LAFAYETTE says:—
“I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America, if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.”
Again, while in the prison of Magdeburg, he says:—
“I know not what disposition has been made of my plantation at Cayenne; but I hope Madame de Lafayette will take care that the negroes who cultivate it shall preserve their liberty.”
O. LAFAYETTE, grandson of General Lafayette, in a letter under date of April 26th, 1851, says:—
“This great question of the Abolition of Negro Slavery, which has my entire sympathy, appears to me to have established its importance throughout the world. At the present time, the States of the Peninsula, if I do not deceive myself, are the only European powers who still continue to possess slaves; and America, while continuing to uphold slavery, feels daily, more and more how heavily it weighs upon her destinies.”
MONTESQUIEU asks:—
“What civil law can restrain a slave from running away, since he is not a member of society?”
Again, he says:—
“Slavery is contrary to the fundamental principles of all societies.”