Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-04-29

who heard him, If slaves were listening to him. II he
had the power he would give TO every slave perfect know-
ledge OF all his GodgIven rights Hewould open their minds
TO understand the oppression that down their neects
and shut out knowledge and truth from their comprehension
lie would them knowledge OF the out age upon human
y which holds them chatel and subjects 70 sale
like in the market He would inform them that they
came into the world from the hands Of the Creator
those who lord 1t them that they BRETHREN
ated by the hand endowed with the same rights and
candidates for the same Immortality.
Mr. GAYLE asked the gentleman from Ohio IL the sater-
ance ofhese sentiments the hearing the slaves
i Mr. GiDDINGS said the gentleman from Alabama could
answer that question well himself But this he would
say to that gentleman that If the utteance of such truths
would release them from bondage God knows should be
Let gentlemen teach their bondmen rebe but let them
come heie TO threaten reemen Gentlemen might hold their
grasp their eowmen and deprive them Of the rights con-
ered by the God who created hem and make their aceated
flesh culver with the ash but they need here and
tell him that be should only speak by their permission
Mr.. GAYLE inquired If the gentleman alluded to him
when he spoke of the flesh being made culver by the lash
He used the lash his slaves who would nor however,
accompany him here because they afraid that the abo
/ litionss would skin them.
i Mr.. GIDDINGS replied that the gentlemans statement
showed to what degree of degradation slavery reduce the
immortal mind. The gentleman fiom Alabama appeared
had succeeded to that extent and he here boast it.
he had carried his oppression far to blot from the intel
lec OF his fellow his natural and instructive love of Free
DOM He has taught his slaves hug their ch ms shud-
der at the thought of being free and stands up here
before the American people, and boasts of the of his
Ills Wnoe statement Keeping with the
institution Of slavery 1t degraded the immortal mnd and
reduced the level of buie He asked that gentleman
he taught his slaves read the word Of God
not offence under their laws teach slaves read that
sacred book Was such offence punishable hy ncar-
ceration in the penenary They had only go few rods
that river he Pooac) and they would expose
selves the penalties Of such law If they should attempt
teach slaves to read the scriptures Yes instruct slaves in
the way of salvation by enabling them read the word of God
deemed crime in this Christian land this land of bibles
and minister's and sabbaths, and Of slaves.
But to return 70 the proposition OF the gentleman from
Tennessee (Mr. HAsKELL) who had expressed himself
strongly in regard his the freedom Of speech
The gentleman thought that he Mr. g should hang high
Haman for thus daring speak his sentiments That he
supposed to be savehodng punishment for speaking TRUTH
But be could spend no more time the geneman popo
}siton Another gentleman from North Carolina (Mr VEN
ABLE) had spoken to the effect this subject That
gentleman seemed intimate that he (Mr G. had treated
the institution Of slavery with great of respect saying
that if slave defended himself Ohio soil, killing
his master, they would hang him please all the slave
holders in chrstendom. That gentleman he mis-
informed belonged to and member ofa church founded
by that good John Wesley He believed the gentleman
from North Carolina Methodist, and yet the respected
founder Of that church had denounced slavery Me
Of all rihdnies."
Mr. vENABLE said the gentleman was mistaken he was
Presbyterian.
Mr. GIDDINGS. The gentleman Presbyterian, and
yet he held slavery to be bessng Would the gentleman
from North Carolina sit down with his slave and brotherin
Christ at the sacanental board commemorative of the Lords
supper and sacrifca death Would paake the bread
and wine in remembrance of the cruced Saviour day
with his slave and brother and the sell him who thus
bears the image Of God for paly pe and still say he
Presbyterian? He (Mr g. denied il, the gentleman could
be Presbyterian. No could be Presbyterian who
sold Gods image, and transformed the immortal mind into
state Of degradation and shut the scriptures of eternal life
from his brother. II impossible He could scarcely realize
that he lived in the nineteenth century, Christian land
He could scarcely realize that he lived age when the
principles of holy religion perverted for the purpose
Of degrading our felow-man, and shutting out from him the
hope of eternal life.
Mr.. VENABLE begged say gentleman from Ohio,
he had alluded TO the subject OF religion that be
Methodist though he highly respected that He
Presbyterian but he should with the gentleman
from Ohio into religious discussion He wished either
to hear any thing of the gentemans history should he
stay dlate upon his but be would refer the gentle
imam to the Epise of Paul Philemon, from which that
gentleman would learn that Paul did not tell
away from their masters but back them. When
the gentleman from Ohio could bring evidence show that
he BETTER wiser, and hoe than Paul he would listen
his counsels, and not till then.
Mr.. GIDDINGS said the gentleman from North Carolina
rather much excited for Presbyterian But il
enough that professors in this hall should pervet
holy religion to the purpose Of usyng the crimes Of slavery
but the Scriptures OF Truth prosucd the main
Of that institution. Had this, that
Der Of this House and Of Christian church could here stand
up and justify what such John Wesley had called,
murder, theft adultery, but "fhe san Of all p
anes compounded The substance Of all their crimes
brought into the significant expression of saveholdng He
trusted that the gentleman from Tennessee who dspos
ed 10 hang him, the gentleman who bad e hurt at his
former remarks, would take offence at what he saying
II they did, he would inform them that they could probably
find the rotundo until he should close what he had
10 say.
had been said in the other end Of the Capitol, by gen.
deman of high Distinction that the average life Of slaves
the sugar plantations but five years. and the cotton
plantations only years Thus whole generations
murdered in those regions every and five years Gen
temen would remember that he spoke from high authority,
upon savehodiDg data. And these murders attempted
be justified by Scripture and because he bad denounced
the system and the practice he deserving to lie not only
mobbed but hanged according the opinion Of gentlemen in
this hall Indeed, II attempted involve st. Paul in
these crimes BY saying that he justified slavery while writing
under Divine inspiration. II such the fact, he would
abjure his religion and turn Turk.
He would pass much which he had intended to
other topics, his time nearly exhausted If be
should write his remarks he might notice them. The
gentleman from Virginia (Mr BArLr) had complained Of
his Mr G. 50 OF respect for the institution Of slavery
That gentleman had in his Characteristic assaed his
(Mr. s) motives Now, be would not stay to reply to
that geneman's censure, to his attempt TO make them
believe that slavery moral and jus6able institution
He would prefer read few passages author Of that
renemans State. In Jeerson's Notes he found the
following
There doubtless be unhappy influence on the man.
people produced by the existence Of slavery among
The whole between aud slave IS per-
petual exercise Of the boisterous PASSIONS the most
remtng despotism the part, aud degrading submis
the other Our children this, and learn 70 int
for is initiative animal This quality is the
germ Of all education in him From his cradle TO his grave
he is learning do what he others do parent could
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