The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-05-22
Number md condition Of castles.

NHm0ef ma c0ndLlt0n OF cdStcS.
"The four principal castles into which
the Hlndoos are divided, and
which are said myslicaly 10
have sprung from the head, the heart, the
thigh and the feet of the great God Bran,
la, are; First, the bramina class, incIu,
ding The priests or brahmins, who are al,
so their philosophers aud men Of letters"
" Sccond the military, or protecting Glass;
Third, the Be;se rbe including mer-
chants, ,radesnen, husbandmen -
"Fourth, the Sudders, as proceeding from
The feet of Bramha, are servants of the
higher classes" Aud lastly, may be
{reckoncd "the Hari, or out caste: who,
having violated caste, are held in utter de-
teatalion by all the other cases, " and are
doomed vagabonds in the most abject aud
forlorn condition.
american caste is thus defined in the
laws Of S. Carolina. "SIaves shall be
deemed saken, reputcd, held and adjudgcd
as chaueIs personal in the hands of their
owners and possessors. and their executors
administrators and assigns, TO all intenls,
constructions and purposes whatsoever"
A slave, Gays The civil code OF louisiana,
is one who is in the power Of master to
whom he belongs" The master may
sell him. dispose Of his industry and his
labor. He can do nothing, possess nothing,
nor acquire anything, bit what must be-
long 10 his master" Says Judge Stroud,
in hiseke,ch of the laws in the several
(savc} states The cardinal p&Hciple
| Of slavery is; that the slave is not to be
ranked among Sentleat beings but among
lhioss--is an article Of properly chate
personal Here then we have defined,
two extreme cas;es, as if springing from
the mead and The feet Of the great Bramha'
The master and the slave are, in their le>
gal condition, not less dsling ushed for
sovereignty and servilily, than The Bramun
and the Sudder; and each in most cases,
born heir 10 their condition. We may
however note this difference. AS the mn>
is,er Of religion in the west, is not an off
Ger cf state so he does not answer in point
of caste to the Brahmin, by virtue Of his
office. The slave also answering TO the
SuGder must be reckoned more serviie and
degradejin proportion TO the superior eIe>
walton Of surrounding society. Between
these we may reckon another class OF
caste: the free aborer In some sections
itmay be thought this varies little from
the master caste: ond indeed the line o
: distinction is no, impossible, as with thu
Hindoo. Yet the line is distinct and in
deIblt, as is also the line between tn
, middle and the lower castles. And in
large proportion of cases the free Lahore
I is thought to approximate much nearer
the slave, Than to the master caste. The
S may however be we'll reckoned as ansEe1
}. ing 10 the third class 10 India. But W
], fnd in the Southern States no military c
protecting class answering 10 that in IL
d5a rcputed to have sprung from The bea
Of the great BrAhma. But ii should b
remembered that CASTE in the states is y
comparatively in lis infancy; and the cor
uection Of The Northern with the Souther
:. States may be regarded a substitute f'
J. the protective caste.
,. OatcAI
# The penalty Of becoming an ilarl, h;
Il amply stuffed in I@din 10 secure Oh
, dience to the rules Of caste with all the
. cruel absurdilits. Nor is this slrong
Sc Epfetbled BY those unn"turaI restrain
l. and undue Developments inseparable fro
N such state Of caste the Hladoo lacks i