Press enter after choosing selection

The Slavery Of Soldiers

The Slavery Of Soldiers image
Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
March
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

- It has been,"FaysFranklin in a letter to Benjamin Vaughan, "a generally reccived opinión, thnt a military man is not to inqnire whetber a war be just or unjust; he is to execute his orders. All piïnces, who are dispoeed to become tyrants, must probably approve of this opinión, anrlbe willinto estáblish it. Butis k nota dangerous one? On this pinciple,if the tyrant commTDds his nrmy to attiick and desfroy not only an unoffemlin neigbbor nation, but'even his own subject?, 'his army is bound to oboy. A negro elave in onr colonies being commnnded by bis master to rob or murder a nobbor, or do ony othei immoral act, may rcfiii-e, and thè nmgiMrate will protect him in hi refusal. The Shtvcry of a soldier Ihcn is worse thitn ihat of a negro.TheQoeen of England hos had a billiard table constructed out of wood saved frnm the wreek of the Royal Goorgfi. smik in 18205= Will Dr. Bailey forward his Cincinnali Weekly Herald in exchange to us? We have not seen one for ten weeks. (tThe heirs of the Girard Estáte hart lost thoir case in the suit with Philadelphia. (Lr= In the article on Tempera nee, on the first pnge, are sorae good thoughts. Rewi U. ff8 Tickets will be prihted at tbis office in any quantities, at fifty cents a bundred.05=Mr. Treadwcll'a communicotion shall appear next week. Ann Arbor, March 1, 1844. Wheat buyers offers 70 cents tg day, the 1 highestprice since harvest, wo believe: W the roatla are so muddy that bul littla brought in. Flour, $8,50,

Article

Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News