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Show • lUG A l'OLITIC.AL TEXT 1300K J:O R 1860. H.nd thuL wlmtevor treaties or compacts, or laws, or coo-~ trluc. 'rherc arc some princlple:-i \Ydl known lf'ell undo ~tiluuous, li~tve been made to sanction and upholtl It, it stootl, uuiv~r~ally recogobr.ed and unlve rlit~lly a ckuo;· i still uuholy, !Lllti that wo are bo.urH~ to tmmplc upon llcclgc~l among m..:n, that aro not to be found written in con. tn:mties, compacts, laws, and constrtuttons, anti LO stan<! stltuttons or in lillY . 'l'he people of the United htea t "Y what th.::.e men a.rrogtmLiy tell U!! is the law of Ood the formation of our Government, were 1 ns they stlli are'~ awl a fundamen tal principle uf IHLtura.l justice. Indeed, some s ense, peculiarly and radically <hstlnguL~Imble !r'om gt:ntlem.:n, these two things arc not distinguishable. 1'he othe r nations. We \\:cre white men, of-what hi common! law of God aud uo.turo.l justice, as between man and mnn, CtLilcd, hy Wtty of <llstmctlou-thc Oaucasiau race w~ are one tLttd the sa'"!le· 1'he wlse~t philosopher of ancient were a m onogamous people; tha t l!l to say, we we;e not times-hcatlteu philosophers-stud, The rule of c onduct Mohammedans, or followers of J oe Smith-with hnlr a doli~ tween man nod man is, to live nonestly, to injure no zen wives apiece. (Laughter.) It was a fundumental ruan, and to render to every man his due. In words f1Lr principle of our civilization that no State could exist or bo rnore d irect anu emphatic, In words of tho most perfect tolemte<l in tills Union, wilich ·h oulu not, in that respect i Omprehensiveness, the Saviour of the world go.ve us the r cscmlilc all the otiler tate11 of the Un1~u. Some othe; same rule in one ebort sentence-" Love thy neighbor ns di:;tiuctlve f~ult u·es mig-Itt be st~tted which Sl'rve to mark thyself." (Applause.) Now, speaking betwt:en us, people us as ll p eople distinct from other!! nnd incapable of 11880 • or the North and our brethren or the South, I a sk y ou to elating on t enus of p e rfl.!ct polidcnl equality or social act upon this maxim-the maxim of Ute heathen- the e4uality, as fri ends nud fl'ilow-cilizens, with so u{e kinds of commancl of the living Gou : " !tender to every ma~, !lis people t!1at ar~ to l>e fouud upon the face of the earth. due," "Lo ve thy neighbor as thyself." (A pplau.~e.) 1 hus As tL wlntc nat1on, we made o ur Uunstitution a nd our laws 've s.houlu . a c t and reel t~wiLI'd the South. Upon that v esting all P.olitical. rights iu tl~a.t mcc. 'l'hcy, and they maxtm winch csuuo ft·om lltm or Nazareth we should act alouc, cousut.utcd, 111 t:vcry pollLu·al ~:~ense the American toward Lhe South, but without putting upon It ~ny n ew- p~ople .. (Applau~:~e. ) As to the uqro, wt'1y, we nlloll'ed fauglc~, modern lnlerprctati~n. We s hould u et.thcr say hun to hvu lllHler the slm1low and lll o tcctlon of our laws. ~or tlu.nk th?