New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-24

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lass thar two dollars, which is brought We suppose
tfst even Tie Selsera L;errry Regi:r viii agree wth
Us Tia, such a clever writer was worth more money
Nor could tie others have been FIRST class articles OF
tier ! Id; FOR although DemOs.henes quotes the
uart c. rice of man of letters AZ about that of
good horse end although ii We. matter of complaint
that the sc phis's CT A-hers "A philosophical sect
were sometimes Knocked of at very low fgGre, YET
We fnd Xerophon and Lucian paying as much as II
ni.o (S200) piece for disciples of Pythagorss"
Lest our southern brethren msy object to our quo
aion in this pricecurent ftse article ESQ, As tend
Ing 20 give an unfsir view Of the state Of the
trade end By coIpsrisan underwriting the presan;
feshprees we must state that it vas entirely excep
tonal, because Of its bodily deioruity for 10 poo;
OF this, we End tbat common field hands and miners
were hired out - go obOla year, the badng
tie hiring parties to the risks OF loss Of services
from Sickness death escape clause being inserted
that tie number of slaves should be returned on
tie expiration Of the contract were received from
the owners. On such terms as these X4Dopbon sass
thousand slaves of Ncias. six hundred of III ppoacus,
snj three hundred Of PhilO1ides hired out When
we coIae 70 fancy articles" ueh lovely crls sni
tie like foncy prices paid just as they are now
in the southern States for quldrooD girls In Greece
as in Rome, the masters right was a5solu,e he
tloLe could free his slSve. No legal tribunal had
that power II i. relsted that the people of Rome
demanded OF the Emperor TiOerus the freedom
Of grta. actor WhO was public favorite Tais
tie Emperor could not grant til ne ob.,ined the
consent OF the actors master. By the Grecan and
Roman as BY the american law, tie slave was not
person, but piece of property, chsttel-a thing
BY tie Rousn law Likewise, slqyes were boaai, IN
der penalty OF death, to protect their master against
his enemies among their own class and if the master
killed by slave al hi. slaves we're pus 70 lea'l
Tsciius relates that Pedauius, who owned four hGa.
bred slaves being killed, all the four hundred were
legally put to death, though the people of Rome petit
tiored and protested against such wholesale slaughter
TIE qQestion came before The Roman Senate Ghe law
was defended by C Cassius, who insisted there wOll
be no safety to masters fthe Law in this not
enforced 30 its majesty was yindca ed, aud the
ruled pumage Of the gentlemen Of tbs: DAY Sho pro
teCted tie peculiar institution, snoohej the
higterlsW & lily rebuke9 GId the blood Of for hua-
dej inr cceot mel and women poured cut BY the pub
ii. e1ecutioner Tie fugitive slave lsg likewise Of
that period model OF tender regard tor the in
terets Of the master ld OF demo,i.ca disregard Tor
tie rights of humanity in the person of the slave.
Diodorus relates tlot the rich Demophi.us owned
" army Of slayes-slayes for work aDd slaves for
luxury, upon whom, aided by Lis wife, Ne !sll,s,
"were prsctised the most dreadful cruelties Livery
day some ole of them says Diodorus, was unJusty
injected TO torture, till at last they gOajel on
to revolt" They seized Demopsius and Megali aud
conducted them to the arena, where the men put De-
nopbilus to death aud thence the took Megil-
lie to The top of tower from which they hurled her
TO destruc. on. The crueltes OF masters no: unfre
queDtly led 10 similar reribuve justice. Ia this
tie revoked slaves OF Denophills found leader AL
some ten thousand othe hocked TO their Standard OF
freedom but after numerous sanguinsry engagements
with the Roman troops they all Gu. to pieces in
hattie or taken prisoners and delivered over to the
execuiorer.
We have omitted 10 mention, while treating of the
louseLoll of the Roman chvslry, another class of
slaves the Gladia,ors these were prisoners OF war
or slaves of all kinds condemned as punishment to
fight oIe another, or to be torn to pieces by wild
beasts in the arena their death throes being the recre
alton of tue delicate, sensitive and refined Roman Ia
dies and gentlemen. Against this class, when they re-
VOTED to the number a 10 600, Cra,sus led armies for
three years, ard their leader Spartlcus, being killed.
tie remnant of the Insurgents to the number Of 10000
were on one day crueifed the beisg planted for
several miles on either side of tie high road from Capua
to Rome According TO PlDy, the agricultural aborers
the field Lards were BRAIDED on the forehead"
were worked in gangs under oyerseers, are the
slaves of our southern brethren" aud were driven
home AZ hight and chained up for the night like
beasts Of burden.
We see from this cursory survey of Greek and
Roman Slavery that differed in two important points
from cur modern American kind. 1t allowed the
.layes to be educated up to the highest point,
adorned with every personal and mental grace, putting
within their reach tie rsoations Of divine phioso
ply and the Measures OF the several and most beaut
full arts. In America do lot dare to open such hui
uanizng and eleyating opportunities 10 slave we do
not dare even to let our boDdmen learn to read aad
if benevolent woman oyerowing with charity seeks
TO serve God by teaching few black children the al
pbsbet hale her TO prison for the crime. But while
antique slavery thus opened brighter vista TO the mind
OF sayes if endowed with transcendsn genius /. was
far less humlne than we in tleir physical treatment
Greece and Rome constantly required new wars and
large inportatons to keep up their stock Of slives
The physical treatment these wretched creatures
ceiytd was harsh and intolerabc as constantly 70
reduce their ranks by death while o America we feed
and cloth them so well and pay much care 20 their
production, that in fifty years have Increased their
numbers FIVE fold. The reason is very simple sld is
fanisr 10 every student Of political economy. Our
laws have TO the yer? utmost in protecting tae
hon production OF slaves We have given en- absolute
uororoly TO cur native breeders By prohibiting unie.
psn of death n importation Of the article that might