Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-06-12

DOlSlCTOuS pdSSIOllS, Iilc IilOSt H1fef2lg-
ting deSkoti8m on the one part, and de-
grading submission on the other. Oar
children see this, and learn to initiate it;
for man is an initiative animal. This
quality is the germ of all education m
him. From his cradle to his grave he is
learning to do what he sees others do
If parent could find no motive, either
in his philanthropy or his self-love, for
restraining the intemperance of his pas
sions towards his slave, it should always
be sufficient one that his child is pre-
sent. But generally it is not sufficient.
The parent storms the child looks on
catches the lineaments of wrath; puts
on the same airs in the circle of smaller
slaves; gives loose to the worst of pas
sions; and thus nursed, edurated, and
exercised in TYRANNY, cannot but
be stamped by it with odious feculiQri-
ties. The man must be a Prodigy zoho
can retain his manners and his morals
undefraUed by such circumstances. And
with what EMIGRATION should the states
man be loaded, who, permitting one half
OF the citizens thus to trample on the
rights OF the other, transforms those into
DESPOTS, and these into enemies de-
stroys the morals of the one part, and
the amor hatrie of the other For if
| slave can have country III this world,
1t must be any other in preference to that
| in which he is born to live and labor for
another: in which he must lock up the
faculties of his nature; contribute, as
far as depends on his individual endea-
vors, to the cvanishment of the human
| race, or entail his own miserable condi-
ton on the endless generations proceed
ing from him. With the morals Of the
people, their industry also is destroyed.
For In warm climate, no man will labor
for himself who can make another labor
for him. This is SO true, that of the
proprletors OF slaves, very small pro-
| portion indeed are ever seen to labor
| And can the liberties of a nation be
| thought secure, when we have removed
their only firm basis, conviction in the
minds Of the people that these liberties
are of the gift Of God That they are
not TO be vtoiated but with his zvraM ?
Indeed, l TREMBLE FOR MY
COUNTRY WHEN l REFLECT
THAT GOD IS JUST: that HIS
JUSTICE CANNOT SLEEP FOR
| EVER: that, considering, numbers, ma
ture, and natural means only, revolu-
ton Of the wheel OF fortune, an exchange
Of situation is among POSSIBLE euents :
that it may become hro6abIe by suffer-
naturaiinterference! THE ALMIGH-
TY HAS NO ATTRlBUTEWHICH
CAN TAKE SIDE WITH US IN
SUCH A CONTEST.-But it is i'm
possible to be temperate, and to pursue
this subject through the various consid-
erations Of policy, of morals, of history
natural and civil. We must be content
ed to hope they viU force their qvay into
every one's mind. | think a change al
ready perceptible, since the origin ofthe
present revolution. The spirit Of the
master is abating, that OF the slave rising
from the dust; his condition modifying;
the way hohe preparing, under the aus
pices of heaven, for TOTAL EMAN-
ClPATION and that this is disposed,
in the order of events, to be with the
consent OF the masters, rather than by
! THEIR EXTIRPATION."
Fellow citizens, read this extract, and
compare it with the recent illusions Of
the slave-mongers. Call to mind the
threats and abuse they have heaped upon
the friends of liberty for attempting to
set bounds to the widespread evils of
slavery. You will then be able to Judge
how rapidly the morals of a people will
degenerate, among whom slavery is tole-
rated. You will then behold what kind
Of blessings the slaye-mongers wish to
introduce into the vast region between
the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean,
You will find in this extract the strongest
justification of the stand which the house
of representatives have taken in favor of
liberty, and the greatest inducements for
| every American to yield them his sup
port. With Mr.. Jefferson, | hope that
Z" total emancipation" will ultimately
take place; with him, also, hope that
it will be 6 with the consent of the mas
tiers, rather than by their extlrpation. p
That it will happen sooneror later, either
with or without their consent, can never
be doubted by any who attend tt he voice
of reason and experience.
ARISTIDES.
| Ndadison county, June 9, 1919.
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! MILITIA CANDIDATES.
For Brfeadier- General, Isl Brigade,
| SAMUEL WHlTESIDE,