Admitting slavery to bo Constitutional
the subjects cannot be limited to the black
race, but must include all races of men, only
so that pow er or other means once makes
them slaves. To pretend that negroes are
the only subjects of slavery under the Con
stitution is just as fallacious as to hold that
only white men are entitled to liberty.—
The Constitution either makes all liable to
liberty or it makes none liable to be made
slaves, none liable to enjoy liberty. If the
Constitution sanctions slavery at all, then
all are liable to be slaves or masters. To
make Constitutional slaves it needs but
power; a dozen men may overpower, seize
and enslave six free-born, white .Americans
-—in Wisconsin, and then lawfully hold
them under the Constititution, because no
Shite law can limit the Constitution or au
thorize the freeing of slaves, nor even hin
der the rights of the master. The Consti
tution does not provide for instituting any
inquiry as to how such American born I
men were made slaves; therefore the fact of
enslavement can only be enquired about,
and when once established there is no way
to change their condition.
These facts are self evident from another 1
point of view—supposing that slavery is
Constitutional: The word color is not in
the Constitution, nor is any word, phrase
or article therein contained alluding to the
class of men who may be slaves or enslaved.
