIauuhter.l II tell yOl
| I love You all. lReueWed laughter,l
Mr.. AICQUEEN-I utterly repudiate you
NJ LovEJcY-Sinners did that of Christ
but he loved them still. Laughter
| Mr., MCQUEEN-I do not think ne love
Nfr. IovEJoY-I am afraid that 1 am no
much like him. He Went, however AM
preached to the spirits IN the PRISON ana
think never apprOXlrnUteC 50 nearly 70 hin
as in this regard Whlle n1al44LuB R1oGLs.llls R
J ton of the holy ev9ngel OF God 20 sinner
/ ! in this House. / tell you Of the Slave State
3 that you must emancipate your slaves. ]
, belongs TO YOU ana not 70 US. 1ou mus
/ | transform them from slaves into serfs, AM
. give them homes, and protect ana guard tn
3 sanctity of the family. We shall not pusl
. YOU. III you say that you want quarter g
I a century, you can have a.. But insist tina
i ! this system must ultimately be eNtinuuished
cate the perpetutty of Slavery are like Sc
! of madcaps, who should place themselve
on the top of an iceberg which had Olsen
gagged itself from the frozen regions OF Tn
l north and begun to float downward, an
! downward, through the warm climates. I1
10 sun shines and melts f. the soft wind
r blow on and melt 10 f; the rains descend an
4 melt It the water ripples round It ana mel
1 it: and then these wild visionariest win
z fanCied they could sail an iceberg tnrouki
= the tropics, finding that their crall is Slls
- / solving beneath them, start mp, ana piits
. | pheme sunshine and rain ana Hephyt Qu
= ! mounting the heavens tell JehoVah ina
i | unless he stops the shining OF the sum am
S the blowing of the winds and the falling q
"a the rain, tluNv will Crumble his uu1Vers
: ] ,sfrofn turret 10 foundation" EGreat laugh
= / teri DO YOU not think God would feel bad
3 and would not the 0rchangels trempIe g
20 the chtvalry 2 LBeneWed laughter.l 10
10 may call this eNtravagnnt but you can q
- no more 20 perpetuate slavery, and viii u
, more dissolve this Union, in order to perpe'
4 uate 1t, than you can stop the shining Of th
- sun, or the ripple of the sea, the descent
rHin or the blowing of the wind nay q