Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 52, Richmond, Wayne County, 26 February 1825 — Page 1

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leaves labour, the retailers and consumers ; here re all accessaries in the business: jthey all assist in turning a wheel in thnt

vast and complicated machine of iniquity. 1 his great engine of destruction, is formed

VTURDAY, FEBRUARY 2G, 1825.

VOLUME .

lancr. inu sentiments contained in the protest are such as do honor to his head and heart. It was on the motion of Mr. Thompson that the infamous Gag-law of the session of 1823-4, was negatived. This alone should entitle him to the support of every friend to c ivil and political liberty.

J he undersigned protests against a vote the senate, indefinitely postponing a hill

or the parts above described: thev are the H'rj tue nate, indefinitely postponing

machine, and contain in thml., !! reative to fugitives from labor, which l

: i ' 1 m i , - - -i. ivjii"i,,, l.i . - ' ., u,.f ti.e tin..- bribed will b cvn i Uritl i ;Mse of its motion; they constitute a com- e honor to introduce into that body, v,n.t ,u, nt. j plete whole. Take from it the consumer , for he following reasons, in part: .j , t;uj inii n.,t (, athni.it. j l'lhe w,ule machine must stop. j 1 ne direct object of the bill indefinitely

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j; Or which there is no demand: the slave j and oppressive provision in the act of 1 824, 1 holder in the islands, will have no dieposi- Iom the same subject, by which the claimJ: ion to buy slaves, when the fruits of their j'htof any fugitive from labor, is authorized I labour will not sell. rn,n.,: -i.:... ...:n lor himcnir o...,i : .....

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" '. in." hi iihtiiN itij iMitirri, tin ii;io siiicji. t 1111 1111: tliem in the Mauds. Then that fountain H Personal liberty of the inhabitants of this ;l I'.uman blood which hath been flowing st it(N noon any pretended cliirn, to the 'i Africa so long, would be dried up; and K'price, barl aritv, or tyranny, of an ii tethe carnage and mist ry attending the trai- ; l' ') peri.ap-. vindictie ii:diidual. ; he in human ilesh would ct ase. " . The underMgncd, whilst he disclaims the This great Aiunfiin of human Mood, n;h"i " idea of invading the rights of the that hath been flowing on the continent of ; citizens of a sister and neighboring state, Africa forages, who.-e streams have stained Ii ra!l hcver consent to invest them with now

, iie sooresot Am.TKM, and the West Indies, ! 'ikept in motion, and Minnorted bv the i

fr jrreater than we confer on our own t it-

cHisum. rs of the proceeds' of slavery. 1, (,;lr Jiovernment authori.e to be conferred

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7 -f l" Is. 'I' . z mi ,1 rii:m whole ; cd rntke piiz-- of t.iin. is still 1 - r. I ' antive !eing deprixed ! i ;:! r! and .11 the natuial riL'ht 1 r. , I- r fr.p. jj.-.j fn j1(ir,J labour, hv ! is ' or j nrrl,a-er: ail the proceeds f': 11 'ar is taken from him, uhih i'r. ;i pt Z' 'jo,d-. The .slave b'-i: -j f : J"' 11 i s. ! i v I i hour i- priz" 'n -ods al- ;

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x airing their own species ; il

" of human flesh and blood :

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tawe into ( ,n.iie r.. t n .n the yreat desiruction it, Africa, hx the tx aria re cariitd

j''ht taking slaves; vcou J! v. in the transj porting them to the inland "in the (Jainea ships ; am: ia.-dlv, n. seasoiurt-i: uirm , , . f e x htpriing, hunger, and hard labour. whirh thev undej -( m t''e 1 ulture ot the cane, and the irrinufat tut e i f ngar, xv here t!a x- arv in rv few ear de4roxed. 1 low is tli is x .st destt urtion of 'the rational ri'at.oa efdod, to he necoui ted for. to him w!i sc itislire is infinite; who xviil

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a o- l'o' d. The port ha-er ef is a party in the -lave trade; L' - .. the W'st India plai h r. im to the Ciui' a tnerehant. te'ou ii a d sfinportini' eat I

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Da whom xvill the uii!t of thi- great sacritn e to avarice and luxury f.dl I ('ertainlv on the xvliol.e co-partji't sliip x1, ho are pnrtk s in the business, 1 lav ir if d; ."! ;';strai 1 tliat the WrM la

CANAL RRPnnaT

Mr. Ewino, from the committee, to whom was referred so much of the governor's message as relates to the navigation of the Wabash river, bogs leave to report : That they have had the subject under consideration, arid heartily responding to the sentiments expressed by his excellency, that "it is impossible to estimate too highly the importance of the object alluded to,'- have given the subject all the atten tion which a press of business, and various legislative duties would permit. Your committee cannot but vicxv with deep and lively interest, the great and magnanimous efforts already mule, and which are still making throughout the Union, to accomplish a general and permanent system of internal improvements. The statesmen and philosophers of the age, have exerted their best faculties to establish the theory and the practicability of this system, combating in th ir progress, ignorance; and prejudice, timidity aid heedlessness, in all variety of forms. They have m d fearb'sdy on, demonstrating by successful experiment its importance ant! advantages. Nor are these patriotic

