The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-05

him without positive iaJury 20 huiseif
| To cultivate the apttudes OF the negro race Tor
eiv,zation and con sequently Christianity 80 that,
nv the line thai slavery stall have fulfilled It's bene-
Hcent mission 10 these States, system may be au
thorzed py the social conGtoD OF that race here 70
rel eve il from its present servtude without sinking
il 10 the condition, moral, mental and physical, into
! which the free negroes of the Northern States and
West Ipdes have been hopelessly preciptaiaf ny
imposing upon them the duties and penalties Oh ciy-
lzaton before they have cast OIL the features their
African bsTbarsu.
/ these cons ,i,ute the main purpose for which We
appeal to the individual and aggregate interests OF
the sJayehooing afes To meet Us III an Agr cultural
Coz eress. 10 that, let us assemble and confer aad
consult, a. in great family re upion-havng COM
mon object and sctuaed by common patriotism.
IL il believed that such an as ISOLATION as Il here
rec, umended TO our brethren OF the slaveholiirg
States, with l)ca societies. with like objects, would
achieve the most valuable victories over our stub
born soil and the still more stubborn ig
n,rspae of our opponents beyond the pale Of our
institutions. IL may be that this latter expectation
will lot be realized and that they who have hereto
fore closed their eyes TO all the testimony which We
have freely and earnestly offered to tbem will still
keep their minds also closed against all future Efforts
which may be made to viudicats ourselves against
the grossest misrepresentation Of and our nsti
tutions, with which the public opinion, at home and
abroad, has been supplied in the greatest prouson
Should this apprehension be unfortunately realised,
the conclusion will be forced upon us, that there
have been other purposes to serve la the deli erate
and calculating policy pursued OF endesyoring to
render the beathen people Of modern times ia the
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imputed error, correct cious morality which is
ascrietd to usand We shall be confirmed in the be.
lef AIR ad5 ticking some root that the monopoly OF
trace i at least an element in their calculation
II the results which to flow to them by impress
iog upon the public mind Of Christendom that slave
~ has not merely eneryaed our bodies but has also
mace Us al ttdel people, regardless OF our duties,
iathless o our engagements and perhdious to our
friends
TIE application OF slave labor to the cultivation Of
the earth, gives 10 thai agriculture distinctive cha
~ grtl m afnpc nj OF.
leges nnd enlarged duties, and Imposes bon them
diversified cares and peculiar responsibilities; aud
whilst 1t sets them apart from the rest of che world
it Ell ,ins the strongest motives for combination of
purp' Sc and concert Of action.
If the institution OF slavery is to be maintanedif
il is TO have vita us, elsewhere, in past times its
old age, and 70 descend in cue course of nature to
an honorable gTaye-the reward of useful aud
well spent liie-it mus, rely on its own powers and
energy TO maintain its rights, establish Its security,
end vindicate its dignity. 1t is not by legislation
nor by craftsmanship that slavery is to be sustained
1t can repose in surity only on its own merits, to
those who have i0berited IL, aud will abandon l. as
all before them have done whenever, in the progress
OF population, its evils shall outweigh It's benefits
ard on it, power to those who having for their own
purposes raised one standard o. morality for them
selves and another tor us, without the sanction OF
the Bible to either, deHouDee US for coercing our
slaves to labor by the same means that they con-
strain the obedience IF their apprent ,es ana chill
dren, and coolly say To their free laborers work
starye with the ability and The will TO enforce the
alternative.