-t any Gosp elrululs tcr orthls day Js w1se~ ,than We .gtwe him, as wu wure IJouud to !{ive him, protection Got! . hunsell-than lle who gave us the Q,1:;pd. 1 hcse aga1nst wrong und out ragu; but we denied to hlm political max nus should govern between us and our brethren of the rightH, or the powl'l' to guvcm, \I' e le ft him for 10 long a South. nut, gentlemen, the ques tion is thrs: Do these Pc l'iou as the COillllltlllity in which h~· dwelt :oh~uhl so order maxl1.nsjustify the asserLion of thos~ who seck to Invade In the conuiti n of u l>olul:orn:tn. \ \p]1lau~e.) Now gen~ the nghts of the South, by procl:umlng negro Slavery tlemen, to that condit lnn the negro is 11ssignl·d by n~ture ~njust.? 'l'hat is the p oint to "!'hich this great arg ument, (Odes o f " Jlravo," and "'J'11at':> "o," and 11 pplausc.) Bx: mvolvwg the fa.te. of our U.'uo n, m~st now .come. I~ p e rlence Rh?ws. that this race ca n not. pro~p~·r-thM they n:gro S,lavcry UliJUSt f If ~~ be Unjust, it VIOlates tl~e UCC~Ille eXtlllCtlll UIIY colt!, 01' in any vcry letnperntc clime j 1lr!!t ,;ule of humn11. conl~uct, Rende r to every man .111~ but Ill tho warm, tlte e.~trcUiely warm rq;ion~, hi~ race can due. If It be nnJust, 1t vlol1Ltes the htw of God, winch be perpetuated awl w1Lh )>roper gtra n li:u l,;hip m·ty prossays," Love thy neighbor as thys.clf," fnr that law requires p er. He has a1mple :~trcngt h, and i!::lt:OIIIJ.>L'!tt'tt to labor ~hat we slt~~ld.pcrpetrnte no luJ,ltSti c <;· . Ocn!le.me.n, if it but n~tl!re denies to hint either the int L"Ikct tn govern 0 ; coulu be. ma.rntalne<l tha.t n egro ~luvety rs unJust, ts thus t1.1e wtlllllgne::~s to work. \ Applausc'.) l:ot h 11 ere dcnit!d in cooOrct \~ith the Ia." of nature ancl Lhe law o f God, hun. 'l'hut same power which d cpri\•c·tl hint nl the will to }>erhaps I Ollght b~ prepn.rcd-;-~erha ps we all ought to be labor, gave him, in our cou ntry,~~~ a nrump,·ll•l', a. ma ter p rcp:LI·ed to go wrth that dtstmgur hod m~m to ,~·horn to COl!rce tha t dut y, nncl conrl'rt him intn au~, ful 1111 t1 valallu~: on i.s frequently matie; nod ay, there ts a ''lng her uable servaut. (Appla u ·c.) 1 mailtLtin that it is not in· la..w wluch compel!:! us to trample beneath our feet, as a justice to leave tltc ne;.{rn iu the c ouditiou iu 11 hich nature Wicked and unhol.Y comp11.ct, the ~onst.itutio •• cstabtislwtl placed him, and for wlti ·It a lone h..: is acl.t pted. .Fitted by. our fath e r$f w1th nil the ble~~rngs tt secures t~ thdr o nly for u. st ate of pttpilagt•, our stan' s.r::.~t-111 ~11-es him a chrldrcn. nut Insist--and that ts tile argument whrch we master to govern I tim alld to ~uppll· Ids ddidc·udcs: in must meet, and on which. we .mus t come to ~~ conclusion till::! th •re is no injn~ticc:. Nt:it hcr Js it unju~t in the master that ihall. gov~rn our actton 111 the future s.electiou of r e- to compel him to laho r, and thvn:hy atl'urd to t!mt master l!re~cntnttves tU tho Oongres~ of the U111ku Stn tcs-J a ju;.t ' (Hll(l 'llHation In retum for the carl' and talent em· "!"'n~t th(£t neoro Sl~very L8 not 1~n/u~t. (Lo.ng con- ploy '<1 in governing l1im. In tltb way alone is the negro tamed npplau~e) lt ·LB n ot w~)tt,.