' efforts stationary, or confined to any one I section ef country. The s ii lillatioi s of those mihtv geniuses, like "the day spring i from on hih,' have visited even hemisI phere, and tin; benign influence xvill conjtinue to unfold and expand the beauties ; of a G m of nature, and the mysteries of j political economy, until the Danube, like ithe Nile, the Mississippi like the Thames,

and the Wabash like the Hudson, shall exhibit one great theatre of splendid and successful exertion. It is believed by your committee that no part of the Union has a greater interest at stake in the final success and accomplishment of this system, than the state of Indiana; and that greater facilities for, or prospective advantages from internal improvements, are no xvhere to hr found. The situation ami extent of her territory, the salubrity of her climate,

the fertility ol hr soil, the variety ol her j productions, and her rapidlv increasing . 1 . ir..i :. a;,...

ijiiil uio i au'i resources, anoio 1 nm -Woe ,f r,,trf .'reatness if a wie and judicious policy be pursued a policy xxnicli shall be calculated to devtdope those natural resources in their fullest extent, to facilitate the m ans of transportation, so that her various production shall find a safe a d steady market. The prudent ad option of sut h a policv.it js firmlx 1m lie ved, w ill soon banish all the wants and em'arrassmeiits which at this time prevail too generally, ami whirh h;iva been m;ih !

Surely ul.er.th, t. u.ptatioi,!!1)(.rasio . , . n,M,h.rI. It will mom

'7 -ns, and gitater than the principles of

''fi nny m:m. Ry the laxv whic h it was his object to repeal by substituting the one ind finitely postponed, the claimant of a fugitive from another state i made the judge and avenger of bis own wrong that is to say, power is given him. which lie has eve

ry temptation ar il inducement to abuse;

he cal- I '.v ahu-od. He xxill not recur to the nu-

! iner.ais instances of the flagrant violators

of thos" lasbv xvhieh every gove-ri mei.t h protects thoe xx ho tread on its soil. Bui h he will f r; ver deprecate and protest a- ! gainst tii tt legislation xxhich givers to the : i ter s. d and crin 1 oppressor the verx ' p''ft-r lie has alwaxs bee n aiming at, and U- V "rV;';;i,T"rf"-,!-,hut which ie never , o n n;. 1 .1 tiil tlie impolitic .".( t ol 1 hi"'; , lo in:t, uc xvouid not trust one of our own .j eitiz 'tis w ith the power f re-capturing fn.in ji another his heat of burden. We insist :jaid recpiire that n impartial antl sxxori. j1 public olht er sliall minister to Lis demands through the cluuicl of (he laxv and xet j: the art xvhieh now tarnishes our code, Ji makes the person t lairnh g to be interesl- ' ed iri the slax erv of a human being, the ex- , eruf inner ef a warrant of seizure and im-

1 1 V pnsfintnent.

i, lo

x ioiate a right m!imt ay more sacretl

i, than piopertx alreadx exists, x e ought not j

is pushed on with vigor. b mand ik for I he on duee.

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;ie;,ii 1 is me rjernara! for the slave s. 1 c .ti ev,, , brtueeu the slave trade, a t .e produce of the slaves' labour, U l .-v Tie ( fa;;., i,,n between the tree and , i' hatit, , r II. e toot and the brane h. "If

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i.i.. . . , lo open xx nje me eioor 10 us indulgence, those go. uls to he tae support ef th: slave tl ' trade, and ,d cm s-ouem the purchaser.- TllP undersigned ts perfectly willing to

T l to he- parties in the business; it mav not be

grant to the citiz. 'its of our sister states

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amiss to oh-,,,., that the rec eiver of stolen v mr lnli an'1 ,r,'c ,:' o!,r ''' 0,1 ;1"

Is h said to be eotial to the thief. ; "rr;'t,",!- "' s;,m(' UZn that "r

give tln rn to our citizens. urther tnan

g ioe

It is sixjietiiii,- parad .iiral that a ir;an

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a pic- i f t ne that is stole!., and should ; tli:it ut.der the baneful influence of Midi a not haxe the same scrmdes rr-pecting al'Pow'r : IS Jimv -IV" h tlu" art w!,lrh

1 stolen man.

I le hedieves

tl e r. e-t

to!',

so are the brant he s."

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- . n ioe roof ne ai 1 ursed. so are Hie; bi.i ches. The r,,ot of the -lave trade isil ax Ti.e ar .l luxury : aid the trade in the'! J"" due e of the slaxe-' hi hour is support eel a

h' ra h.esoine rool.avarii e in the me i chant, a: d luxury in the consumer. !M 1- are s. tt.etimes tala n en the seas I'"h r with the; manufactures of Hu rope, vx here ev ry !. t oncetned in tuaiaifae lurng the carjf... has been paid f.rhis labour.

m u tee ve-sCl taken without the loss ed'anx ji ri'ht oxvner.

lives; yetn.atix would refuse to pun ha-e k- '('tai' ed. who would n t la sitatel t" purt h.ts,. Mods extnrn d fr.un slaves j llih.e ,sf ia!ir, , i.,eiae. injuslicej rrin h . .1 I I ..11 .1 . . 1 1 J . 1 !

