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al instead on Fastening the aid 81 the handful Of ther
IN, ~ he African race from the abject baroarlsi
ana the most stupid ignorance and idolairy M
il seems 20 me that satisfactory solution 70 thas ~
ouiry can only be found in the fact that the Asvl -
H. fsni,s wisdom and for good yet hidden 10 man has
closed the hearts Of these favored sons Oh AIs - a.
sublime emotions which are necessary 70 ~ aasaneas
the happnes and intelligence Of their coanym1n anu INC
good 81 The human Their hearts seem coSeui hhu
they exhibit affection no ~ e ;, hem H.
terse which great and good men have opened 70 'he
Africa This alone II there were no otne' i"e's, sons
proof that there vast difference IN the msn'A org
ZION or capabilities Of the negro and the white man.
AR President the discussion 81 the question o. the
onsit OF races which my colleague believe has been
the first introduce 10 the notice Of the senate no seems
10 have volunteered bis aid 10 our political Abolition
ist with an alacrty which indicates his consciousness OF
GREAT powers TO defend his position, Without nqurng
INTO The proprety necessity Of the dseussion ~ W
,s and Ia ibis place shall endeayor TO shog that there
are established Facts which prove the unsoundness % p
views bat in doing ao cannot avoid ieeing Ahu ~
Embarrassment produced by comparison, uniaVoape "
mysef of the profound scientific, theological ana ee"
attainments of my colleague with nay own hunois Pc
tensions IL is known 10 the Senate tp p' i m p;
practical man. and have passed my puoic ihe has ~
practical legislation entertaining spd encouraging 10 wv
trues nor opinions which revolving to the instincts o.
houest common sense opposed 70 those peaueuos
which are drawn from the truth of history. must then
this common sense and those deductions 10 my col
league scientific theological, and Legal researches
In nv limited historical reading have tateh 70 hhu
any fact 10 sustain the opinions and BELIEF Of nay colleague
that the negro created equal In pc" cry % pu
with the white More than thousand Year. peole oti
barbarian ancestors received impulse towards clyi
ton bv contact with the Romans the negro OF Africa a
had the advantage Of observing the most advanced anu
refined nations which then existed. ~ saw b ;sdn
and genius of Egypt the refneuens OF Pesia 'ne
and glory of Greece and of Rome, long oeose ne o
rous tribes of Britain our ancestors emefgea Va s
darkness by aid of the light which was heid up W cn
by the men born on the banks of the Tiber for time
extending further back than is noted upon tue historic
page the negro has behed the light Of put ne
has not followed IL and in his native land, the riSa
who have given slaves TO Europe and America are now
what they have ever been. 1t would seem, indeed that
these tribes the vetable descendants OF HAM cursed
in his son Canaan by the Almighty driven out from the
presence of his with the vengeance OF God marked
upon his brow and doomed to be the servant OF servants
forever. ).
Mr. President il is truth that Mature in the munifcence
of economy withholds nothing from her children need
full their welfare and find that she has not
upon the negro solitary historical character-not
That have had poet to perpetuaie their ms
tory-they have history The Greek the Roman, the
English and many other nauons wnose :, the
world poets statesmen morsts philosophers mechanics
and Inventors, whose Abors are immortal. The black
tribes Africa have given nothing useful brilliant
from the mind and to this day they the same
stupid dolators that they found be when first VS.
tied the Christian missionary worshpping leaks onions
snakes and filthy insects and looking upon the ourangon-
tang the Jupiter of their lesser dee4 The race has no
history except that OF the providence OF God written by
His servants marking i. out the victim upon which the
nations earth have alternately gutted their revenge
and saiated their thirst for gain At this time they are in
deeper degradation than Of the heather ma
they wander uugoverned naked and filthy in their per-
the brute This has becs and Ia now their condi-
ton in their native country and all the efforts OF Christi
any for their benefit and enlightenment have been abor-
tive. No individuals of the have advanced sugie
step from their degradation and darkness, except those
who were placed in the condition occupied by them
n the southern Slater Here the Gospel Of Christ is ele-
waiting his hopes aud illuminating his soul. Thus much
for the history of the race as have read it.
Ny colleague having convinced himself of the mental
equality Of The negro and white man. appeals the obi
cations Of Christianity TO protect the slave in his weak
These obligations in all their force recognise
viii seek any other authority for their exposition than the
Lord Jesus Christ himself and the apostle OF the
Genle who governed the church where slavery existed
without any intermediate condition Of servitude Among
the Romans the people of casses-feemen and
slaves and recognising the condition OF master and slave
result Of the mpercions Of human govern
men (te ncapacity OF the slave inducing bis subsection
the apostle enforced these social relations before slavery
enacted by law The Gospel nteposes not to abolish
the relation bat 20 clearly indicate the duty Of the master
Paul In Of his letters TO the Corinthians writes thus
Let every mao abide in the same calling wherein he was
called. Art thou called being servant care not for IL but
If thou msycst be made ree use i rather For be that Is
likewise also he that called being free, Chrsts
want" ~ q
And in the letter to the Ephesans:
"servan, be obedent to them that your masters
cordng the flesh, With fear and trembling singleness Of
your heart unto Christ not with eye service,
iron the heart; with good will doing service, the
Lord and not to knowing that whatsoever good thing
er he be bond free And masters do the things
them forbeang atentng knowing that your Ms.
ter also is in Heayen nShe is their respect persons with
him." - -.
These are the commands OF Gods law by the servant
and minister and law interpreter OF God himself and
hut Of many similar quotations which might be ad-
duced But sir, not heologisn and may prop
ery understand thcse plain ndmonitors OF ecclesiastical
law yet they appear be opposed 10 the doctrines and
results which would flow from the views of colleague
the equality the II he simply condemn
cruel nsers will say TO him that such abhored
by ev5ry this floor Does be require that the
hall ava NJ
reply nowhere have the descendants of the African
been led the altar of Christianity successfully
in the slave Sat here elsa among the coored
the morals Of Christianity held in such sacred regard
as in those States.
Does my colleague 20 intimate that The political
equality Of the negro with the white Ia conceded
has been conceded in the formation during the
it'll deny that the Declaration Of Independence teaches
this equality is true that instrument says that FALL
born free and equal That declaration must be
Interpreted by it, coeporaneous history. IL did not
in these general terms include the negro. The words
not be tortured into that meaning regard be had to the
truth Of history The negro AT thai time slave in,
believe every State. That language is repeated in
the bill Of rights Of nearly every State in the Union where
slavery then existed and where exists The slave
trade itself continued by the Of the general
government for several years afterwards This the
beginning OF tbs Dhie mans government The uhe
protested against the usurpaons OF the parent govern
ment-the pe rebelled against Der authoriiy--tbe
rkhs man trumpbsd over her power and threw OF her
yosethe sshVt made peace and formed the consiitu
ton Of the government under which live-and the
white has administered The government from that day
ths and win my colleague in the face Of these facts
argue that the fathers OF the republic acknowledged the
equality OF the racesl Whenever negro mulatto 10