The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-11

: use Of the master. Now let US look a
3 some familiar cases and we shall see how
! the law secures the services OF one human
: being 10 the use of anoiher, and by so do,
ing creates property in The service, or,
} which is the same thing, in the man who
is 10 perform the service. Anc as we ex.
anime these cases we shall 6nd that some
of them grow out Of contracts voluntarily
entered into (and these might be denomi.
mated voluntary slavery but for the odious
ness of the term); while Others grow out OF
The action Of the government and are forced
upon the person subject to such action ire.
ispective Of his volilion..
The relation between father and child is
the hrst 10 which | will call your atten.
won. lhe law gives the father the legal
right TO control his son until he is twenty.
one years oG, and to appropriate his labor
to the use OF NE father. Why this, until
the child arrive. at hrenty-one and no
longer! Natural Iaslice would decide that
every child should be Zee, when BY his
services he has paid NE father for his care,
trouble, and expense of raising and edu-
eating, ard when The child is so mature in
Judgment as to be capable of acting dis
creetly for himself The fathers trouble
and expense vary according to circum-
stances. A finished classical education
cannot be acquired By the son before he ar.
rives at twenyone years Of age, unless be
be endowed with extraordinary abilities
If the youth is kept at college during his
minority he pays in services nothing TO
compensate his father If he be put to
work he may remuneiate the father by the
time he is nineteen ortwenly and may then
be sufficiently mature in Judgment to ACT for
himself Yet the law is arbitrary. 1t
makes no allowance for these varying cir.
cumstances. The child is free at twenty
one. Fssidious earl might take offence
were ! TO call the child a slaUe until he
reached the age when the control Of the
father ceased according to law. But de.
ly human ingenuity to distinguish and point
out a difference in the nature Of the power
conferred by law upon the parent TO hold
his child in service until he is twenty one
and ina, which is conferred on the master
10 hoda negro slav, for life; and the right
in both cases to appropriate the service Of
the child and OF ths slave to the use Of the
parent and master is identical. All Of il
depends upon positive law, induced by the
Ipolicy OF the government, and the law may
cooperate with or run counter to natural
Justice and right as circumstances vary. In
this case the child is the involuntary Il will
not say slsve) seWsIt Of his father and
made so by law.
| The husband has the legal right to con.
troll his wife in many things. The master
has no right to control his slave in every.
thing. The husband has the legal right to
appropriate the services Of the wife to his
use. The rights growing out Of this rela.
ton, the dearest Of earth, are vested by law
and created by law. The servitude Of the
womsn to the men (if servitude it may be
called without offense,) in this case, Is
commenced Voluntarily, by contract, but
when begun, the freedom Of the woman il
! lost for life. The contract is indissolublt
, by the act Of the parties. The law car
u
Of natural righ, which allows contracts Il
! be made and annulled at the pleasure o
e the contracting parties regulates the mar
rage relation, and forces those who ente
. into il to contimIe in it and lie its servants
: The law causes an orphan TO be boun'
G to a master for a term Of years, agsinst tn
e will of the orphan, and gives the masle
q the right TO control'ths person and apPTo
l., PIRATE the services TO his own use. TIL
O law causes vagrant 10 be arrested an
v sold, and gives the purchaser a right TO cor
o troll the person and appropriate the service
q to his own use. In the first of these cases
b the seryitude is involuntary and forced upo
!. the subject Of it without crime on his part
> In the other case, il is also involuntary, bI
/. imposed TO cure the disease and crime {
). ideness.
e All governments impose upon their cit
t, zens, service, servitude, or slavery, tt
., State being master, just as its wants an
a necessities require. The work or duty n
h quired is enforced by fines, by imprisor
nent, by stripes, or by death, Just as q
10 appropriate and authorised agents Of Il
70 State determine to be expedient. The eli
d zen is required to work upon a street (
$. highway and put it in good order He
~ not seized and marched out at the point
d the bayonet, and forced to do the worl
II but he is fined for the failure. The citizs
i is required to perform tour Of duty in Il
army The lot has fallen upon him by
h fair draft. He refuses to join the regime
al and obey orders. He may be forced in
h the ranks and shot for desertion or disob
al dience Of ordets. After being forced in
e. the ranks, he may reluctantly obey orde
n ana SEW The term prescribed. but should
es do il, il is strong case Of involuntary S,
re- vitude or slavsry-not by way Of punis
ch ment for crime, unless want Of PATRIOTS
m be so regarded and identified with felon
re-. A soldier or sailor voluntarily enlists.
m. may thereby incur Tor a term of years
,er for life, servitude Tar more severe and
IN. tolerable than that imposed upon the nee
ay slave. 1t depends upon the law and
m. contract he makes under it. He may 81
zee iect himself to loss of wages, to imprist
am ment, to Jogging, and loss OF life in CT
10 he disobeys oIders or fails to discharge
ma. duties required by law. There canno!
ess slavery more severe than the military q
vii naval service of some countries, the raI
tn. being often filled by impressment instt
WIN OF contract. The penitentiaries Of all
atb States are the receptacles Of slaves--th
WIN who have been made slaves for term
,ial years or for life as punishment for Grim
80 Nnw the diffarence is this. Where seryi