~t; tt 'L8JtL8t, w~,~a. an<l enllb led to rerHler ltiml:lclf useful to ltitn::~elf a:•tl to the so lie7U3.flc~nt. ( llr:;scs, fo~lowed by applausl.!, anu eric!:! uf ciety in which l•c ii:l pi: tee fl. " Put ~11 '0. ~~t·'2 J,?t hun stay, ~en tlem~n. ,'l'hese arc the prtllciples, gentlemen, which tile extretl'le PHE:slD,Ii:~'l l.- et lum stay there. Order. . measures of allolitiuui-;rn cor11pel us to enfort:e. 'l'hls is Mn. 0 0_DNOR.-8crpents may hiss, but good men wtll t he g r ountl that wt mu-.t t·t k<· or 'lil·t n clon our cherished hear . . (Cncs ng.aln of " Put !tim out;" calls to o rder; Union. "\V c rnust no lon:•ct.' h~or (l~li·l ic·d lc·tclers who talk co ufusron for a ttme ) •· • . · " ' · ' ' , , · uuou. negro f:\l:Lvery bc:u tg nu e\·rl · nor uHt::.t we advance 'Iun: PRESIDI\N~.-lf anybody h isses h e r e, remembe r that the iuclefcn~ihlc d<>ctrine that n •. :'l'O ~la\C'rV ill a t11ing every one has hrs own Jleculmr way of uvJ) t' · · 1 1 · 1 • 1 1 1 1 · · · "' · ~ · .e"~ ug 11111· IV IIC 11 II t IOUg I J)e l'lllc.;IOU81 IS to he tolc.;ratl'll ltiCreJy he· sdf, 11 ?d ns some bircl!:l ouly unde rstand hts::m:g, they c.;au~e we have maclc a bargain to t,oicratl! it We u1us~ must h1ss. (Applau.;e ) •1 . f 11 , · • • • • 1 0' , , , . . " un away rom 10 •euclnngs of fanaiH' I:\111. We must U ~ R. tl C3.l!~nj-Genr l.:mPn, there IS nn an11na t upon look at uegro ~Sia ve rv as it ia re memlwrin" th ·1t t.hc voice k li:J car. 1 13 · 1 has no facul ry o r llliLk ing its :sentt111ents uf ins piration, •IS fo.und in the Rat:r••d v~lun;c nowhere o own In Rny ot er way titan by 'L ill " I n f . . I . I I . I . ' h (.,,1 .1 ' · · "'111 ur l!(jth\ cortc ng ts. ~ 1ree c lect·s IVt: re he re <riven fo r l\1 · O'C · · . ervn·n :,~I ItI' t! lOtHiage of thns<·' wlto .'· 1re Itt o nl·y for lion·e l· U · f G \Vi " •· 1111 '1 ' ·~1{1 11 ee or ov. ~o and tltree gro1t11~ f · J 1 u · ) • • r~ tel tng to ·t he clear d ecn•c· ol n ··1 t.un• ' and the· 1h~·· 1 b f 1 ' 0 1 0 Ill 1 own. .at..:s o Sl)ttnd plllinKoplty we tnusL pronour l\'ll that 1n~tt· Ic a.s:g L', ~. o yporue,s egrevnet se illennenc,e a lllL IuHfI ylco11u.v we hthoe a hrci o.·f I,l lY. m· ind1 a· t tution · just, henl"" n '.I a wfut' '' I tiC! (>l'ol>cr · The Co. ns' titution LI •e f u 11 e uJ. oyru ent o r I ~~~' natttral pn.v.d ••~•~ct•n g .(LUn l.t· na, Ifll es· tal>lts hed liy t.liu lat.lll'l'~ of ()til' Jte•t•uhlil' Wlilch reCO"- 1 · . . ' " •• Goou ood "hu 1 t .. 1 . 1 c.~ ' · lies 0 urzct JL, must he mawt au ted. A nd tl u~t hvt!1 ma.v stanJ ruco th'u~ oa-~nd~l~~:; ~~~~ iT1~ aute.) tile rll':it <>.f ?ur t Cig..:the r, we mu~t rnaiut :~in t.hat neitli t· t· lit~' in::~titution aniwa!. (Laughte r an1t a~ 1 I au~<) tl~~'l ! ~ ~:Lt hts ·r~g ib;~·lf, 1.101' the Uoustitt~tiou wl 1kll upli~1ld.