Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-04-27

ms o7on ; he Is violently made The pro-
perry OF another man, who, either with
or without the offer OF any pretence, can
at once separate all from him, and him
from all that gives value to existence.
Agaln-What sense even OF moral
obligation can that being be expected to
possess, whose every action and purpose
Is shackled by the arbitrary and uncon-
troiled will OF another, and towards
whom our whole system of treatment
argues that we do not consider him an
accountable being? VIII The man whose
testimony is rejected with scorn, be So
fictitious TO establish character for We
racty !! Wlll he who daily feets all his
rights outraged aud violated, by men
who conceive themselves SO far his SUI
periors IN moral and physical know ledge,
! be likely to form correct notions Oh the
indispensable necessity OF honesty and
int gritty! VIII those who are treated
as The beasts OF the field, be thereby
taught to mortify and RESTRAIN those up.
pet,ts which they possess in common
with their iellow-l aborers in the tenn
whom we forclby deprive Of al, moral
and religious Instruction, and Durposelp
keep in the grossest darkness and ieno-
rance, viii become subjects of the pure
and benign precep's Of the gospel Of
Christ Would husbands and wives, pa
rents and children, perform those do.
ties which their relative sinalions and
The law of God strictly enloIned upon
them The terms OF slavery render
such performance wholly Impossible
The arbitrary will and power Of man
no, only contravencs the Divine Law,
but does violence to the very principles
OF humanity themselves
From this source OF slavery then,
lows every species Of personal suffering
and moral degIadauon: it debases and
corrupts "the noblest work OF GDd,"
un,ii lis wretchcd victims are sunk al
most 10 a level with the brute creation !;
with this great Disadvantage, however,
that as slaves are not irrational, so the
uneasiness and discomfort winch must
naturally be produced by treatment 50
unjust and oppressive, will inspire the
master with greater degrees Of terror, re.
sentiment, and aversion, and will seem 10
lustiy BIN in severer measures OF CO.
ercion. These iameotabie evils ere nol
peculiar to slavery IN the Un"eo States
they are invsrsble coacealtaHts in all
situations, and In all countries, " ere il
exis's.
The existence of slavery 10 the United
5 ates OF Anegica fixes deeper and
darker STAN upon the national chafacte
han would be the case in almost any
other country. 10 comparing our situ
alton with that Of other civilized nations,
we must be torclbiy impressed with the
CONVICTION that we ENJOY a very liberal
distribution OF the iavofs OF heaven. We
abound moi only with the necessares bus
be comforts aud Injuries Of life. Exempt
from the desolatng consequences OF war,
famine, or pestlcnce, We have passed
may years oil prosperity and plenty,
and rioled in The proiosion OF Divine
Bounty. We are blessed with govern
ment, which. while it recognises and
serupnlously guards the civil rights oil
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