The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-14
WHOLE NUMBER 100

III living under whip; in having neithS
property nor rights; in holding wife an
IS child at anoiher's pleasure; in toiing witt
out hope; in living without an end TIL
N slave, indeed, has his pleasures. His an
I, mai nature survives the injury to his ration
Ie al and moral powers; and every anima
70 has It's enloyments. The kindness of Prov
st ldence allows no human being to be whol
o ly divorced from good. The lamb frolics
; the dog leaps for Joy; the bird fills the al
n with cheerful harmony; and the slav
e spends his HOLIDAY in laughter and tn,
t dance, Thanks to Him who never leave
( Himself without witness; who cheers ever
S the desert with spots Of verdure; and open
3 a fountain Of Joys in the most wither'd heart
D 1t is not possible, however, to contemplate
d the occasional gaiety Of the slave withou
: some mixture Of painful thought. He i
, gay, because he has not learned to think
because he is too fallen to feel his wrongs
because ne wants just selCrespect. w,
are grieved BY the gaiety of the insane
There is sadness in the gaiety OF him
whose iigtnnrss Of heart would be turned
to bitterness and indignation, were one raw
Of light to awaken in him the spirit of .
man.
That there are those among the free. who
are more wretched than slaves, is undoubt.
eddy true; just as there is incomparably
greater misery among men than among
brutes. The brute never knows the agony
of human spirit torn by remorse, or
wounded in its love. But would we cease
to be human, because our capacity for suf
lerlng increases with the elevation of our
nature! All blessings may be perverted,
and the greatest perverted most. Were We
10 visit a slave country, undoubtedly the
most miserable human beings would be
found among the free; for among them the
passions have wider sweep, and the power
they possess may be used to their own ruin.
Liberty is not necessity Of happiness. Il
is only a means Of good. 1t is a trust which
may be abused. Are all such trusts 10 be
cast away? Are they not the greatest gifts
Of Heaveni
But the slave, we are told, often mani
tests affection TO his master, grieves at his
departure, and welcomes his return. | will
not endeavor 10 explain this, by saying
that the masters absence places the slave
under the Overseer. Nor will object, that
the slaves propensity to steal from bis
msster, MS need OF the whip to urge him
10 toll aud the dread OF Instruction which
he inspires, are signs Of anything but love.
There is, undoubtedly, much more affection
in this relation than could be expected
vi all races Of men, the African Is the
mIidest and most susceptible of attachment.
He loves, where the European would hale.
He watches the life Of a master, whom the
North American Indian, in like circum.
stances would stab TO the heart. The At
rican is sfectionats. Is this a reason for
holding him IN chains? We cannot, how
ever, think OF this most interesting feature
OF slavery with unmixed pleasure. Ii is
the curse Of slavery, that il can touch moth
ing which il dues HUJ debaSe- Even 1--we.
that sentiment given US by God to be the
germ OF divine virtue, becomes in the
slave a weakness, almost a degradation.-
His affections lose much OF their beauty
and dignity. He ought, indeed, to feel be- /
nevolence toward his master, but to attach !
himself to man who keeps him in the
dust and denies him the rights Of a man: 10
be grateful and devoted to one who EFFORTS 1
his toll and debases him into chatteI; this
has faint Of serviliiy, which makes US
grieve whilst we admire. However, we
would not diminish the attachment of the
slave. he is the happier for his generosi-
y- Let him love his master, and let the
master win love by kindness. We only
say, let moi this manifestation Of generous
nature in the slave be turned against him.
Let II not be made an answer to an exposi-
ton Of his wrongs. Let it not je used as
weapon for his perpetual degradation.
But the slave, we are told, is taught Re-
ligion. This is the most cheering sound
which comes to US from the land OF bond
age. We are rejoiced to learn, that any
portion Of the slaves are instructed in that
truth, which gives inward freedom. They
hear, at least one voice Of deep, genuine
love, the voice of Christ: and read in his
cross what all other things hide from them,
the unutterable worth of their spiritual ma
tire. This portion, however, is small
The greater part are still buried in heather
ignorance. Besides, religion, though
great good, can hardly exert its full power
on the slave. Will it not be taught to
make him obedieni to his master, rather
than 10 raise him to the dignity Of a mani
Is slavery. which tends so proverbially to
debase the mind, the preparation for spir-
itual truth! Can the slave comprehend the
principle Of Love, the essential principle
Of Christianity, when he hears it from the
lips of those whose relations to him express
iajustice and selfshnessi But suppose him
to receive Christianity in its pnrity, and to
feel all its power. Is this to reconcile us
to slaveryl Is being. who can understand
the sublimest truth which has ever entered
the human mind, who can love and adore
God, who can conform himself to the ce-
lestal virtue of the Savior, for whom that
Savior died, to whom heaven is opened,
whose repentance now gives Joy in heav-
en-is such being 10 be held as property.
driven by force as the brute, and denied The
rights Of man by a fellow-creature, BY
professed disciple Of the Just and merciful
Savior! Has he a religious nature. and
dares any one hold him as a slave? /
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