New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-16

its divisions and subdivisions, with all it, rocres and
bounds.
Nv subject will be The Nicely PR.crIcaBrL-
rrY AND DIexIrr OF TIE tsrr.sr.vEKr ESrKs-
PRISE WITH GIIYFsFs AT fHx SPECIAL DUrIEs OF
IHE NORTH. ~ ths enterprise i do not mean the
efforts Of any retired circle acct party, bot the
cause of the sav in all It's forms and degrees snd an
der oil lie rr.nes-whe;her inspired by the Pulpit me
Press re economist the poliiicianwbether N me
early persistent and comprehensive demands Of Gar
rieSn, tie ccisr utieroncss OF Claiming or me
" constitutional crdeavor- Of othc-s now aeinaliY
sharing tie public counseIs of the countTy 10 cary
thIourh this review under its different heads saah
not hesitate To meet the objections W hlch ha'e Oeeh
urged against this Enterprise, 20 lar az ieaSl a. th
n,sre of .bern And now o. address you seriously.
/ venture TO AK your s.ncus astht"h even - nc
end Not easily public address reach tlai heh-
cat ooupIeteness which IL found III mngng TIE useful
and the agreeable: but desire 10 say hGt, II this ar.
r,roeuent and coordination Of my remarks tonight
se,k TO cultivate that highest courtesy Of speaker
which i found IN ciearness
1 berin with the NECESSITY Of the Anii->avcTy
Enterrrse In the wrong Of Slavery. acfaea b. er
istHg lar this necessity is plainly apparent nor can
any mnn within the sound OF my voice, WHO listens 10
the authentic words Of the law, heeita.e IN my con
clusicn. wrong 50 grievous and unqucsnonahic
should not be allowed TO continue. For the honor %
human nature and for the good Of all concerned, %
slOud AZ once cease 10 eIit. On this simple STATE
mont as cornerstone found the necessity OF the
Anti-Slavery Enterprise.
lido no, dwell sir, on the many tales which come
from tie house Of bondago on the bitter sorrows
there undergone; on the flesh CALLED by Tie mGnacle
or splting blood beneath the LASH on tie human iorin
uutaied by tie knife scared by red-hot iron on
tic rocOus scent Of blOod-hoUnd in chase OF human
prev; the sdlc Of fathers and mothers, husbands
and wives brothers and SISTERS, little chdTeneYen
mfaas-at the auction block; on the practical pros
iraOn Of oil rights all ties and even all hope; on
tie deadly injury to morals substituting concubinage
for marriage. and changing the whole land of slavery
into by-Word OF shame only nils pictured by the Ter
rblc language Of Dante when he called his own de-
Graded country q House of l-Fame' and last OF all,
ON the poncious influence upon the master as well as
the slave, showing itself too often even by his own
cor sson ID rudeness of and character, and
especially in thai blindness which renders him nsensi-
DO 10 thc wong be uphclds, while he
Not orce fercsives biz f0u' disfc1remeut.
Bot beast himself more o01lely than before
On tbose things do not dwell although volumes are
at hand OF unquc tionale facts and OF Illustrative
story 50 Just and happy 20 vie with facl, ou- of
Which j might draw until, ike Macbeth you hal
suyYod full II horrors.
buf ali these put aside: not because DO not re-
cnrd them Of moment in exhibiting the rae character
Of Slavery but because de-iro 10 present tbs arru-
ront on eourds above al controversy, impeachment
or suspicion even from slay masters themseves. No.
on triuml bat story not even ndisputable facts To
now accuse Slavery. but on s character as reveacdin
It's own simple definition Of solf. Out of It's own mouth
do ] condemn H. By q Q lar If SiGrery man created
in the image of Col Is Invested of his human charae
ter and declared 10 b. chatte That this state
mcut moy not seem 10 be put forward without precise
authority quote the law of two different States. The
civil code of Louisiana TINS defines d slave:
a slave WHO'S n the power e master 20 whom De
lelonrs The mry sell him dispose Of biz feron, Biz
Industry end bis ator lie car 90 noliu posse no.. nor
''e'''' lCira code Ar. s.
