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lire. originally held onty rs force. 10 time. &,
The .uw Of men, and by Ihr Judgment Of men
becomes Jr0per,gV And We are told by Oh,
Senator from Virginia Nr. Mason that 90,
pnslsr.iy Of such become properly only through
the magical influence Of these words. Roman
words: "Pari iug seguifur rcuiTem' The child
follows ihc condition Of Is moiher." Adm.fa,
b'e-phI'osnph nphlca'-rst decentralization max
mil! u the mother be captured in war. d
seems then The will Of Just God whose ten.
der mcrcIes are over all bis works" +" thai her Off
spring 10 The rCmOfest time Sh8,l be doomed tc
Slavery. What sublime morl,i,yl Wha, love.
Iy justice combine 10 sanciifv this article in lh9i
new deculOgue Of freedom which We say, il is
our destiny ~ give 10 the world "Parfus ss1ui.
iT rsHirsm!" Why, il is said 10 be .'c1mnon
law Alas, Mr. President it is bu, TOO "com.
H10n," as we see. This right Of conquest over
I'n nd is the same a. that BY which a man NAV
hold another in bondage. You may make il
into d law If you please, you may enact that il
may be so; u may be convenient 10 DO 50: after
.pcrPctratng The original sin. it may be well to
do so. But the case is not altered: the source
Of the righ, remains unchanged What is rse
meaning Of the old Roman word SSrrus3 pr1.
ies7 no skill in pathological earning. but can
very well conceive how somebody, looking mo
this thing, might understand what was the law
IN those days. The mans lie was saved when
his enemy conquered him in bauie. He became
SerruS-lhe man prescryedby bis mscnanimous
foe; and perpetual Slavery was then thought 10
be boon preferable 10 death. Thai was the
way IN which Slavery began. Has ANYBODY
found out in The face Of the couh man fool e.
nough to give himself up to another, aad beg
him omake him his slavel dOuo, know ofoue
such instance under Heaven. lelil NAV be so.
Sill think that not one man Of our complex.
ion Of the Caucasian race could be found quile
willing 10 DO that!
Thus iar We have been brought after having
fought for this country and conquered il. The
solemn appeal Is made to us-"Haye we not
mingled our blood with yours in acquiring this
country" But did we mnge our blood with
yours Tor the purpose Of wrestling Ibis country
by force from lhis pooplel Tha, Is me question.
You did not say 50 six months ago. You dare
not say so now! You may say thar it was
purchased, as Louisiana or as Florida wss. with
the common treasure Of the country: and then
we come 10 the discussion Of anOiher prc1osi-
lion: What right do YOU Hcqpire 20 establish
Slavery? But was ABOUT 10 0SG sCme gentle.
man-jho Senator from South CaroIinu, Tor in.
stance--whosc eye al glance has compchen.
ded the history Of the world, Nhal he supposes
will be the impression abroad Of our Mexican
war, and these, our Mexican acquisitions, If We
should give 10 them the direction which he de.
sres! do not speak Of the propricly OF slave
labor being carried anywhere. ! viii woiYJ
that question entirely. What is il of which The
Senator from Vermont has told US this morning
and Of which we have heard so much durn-
the last three wecksl And how will our history
read by The side Of that! Every gale thai hoal,
across the Atlantic comes ireIchted with the
dealh-groans Of o kink; everyvcsse that touch.
es your shores, bears with her tidings that lh.
caplivcs Of the Old World are al last becoming
iree--hat they are seeking. through blood and
saughler--bIindly and madIy, it may bc--but
nevertheless resoIutely-- -deIivcrance from the
letters that have held them in bondage. Who
are they! Almost the whole Of Europe. And
Ills only about year ago, believe, that the of.
icer of the Turkish Empire who holds sway in
Tunis, one of the old slave markets of the
world, whose prisoners formerly received those
OF our people taken upon the high seas and
made slaves 10 their CaplorS--annouRCeG 10 the
world that all should there be free. And. if |
am not mistaken, il will be found that this mag.
ic line which the Senator from South Carolina
believes has been drawn around the globe
which we inhabit, with the view of separating
Freedom and Savery--3G deg. 80 min.-brings
this very Tunis into thai region in which some
supposed, by ordinance of nature. men are to
be held in bondage! All over the world the air
is vocal with the shouts Of men made free
What does it all mean! 1t means that they
have been redeemed from political serytude;
and in Gods name ask. if it be boon 10 man.
kind to be free from political seryilude, must il
not be accepted as matter Of some graduation
they have been relieved from personal servi-
Iude--absolule subjeclon 10 lbe arbitrary power
of othersl What do We say of them! | am
not speaking of the proPriely of this thing; ii
may all be wrong. and these poor fellows in Pa
rs, who have stout hands and willing hearts,
anxious TO earn their bread, may be very unrea-
sonable in fighting for it. 1t may be all wrong
10 cut off the head ofa King, or send him across
the Channel. 1t may be highly improper and
foolish in Austria TO send away Meuernich, and
say, 1--WE will look into this business ourselves"
According to the doctrine preached in these
Hals--in free Amerca--inslead Of sending
shouts of graduation across the water TO these
people, we should send TO them groans and COM
miseraton for their folly, calling on them TO be-
ware how they take this business into their own
hands informing them that universal liberty is
curse; that as one man is born with a right TO
govern an Empire, he and his posterity must
continue 10 exercise that power. because in this
case it is not exactly partuS Sequitum rentrem,
but partuS Sequitur patrem--haI is all the differ
ence. The crown follows the father! Under
your law, the chain follows the mother!
Sir, we may, we ought TO remember, that it
paS law in this country in l776, that Kings had
a right TO rule us, did rule us. George Ill said
then 'partuS Sequitur pairem," my son inherits
my crown, "he follows the condition Of the faith
er," she is born to be your ruer;" your fathers
said, this is not true, this shall be law no longer
lie! us look for a moment at the doings of that