The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-14
The Norma! Condition Of Society.

We have thus glanced briefly at the po.
liticsl, the neral, the economical and geo
graphical considerations which Justify and
recommend the Southern institution of ne.
gro slavery, We see IT giving stability and
permsnence TO society;we see in i the ma
tursl and normal, and therefore moral rela.
ton OF the white man ard Negro; We see IN
il an industrial arrangement that secures 10
capital certainty and continuity OF labor.
and affords 10 the lahorer guarantee OF
subsistence and comfort, and, lastly, we
see i, fulfilling geographical necessity
without which some OF the tairest aud most
productive regions OF the esfih would De
comparatively barren, las,saa 81 Yielding
their riches up as they now do in golden
frui,ase and slmost fabulous plenty ~,
Orlasss Dtafa
NasMAL is term recently adopted from
the French 10 signify the regular, night
line, standard condition Of anything in ma
ture or society. II ia taken from nor ma,
sienifying s9aars or Wide Thus. IN the
opinion OF slave oligarchy, as represented
BY the New Orleans Data, the Richmond
En2airsr, aud others OF that kidney, slavery
is the natural, regular, square, right.hne
condition OF society And this condition,
according 10 such authorities, secare per-
manence. comfort, continuity and subsis-
ienee TO society. Ii slavery really is the
normal, natural condition OF secisIy, IL
ought TO produce such results. God has
created nature upon such wise, unerring
principles, that natural laws conduce TO
good results when not perverted BY human
passions. II slavery be the natural condi-
ton OF soeietyfit ought to produce normal
state OF society, But this IS not the natural
condition oil society. ss stated by the Bible,
as dedaeed from human history, or inferred
from the laws Of nature. We shall not ap-
pes 10 the CONSCIOUSNESS OF any living man
that he was net, by nature, made slave.
But simply reier 10 two or three Obvious
facts and their results. Ii the Bible be cor
rect in the origin of man, he was created in
a state of freedom. We do not hear that Il
slave was crested for the use Of Adam, nor
do we know thar there was bondsman
known On earth Till after lhree thousand
years Of sin, blood and revolution. We hear
Of slaves when triumphant war.party was
able 10 capture them, some hundreds OF
years alter the revival OF the human family
by Noah. So, al the present moment We
cannot find, on the whole surface OF the
earth, single man OF family who became
slaves naturally. Not one exists but who,
either in himself or his ancestor, became
such BY toros-foree only. The negro man
never came into the world slave God
never created a single slave, or has snnonn.
ced to man single principle by which he
should be kepts slave
But why should we treat this assertion OF
the Delta with any respect There is not
q man of sense on earth who does not know
il to be false There is not man OF the
least humanity who does not loalhei despise
and hate the idea OF human slavery The
slsye exists only BY force. He is perpetual
testimony OF tyranny, living monument OF
human oppression.
But whore i that permsnenee, peace and
continuity, which is said to be the conse-
quencc OF slavery The Roman Empire
Was not only one Of the most magnificent
exhibitions of human development but slse
one OF the most striking examples Of what
human slavery can do, II WAS filled it'll
slaves. Then followed iis brutal shows OF
gladiators, lis instructions, its gross go-
lupiousHess, its corupuonz of domestic lite
its luxury, its effeminscy, is RIGHTEOUSNESS,
and its nnsl overthrow and destruction,-
The earth never saw such i complete ruin
az was that proud empire, having enslaged
countless millions Il persisted By The cor
ruptons which slavery produces Aud
where Is the peace and permaneace which
slavery mas secured in this countryi Why
does il make Fugitive Laws to catch runs-
xsys' Why does il silence the voice of
freedom in lis Territories WHY does II
exile its own citizens when they dare to
question its infalAbiiityt
The normal condition OF society was free
and happy. When man had become muir.
derer. when he was exiled from home, when
he set up Tor robber, slavery was lntrodG.
ced, and in every age has been allied with
force and oppression.
II is little hard al TINS time, eighty years
since the Declaration Of independence, for
weight years since the African slave trade
was abolished, twenty years since the case
of the A rmislad 20 hear people talk about
the natural condition OF slavery. To hear
enlightened newspapers utter such i'm Gtfer
able nonsense, and in the frsest land on
earth 10 hear them argue the usefulness of
slavery and the blessedaess of oppression,
There is one good sign in all this. So
ciety is Weakened up to the evils Of this dom
este tyranny. II has to be discussed, and
as the discussion goes on it is gradually dis
closed that there is no defence for negro
slavery, srcspt in principles '0hIch a0iA make
nAits men Slaves, whenever there is power
ennu1h 10 do il - IN. Gaz.