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Show 80 Till<: LJlJ};RTY D};LI~. . It tnny not be national . . lso nataonal. limits It ts a . :t of the best and wisest of our according to the sp,_u that spirit which )1r. cording to ancestors- nc . the Oencrnl Govcrn-ks to tmpart to Sumner sec . f onal according to the . . ccrtamly na I mcnt, but Jt tS t It is the nation he national contrac . . . tenor of t Sl cholding, by eountmg . ffcrs a bounty on av wh1ch o 1 !)')Q OOO freemen, in ap- 0 000 Slaves as ' - ' the 3,20 ' . l cprcscntation between . . the Congrcss!Ona r porllomng . . . Shwo States thereby twenty h g~,tcs giVIng the . t e ' S ly that institution may With rcscntativcs. urc . . . rep 11 d national mshtutJon, erfcct propdcty be ca c a p d . the national House of 1\epwhich is roprcsente m Is not Slavery . L twenty members. rcscntatlvcs y 1 l ·u 11 d national institution, when, so e y I rightly ea. e a. . in Sla.Yes, by lessening d to secure propmty or er our Constitution repeals the the chance of escape, 1' 'ted to t State laws are tml encral rule of law' tha . our bill g . d declares, notwithstandmg State lmcs, an . on )Iassacbusctts soil, f . 1 Is that Thomas SimS, r o ng l ' Sl . because tho laws o shall be considered a. ave, Georgia, from whence he fled, declare him to be such? And not to mention tho Slave 'l'mdc clause, is no~. finally, the insti~u~ion rightfully called n. national one, which the nation as such has pledged itself forcibly to maintain ? If tho Slaves rebel to-morrow, the nation is pledged to suppress the insurrection. Alas ! it is too true that Slavery is national. The nation by it.'i organic law countenances and supports tho system. Repeal, if you please, the inhuman Fugitive Slavo Bill of 1850, and that of 1703, and every act of every Congress which relates to Slavery, and still tho fact remains the same, the indisputable fact remains, that the organic law of the nation countenances and supports Slavery, and the only way in which Slavery can possibly cease being national (to the extent of this support) is by repealing the tainted clauses of the Constitution. Then, nnd not till then, will Slavery be truly sectional, and liberty bo truly national. |