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Pardon me, Sir, but I cannot help asking yon if you have ever read a genuine copy of the Declaration qf American Independence ? Is not the Bible which you have read and preached, a counterfeit translation, got up by some impostor to deceive you? You cannot have studied the origir nal Word of Qod!Why do you make merry over this piece of Judicial Tyranny ? In what have I offended that this injustice should be heaped upon me and mine? Is it because I love my country less than you ?— No I for, though yuq have all the advantages of education and refinement that society can furnish, and are eligible to any office in the gift of the People, your affection for your native land is only enough to put her in chains; while I, though oppressed and down-trodden by my country ever since I saw the light of day, love he? still.One more question, Reverend Sir, and I am done. What kind of an institution is a negro ? Who. am Ik I am not an alien, for I was born on American soil. I am not a citizen, for you and your tubordmttfes the five slaveholders, say I am not. I am a thing. I live, breathe, eat, work, think, die, and if 1 have a soul—does it go before the Eternal Judge, or will the Supreme Court take care of that too ? I may aoquhe property, but the United States refuses to protect it. I cannot sue for Usuries, done me, or for money due mo. There is only one palliating cir-oumdtuoooin this chapter of hellish laws-1 cannot oommit treason, for there is no nation to whioh I owe allegiance I 1 cannot longer love my oonntry, for 1 have no country to love fGood-bye, Mr. Fullerton; and before we meet again, may God give you a wiser discernment and a kindlier feeling for your fellow-mon. Hoping that, though you may forgot ms in your eooial relations, you will at least remember me in your prayers* issmain,Yours, an Alien American,MOSES DICKSON.fit D.nl Oi 1QCT
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Saint Paul Minnesota Weekly Times
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sat, Mar 28, 1857
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