The daily union., 1854-03-01

denounced as unconstitutional void, usnrpaon-
taking Tor his text the Nicholson letter Now. ask, in
all common sense, and all Prudence and all proprey Ii
mere 10 no power TO legisaie on that subject here,
why IS u that we hesitate 10 remove the shadow,
The mere cobweb OF legislation, which stands in the
way II we do il we shall save litigation, Sir.
the only way 10 get II of, il we do not repeal it,,
Is lhls some man will take his slave TO this Ter.
rtoy that slave will for freedom; The slave says,
81 am free under the Missouri Compromise" They 20
TO law about IT. and the is appealed from low to
high court there, and finally TO the Supreme Court OF
me United states and there, after long delay yexaon,
litigation, trouble and expense OF every kind. The Su
peme Court decide the question according TO the Mich
olson letter, and say there no power consequently that
the Missouri Compromise was null and VOID. What,
then, have you gained What calamity have you
brought, both upon master and servant! How is il that
man can say law unconstitutional and void, in vio
laon OF the constitution, andye protest against it's
prehend SIR, il is the telling that the cob
webs mar the fair proportions OF the emple that they
have no there, and those who strung Them there are
inruders but you will sweep them down for fear Of
violating sc4ie right
Thus much for that view OF the question. ii that
member Of the ether House conscenilousy as he SAID
he did, took the Nicholson letter his text preached the
unconsitulionaliy, and therefore utter nulliy of the
exercise OF power why does he object to sweeping off
the form when the substance never existed
Mr.. President, ask the attention of the Senate for
few moments to the question Of philanthropy whether
the negro shall be slave or shall be freeman have
mpossiby Of two distinct races living upon an equality
n the same territory or country One or the other must
be the superior, and one the inferior and il only in
extent and not in kind, that serviiude exists The Al
mighty, in His order to Moses, said foresaw the ut
ter imposslby of harmonizing them, and he had com
manded Moses 10 exterminae all the ancient Cana antics,
being different race knowing that they could not live in
contact with the Jews.
WE'LL Sir, question OF philanthropy, now say, if
after all have said senators believe that hold
that slavery in the abstracts beautiful and perfect in all
its forms and proportions they very much mistaken.
do not hold that is abstract right and abstract justice
no such thing: What my individual opinions upon
that SUBJECT will say TO you you need not heed They
are OF no consequence Importance The only thing
you have right to ask 10, that SHALL by my action
my advice and my votes, secure an equality of political
question OF real advantage and benefit, should
hestangy and unreseryedy say that the advantage
positive one TO the black man, and, in my Judgment il
is positive injury to The white man but you the
judges OF that and by my vote and voice. you shall
be restricted in that right TO Judge Sir, the blow that is
given does not always nct injury upon the person
the thing stricken there rebound both in physics
and in morals When you touch the torpedo, you Djure
not it, but you benumb your arm So may be possible
that, while you Dlure not the black man-and you do
not, in my udgmen,-you may njure the white man,
the white race. Sir, very apropos TO this ls
from old English doggere in reference TO the dog and
the man who at hrst were friends but finally the dog
mad and bill the All the people swore that the
dog was mad, and that the man must die
'' Bur soon wonder to light,
The man recovered OF the bite,
The dog it was that died"
The dog poisoned by biting. Indeed, have heard
the thing buresqued far TO have heard il said that
ral,lesnake occasion-I hope shall not offend
any Of my fair audorsbt lady OF such utterly for
bidding appearance that killed the ra esnake but did
not hurt the lady Laugherl II may be the with
this question ofslavery As the question OF slavery,
so far the slaves concerned who does not know
will not the most ultra aboonst admit-iha the negro
in this country as class, is infinitely better of, more
improved, and in better condition than his
were, his relatives are, the wds and burning
sands OF Airlca aas be not commenced receiving civ
In ri nd he mt lhHr h~Un said
back TO that vast country, and TO that vast amount of
aauon the treasures, and the knowledge and the
learning that he acquires herel
Who does not know that all northern Europe was
civilized and Chrstianized through g Intervention of
slavery centuries before IL otherwise would have been
Who does not know that the incursons OF Cssar, and
other Roman consuls and proconsus TO the North, bring
ing down their hordes OF slaves, and selling them at
Rome, the cause oil an earlier civilization of north
en Europei Who does not know that that policy
pursued by Scipio in Africa produced a like result
Who, then. may not fairly infer and reason that such
will be the result here
But, sir, as mere question of philanthropy no man
will have difficulty or trouble in proving from statistics
that ii you desire perpeiuity OF life, longevity for the
gro, and the rapid increase OF bis progeny slavery his
condition. That II is there is no doubt. History and
statistics show it. will read TO the Senate few un.
histakable indexes TO that result Why is It'll tits in
nature You need inquire for other than the
which exists, why horse who is used by master who
has property and interest in him will las, longer than If
be turned out to grass and take of himself
SO II with the negro There is an interest in the
".
and sworn statistics tell us this refer 10 Boston and
to New England to show you that the negroes OF the
southern States slavery live longer than in the north
States in freedom that the northern States, with all
their acquisitions by runaways, natural increase and all
the underground railroads they can get, actually have
dimnuiion OF black among them BY The report OF
the census committee OF Boston, made by Lemuel Shat
tuck find the loowng
In 742 in Boston, the ratio Of the colored population
to the white was to % IN 1s45, that is, hundred
and three years afterwards in the place. after abo-
itionsm rife, after they dong everything they
could to enice away slaves from the South, what do we
find That the ratio then as 1 6f.l00 TO 9s One
hundred years before il TO o. then il was less
ihan to 9S In 1890, the colored population in that
city 1,s75; fifteen years afterwards, in 1S45, it was
ls42 falling of OF 80 in fifteen years. with all the advan
iages OF increase In New Hampshire, in 1870, there
776 OF black population; ten years afterwards,
in $780, there 604; in 1910, ten years still later,
there 537a regular steady, decade decline every
ten years. with all their advantages. In Rhode Island,
in 1920, there 1850 blacks in 1Sf0 twenty years
afterwards 3,2S0a decline of near 800 in twenty years
II is moi SO with the slaves in the South they increase !;
their persons and their offspring cared for In Yer.
mont what have been the facts In 1920, there
900 blacks IN 1910, twenty years later, there 730
In Connecticut IN 1920, there S04f blacks; In
lsi0, 1854 falling OF of nearly thousand in twenty
years.
Thus speak these statistics ] doubt not they might
be carried out in every instance to show similar result
So that you that, so far philanthropy, kindness,
and humanity 10 the black himself ia concerned he would
be better of 10 slavery than out of IT, do no, doubt
taking the example OF my Stale, have hesIta-
ton question in sayngthat, in their present cond
ton, they would be better of slaves than ffeemen
they would be better cared for better provided for than
they provide for themselves Shom of all political
equality, with political power or right, the bare pro
tIcfiAn nj thA Ian Fmp IL ka-