-; it, i,; wi?kt:d or ~ocicty that was ever liroken ~p Ll ~· 1 .1. 0 11 lSit ~lltln,~n UnJuo;t, hut that l.!ttch m sou nt l and wt:>c, athl entltl~u to , d . 1 . . 11 oug 1 srn n ne dr>~co rd our full est support •10.. ItS IO.ppy UlllOil dll!SOI VCd by the COL·· · f I 1 y · · ·. ' ' animal (Apphuse ) 'l'h •rcfor. 1 . . ! ,tnc.c .0 1 •at ' c mu::~t vt ·tt With our e x l·cmlionany mnn clauumg ou,. !1iss. Let !tim 'Ius. ~n. (o;·iese of ~:·~~~.~ll Ius J';:vll..:~u ~u sulfl·a~e~, .who ohjl'cts to l'~lfot:cin~, with e ntir..: goo.d fa ith, and applause ) Gentlemen l ' ll t I' go? ' lau,litcr the JH OVU;tons or t he ConsttlUllillllll f:L\'Or or lll'gro ~lavery, longer. (Cries of u Go 0 11' gw 1 11 ~,) 1 itatn . YO~ much or who seck::~, by any .indirection, to wit hhold it:. protet:tlon negro Slavery Is not un·u;t-(ao~~i. ,_,, 111 :uut.~~~~~. t~~:~t fro111 the South, or to ret away from its olJii"'alions upon plausc,) that it is ben i II in it~ iufb '~lc. .N,,, Hll, ol_P- th~ North. Let us hencef? rth support no man for public man and upon the ur1ck. (Voice~=-~\,~1!10,1~ '.he Whi~t" ofttce wltosc Sp eech Or a CtiOn tends to iuduce :I"Saults upon so," applause.) I maintain tltttt lt Is ~~t. s ,8 1°• t h ;LJ ll the te n:ltory of our Southern n eighbor·s, or to ge nera~e in· ture; that it is a uecessit uf both r ·t 0~ .'' 1 '1 :( ~Y 11 '~· s urrect10u wl~llln their borde rs. (Loucl applause.) 1heee mates where the black n~ceycan liv. 11 '1ce~.' .' 11 :L.t, 111 clr- arc tho prlnetples upon \Vhich we must act. 'J'ltl~ is wbiL' he rself enjoin~ corrclat i ve duties 0~ t:~<. 1 1 .0:1?~.:1 '. 11 '~1. ure wo rnu:lt say to our br·ethren of the ~outh. If we have ilellt on the white, which cannot he >e rfu1•111 ~d bl.'1.c.;·k· u1'"1 LLrtc~ ~nen.lnto Oongre~:~s who arc false to these' it>ws, nnd are preservation, 1111d, if Lhu his~i~llf 'cJtt~cnt~~c.;q~L .. hy. tile. seekmg to violate the compact which binds u~ together, w& p erp.:t nation 11f negro Slavet·y. g .~ P c.~~u, Ute ~nust ask t o.be forgiven unt.U we baV'c another chance to m:ulo I am fortified in this opinion by the hi ,h •st t ·ib 1 1fc:~t our Will at the b:.J.llo t -boxeK. We 1nust t iJ II them tlllll our country that veucrable ex oncut fg e 1 unal n these men shall be consignccl to privacy (applau:::e), ancl and or the principles ot justice~thc S 0 our bns titutlons, tha.t true uret~, men faithful to tht! Oc>U~to~ J u Liou, wen Unit ed States. '1'b•tt court hns hchl 0~~~1me b~urt of the ~o v1n~ nil po ntons o f the country al ike•, sh :tll be electecl wi..!e men will ever pronounce to be .~ SUuJ ~ct, what 111 the•r stead . Ancl, ge ntlemen , we must do more than so una un JUSt doc- promiju tf)is- we mus t perform it. (Lour! applause, !vi· CIIARLES O'CONOR JGSTIFYINU SLAVERY. 