The Hillsborough recorder., 1851-06-25

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that they densnded was. lhas slavery
should be recognised as a fact, an exis-
lenee. thing thai was. subject 10 mo- ron.
irol but their nwn; and. moreover, lha,
iugiilves from labor should be reslored-l
thing Of no son Of consequence 10 u-, bu,
e The greatest possible consequences 10
them. To these conditions we assenied. and
rery properly; The federation could moi have
bfen rorsnmmsied on any olher terms. |
And now. If we delibersily violate those
conditions. or. through rnIpsbIe negIi-
l'genre. permit Them 10 be violated; il we
allow noisy faction. whatever their mo-
iirfs may be. 50 Ear TO prevail as 10 eel
The laws Al defiance. and in any way 10
render The recovery Of a fugitive impos-
slble. whether by eannisance. or sham
legal proceedings, or by open resistance,
or by exhortaiions 10 resistance. then what
follows! Why. The compact is broken Ju
rs; we refuse 10 fulfil IFS siipnlaiions. and
the aggriesed States may. il they choose,
al any moment declare the cnnfederacy
dissolved. When their rights in this mat.
Ter. as agreed npon and confirmed in The
Constitution. The great instrument of un-
ion, shall be denied them. or cannot any
longer be enforced. The bond is broken,
and they are east loose from all obliea-
lion 10 observe ii. The act of separation
IN that case is ours, moi theirs; The crime
OF disnnion lies Al our door. and not with
them. All this seems plain enough.
Lei me present The case in another
point OF view. Wherever The two races
snbsisl together in the same community,
IN any Thing ike equal numbers, expert
ence has shown ID 10 he bes, that The re.
laiion of master and bondsman should
prevail. Whatever maY be The evils,
moral and social. growing out of such
relaiion-and | shall neither deny nor ex-
ienuaie .hem--it is certain that much
more aggravated ones. though Of differ.
eni description, would follow the snnder.
ing Of The lie; evils which would fall more
heavily on The emancipaied slave Than ON
his former master. | speak now OF the
actual relative position oflhe two races in
The southern States, and on the supposi.
tion that they are 10 continue 10 inhab,t
The same land. But il would be foreign
10 my purpose 10 pursue this idea further.
i For my own part, after The maturesi
am unable 10 separate The idea Of Coloni.
cation from emancipation on an extended
scale. Dwell together as equals, The two
rares never can; al least in this country,
Wherever the sons of Ham and the sons o
Japhelh have been brought into jnxtaposi.
lion, the original law Of servitude in some
Of lis forms has universally PREVAILED"
! servant Of servants shall he be unto his
brethren" do not so much understand
This in The light Of command that i
| should be So, as Of prophecy that i
, would he so. So il ever has been; so i
is al the present moment. even in tht
place where now stand; for you know
+ there is and can be no equality here. AL
} attempts. hitherto, 10 force The two race.
} into an equal social position have only
served 10 exhibit The amiabe folly Of thei
authors. The repngnance remains un
. conquered and unconqoeratlffFad the in
|, ferior race must, by a law which we can
!, not control, remain under some kind Q
!. subordina,ion 10 The higher intellect Z
r The Anglo Saxon. till il shall pleas
K God 10 lift up The curse pronounced fou
: thousand and FIVE hundred years agf
y How this will be brought 10 pass is ne
y vet altogether manifest; but the dawnlng
Il or Gods providence in regard TO the Air
ur can are not perhaps undislinguishable
IS The present moment. They may. ! thinl
!, be discerned in The opening Of door f
ur the return and rcgahering Of this lor
r. servile race in The land where their brett
d. rem are now clustered. As Joseph's bret
nd reu, when they sold him into EgyI
II meant il FOR evil and God meant il
ON good, So may blessings incalcnlable y
is spring from an art evil in itself-ihe ca
a. rving away Of the African TO sojourn 70
we time in state Of bondage. That time b
ent moi been lost TO him. Compare the mol
condition Of the southern slave with u
y or his almost hru.e brother in The fore'
al of Western Africa--worshipping the I
,be vii. and propiliating his wrath with hum
~ sacrifices and rites obscene; administer
orc the poison wafer; warning eternally. q
,m wallowing without shame or restraint
ons he grossest sensuality-and say II
=. bondage, hard as bondage may seem
III. ne. has not been 10 him blessing!
her M yond all doubt. he has been unspeaka
s,;c elevated in The scale Of being. humble
II. his position may still be. He has gal
10 The knowledge which would never b
roo dawned on his dark mind in his ma
M. land. He has been made 10 know
one God who made him. and the Saviour
on bought him, and all those precious tr'
mar, of the Gospel which, more than any
me ers, tend 10 improve and ennoble m
cred nature; his bondage, then, has been 10
har- not altogether curse. Very far frol
nm And, now iha, he has been in some Dc
:, sof prepared for usefulness in the han,
no, another master, shall we not say TO
III ID aud 10 all his brethren dwelling in the