The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-24

N, eoua,ry and the condition OF ls population No one
- III familiar with the slave population OF our southern
States bat must sne their great superiority Of con
on 10 the mass Of tie free pegro population OF III
R,,ish West indies, OF ST. Domingo. or OF our ire'
States Against the aggregate happiness Of the race II y
10 argument 10 bring Individual instances OF wre.ched
ne.. . no more than II would be argument agaios
m, coniugsl and paiena relations that all not happ,
ia them.
and The tue lkanlhropist should be TO establish hoss
political and social relations which put most virtue ~ ''s
hearts osl smiles the faces and most hesh upon INC
bones OF human beings. Such course would sse"'
most accordan, with the indications OF DIVINE benevo-
lc. The tendency OF tho Wild abolition fanaiclsn u
10 ,sks a lacs out OF the circumstances ior winch y
1. heat fitted and 10 repeal upon our shofs .ne
,,ah.noy exuerience of ST. Domingo anu me DI"ish
w.s ladies' Ii would, for all purposes oil uly sink
hIot ont of existence, the whole pfoducuvehees Oh he
c. couoo and sugar States; destroy so much OF cfea
,ion and this clear impossbilly or else u wouid
nh.,itue higher of labocrs for the blscks-an-
other inpossbi,y or involving the annhlla,on OF so
much Of ,hs African race nnhilaon by more nhuman
ocssses than immediate siaughter-by The decay and
,snners Of incidence and vice. None Of these ,hings
can be Slavery in southern States rs Pelpeully
..a,ion abuse treason, have corrected and VIII correct
none of its evils; they emblle one Par OF the country
another and for the slave annoy ances from
,.h,h he would otherwise be iIee besides engendering
trni,les. disqualification with iTemediabe condition,
4 humane and philanlhropc policy would look an in
curabe evil in the face, and then apply its energy ard
,isdom 10 it's mitigation BY such policy the slave
ih, he secured against The chance OF cruelty. or
II having his lies Of family and kindred severed
81 far we have assumed that negro slavery is an evil
bo, what proof is there that III such We VIII say no
thing about The teachings OF The Scripture which so
lab luil ~
.,pu, mus, reject but whilst nalural law, IA all cases
a.o,cal with Scripture shows the negro 10 be designed
a. ,ace Of inferiori,y and servilude, who sha dare
call he decree evil! Against the teachings oil hsoty'
eYperence and Nature, we have The mere human 'neoy
OF iuasce-a theory originating among nose iui'ne''
removed from and least acquainted with Inc SUBJECT anu
sustained by arguments drawn from ono race ana
10 another Of very different character Il IS the run Oh
,bs imn;ous srog of those souls who ssmaze as
,yr.nnca the decrees Of the Almighty which are be-
,ord their limited comprehension II Is The siifii ana
The language OF Lucifer which speak IN those
!. Souls who dare look the omspoent in
His everlasting face. aad tell HIM that
His evil is not good
Tha, one race should be inferior 10 and subordinate 10
higher is only in harmony with the law which assigns
diverse positions the scale and duties OF society TO III
dyduas OF the same and the majority OF these IN.
divduas 10 subordinate and seryile duties. There is
every evidence tina, those in the humble positions have
as much happiness hose in the higher, which iuy
yindca,es the Justice and benevoence OF Divine WELDON
II is consistent with such arrangement OF capacity
and duties that destined 10 servilude should not
find such condition inconsistent with lis health and
prosperity and reasoning drawn from destined 10
dsren, dutiss have no application this Indeed there
would be want Of analogy and harmony il creation If
there were net gradatons and subordinate relations
snong nations as among individuals. There good and
not evil in il.
Better mig hi the Justice and benevoence OF the DEITY
be uestoned for permitting the destruction OF earth
quskcs the desoa,ions of hurricanes. lghtnings, and
siorms Thrilling narratives, real and fictitious, have
been written in prose aud poem illustrating the individual
misery caused BY these violent phenomena Of Nature,
but who shall dare pronounce these doings OF the Al
mighty evil Locking behind their external character
and their immediate Effects the student oil Natures laws
them TO have Office o. bench and blessing 10 the
human family, though purchased by individual suffering
II would be just wise TO move for the abolition OF the So
phenomena Instead OF seeking TO control what Is evil IN
them. to attempt the abolition OF relations growing out
Of the organic constitution OF races The enemies oil
African prosperity who adept the abolition theory argue
that the negro has no, manifested the capacity oil The
white because OF his en.lsved condition. This argument
goes TOO far He should have manifested bis capacity
by dew clipping bmself from The circumstances o.
degradation in which he is placed, the white races
have DONE instead Of this it is apparent, that he
Asts even the most powerful ana afuucd attempts 10 ee
vale him. ID IL difficult for human reason, II II will
insist upon questioning the proprety OF The laws OF Ma
ture TO imagine that in the exesded scheme OF Divine
economy ubordna,ion of may be necessary even
TO the wo,k oil PROGRESSION In our own country facts are
prominent which render ii highly probable that The inst-
tuition OF slavery develops elements OF national character
which essential 10 our mission. 10 nil The raii
which the desny OF this republic in The worlds h'so
rya great vaiiey Of character seems 10 be demanded
and past history shows that We could not have &C
eonplshed present position bu, for the elements Of
national character which have been developed under the
influence OF slave institutions Confession OF this iael
has been made by the surages which The free States
have gwen, despite OF sectional jealousy and abolition
hostility 10 the statesmen of the South. Let the pages OF
southern Craftsmanship be stricken from history and
bow much OF the foundation OF national glory lost
With such evidence oil utility in the economy OF ma
tonai policy and the development oil national character
which 10 imrressing the world, how limited is the visw
which regards negro slavery only evil and Eroau,
under ito responsibilities! The truth upon this subject
will be reached by more humane national and enlarged
recognition OF natural laws; and legislation and policy
eonformed to them will harmonic al patriots and eecar.
phanihrop,c Tor the happiness Of the slave
and leave the sbononst bsisa traitor TO bis country
and TO humanity. W.
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