1G7 1 by tl)l'(·ll cheer s for \lr. O'Conor, and n. tiger.) nut towet 1 1 1.,. "entlen1en, twd 1 have done. (Or its o f' ' Uo a w, n 11 0 ") l lutV'l ! " uo d oubt at ali tha t what I 1m ve sa i·u' to 1111 ' tl i~ cv~nlug will he grett tly m iu~:prescuted. It l~ y~~ certain t hilt I have rwt ltad t •we enoug h. prope!·ly to vcly 1111011 aud fully to expl1Lin thu lu tc re:~ung to pre:~ on fllh ia e rlfl~ tl: ila ve vc:n lured to exp1· e:~s 111y:·s e 1f t lI U:·; "u o Ic I I y a nu·• ~bLIUCloy, udd11g IIJl'lll 111y~elf the \:UIIS.eQIIl' IICeS, be tl1ey whnL tlu:y rn .• y. (A pplau~e.) llut 1 w ~ll say JL ~ew wurds b 11'iiY uf t•xplan!ltton. 1 huvc tnai n tatned the JUHtice of yl· 1.,, · l lml't' 111ai11tained it, becau!!e 1 hold thnt the .l.v ~1. ,· ' l'l''"·d l,y uature lO a state o f pt1JI'I I age unu·' er tl1 e nc·g•" 'u '' lllull Ul t it" wi ~cr white ntan, in cv•·ry clime where tltHIII d II II (j ot! uutl ldlltll'C IIICUllt the IICg ro Hhoul VC ILl fl . (.\ppluu,e.) l ,:~ y !L s tiLt" of pupllag.:; and, tilll.t I tnn.y he ngltt,ty uud~r~t.llo~ l, [ say tlmt it !d tho d ~~~ o f the ·ldtc tn:u t to treat hrttt h.llldly; tlt !lt ts lh ~ intcte~t of the ~i11tc 1t~an tt1 treat ldru kindly . (Appltwso.) A nd further, it 1,; 111y ltcl1cf that 1f . the ~~!rite 111.1L11 , in the Str~ tell where Siuvcry c,;X l ~ts, is not rntertcr.ed wrth by the fa.ll!L lics who arc 11uw c real ing these distu rhau ce;j, wha~cver laws, 11'111\tevcr liupron.:llH!IIlS, whatever variations 111 the c?nduct of ~ oclety are uecc~sa ry fo r the purpose ofenfor c.'ng lu every ln~tan ce the dictates uf interest and . humun~ty, u· between the wh1te 11 \ltn and the black, wrll b..: fa~thfully and fairly carried ~~ut ln. t ltc progress o f thiLt nupruvcrncnt in JLll thcl>e thmgs 111 wlnc.;h w ~ tt ro engaged. 11 is uot pretcudcllthat tl•c utasrer li!Ls IL !'tght to slay.hr~ Bla vc · IL i!lt.OL pretended UmL l1e has a ngltt to be !{Uilly of ha;~l 111ess a nd inllllllllLttity to his ~l av..:. '1'he lnw::1 uf all the Southern State~ fu rl,iJ t ha t; wu have noL the nght here a.t the North to he guilty u r cruelty toward n hur,e. !Lis an iudll't:Lllle offence to c:onnnit lWCh c ruelty. The mmc laws c:xbt in lite ::io ulh, aud if tlterc 111 nny failure In enforeln,; tlte111 to the fulie~t extent , it IH due to thi:; c.x tcr llal force, which is pre sing upon tltc Southurn Stales and colupe l ~ lliem to abstaiu perhap!l fr om ltliiiiY acts lJ~nd!cl'IIL towarcl the negro which otherwl~e wuuld be performed. (Applausl·.) In truth , in fact, in d ·ed, the white man 111 the ·laveh olding >~tat..:!! h ;~s uo more auLhority by IILw of the land over h it~ slave titan our l<aws allow to a father over his minor children . lle can no more vloiiLie humanity with re!!pcct to them, tlmn a ft<thcr many of the free tates of th is Union cau ex ..:rcise a cts violative of humanity toward his own son urHlcr the age or twenty-one. So far as the l