Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-07
How / Became an Atelitioaist
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That God would come In all his might
and from satan set me cree;
That I from Satan might cscspo, and
fee the wrath to come.
IL there's o fcnd In human sh ape, ola
master must be one,
So fare you we'll. old master. while
YOU pray for me,
OF liberty.
i've now embarked for yonder shore.
where mans a man by law.
The vessel NOON will bear me Ger. to
shake the lions paw;
The hounds are baying on my track,
the masters Just behind.
Resolved to bring me back before !
cross the line.
SO fare You well. olA master, o don't
come after me-
| soon will be In Canada. where col.
ored men are tree.'
I looked up the slavery laws in states
where slavery eRisted and found them
abominable. Here are some OF them:
In the colonies Of Carolina II was
enacted, IN l7le. that ''all negroes. In
dams, and muIattos. who can not prove
themselves free men are made and de
c!ared slaves" Any person findins a
slave abroad without pass must
chastise him or else be liable 10 .
penalty Tor the omission. All crimes
committed bs q slave from theft to
murder. were punishable by death. n
the owner Of q runaway slave failed
to whip the culprit, or cut OF an ear
he forfeited his ownership. The ex-
pense OF hunting slaves was paid from
the public treasury. and II any person
should be injured. while engaged in
such service, the public paid the dam
ages. II slave died during his pun.
ishment no penalty was to be attached
unless murder was intended. when
fine OF 80 pounds was to be paid.
Do you wonder that the underground
railroad was built and operated thru
Indiana, and that personal liberty
bills were passed and put IN force In
states north Of the Ohio river"
The free soil party said: NO inter-
ference with slavery where II now
exists. but no extension Of slavery in
territory now free. HerscheIi V.
johnson. candidate for vice president
on the Douglas platform, said: I'VE
can never have peace in this country
till we commence with the chief mag
istrate and go on down to the constable
and put foot on the neck of every man
that dares to say that he will interfere
with slavery anywhere"
The campaign of 1855 was a stormy
one. At the state election. in October.
Indiana went $500 democratic This
looked a little blue for Fremont. 80
the repu blicaps. free soldiers. and anti
slavery wings got up a story that there
were a large number OF 0uakers in
Indiana. Ohio, and Pennsylvania who
had not voted for years who were now
going TO vote for Fremont and that
this Quaker vote would surely elect
him.
SO we whooped il up for Fremont
and Dayton. When the November
election came OF Indiana went 300
for Buchanan, and Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania went for Buchanan by increased
majorities. So after this. when q can
dfdate was beaten badly. we said he
had received the Quaker vote.
Buchanan came into the White
House declaring the object OF his ad-
ministration was to destroy every Sec
tional party. north or south. and TO
restore fraternal feelings. But the
slavery trouble was too big. and the
Mormon trouble came In the first year
OF his term. Then the Kansas war and
the John Brown raid came on, in all
of which Buchanan showed decided
L.. Th
1851. when the star OF the West. a
United States vessel. attempted TO re-
inforce and provision the garrison at
Fort Sumter. she vas fred upon and
driven back. Buchanan said that
neither the president, nor conzress
had any right Under the constitution
to coerce a seceding state. The south
had seeded, and fired an the nag. and
the democratic president Of the United
Stetcs had sanctioned treason.