The Hillsborough recorder., 1851-06-25

spoken losyoa as Christians, salicisons 10
know your duly. or whsl may be your
duty. u very delics,e and important esi.
sis; and trust that every ground Of reasona-
bic doubt has been removed.
Bui there are other considerations. he
sides the mere obligations of law, which
wish 10 submit befnre leave The subject.
nd 70 these ! now ask your attention.
IL any amongst Us have been iaugh, IL
think hardly Of our brethren of The Sonlh
Tor retaining The institution of slavery. il il
proper 10 remind such thar /, mas not of
their procuring in fhe first instance. /
cannot BAT remember that il was forced
upon Them. in their then condition of CO.
ionies. by The mnIher country. in The DAYS
OF her moral darkness, when neither she
nor any one else supposed there was any
liing wrong ni even questionable in the
slave trade. II does moi become Us 10 for
get that The capital and the navigation Of
New England. The ships of Chitiim."
The navigation peoplf-were largely. ifnot
principally. engaged in Transporting slaves
from The barraronns of Western Africa 10
the shores oi Virginia and ll,e csrnIinas;
against The earnest protest. loo, nf both
colonies. And when | remember all this,
and consider how, in consequence. This
domestic serviinde has become so incor-
poraled with the whole texture of south
ern institutions and society; how lhey have
so grown up together. and are 81 inter.
mingled. ilatby no possibility can slavery
be suddenly torn oni without The most de-
plorahle consequences. both 10 The master
and The servant; think see reason
enough for very kindly forbearance on
our parI; recognise even stern demand
of justice, irrespective of all written laws,
that we religiously abstain from every
thing like conlumely and reproach. as well
as from an ofiirious iniermedtlling with
what il now altogether their concern. and
none Of ours. And go still further, and
say, in view Of the pan taken by The
j North in former times, in stocking The
sugar and COTTON fields OF The South with
their sable cultvators, that, whoever are
entitled to cast The first stone. we are moi
| tina. people. Ii seems indeed inc,edihle
that any amongst us should feel lhem-
selves al liberty 10 indulge in The Ian.
guage of vitnperalion. so long as we insist
on praisipg- our .nuriiapical fpref fs.Ls,-..esa
I 4SS,RsR The sepnlchres of the righteous,
through whose active agency the slave
trade was carried on, and all the conse.
ouences incurred Of which many are now
disposed 10 complain.
Slavery having thus been imposed on
our brethren at The South; not unwilling
ly, we are al liberty to suppose, so lar as
a portion Of them were concerned. ant
become an integral part Of their sorial ex
islence, they cannot suddenly abolish j
. If lhey would. But whether they sllal
or shall moi abolish il nj all. is no hnsines.
of ours. Ii was rightly said on a late oc'
casion hy one Of our most eloquent ora
tors, while commenting on remark Q
The foremost of onr statesmen. that w
. had less 10 do with The slavery Of ih'
, southern States iIan with that Of Cuba
The latter we may discuss as we please
and publish what we please in regard I
iC while The fnrmer is guarded agaln'
our approach by The very splIi, and inter
OF our political compact. We cannot a.
!. sail !, without giving just ground Of o
: fence. Many seem to forget this. and tal
!. az II we we're under moral obligation
! some undiscovered. uninielligible high'
Iaw--to wipe on, this foul blot. as The
! are nIeased 10 call il, from our nation
: character. WHY, since the day when o.
! naviga,ors discharged their living cargo
= a, the wharyes Of The southern States,
!, has never for one instant been under o
% control. in any manner or shape whatevt
u And whether il be good or bad instli
n ,ion, a blessing or curse TO the la
re where Il prevails. is not our concern.
= can no more become practical qucsil
with The people Of New England. Than
il, The question Of sSrfdom in Russia Of !
land. II is less so. for The reason J M
- iust alluded 10. and good and snfiicl'
in reason il is why we should lei j, alone
our When The people Of the southern
nv lonies, as they then were or lately !
ds. been. were about 10 unite with those At
ow North in mutual confederation for e
IL mercial and for other purposes, they "
ase as independent fus as we were ol 'h'
in They had their locallaws and institute
few as we had; and they had right TO
Who quire, as they did, that one Of The co,
lew tions Of The compact should be. that y
the should continue 10 manage Their dome
,ge. affairs in their own way. without any
lis reference from us, just as we wer.
t,on manage ours without any interference
live them. II was one Of the mutual sup
he lions, that persons held 10 service N
ends State. escaping into another shoulu
The requisi,ion. be given up. That was
this of The compact, and very imporsan.
zion 10 those States which were enrnmo
,lous with numerous population OF this
be ac,er; and ,hey had right 10 say ina
less ,ha. condition were made a pa
have The compact. The negotiation should
,ha uo on. They did not ask the A0f