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Show llG · RTIIEHN TE Tnf J. Y. nnrl it~ di~cnrdanr.v with th!' principl s of.thc n \'olntinn, nnd .t'rom n. cnn:"'dnthnp,, 0 1 t . h •inn· rr.pu!TJ~allt tl) thL•Iullordn~ po~Jtton:-. II\ thl' J>el'lttralwn ot lnd ' tn•nd1 u e· \\ 1 e h'~ld~h •:-t•ltttth~ to be l'l'IJ \tdeut: .th:~t al! lllt'll areyn•ated C!plal: tht~t the; ·u·. ndo,Yed )Jy tlt.-tr 'rc:tlnr with cerlam lllalllllahle n~ ht::.: that among th: ~ll'\; )j~•, JjlJ •rty' lllltf th pUl':-llit Of )l:lplJllll'"S." .. 111 n pr \Tion 1 •tt r, \\ ritt n front ~qqu>int ·d a lllini. tl'r plLnipc t nlinry, h of .... J:t Yl'l'.) : ~pain '' 11 i th ")r )tp h:1d be n ~:l.)..., ~'-f 1 C'ating nt' thL· ai1!1Jiti n ,, 'J'J!I .\m!'rie:l <'Ollll'" into thi".m.ea: urr, ltt·r p:n) NH In lf,<'nvt•n will IH.: iu1p ou •. 'l'!tt. 1.., It ...,trong l''\)ll't'~!-iinn, ll.nt J.t 1~ .JI.t~L. l bl'ltt'\ ' thnL (.od gonnt" th,. \\otld, ·utd 1 h •lir\ c it to bt a. mn '\till m lit .. n' in our cumt:4 thaL tho. c wlw a .. k for ' • II t•quity uughl tn do lt. W 1 LI.I \ \[ ,J \ Y. TllC lion.\\ Ill. Jay a nob] .on of C'hi f Ju~tic Joltn J<ly, ~:1~·s: ,, A rri...,i-. ha"' an t\' l'tl in" hich \\' llllt--t maintain our 1 i~hls, or ~lltTt'rult·r th m fot 1 , er. 1 p ·.1k not to aholitioni:-.b nlone, lllll to. all \\ !10 't~lu • the liberty fJ fath ·r~ aclli •vt•<l. }lo) ou n:--k "hJt we ha~ to do "ttlt kltt\ cr.\ t Let our lllllzzJe1J pn• .... :.c: all.'\\ r-1 •t tlte mob" ·xcitctl agatn~t n~ b.) tit~• tnt•rch.r.nts !tn1l pnlitit'ii. au:-.w ·r-1 t th" gag l.t\\ :- t!Jreatcut>t1 11) our go\ entot!'i aud legt.I:Lture: au:-,11 crl L the cotHlnct of the Xut:onal Uc>\l'l'llllll'llL uu. Wt'r." Till~ YOI<'E 0 F AD A :\1K. From tlte J>inry of ,Joltn Quincy ~\tltllll., ' the old man eloqncn "we Jll:1k • tlw following •xtraC't : 1• 1 t i:;; among the r\ il~ nf .~ Ia \ ry. that it taint~ the 'cry :-.ourccc; of moral princi· plo. It :--taLii .... h • tal .... t' t'!'llitna!L•:-; ~f virtu. aud vice; for .what <'an l!n more tu ·e and more hL•artll'"~ than thh dudnue, wlurh make:-~ llte t11·...,t and hnl1c. l ngl1b of JtullltlllllV to dcpt>nd upon tit ' color or til· to-kin? Jt pen rts lnllunn rca..,on, nwl inchlf'<'-' inen rndow d "ilh lo~it'nl pow rs to maintain tltut l41av ·ry i:-t !--anctiouctl h\ the l'hrblian religion; that :-;l:we. nrc hilppy und conteutPd in t.hen· eondition; ttint ll twl'Cillll.l...,!t•r and ~la\C there arc ticH ut mutual nU:t('hJ1Jcllt. and ulleetit~n; tlJ.lL the 'irtll<'H of the ma ter nr • r 'fln d and •xalt( d hy the degradation ol the 1--IU\L', \\hilc ut thr l-am• time they \CllL C:\.ecrntion:-~ upon tile bl<tH' tradl', cnr-e Britain for·lJ:t\ in~ gt\ •n them .Itt\ L'~ lllll'll at tlte . take nrgToe: rom·ict{;d ot criuH:·, for the t 'tTor of tiLL· '\:11nple and writh • in agonie. uf f•;tr at the \Cr} mentiuu of human right~ a~ :tppltl'U blc to llll'll of culor." '1'11 E YOICE OF \\ rmwn:n. In a ~pccch "ltit lt la~ deii,·erccl n.t "iL]o'K Ganl n, in the city of Xc-1 York, on the j~~lt of .hlarell 1 :.37, I>anid \\'eh~tcr, l:e Great Expouuder oft l1c onstitnt ioll, ~aitl: ·On the general que~tion of klavery u. grc:Jt part or llH eomrunnity i · al:ea•ly blron~ly cxctt 'd. Th • kuhj •<·t hn<i nut ouly attraded ~tltc·TLtion a~ a qu •:-lt.ul! u( polttic~ hnt il ha. 1--truck u. Jar de per 011 • ahead. It ltu~ :.uTe:--teu 1lte 1 ·h~l' luetin~ uf lh' country, H hn talnn ~tron~ hold on the con l'ience. uf uwn. lie I• ra~h man, indeetl and lit! I' conn·r. ant with human nat me nnd '. p •ci.dly h.1., he fill t'fi'OUCOll' C..,tllllilll' Of the Character Of th' pCupJ(' ot' thi::; l'Otlllll')', "Jto ::-llpJIO that a f' •lin~ of thi. kind i~ to be trifled Wtti.l Ol' tlekpi~l'd. Jt \\ill ;t"::--l!l"!'dly l\tU·e it::.elf to lJ' re:-p 't'll'cl. But to cnu<·a\ or to coin jL jnto Rih r, or 1 ·tain rt:- fltC expre:'..,iou, t.o s • ·k to comprcl4~ nntl contiue it, warm as it is, antlmer hl'att'1l •' bU<"ll <'rHl 'avor. woulcl itll'\ itahly rrndcr it-should tid::~ lJ • attelllpt d, L knu nothing, cv n in tit' ('onstrtution'ur niun it-; ·If, wluch migbL nuL lJI.! eud~lllg-~r •I by the explosion whid1 might follow. 11 ' Vl1 'n tli')cnssing tho r gon Bill in 1, 1R, 1J f':tid: H r h~l\'C lll:ltl \ np my mincl for one, 1h:tt under llO circum. tancr!i \'ill I Cf)Q~·ct to thP further t'xtcn-..on of tu, area of !-.IU\'<'rv in the l?uitcd Stat,·-;, 1r to tltt!lDr· tltl.'r inerc .t~e of' ... J,t ,.,~ rqll eseutatiou in the Lion. c of Ue pr<.:~f' nblin ;:,. ·• N H.TJIEl~~ 'J'E TDIOl\\. 117 l nder <lui ' ( r Fl'bruar T HHh. 18.;0, in a ll'itl'l' to tlt n '\'. M 1'. Fur- 0~ ... .:, ]J • ~ny s : "From ut} e,t,li~· .... t jlllllh l kt.\c tcg.trdcd ~Ia\ cry a-.. n grt'at lltnr-.11 nul] pnliti<'nl rlil. t th:nk 1t llliJll t. l'l'Jll.lg'llaut to the naltlralt•qttaltty ol nt.1nldlld, rounded ottly in .. uperJOr pon t'r; n. ~ta.ndt~l!.{ :~wl p ·rntnn ·nt <:otHptl'-..t lt) thl' !-.lrollgl' l' O\' t' r till' 1\tJker. All pn tenl' • <•1 d ·tet!dlllg JL ~~n the g-round of' dill 'I ·uL racps 1 h.l\· , 1,, l't' rNHlcmned. 1 Jw \ c c~ <'II. ~:ud that 1f th~· black raC"c is \\ •nker, tlntl i n J't':t 11 11 atr:llll'-t, uot fo~·, 1ts !--UhJ('{'I ton and O_PJH' •sstott. It~ a l'<'ligiou. point of, H'W 1 Ita, l' rn!r regnrdetl II, aud C\ L'll t'JlOI\<'11 o.l tL, not as sttltJl'l t to any C\pre~H c!L'llllll<"iat tnll. ttthcr in the Olcl 'J't•:-\lttlllf'llL or the 1'-ii.' \\ but :.11.1 oppm .. t•d to tltc "holt' :--pint ol' tJw (;!1'J1Cl allll to the. l ':l_<.:!Jillg"R Of' ,JeRllH 'lJri~t. 'l'h' rel igion of ,Jl'"Wi t'hn:-.t i H l'l'li inn of kin!lllC~~, JllHIH'l' and l>rotll~rly lon· .. But :·dtL\ l'I'J' i~ liOl kllHlly am•cttolla t • : ttdnc~ uoL cck an.othcr:4, and nu~ Jl~ own; J~ dot•s noL 1 •t the oppre:--...,ed ~ 0 rr'' l'. IL i,, n:: 1 hn' • ·~utl,,hll~ a,. · ntJutml ad ot OJIJH'l''-· ion, But tliPil, 1--tt<'h i:4 th l· iufiu~:ucc of a. hal11t o{ tluuklllg amon~ llH' tt, uud :-ttth is tiH· influetH'l' ot ,, ltat Jw-. b t'll lnng r~-tubltl-hc•cl, 1lt:t t l'\ eu. 111 tllt,f;, 1'! _Ji it 11:-< anti tt•lldl'l'l) < Oll"!.' l! Ill iou:-, "rch a-.