u.w is concerned, y u.u own your boys, 11.nd hn.vc a right to their services uu t1l they are twenty-one. You cau make thorn work for you ; y o.u have the right to hi re out their services and t1~ke .tlt e1r earning~ ; you have the 1·ight to cl msth1e them wtt.lt J udg· ment and n::ason if they v iolat e your commnntls; anti they are entirely without p olitical ri ght:<. Not one of them at the age of t1vcnty years and eleven months even, can go to the polls anJ nne! giYe a v ote. Therefore, gentlemen, before the law, tht:rc rs but o ne d ifference between the free white man of Lweuty years o f uge in the No rthern Stat.e~ , nnd the negr<:- 't::1dm nn in the Snutltrrn State£to 1'he white man Is to be emancip1Lte•l at twcnty·unebecause hi Oud-slven intellect entitlt!~ him to crnanelpatlon and tl.Js him for the uulies to flcvulve upon him. The negro, to lie sure, is n bond111an for li f··. lie may w !Wid from one mtu;ter to an11thcr, hut whcru is the ill in that f-one mny be as good us another. l r there be In we with re pect to the ruode o f ~alt, which hy sctparallng man and wif.: do occasionally lead to that 11hich shocks humanity, and may be snit! to violate 1Lil propr iety a nd all consc1cncc-lf 11uch things aro donl', let the South alone an<i they will correct the evil. Let uur brethren ol the South tnke cu.re or their own domeRLIC in8Ututione und they will tlo it. (A pplause.) They will so g overn themsdves as to supp1·e~~ 1tct~:~ or this deRcri ptton, if the1 arc occnslon<Llly conunit ted , ns perhaps IIH'Y are, a uti we n1u11t tLll adndt LhaL they arc contrary to j ust conceptions of right anu huma.nlty. I have never yct heard of a nltti ou conq ucr cll fr om evil pract ices, brought to the light of civllr,;ution, ur ougllt to the light of t'cligion or the knowledge of the Gospel by the bayonet, by the penni laws, or by ex ternal persecutions of any kind. It is no' by declamation anu outcry !lglliu ~St a JH'C pic from those abroad and out itlc o f tlleir territory tllat y vu cnn lmpron their ma nners or thci t· morals in any rc, pcct. No ; lf, slnndlng outside of thd1· territory, you attack the errors ()fa Jh:OJIIe , you make thcrn cling lo thetr fault.s. .l<'rom a scntrment ~olllcwlmt ex cusablc-l'iornewhat a kill io selfrespect nnd patriotism-they will r esi:;t their nation's enemy. Let o ur b rethren of the So~th al nn c, g?nllcrnen, ILII(l if th ere be uny errors of this k1ud, they w1ll correct them. There is but one wny in which you cnn thus leave them to the guidance o r their own juugment-by which you ean r etain them In this Union as our brethren, :tn.d pcrp~tuate th i ~ glorious Union; cwd that is, by r~s olnng-.wllhou~ rcft.:rt:IICC to the political parLy or fact1011 to winch any one of y ou may belong, without reference to the name, political or ot hcrwlse, which y ou muy plcu~e to hcarr.: sol vlng thut the mau, be he who. lte m.ay, 11 Ito tld vo.:atcs the doctrine th!Lt ucl{ro Sl:tnry ~ ~ UIIJUtit, nnli ought to be ll8sailetl or lcgi~lat cd against, ur who ag•t ate~ the ~ub j t:ct of ex tingui!