New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-10
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HARTFORD Ct september ls', leia.
Horace GnfiLFY. Esq Dear Sri have
seen in various papers an article purporng 10 be
from YOUR pen entitled Letter To the Anti Slave
ry Convention at Cincinnati. with caption like
iiai which is placed over the present series OF re-
marks 1t is almost unnecessary for M 10 say that
with the general tenor Of the article was highly
pleased - am confident every one will be-or al
least ought TO bc-who gives il q Carciul perusal.
There are however some particulars in which !
10 not entirely concur with the wrier-espccally
in his definition of slavery itself After giving what
he suppose 10 be the definition OF those 10 whom
he writes viz; slavery Is the legal subsection of
one human being To the will and power of another,
and Directing to this definition that il is both too
broad and "too narrow, he goes on TO give hi.
own views in the following language
II understand by slavery that condition in which
one human being exists mainly convenience io
other human bengs-in which the time, the eNeIton-.
the faculties of part of the human family made
subscrye their development. physical, intel
icctua and moral but the comfort. advantages or CO.
prices of others IN short wherever service Is rendered
from hannah being to another on footing Of one
sided. and not az mutual ohlsauun-whrn the relation
between the servant and The served not Of acc
zion and reciprocal good Offices but OF authority social
ascendency and power over subsistence on the one
hand anu o., necessity scryity and degradation on the
Oihor-ihere, IN my view Is slavery.
Now. Sir dislike this definition OF the term. for
one az least at the reasons which you give for dis
liking the definition which YOU attribute 10 those 10
whom you write lit is too narrow. vastly too mar
row broader view existed IN the mind OF or
American photographer, Noah Webster. In his
great work which is fast becoming standard work.
both in Europe and America we lind the following
definition OF the word Slave which Of course deter
mines his views OF what slavery as
"SLANr-l. A person who is wholly subject 10 the
viii ol another who has no VIII OF his own. but
whose person and services wholly under the control
OF another In the early state Of the world ana 10 THIS
dav among some barbarous nations prisoners Of war
are considered and treated slaves. The slaves OF
modern times more generally purchased Ike horses
and oxen > One who has lost the power O! resistance
or one who surIcnGcr- himself 10 any power Whatever
As a slave to passion. 20 lust 10 ambition. 3. mean
person in the lowest state OF life. !. drudge one
who la5cfs Ike slave.
Ii is to the second of these definitions tina, would
GLADLY direct your attention and that OF your read
crs ltistrom >i1ycrg tO Passion Lust pr .imbf'ioH
that we have most TO icag. in This country or any
other. II is freedom from such slavery as this-ihc
freedom of ourselves and our fellow beines-iOr
which Christ lived aud died. ami for which we as
his representatives. should live and die also.
Bat definition more adequate. as well a. more
true than even that OF Dr. Webster Is found IN AL
Annual Election Sermon, preached May 20 80 10y
Rev DR. VIM r. Claiming. Il Is too long for IN
s,,rtion In this place but the following Is what
might be called his peroration
such the spiritual freedom inst christ cane io
give Ii consists. In moral force. IN self control IN On,
enlargement OF thought and affection and IN the unr's
trained action Of our best powers. ! Eno"
bow ltc this freedom Is understood or enjoyed now
cnssvcd men are sense. passion snd the world ana
know too that through his slavery they arr wi,ieh-
"a and thai while II lasts social institution can give
them happiness"
This Sir is the only definition which have seen.
broad enough % cover the whole ground. and the
only one which should be willing 70 adopt. IL Is.
in truth the Bible definition. and therefore The cor
rect one of course. Mark. II yoa please. that II Is
through slavery Ia " sense. passion and the world
that men are "wrcichcd,' and that while this
slavery lasts. no social institution can give them
happiness
wish this definition Of slavery by DR.. Claiming
or rather the whole article Of which Il l. the sum
were 10 be- read, N sunrise 20 every individual OF
the United States from this day forth for at leas,
century 10 come. do not mean in single Assem-
bly. As at Mt Geriznn: but what would be vastly
better, in the Gerzims OF our modern Institutions