The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-16

the laws oil The States IN wnich ~ SIS nat - es'ao-
lshed by municipal regulations But gentlemen also IN
defsiand that this slave property like All oiher rests upon
the dominion OF mind over matter ard y traced back 10
the remoes period q Antiquity roawng & " ns ssd ,ha
upon as an established institution And wherever the
herogypLcs OF Egypt have been deciphercd and have
told the history OF ages not otherwise recorded. they
show that the Ethiopian far he has been traced has
been found in the condition, Of bondage This kind
into the colonies, all other property came under the
common law which then governed them and from time
70 @e laws have been passed 70 regulate but never %
freeman slave, save that which imposes involuntary
servtude as punishment for crimes Slaves were pur
chased upon the coast OF Africa and brought to the col
onies Of the United States in their earliest history
Those colonies resisted such mporatons yet the mother
country continued il because i was profitable e her
commerce and after this Union was formed, those States
which insist upon restricting slavery now most
vocerous for abolition, the that extended the
period to which slaves introduced into the United
States they were the same that extended the period
when the custom.h house officers OF the United States
should be required to execute the laws OF Virginia pre-
the West Indies Yes, il was northern men who rebuked
Mr. Randolph for speaking Of the. high powers which
Virginia might exercise, il the federal government should
not require her custom house officers to aid In the exc
cuon oi that law This property, after had ceased 70
be connected with the slave trade and longer served 10
sE ss y AZ o
ect OF popular defamation and those who grew rich In
The traffic have been ever since making public demon
wise policy that abolished that trade, and presume
there Is no man in the United States who woui be will
ling revive it, That slave trade, however % far as
the African concerned, blessing brought
him abject slavery and barbarian master and sold
him into Christian land. II brought him from be-
shsd region and PLACED t hm y one ynes s r. s
rcan is concerned the slave trade has been the only
source Of any permanent blessing TO HIM Il has sent
that would have never been reached in their coun-
try II has established that colony which, i anything
can, may lead TO the extinction Of !he slave trade say
il anything can for il is notorious fact that the slave
has Increased in proportion 10 the efforts made 70
sroy it. And the horrors Of the trac have increased In
still higher ralo not only BY the suffering which re-
~ a from The necessity OF using small vessels ese pe
the vigilance Of the cruisers, but also BY famine and
disease caused BY long DELAY on fhe coat the result q
difficulty in embark under the watchful vigilance OF
the observing SOU alron In lS46 the commander Of tho
British ship Ac,aon wrote 10 the Secretary OF the Admi.
ralty that the native chie o. Lagos caused q
those who suppose that slavery begins with transpo@-
on aud thai abs0ue power over tue African u thing
peculiar 10 OUT continent But, whatever ba the curse or
The blessings oil lhe African slave trade, thing
which introu ed or engaged IN BY the SOUTH
and one Tor which southern men never were ana .neH
nestle institution Of slavery exists in the United
States; the extension of which into any new ter.
ritoy vii! not increase the nunosI OF tne SAVES
able may, in many instances, produce emancips- \
non IT, during The early settlement Of country. slaves
are permitted enter and prove TO be one IN which
climate and soil are both opposed their use. then the
population OF the States which may be erected there viii
certainly decree emancipation OF saves a. the same
produced the emancipation Of slavery ~ any OF
the northeastern States. II not from philanthropy or
for The benefit OF the slave that il 10 wanted 70 curb ii Tor
il will be remembered that, on the noor q TINS Senate
was once avowed that the policy Of the extension Of
slavery opposed because woull De me means Of
increasing the comforts of hfe Of multiplying their mum.
ber by increasing their substantial enjoy Yes sr
we were pointed to the statistics OF the North to show
thai crime and degradation and poverty brought tneT
train The final exnc ion Of the free blacks resident IN
that section and those who said this The same who,
with pretensons oil philanthropy, Of special regard Tor
the Afrcan, striving for abolition, and attacking
tween whom and tbem exist relations amosras tender
those which exist between man ard man IN any relation
of life.
power could induce him to vote Tor the recognition OF
this right announced that the effort 10 clam the recog
milton of il was an effort TO propagate slavery.
ana then though controveruble term, faid 70
propagate wrong II is enough for NE that here we are
called upon to egsaie either for is aneiloallon Of
70 hx the places 70 whfn sns Os he u, ms
10 know that established bydecIee Of Almighty God,
that is sanctioned in the Bible. IN bo lestameats IRON
Genesis TO Revelations that has exis 90 IN all ages mas
been found among the people of the highest civilization,
and Ia nations OF the highest proficiency In the ars
enough this were NO, sufficient 70 know tnst y ens
eracy. and in all but one at the adoption Of this cont
tion and that il exists in onehalf OF the Statss OF
this Union i does NO, follow ina. sor,ns,n nsr, man -
Justify the right TO hold property OF this character
Testimony might be produced TO show that many bless
ings spring from IT, in proportion to the evils that are
40 loudly denounced "a inherent part OF IT. well
10 denounce an evil for which there Is no cure why
NOT denounce criminal laws decam against diseases paH
or poverty wrong There are many evils IN the con-
d,ion OF man which would be glad TO remedy but,
not being abe permit them 10 exist as less than hose
which would follow az interference with them.
The abolition Of slavery in the District Of Columbia, 20
long agiiaied In both halls of Congress- and which has
formed the themes OF many northern lectures, had
hoped would NOT be revived. whist they had 20 many
more important themes. and especially whilst assuring
us that there intention 10 interfere with slavery
10 the Saies Il was formerly the caseI will not ssy N
tue better days Of the republic, though any tnat nsve
gone before may prove 10 be better than tness-Ms
porhem men, account Of the implied sisn Of tne ces
son. and for the peace that shoald exist IN the pace neo
for common purposes BY common government reasseo
every attempt 10 touch the institution OF slavery In the
D,~tnct of Columbia Sach, recoect, wss the cour.e
Of dl~snxn,-ea once, from the State OF fsnnsyi
vsns -asuxu.hed then. and more Distinguished hnce
ny hss capacity dlsnsnished BY hs ngn
assainns n-dls nissed Tor hs high eioqusnce.yW
sosr d,-ias ss.hed sui fos ,hs psre morality o. n nss.
sad he snsrn gnuiotsm OF he chssscsss tnas sso.s
(Mr Bschxnss. of Peas~yivsasa pssssnsea moI "
people Of his o.a STATE tsnsson ios ns ss. se ls
s,s s.e..son sh~ ssy ci the tssionsss was feeosed
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.~r, n ho-~ who hss encio>~d 70 him out - moved
st.s !, K rc~a made stsech "a tnvor of ~ re)ec
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