American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-26
FOR THE wATcHMAN.
SLAr ERY.-No. 8.

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al would not have slave to till my ground
10 carry me- to fan me when sleep,
Aud reinbe when wake, for all the wealth
That sine.ps Joaghi and sDl, have ever earnd"
Cow
III reviewing The tile BY which one class of The comm,
nifty hold eir fellow men in servitude, shall be excused
for referring au,oF Who he has treated upon al
the different relations in which stand ards eas
other, ery and impartial manner, will be heard
with the greater attention, upon this important subject
lie divides the titles by which The slave holden into
three The first is from efcapapy il. roar -
and this title is founded upon the reaso-hat as man
has right kill his enemy in battle, when he spares
life, he obtains property in his captive But. the gene
raj position is false, that may xii has enemy; for he
has such right except in Of absolute necessity and
se defence 1t therefore follows, that in all those
where life was spar ed done because danger
to be apprehended terefomi and OF course the power
of the enemy taken away and he made harmless,
without resoring the expecnt of putting him TO DEATH
much less would it be jusliiabe to ensave and
beast, the captive after the war had terminated Black 44o.
Now, although these principles recognised by all ci-
yized nations, yet II may be asserted that those nations
from whom the captiyts purchased. acknowledge
such principles Of warfare, and therefore iussbe
IN purchasing their properly. To this answer, that
have no right TO purchase property Of any Species when
we have the fact staring Us in The face that the title of the
present possessor not sound one; and the ofsuc
purchase is farther aggravated When reflect that our
Very agency is exercised, and sanction afforded by
ncgecng to inquire into the business OF that claim, which
about TO be transferred TO us If therefore attempt
70 effect purchase from any Of those Who engaged in
this traffic IN human cs, act the part of the receiver
to the thief, equally amenable that punshinent
awarded to his crimes, whatever IL may be.
The second title TO slave is, 1Ve1e man sells himself
10 another" But" says author, every sale implies
qAd PRO qto, equivalent gwen to the seller in lieu Of
what he transfers 10 the buy but what equivalent can
be given for s and liberty both OF which, m absolute sa-
very held To be in Me masters disposal" And fur
Their tile very pmce the slave receive devoves
to his master the instant he becomes his slave In this
case the buyer siues nog and the seller nothing
OF what validity then sale be. which DESTROYS tie
very principles upon which all sales founded" 450
The third and last title is that If birth right there
lis right originally TO the saye either by cdptrty ih
war, or by his selling himself, neither the offspring
Of such persons, upon amy principle OF justice, be retained
in seTyitude
These fictitious titles the only which can be
lshnwn the grounds Of slavery and thus they with
with profound reasoning, rends the veil by which tile WI
ling prnseye who engages himself IN the commerce in
bood and Snrps shields himself in his conduc-and who
largaes that he UNSUITABLE in using all the which
God and nature have put into his hands, assist sup
porting his existence Yes il is not be disguised that
man who created social being will thus strike the
cxis!ece OF society," and with other rig than that Of
po4er will prostrae the very liberty processes prize
$50 hghyand regardless of the of the orphan and
the groans OF the widow, will those ties and
asunder those bonds which the Deity himself lad cemen
led!
But how is that many who hold slaves acknowledge
their errorwsh that the evil had been entaed upon
them and at the time perserere in what they thus
condemn
The is certainly ths-hat finding that slavery
can neither be excused nor paaed upon any principle of
equity justice, they forced to acknow edge nius-
ice and egaty; but unwilling to relnqush the gains of
Continuing III it, they urge for its continuance
that grea.er evil is ayuded viz that which would result
from the emancipation Of their fellow But if sue
coed in proving that consideration possibly require
man to persevere in fault, because he fears that danger
may result from opposite COURSE then, there will remain
cause, why and all should not assist acknowledge
ing By their actions, that " all created free and
equal" HOWARD.