Whoever doubts the sure nercies OF slavery 10 the
negro race may satisfy honest pursuit after truth,
by looking at the condition OF the race 10 Africa,
whence our negroes have been derived and compar-
ing slaves with the free negroes Of the Northern
States and Of the West Il diss
IRE bread surface of the earth does not supply
such another country OF the same extent, with
much that is desirable and so little TO object t)-so
much of good AID SO little Of evil. Such Is the home
with which a merciful Providence has blessed us;
end He has trcn az Atiican race supplied labor
which has called these resources into action,
alone could have been done, ana certainly much t.
our advantage, ard much more to the improvement
OF thai race. Here slavery Is cvihZDg the savage,
aud doing more to Chri.tia5ize the African than mas
been done by 81 The missions 10 Africa suce the
days Of the Apostles. As no savage can understand,
and consequently appreciate and adops Chns-
tianty so hus the self sacrificing missionary,
with ell bis devotion to the great cause, habisa-
ally reaped return very dspro portonei to his
lao in that field With the negro race slavery has
been by far the most successful missionary. IL has
made he bias man il America Ia Il few centuries,
vlat tpousaI dS of years hac failed to accomplish for
him at home and it may be safely declslei That tue
most certain and effective mode Of forcing him bick
i 10 his frmsr condition, and making him more 81
vase than ever, is TO throw cti the wholesome
si1aints which our slavery has imposed upon h'sl,
before he mas become fitted Tor higher sphere. Tue
mental and physical condition OF the Atrican slave
les been im,Ioyed within the recollection of many
now living; and with that improvement has been
corresponding snendment 10 his management AID
treatment the one the direct and certain c0nse
queIce Of tie other; and this viii ard must CONT
nue. And il may be safely affirmed thlt NheneVer
the African IN tire j structive and wholesome punt
age 10 which he is subjected by his slavery,
i shall, in The course Of many generations, reach
\ Q point OF civilization rendering. that pupilage
useless to him, he will cease TO be a slave,
as naturally ard certainly a. the training OF a
child merges gradually his minority into manhood,
and Tor ke reason. As all the fruits do lot ripen
on the tree III tie same time will all our
groes become fitted at once for release from slavery.
4 But as they DO become qualided, they will he be-
u Ya-aC zr1laa NJ DIV hsua hcz In al.
4 hodiDg communities, We see negroes who have be-
come free because, having acquired The essentials OF
civilization, oy irresistible law which man cannot
! i he would, oeeat, they are raised from slavery to
free dom, without detrMent to the master or man.
/ Such has been tae operation Of slavery generally
4 throu ghont Chrs'en1om: for there has been time
IN sLich slavery existed N each European ccuntry
and history reveals when it rIninated in any
OF them SO natural was its death eX pring Of OLD
sge- dying out BY insensibc degrees. This i the
desth TO which slavery IS doomed in the United
Sta'es THIS is the only termDation which it
can reach, consistent either with our own
rights, with our duties 70 the African race
manipulated here, VII Sc reas unable labor has
enriched the land, and whose suhiecioas will
have prepared il Tor civilization, and
quertly Chfsiiani Y. ID speaking Of rhe natural
termination Of slavery, we connect i necessarily
with that civilization. The child and foster parent of
Christianity, which has superseded the osrbarsms
ard idulatries Of paFaeism--tse civilization tf
mooern times Other and inferior cvilz ltlona
which have worn themselves out, aid rot ald could
not exercise 20 bench cent an lndueDce, for want Of
the elements q lasting and progressive civizl.
t!0p. lnasmnch our civilization : founded upon
Christianity, its essentials will oe durable that
faith however il ray become modified and improved
in its progress. Christianity il the first faith which
has iuculcatej first Saty, love 70 neighbors:
! and the civilization which has grown up under It's
illuminating power, j. TIE only that the world
ever knew, which has b, en- established upon broad
humanity. II is that humanity sicb gives TO 1t a
wall t. W all the Of men up 10 hi gher aud
higher condition snd TO prepare them in transition
Tor Their new duties in their recent relations
To the slaveheldipg Staes, bouu .itll Pro7ldeuce
has supplied every clement Of power and gre stness
| We have climates and soils which adgahtlgeously
furnish TIE rails and the 2rasses-heEnp aud Aix
Tie best tobacco climate lies within the northern
line Of dominion, and cotton, sugar and rice ind
the mot suitable temperatures and soils further
south. Many Of the tropical fruits grow well our
$, uthoin bordere Dor country i ahuu dantly wa