Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-06-25

ly amongst Christians. These lnlunctlons, and
these good offices Of our predecessors served
not little, with the help of God, towards pro-
tecting the Indians and the other aforesaid ra'
ces, both from the cruelty oftheir invaders and
from the cupidity ofthe Christian merchants;
not to such an extent, however, thatdhe holy
see can have no rejoice at their flocks having
totally abandoned such practices, since, on the
contrary, the trade in blacks, though diminish.
ed to some extent, is still carried on by many
Christians. Wherefore, we, desiring to avert
this digrace from the whole confines of Chris
Itianity, having summoned several Of the rev.
erend brothers, their eminences the cardinals,
to our council, and having maturely delibera-
ted on the whole matter, pursuing tho footsteps
of our predecessors, adnlonish by our apostolic
Authority, and urgently invoke in the name Of
God, all Christians ofwhatever condition, that
none henceforth dare to subject to slavery, UNI
Justly prosecute, or despoil oftheir goods, In
dian negroes, or other classes ofmen, or to be
accessories to others, or furnish their aid or
assistance in odoing; and on no account hence
forth to exercise that inhuman traffic by which
negroes are reduced to slavery, as they were
not men but automata or chat!eIs, and are sold
in defiance ofall the laws Of justice and human
Iity, and devoted to severe and intolerable la
bors. We further reprobate by our apostolic
Authority all the above described offences as
utterly unworthy of the Christian name; and
by the same authority we rigidly prohibit and
interdict al and every individual, whether &C.
cesiastic or laical from presumngto defend
that commerce in negro slaves under any pre-
tence or borrowed color, or to teach or publish
in any manner, publicly or privately, things
contrary to the admonitlons which we have
given in those letters. And finally, that this
bill may be rendered more apparent to all, and
that no person may alege any ignorance there
of, we decree and order that it shall be publish
ed according to custom, and copies thereof be
properly affixed TO the gates ofSt. Peter and Of
the Apostolic Chancel, every and in like man
ner, to the general court on Mount Pitatonio
and in the field of the Campus Flor9, and also
through the city by one OF our heralds, accor
ding to aforesaid custom.
Given at Rome, at the palace of Santa Mari,
( Major, under the seal of the fisherman (sub an
, nulo picatoris; on the third day of December
r 1899, and in the ninth year Of our pontif
cate. Countersigned by Cardinal A. Lambrc
: schlni.
: We extract the above fearful demonstrate
: in foreign land against our Southern lnstit,
, tons, from the London Morning Chronicle
9th January, 1910, and ask every patriot
: American whether the uncontrolled admissio
; of millions of foreigners, imbued with tho'
hostile sentiments TO Southern institutions
is not indicative Of national insanity-whett
er it is not inviting our own destruction.
1t little remarkable that this most alat
ming Bull has not been freely circulate
throughout the South. Are the American peo
pie already so much inundated by the foreign
Abolitionists in our country, that they dare no
proclaim the dangers which threaten us from
the foreign hordes which are now swarmng
into our country-or are political party lead
ers more afraid of iniuring their parties
than of consigning our Republic to perdition.--
~ o. Native american.