Democratic banner., 1848-09-11
selves in innumerable forms and the thick
ening Of the signs announce the fourth cum

Sir, l reg ard with admiration, that is to say
with wonder, the sublime morality ofgti,ose
who cannot bare the abstract contemplate
ion of slavery; at the distance of i've hun
lred or a thousand miles of!-lt is e6tFe-
above, that is to say it affects a vast supe-
over the morality ef the primitive
the apostles of Christ aud
himself, Christ and the Apostles
appeared in a Province Of the Roman
when that Empire was called the
world and that world was filed wittslsves:
Forty millions wssthe estimate number.
being one-fourth Of the whole population
single individuals held twenty thousand
slaves. A freeman. one who had himself
been a slave, died the Possesor of four thou
were the numbers. The rights
of the owners over this multitude Of hui
man beings, was that of life and death,
protection of law or mitigation
public sentiment The scourge, the
cross of the fish pond, the der Of the wild
and the arena, upon the slightest
expression Of his masters will. law Of
atrocity made all slaves respon-
sible with their own lives, for the life OF
their master: it was the law that condemn
ed whole house hold of slaves to death, in
case Of the a~ssassionation Of their mas
ter, a law under which as many as four
hundred have been executed at one time.
And these slaves were the whole people Of
Europe and Of Asia Minor, the Greeks and
other nation from whom the present inhabs-
ants of the world derive the most valuable
productions Of the human mind. Christ
saw all ,his-the number of the slaves
hopeless condition-snd their white
color, which was the same with their own;
yet he said nothing against slavery; he
preached no doctrines that led TO insurec-
tion and massacre! none which in their APP
.plication TO the state Of thigs in u coun-
try, would authorize and inferior race Of
blacks to exterminate that superior race OF
whites, in whose ranks he himself sppesr-
ed on earth. He preached no such doc
trines, but those ofa contrary tenor, which
inculcated the duty of fidelity and "bedi.
ence on tn. part Of the slave; humanity and
kindness on the part Of the Master. His
Apostles did the same. st. Paul sent back
a runaway slave to his owner. Onesimus,
with a letter Of apoligy and supplicstien.-
He was not a man to harbOr a runaway,
much less TO entice him from his master; and
least Of ell to excite insurect'ou.
foresee that this subject is to act q
great part in the future politics Of this coun-
try; that il is TO b. made one Of the mstru-
ments on a monrntous movement-not for
deviding the Union-s something mDre pr0c.
hcabe and m0re demanding than that
The prevention Of q world Of woe may de-
pen upon the Democracy Of the non-slave-
holding States. The preservation Of their
own republican liberties may depend upon
it. Never was their steadfast adhesion to
the principles they profess, and to their nat
uraI allies, more Necessary than at present.
To themI have been speaking; TO them
| continue to address mysel. beseech
and impiors them to suffer their feelings
against slavery to have no effect upon their
political conduct; to Join in no combinations
against the South for that cause; 10 leave
this whole business to ourselves.-I think
they can well let it q lone, upon every
principle of morals md policy.-are they
Christians? They cah tolerate what Christ
and his Apostles could bear. Are they pat
riots? They can endure what the consti-
tuition permits. Are they Philosophers
They can bare the abstract contemplation
of ills which aflict others, not them. Are
they friends and sympstiisers2 Then they
must know that the wrsrer Of the shoe
knows best where it pinches, and is,most
concerned to get it of. Are they
Republicans? Then they must see the
downfall of themselves aud the elevation Of
their adversaries, in the success Of q cru
SADIE, under federal banners, against their
natural allies in the South or West. Let
the Democracy Of the North remember,
that it is the tendency of all Confrderacies
to degenerate into a ub.confederacy among
the powerful, for the government and OPP
preston of the weaker members. Let
them remember that ambition is the root OF
all SUBJ confederacies; religion. avarice, and
geographical antipsthies, the instrument OF
their domination; oppression. civil wars.
piliage aud tyrany their end. :"
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Let the Democracy of the North re.
member these things. and then eschew as
they would Ay the incantstions OF the ser