The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-20


which have been assumed for such JUS
u6ezlion in this roun.ry thai Is. natural
and original difference among the races Of
mankind. The inferioriiy Of The black OF
eolored rsee 10 The white. The t;reeks
Justified their system Of slavery upon that
ground precisely. They held The African.
and 10 some paris ihe Asialic. tribes TO be
inferior 10 The white race; bul they did
not show. | think. by any close process
of lngir. that. IL ihis were true. he more
intelligent and ihe stronger had lhere-
fore right 10 suhjugale The weaker. The
more manly philosophy and jurisprudence
Of The Romans placed The justification Of
slavery on entirely different grounds.
The Roman jurisls. from the first and
down 10 The fall Of The empiie. admi,lsd
that slavery was against the natural law,
BY which they maintained that all men,
OF whatsoever cline, color. or capacity,
were equal; but they justified slavery,
first. upon The ground and authority ofihe
law Of nalions-arguing. and arguing iru-
~. that Al that day The conventional law
OF nations admitted that capiiYes in war.
whose lives, according 10 The notions Of
The lines. were Al The absolute disposal
Of The capiors. might, in exchange for ex-
emplion from death, be made slaves FOR
life, and that such serviiudc might de-
4 seend 10 their posieriiy. The jurisis Of
Rome also maintained that by the civil
law there might be serSiiude-slavery, .
J personal and herediiary-iirsi, by The vol
uniary act Of an individual who might sell
( himself into slavery second, by Ills be-
ing received into state Of slavery by his
: creditors in satisfaction Of a debt; and,
e thirdly. by being placed ina state Of SER
c yiiude or slavery for crime. Al the in
d PRODUCTION Of christianity into .the world,
n ihe Roman world was full Of slaves, and
e | suppose there is 10 be found no injnnc-
e tion against that relation between man and
Z, man IN the teachings by The Gospel Of
y Jesus Christ, or by any Of his Apostles.
Of The object of the instruction impaired TO
Y. mankind by the founder OF Christianity
ai was 10 Iouch The heart, purify the soul,
ID and improve the lives Of individual men.
,g That object wen, directly TO the first loun-
Ne tain Of all political and all social relations
ig Of the human race the individual heart
IT. and mind Of man.
is Now, sir. upon The general nature and
= character and influence of slavery, there
by exists wide difference between The NORTH
ern portion of this country and the SOUTH
Al. Iiis said on The one side iliat. il not
nd The subject Of any injunction or direct
prohibi ion in the New Testament, slave
Ter ry IL wrong; that IL is founded merely
n,- in the right of The strongest; and that il is
Ip- an oppression. like all unjust wars, Ike
all those conflicts by which mighty ma
he lion subjects a weaker nation 10 their will;
and that slavery, in ifs nature. whatever
m. may be said Of il in the notifications
by which have taken place, is moi III fact ac-
10 cordng TO the meek spirit Of the gospel.
ed Ii is moi kindly afeclioned. II does no,
he " seek. anciher's and not its own" II
ON does not "let the oppressed go free. "
be These are sentiments that are cherished,
Of and recently with greatly augmented force
is. among The people Of the northern states.
ito Il has taken hold Of the religions senli.
'or nent of that part of the county, as il has
y more or less taken hold OF the religious
s. feelings of considerable portion OF man.
IN kind The soull, upon the other side,
Je having been accustomed 10 this relation
be between TO two races all lhcir. lives, from
he their birth having been taught in gene
r. raj to treat The subjects of this bondage
4. with care and kindness-and believe,
q. in general, feeling for them great care and
!. kindness-fiave not vet taken this view
ii Of The subject which | have mentioned.
a. There are thousands of religious men,
! with consciences as tender as any oi their
i brethren at The north, who do moi see The
!. unlawfulness Of slavery; and there are
n more thousands perhaps that, whatsoever
i they may think Of II in its origin, and as
). matter depending upon natural right.
: yet take all things as they are, and. finding
slavery to be an established relation Of the
: society where they live, can see no way
) !. in ahich-let their. opinions on the ab-
of slracl question be what they may---it is
!, in the power of the present generation TO
i relieve themselves from this relation.
!. And, in this respect, candor oblges me TO
d say. that | believe they are just as con-
:. scientious. many Of them, and of the re-
;e ligious people all Of them, as they are in
the north in holding different opinions.
le Why, sir, the honorable Senator from
n. South Carolina, the other day, alluded TO
Iy the great separation Of that great religious
in community. the Methodist Episcopal
IL Church. That separation was brought
is about by differences of opinion upon this
Of peculiar subject of slavery. felt great
IN concern as that dispute went OH. about
he the result. and | was in hopes that the
all difference of opinion might be adjusted,
he because looked upon that religious de-
as nomination as one of the great props ol
Y, religion and morals throughout the whole
e. country. from Maine to Georgia. The
o. result was against nv wishes and AGAINST