oi. ousn o: v nit n came s w nn it a rcsemMiii.ee of straining vi a gnat and .ill .wi.-.g a camel. I here is h,,( right and wrong, good and

evil, in the wot Id

in tr y .

edged prize good, is to refu-e being a par- .:! .... I

y 11 violence ;tiid mjuslice; idse, to bear t sthi. o;, v against ii. Where are ( rueltx 1 : justice canied to the same extei't that thiy are in the laxe trade? Where is t-e testimony, that the purcbaseis anal (onsutn. rs c f t ! 1 e fruit ol ., e ry, elo bear 'gan st it? To answer in truth, we must tay they an all parties ia the; business ai d their testimony far it. The beginners t'M , sl ue trade are the men hauls who send their thip to Africa, te carry them across the ocean; a d the finishers, arc the cciuiunersof theer labor: thev are the

ThcnpotIe Paul, in ri dcavoring to remoxf tie- strong Jewish prejudices for the Mosaic Law, said "Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no questions for const deuce sake' 1 ( or. . -a. 13 u t that was relative to clean and unclean beasts; and their manner of kilh' g them; I have a much better opinion of Paul, than tt) believe he meant any thing stolen, or taken by robbery and violence lrcm its

hit w;s his intention to repeal, to the hive-

holder of a sister state, hundreds of innocent and unsuspecting free people of color max he incarcerated, and doomed to helpless slavery. The object and provisions of the' bill introduced by the undersigned, ceu.tcmpla ted a speedy seizure ef the fugitive by a sworn officer ef tlie government, in whose

usf xlv safety ought to be' expected, and j

; xet their gl ides are

lo refuse nun h.-is'o.ir -w i.n(lV. 1

If any one after having fully considered the slave trade; the manner of their treatment in the West Indies; anel the manner in which the produce of their labour is obtained; if he feels no doubts about partaking thereof, anv more than he would any thing obtained by the strictest honesty', then 1 have nothing to .say to him; but il he is fearful, and feels eb'ubts that all is not right, I will put him in mind of what I.iuUays, "He; that doubteth i damned if he cat. because he eateth not of faith, for

whatsoever is not ef faith, is sin.

INDIANA LEGISLATUREOn the 5th in.st. Mn. Thompson, a member of the senate of this state, offered the following protest, which was entered on the journals. Mr. Thompson is a candidate for the office of Lieutenant-Governor, arul is said te be a gentleman of amiable manner and irreproachable private cha-

udvantageously ben tit and exalt the vital interests of the state, aed of generations xet unborn, anel xvill afford more gene ral a al permanent relief from the pressure' of tiie present times, anel more encouragement to emigration and enterpriz , improvement and confidence, than all the fictitious shoxv of transitory enactments to affect e eu.tracts, or laxv, can ever accomplish. Our (at contains an area of txvertyt wo millions of at re of arable land, and w ith ne greater population than at present inhabit the rocky and mountainous state of Connecticut, is capable of sustai an twt) millions arid a half of people; and that too xvith comparatively mode-rate labour. Ia proportion to the factlitics .afforded to emigrants, and the facilities eif tra asportation of the surplus produte. tf the country, xv ill our population ami wealth;

could be insured. A trial xxas to be had hint lease; anel those' who reflect Upon the

in three days by a jury of the country conformably to laxv. In a case involving the personal liberty of a human being, this cannot be thought an unreasonable delay. It is the duty of every government not only to see that injustice; is not committed, but to refuse its sanction tt every law or course of proceeding, that has a tendency te, or furnishes facilities for the coPimittir.g of injustice. Uncle r the eiperatioii of the act of 1C?1, the: invaluable' privilege ef the writ of habeas corpus, anel the right of trial by jury, are' completely destroyed, so far as the unfortunate man of color accused of being a fugitive is concerned, and the boasted prerogative tf laxv become the pandars to unhailoxved avarice and corruption. For these and other reasons too numerous to detail, the undersigned me)st solemnly protests against the indefinite postponement of the bill above mentioned, and enters his protest on the journals of the Senate. JOHN II. THOMPSON.

j situation of the .country thirty years ago,- ! ami compare it xvith its present prosper ts, j have much to hope and little to fear, unl s lour infant energies be forever paralyzed by a fluctuating and doubtful policy . ! Your committee knoxvthat I here are many I poiutsof the state where' system of interj ternal improx emenls and domestic intlustry, may be encouraged xvith a certain ! prosneet of success, a nil xvhere manufac

turing and commercial capital may be accumulated to an incalculable; extent, if this vvstcm shall be encouraged; but in the opinion tf your cotnmiftt e, the improvement of the navigation of the river Wabash, is an object of the greatest importance, and the two White rivers empty ing into the Wabash, should next to this stream be appreciated. Bv glancing at the map of Ihe state no additional elucidation on that point can be thought necessary. The expenditure to effect the purpose, xvill circulate in our oxvn state; and the're are but few obsirm ii'ns in either of the iinporUui blrcuma which cannot be readily

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