-lilng negro Slavery iu :tny t fits fmms 1111 n poliLical hobby, th11t tltat man ~hall be cle niccl your suffrage:~, nnd not ouly cleuicd y our suffra.g!'s, hut that you \f ill select frons the rank~:~ of the o ppo~tle party, or y~ ur own, if ncccssllry, the man you like least,. wlto cntertams opposite sentiments, but through whoso tll~trumentuliLy y ou may be cnahled to defeat his election, a nti to secure in the councliM of the n:.tion 1t1Cll who ure true to the Constitution who nrc lovcr·s of tlte Union-men who can· not l>e indu~etl hy comhlenltions o f inwgiuary. benevolence for n people who r eally do not tle"1re tli e1 ~ altl, to sacrifict: or to j eopard in an~ degree the blesswgs IV• cuj oy under Uti!! Uuion. Mny. 1t be perpetual. (Great and contluued chcenne) l'IIE REAL Q_UE..S TIO N ST1\..TED. LETTEU FUO:Jl CHARLES O'OONOR TO A C01D[lTTEE OJT MERCHANTS. d awn to the true !~sue, and steadily fixed upon It. To NEw YORK, Dec. 20, l&i!l. e~·ect this ohjcct was tltc ~:~ole aim of my .ndclre~. f he CtrAS. O'l'oN<•a, l·:sQ. : Thr umlt•rt<l~uPd, hl'lng dc11lrous of "'ltOU"It itt! wluil:lters can 11e,·er pcnmt the lalsw o t clrclthtitJt; n~ 11 11l•·ly Ill' po~!-ihlt•, both ILL the• North Jtnd IlL the • ,.. · t · 1 1 uout tlJCre nevcr - ou:h, tht• pl·n•·c·t·Uin!!s of the• l'nlou M•·o!ln l-( hl'i1l ttl lhe hnd to be ttue:;tioucd l!y pn,·a c J~l g i ~ ' r\ 1 nl' justice Academy of 'I nsic· lill!t t·l'l·ulng, tn tPIId publl!dtlug lu pumpbh:L ti1eit-ss SU('h a. thing Ill:! rll! tural Jll<il cc . . 1 u ur form, for dl~tril,n 1on, R <·o1T,•('t t·npy uf th•· ~am•·· hm; til~ Divine sanctltln; !llltl it il! iulpo~~lblc tbaL auy 1l U· Will you IH~ so klntlnH Ill iuf'orm us w ho· tlwr thlK A'CP mc•••tR lll'lll law wltlcli conflicts with it should long fudur~;ornllty yuut· R[Jpro1·n1; ntH! 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N<: Bt.~: ,t CO., Ul~e , l1 will ndmlt tltat, wltllln certain llrults, n ea•' (Fot'lnt•rly Fu i( MAN, VATt~ & Co .• ) YoCu 11·t'tutlon dol'S contnin pot~ltivc gunraut1 ~:E. for thue \YI•::-.st • 1'\ & ('(I X , , our om; .1 . , Sl very iu the old States throulih a (' 1: < 1 r.; 1 ~ Ill' It XT II A I. k t' !': :\l~S, I prebcrva u on of ucgrf 1 ,1\sltltures shl\11 Ulink fl t to a iJollbb o\TWA'l'l~lt, M LJ.o'UJ{J) Ull. J time, uulcf!!l the lot:ll tl cg I! negro Sltnery however bu-r". f iSTL~:r.wN : The mcusure you propu.e mecta my en•.i r e It And con~c:qul"ll y, 1 'd b in11U 1 · . 'n in ~tcrcd or judiciously rcg~1 ate , e. an , , • &!I• )Ilr o' al u.unt>l~ a. m fl' ' " wiUI natural j ust.ice and Wlth ( rod • til\ c long- thought that our dl~putC8 ~nc~ro In g negro tuUon w.h 1ch cou lc.., druiron ol 1 tile wost v ~:hcment and ext.reruc a SJa \ try \1 oulu t~uun terminate, if the pubhc nund could l.le law, "Ul t: Y • |