The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-03


more efectually invested in every ma
han they are; and no human legislatu,
las Po'0er 10 abridge or destroy them"
Agein, speaking of these natural an
absolute nights, he says: "The primary oil
Ject OF law is to maintain and regulaI
these absolute rights. When, therefor,
human laws or governments. attempt {
lake away the natural rights of an unofend
! Ing person, they violate the very end 70
which they were formed; they attempt tina
which they have no right to do. Black
stone speaking of those things intrinsicall,
wrong, says: 1.-The declaratory part o
munlclPal law has no force or operation a
all Il is Of no authority when it violate.
natural right. For as he says: upon tn,
law oil nature and revelation all human
laws depend. And no human law should
be suffered to contradict them; and should
any human laws alloio or enjoin US to com.
mt violation of the laws of nature or OF
revelation, We are bound to violate human
law, or else violate both the natural and re.
yealed law" Every innocent man has d
right TO liberty now, and no human law may
deprive him of it.
II Indians, or Africans, or any other
body OF men, white or black, should pass
laws that the reader, with his family, should
be held as slaves; and should actually by
force of numbers subjugate him, and hold
ms Posterity after hun as slaves, would he
leel for moment that they had right to
do it! No Every man is bound to know
that slavery is sinful.
Jefferson. speaking OF slavery says
"Can the liberties of nation be thought
secure, when We have removed the only
hrn basls-a conviction in the minds of the
people that these Liberties are the gift Of
God-that they are not to be violated but
with his wrath! Indeed, tremble for my
country when reflect that God is Just; that
his Justice cannot sleep forever; that, con-
sidering numbers, nature, and natural means
means only, revolution of the wheel OF
fortune, an exchange Of situation is among
possible events; that it may become posi-
bic by supernatural interference. The AL
mighty has no attribute which can take
side with US in such contest. Notes on
Virginia.
WAsHISeToS.-"Your purchase of an
estate in the colony Of Cayenne, with
view Of emsncipatins the slaves on il, is a
generous and noble proot of your human,
ty. Would to God lik. spirit might diff
fuse itself generally into the minds Of the
people of this country. Letter 10 Lstdy
cite, l0th May 1886"
And Washington emsncipated ali Of his
own slaves.
MoSRoE.--"We have found that this
evil slavery has preyed upon the very vi
tails of the community, and has been preiu
dicial to ALL rHE STATES in which il has
existed. Speech in Virginia COnUen-
ton.
WILLIAM PNKSEY.-"lt is really mat |
ter Of astonishment TO me, that the people |
Of Maryland do not blush at the very name
Of freedom. Not content with exposing to
the world, for near century, a speaking
picture OF abominable oppression, they are
still ingenious TO prevent the hand Of gen
crosby from robbing it Of half its horrors
Speech on Slarery in Maryland House
Of Delegates, 1889.
PATRICK HEsRY.-"lt is debt we owe
The purity Of our religion, to show that it is
at variance with that law which warrants
slavery. "-Lette~ TO A. BenGza.
MANUMIssIoS SOCIETY OF SoUrH Car. |
the eastern parts OF the State,
the slaves considerably outnumber the free
population. Their situation there is wretch. |
ed beyond description. Impoverished by
the mismansgement which we nave already
attempted TO describe, the master, unable to
supply his own grandeur and maintain his
slaves, puts the unfortunate wretches upon
short allowance, scarcel y sufficient for their
50 that great part 20 half ma
ked and half starved much OF their time.
Generally, throughout the
S;;::s, The African is an abused, a mon
.trously outraged creature. "--hepoTt:, e26 !
JOHN RAsDoLPH.-"Sir,I envy neither
The head nor the heart Of that man, FROM
THE NoRrH, who rises here to defend sla.
very from principle. Speech IN Con-
gTess, 1929.
Thomas J. RASDoLPH.--"lt is prac-
ice, and an increasing practice, in parts Of
TO REAR SLAVES FOR MARKET.
How can an honorable mind, patriot and
D lover Of his country, bear TO see this An
,iefit Dominion converted into one vast
where men are reared for mar
ket like oxen for the SHAMELESS. Speech
in Virginia Legislature, 1882.
HENRY CLAY.--"I consider slavery a
curse--a curse to the niaster-s wrong,
grisrous lDrong to the slave. In the alb
street it is all wrong, and no possible con-
.ingency can make il right. Found in a
Speech delirered in 1889. His late letter
% Mr.. Pindell endorses the same state
ment.
Rev. r. J. BREcKEERIDsE, Of Lexing- |
ton. one Of the mos, respectable citizens OF
our State, q man of the first talents, and
prominent minister in the Presbyterian
Church says:---"What is slavery as il exists
among US! We reply, it is that condition
enforced by the laws of one-balf Of the
States of this confederacy, in which one
portion of the community, called masters,
IS allowed such power over another portion
called slaves, as
/. 80 deprive them of the entire earn
ines Of their own labor. except only so
mach as is necessary to continue labor it.
self, by continuing healthy existence-thus
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