\\ onltl he :.horl\('cl by nny :lllglt• ad ot "lll'l't•:-: illll, 111 any s ittgl . c·x·· rl'i~. of\ 10!l'lll'l.! and lliiJIISL )JO\\ n, :~rl' not al \\ :t.\-: l11tl\ t•d h.r the r ellec tion tha t 1-la \ ' l'I'V 1.. ,1 euntintml aud pel'lllalll: llt \ wlatwn of ltlllll:lll righ!l'." · While d·1i' ring n .pe chat Hnll'alo in tlrt'Stat'or J.. 't~ '' Yorl·, in the .nmm r of 1 ~.\) 1, only about iweh 'Jllontlrs prior to 1ti~ decca..;e, ]10 made n"c of tho following emphatic wonl-.,: .. I ucn'r woulcl {'On~cnt, :.u111 llC\' r ltn \ r con. cnte<l th ~1 t th ere 1-'ltonlcl be unc foot of .I~\(' territory hl•yond \\hat the nld tltirfe('lt ~: taft shad at the fon 11ation of' oft!JeCnion. Xen~ r JH'\('1'." I\0,\ II "T.J:~· I LI!. Xnnh \Yeb-.;tcr th \ grcal 1\m ri an ,·ocabuli~t, ~.tj s: "Tllat freedom is tlJC sa creel right of CYrry mnn, \\ hatcYcr he hi~ r.olor, \\ ho ltati r.ot forfeited it hy HOlll \lolatiun ul' Jllllllicip:tJ Jaw, i~ U. truth e::;tabJi:--Jt •d )ly Uod JmnRelf iu t!J • ' <·ry ere:tl ion of humnn Lt•Jng~. No tim·, uo <'in·uulHitlll!:t', uo human power or policy C':l.ll change th' ll:tlut· • of thi~ tr11th, nor n ·pcal tit<' lu11d.t· mental laws of !"ocidy, by which ' •ry ltHLll'H righL to lihnty iH gllill'illlti •d. 'J'Itc act of en~]aVillJ" IJll'll i~ alWII) S :L violation of tl!O~l' !!I'C':tt primal') l<t\\ ~of' :-on •il'! y, by \lbteh alunt', th' ma:-tL•r hun cit' hold~ ·very lltlrti ·It' ur hi~ O\\ n frl'cdom ... TilE 'OJ<'E OF C!.I."'JO:\. IJc 'Vitt Cli11lou th i~ttll•r of tlt {.!.Tl':Jt. s ·dem of inter11al irnpro\P· lfllllt' in tltc ~tato of T w York, ~pl'~tl..ing or cl "J>Oti!:'lll in Europ ·, ami of sla\cry iu A111eric:l, n!->ks: 11 Have not IH'l'Hrription rmt1 prcc dcn1.-pa1ri:nrltal dominion eli\ inc rig-Itt uf ktn!.:. and mu. t r~, lJl'L'll alt<•rnntely call d in to 1-mnl'liou the slaHry of Jt:tllulh ~ ,\lid would uot all the dcspoti:-~m~ of tit' ancit 11t nud woclt•rn " orld ltn\l' \ .w ·l,ed into air, if the n:tturu.L equalit.v of lll tlllkind Jtnd h n properly undt>r· tood anuprattiHrcl? .... 'l'lti~ d!'C'illl'l'"\ that tit 1-'Unll'llll'<tslllt' of j11 tire uo•bl to be mea:-.ur •d out to nil men \\it !tout n·gard to ach cntrttotls itu•qualilil' . ru.d the iutcll·dual and phy:-.i<'al di:--p.trttit'!'i '' llirh pron•t•tl f1 out itH·xplit'ahlc c u~c:;." THE \ 01< E OF \\ ,\ I:J :E~. Jlujor Geucral Jo~t·plt \\'"arn:n Ulle oJ' t!Jij true-..t ]mlriuts of lite n '\ 0- l~tiou atHl ~lw Jin~ A111eriean ollie ·r of rank tlt:tL fL·ll in our <:ortl •:--L \\ ilh lrreat l3ritaitt, say· : " '·Thatppr·onal frrt•<lom i~ the natural r igid or '•ry man untl that ptop(•rty, If Bllt·:x~lu-.iv~ right to di~po~c of what ]H' lw-, !Jonl'stly :t t:quir •tl l1y hi tJ\\ n lahor, ltce.:.,,mJy att:-c th ·rel'roJn arc truth~ tlt.tt <'ollllltOit. i.'IIH' has pla · ·d l'l'j oJtd lhu |