The law Of another polished Slave State gives tits
definition:
Slaves shall he deemed sold taken repuied and I'D judged
possessions their executors administrators and asnee.,
z B,er. Dig. la
And a careful writer, Judge Stroud in work OF ju-
ridicial well as phianihropic merit, thus sums up
the law:
The cardinal rriBpl Of sayery-tha; the slave %
be ranked among eaat beings bgt among ag,s an article
Of tiese tie .syej staeGo lSyoads LG,se a Sarey p
Sir this Is enough. As ont of its small egg crawls
forth the shiny, scey reptile crocodile so out of this
simple definition crawls forth the whole shiny, scaly
reptile monstrosity by which man is changed into
chettel-a pcron ii converted into thing-a soul IL
trenfmutcd into merchandise. According 20 this very
definition the slave il held simply for the good Of biz
master 10 whose behcsts his ife liberty aud happiness
arc devoted, ana by whom he may BE- bartcrcd leased,
mortgaeed. boquoa,hed, invOicod shipped a. cargo,
stored Gs goods fOld on exc uuon, knocked of al
public auction, and even staked a. The gaming table
on TIC hazard az csr.l do Tho nia~o sooFn
TO have a wiebut be has not for hla wife belongs 70
Is mater; be may seem 10 have child, BAT be has
rot for lis child besngs to his master. He may be
filed with tie desire Of knowledge opening TO him the
caes Of hope earth ard in heaven, but thernaster
may mIiously close this sacred pursuit. THUS Is be
robbed lot merely al privilege but Of himself; not
mortly Of money and labor but OF wife and child
ron not merely Of time and opportunity but OF every
assurance of happiness; not merely OF earthly hope
but OF all those divine ASPIRATIONS that spring from the
fountain Of light He is not merely restrainodn liberty
lu totally deprived oft not merely curaed IN nights
but absolutely striped OF them, not merely loaded
with burdens but changed into beast OF BURDEN not
merely bent in countenance 10 the earth but sunk 10
the legal level of quadruled; not merely exposed TO
personal cruelty hut deprived of his character as
Ieson; not merely conn relied to involuntary labor
tut DEGRADED 10 be rude thing; not merely shut out
from knowledge but wrested om his place in the hu
man fauly. And all his, Sir, IS according to.the
simple loW Of SlGrery.
Nor is even Ills ALL The law by cumulative pro-
Visions positively foIbds that slave shall be taught
TO reed Hear this fellow citizens, and confess tnat
no barb0rism Of despoiism, extravaganza of yran
nv 10 excess of impietv can be blasphemOus or
deadly. Train up the child in the way he shoald
go is the lesson Of sacred wisdom; but the law
Of Slavery boldly prohibits any such training, and
dooms tic child 10 hopeless ignorance and degrade
ton. Let there be light was the Divine ui.eranoe
al Tie very dawn of Creaiion-and This commandment,
travelling with the ages and the hours, still speaks
with tie voice Of God: but the law OF slavery says
"Lot there be darkness.
But il is earnestly avcrcd that slave-mas;ers are
humane and that slaves treated with kindness.
These averments however properly put aside pre-
cisclv as | have already put aside the multituuinous
illustrations from tie cruelty OF slavery. On the SIM
pie letter of tie law take my stand, aud 90 not 20
beyond what il there nominated. The masses of
ao not better than their laws and whatever may be
ihe tluuoncc of individual virtue II Is moi reasonable
infer that the masses of slavcm' stem are better
than the law Of Slavery. And since tlii- law submits
the slave 10 ther irresponsible, control with power to
bind and 70 sCOuT-oio shut the soul from knowledge
to separate iamilles-tO uuClasp the infant from q
mothers breast and the wife from d husbands arms
II il natural 10 conclude that such enonies are sane