The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-22
TRANSFERRING
MILLIONS FROM
ONE TYRANT TO ANOTHER
AS so Many Beasts Until Helpless
Men and Women Were
Murdered Cruelty
Council of GovernOrs-No. 81

We have already seen how the citi-
zens Of the United States have been led
round by the nose for more than eighty
years to raise certain selfish and ambi-
tious politicians into official station
and power on the negro's shoulders.
Let us now take an inventory OF some
OF the work accomplished by it and
draw the balance on the political ledger
between profits and losses accruing to
us as christian nation claiming to be
the light Of the world on matters OF
government. But first let us take
birds eye view of the subject % We
find it blazoned on the impartial pages
OF the worlds history.
During the long and bloody wars OF
the Spanish succession to the crown
kings and queens bought and sold
kingdoms and empires transferring
millions OF men and women from one
tyrant to another as so many beasts OF
burden until ell Europe was scourged
into exhaustion by the murder Of mill
ions OF helpless human beings. But
this devils dance came to an end at
last, and in January, 1712, . great
peace congress was assembled at
Utricht to divide the spoils OF conquest
among the victors. No less than nine
separate treaties were drawn up and
signed by the belligerents. One OF
them was between England and Spain.
By this treaty Queen Anne, Of Great
Britain, sold to the king OF Spain q
one-fourth interest in the African slave
trade, for which she received in pay
ment Gibraltar and Minorca. In 171S
Q commercial company was chartered
in London to buy and sell African
slaves of both sexes, and that 10 how
slavery was established in the Ameri'
can colonies.
In 1920 certain members Of congress-
of the Hamiltonian school of Absolutisu
rose up and refused Missouri admission
into the union Of states. Up to thai
time we had regarded slavery o. Z
strictly domestic institution under tht
absolute control Of the states whore Il
existed. Hence, when the federal sys
tenn was adopted in 1887 the trainers o
the constitution did not so much aI
mention the subject, except to cut Of
the importation Of any more slaves af
ter the year 1903. Thus we see tn
fght on Missouri was o fiat denial Il
the people of the right Of Self-govern
ment. 1t stultified as before the work.
as Q nation OF insincere hypocrits il
teaching one thing while praoticinI
another. But the great calamity to tn
country grew out OF the bold and diti
ant manner in which congress seize'
upon unconstitutional power an
usurped the rights Of the states I
meddle with delicate and dangerou
subject over which they had no Consti
tutional control.
Three hundred and fifty years befor
the apostle Paul stood on Mars Hi
and preached to the Athmians OF th
Justice, wisdom and goodness Of th
God whom they ignorantly worshiped
Demosthenes had stood on the sam
hill and declared before the Areopsgul
"They who aspire to an extravagar
degree of power are to be opposed b
force and action, not by speeches.
How unfortunately true has this pro'
On to the United States. It fell on III
Jefferson'B ears "like Q fire bell I
night" It was q sweeping revolutio
in our form Of government, 1t was
Pandora's box sowing dragons teei
in the body politic from which spran
from the earth millions of armed me
in full panoply Of war.
A council OF governors called ct thl
time demanding Of congress to take j
hands OF the states by whose authoriI
alone it came into existence rs q legi
lative body might hare settled, Il
whole subject on basis OF justice
ell the states. For .1hen. you. takes
the constitution and read II line Ait
line not single word can be found
show that the convention ever even d
bated the question Of domestic slavel
in any form. It was one Of the righ
reserved to the states where 1t existe
and not = member Of the cenEsatis