New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-23

-, .pvov.. as though they had boon the com,
49, ~ Heaven; the ruler. OF 1gyPt mao eN1' ~,
ss,vss above the immortal Gods and from the
= 81 eSids of Western Africa, Meslnissa hai sent
H' a' 10 ,,ss tut Roman Overseer. Yet great
49, W ~ the Roman citizens now thcl they had be-
tie conouerors Of the world, were poorer than
- orefathefs, who had extended Their ambition only
= re plsins round hoIne'
a rsyIUExCR or SLAVERY or FREE LABOR
4 phanahrOpy. when il contcmplates slaveholding
.rv may have its fin; sympathies excited iDr 'ne
S.r,s: but Il is narrow beneyolence when s.oP'
4 49, The needy freeman IL in worse cD1ui-y ~.
ne slave has bis task, and also his home anu 'o
I-sd He is the member Of wealthy fanny. IL ~
;ccnt freeman he's neither labor nor house nor ~
I'd divjcfby broad gulf from me upper e'a n ~,
~. neither hope nor ambition. lie - 50 au 70 .ha
vcr Che slave despises him. for 'ne 49, - .b eroo
kveholdcr is dametrcsy opposite 70 l,'a' % ~ 60
sborer The sayeholdss Is 'ng yo. ,skes tbe bread
- -; Go,.6 The weaiiest man IN Rome was me
,onnesor of the poorest free cnrpenler. me Pa'f
ians took away the business OF the sanun-iiaAoi
r s,ence OF slavery made the opulent owners OF
tnudmen the rivals Of the p0or-greedy AFTER the
snsss NJ their labor ond mOnOpolizng ,hose prohts
h,orgh their slaves. In every community where
Ierv Il tolerated the poor freeman will always be
Sound complaining Of hard times.
srLuRSCE OF SLAVERY on DOMESTIC LIFE.
The great servle instruction designed TO effect
A. emancipation ofsayes and both were unsuccessful
m, God il ust and his laws invincibe. The so
ii evil next made its effects apparent on the patrcians,
I'd began with silent but influence 70 corrupt the
Sue OF families and even 10 destroy domestic life.
ssyery tends to diminish the frequency Of marriages
the class Of masters. In State wnere emanclpa-
IAN Il forbidden the slave population Will perpeually
,sjp in relative numbers. We will not stop to de-
,elop the three or four leading causes OF this result
RIDE and the habits Of luxury, the facilities OF cen-
,ow qualification, the crcumscribed limits OF pro-
SWtve industry some Of which causes operate exclu-
i,ely and all Of them principally on the free. The
a,stion ia certain and is uniyersal nowhere was II
rore amply exemplifed than in Rome. The rich pre-
cred the dissoluteness of Indulgence to marriage;
nd celibacy became so general that the arstocracy
sas obliged by law 20 favor the institution wnich IN
society where all free constitutes the solace OF
,bor and the ornament of life. Roman censor IN
an aldress 10 the people stigmatized matrmony as
Troublesome companionship, and recommended 1t only
Is patriotic sacrifice OF private pleasure 10 pubic
Iuty The depopulation of the upper class was 80
considerable that the waste required to be supplied ~
Emancipation; and repeatedly there have been pen
od. when the majority Of the Romans had once been
hondmen II was this extensive cehbacy and the con-
'ouent want of succession that gave peculiar char
,cter TO the Roman laws relating to adoption.
INFLUENCE OF SLAVERY on CIVIC VIRTUE.
II mass of slaves could, at any moment, on break
inc their fefters find themselves capable OF establishing
sEoera government; If they could at once, on Delng
emencipn cd, OF emancipating themselves, appear
vossessed of civic virtue, slavery would ne deprived OF
rore than half it's horrors. But the institution, while
Hbinds the body, cOrrupts the mind. The Outrages
shicb men commit when they first regain their freedom
finnish the strongest argument against the condition
vhich can rondcrhuman nature capable OF such crimes
leness and reacery and theft are the vices of slavery
The followers of Spartacus when the pnnaces of the
Alps were almost within their sight, turned ASIDE TO
plunder; and the Roman army was able to gam the
advantage when the fugitive slave was changed from
q defender of personal liberty into plunderr.
INFLUENCE OF SLAVERY ON PUBLIC MORALS.
In like manner the effect of slavery became visible
on public morals. Among the slaves there was no
such thing the sanctlty of mariGge dissoiuteness
was almost as general as the class. The slave was
ready TO assist in the corruption OF his master family
The virtues of sef-denial were unknown. But the
picture of Roman immortality IA too gross TO he ex-
hibited lis can be estimated from the exrav
eqapce of the reaction When the Christian religion
made It's way through the oppressed classes of society
and gained strength by acquiring the affections OF the
miserable whose woes ii sOaced, the abandoned man
per of the cities excited the reproof of fanacism
When domestic life had almost ceased to exist the
universal ewdncss could be checked only by the most
exaggerated euogies of absolute chastity. Converts
and nunneries grew up at the time when more than
half the world were excluded from the rites of marriage
Dd were condemned by the laws Of the Empire to pro
msouous indulgence. Vows of yirgnty the testi-
nony which religion bore against the enormites of
the age. Spotees purity could alone fifty rebuhe the
most violent and unnatural remedies need to be APP
plied for season. 70 the transports OF enthusiasm
sometimes appear necessary to stay the infection OF
moral postence. Thus riot produced asceticsm; and
monks and mOnllish clOquence, end nonastic vows
were the protest against the general deprnviy OF man.
ners
The volume closes with collection of occa-
sional addresses, including a brief tribute to
Calvin and Or. Claiming, the eulogy on Gen.
Jackson, and the recent discourse before the
New-York Historical Society. Covering space
of over quarter of a century, it furnishes an
illustration of the authors success
siye steps in literary cultivation, the develop
ment of his opinions, and the formation of his
style of composition. Every reader will be
struck with the strongly-marked individuality
which it reveals, its peryading air of intellect
usl consistency, and the precocious anticipation
Of the qualities which have since become idensi-
fed with the fame of the writer.