The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-15


cannot believe and will not believe for the present at least
Il is for them 10 determine whether they will or not That
question they will have TO meet not only this issue
he majority OF this House so determine but upon that
other and at this time absorbing issue OF the Uinein
na platform That platform bears no black lag as TINS
asword-in-hand general asserts Black hsgs belong 70
those who think of black than they do Of the
white men, and who exhibit sympathy for the we'll
provided African race than they do for the suffering and
oppressed poor Of their own. The flag OF the Cincinnati
platform this subject bears principles inscribed upon
its broad folds bat those of the constitution The friends
Of the Union under the constitution must and win approve
them every where while but the enemies OF one or
the other OF these bolh denounce them Upon this
great sectional question all national men, care not OF
what partyal truehearted patriots who look from the
bright history of the past with hopes to brighter future
before us must and will give those principles announced
at Cincinnati their sanction and approval The Issue on
this subject presented at Cincinnati 10 natoadsm against
issue presented at Philadelphia is section
aLisBs against ndfi0Hdlism. NAg #Hn# E.,"
Are We MIR. Speaker, to remain united peope2 Are
go in that high career OF achievement In science
art and in civilization which have conspcuously
entered upon2 Or to he arrested in our upward
long before reaching the halfway point towards u
innate cuninaton2 Are deeds OF glory all number
I'd Are the memories of the past TO be forgotten and
he benefits and blessings Of the present to be derded and
rejectedf is the radiant orb OF day Frightening tns
with it the light of the world exnguished forever And all
this because Congress in its wisdom has thought proper
permit the free white men of Kansas to determine
Tor themselves whether the in that Territory shall
be the nondescript outcas neither citizen nor
slave amongst Them that he is in sixteen States Of the
Union, whether he shall occupy the same condition
here in relation them which Christian philanthropy
assigned him in the other fifteen States say Chris
ian philanthropy, Notwithstanding the remarks OF the
gentleman from Indiana Mr. DUNN and the gentleman
rom Ohio, Mr. GIDDINGs, the other day, denouncing
slavery violation OF the laws of Nature and Of God
TO those remarks though my time is short, wish very
,refy to reply before Iclose 'sr ZOO"
Even, however IL slavery be sinful they Affirm
their language implies permit me here to ask is not the
sin the same whether the slave be held in Georgia. Caro
ma Or Kansas? sinful In one than
anoher2 But are these gentlemen correctf Is African
slavery as 1t exists in the South either violation of the
laws OF nature the laws CT nations the laws OF God
maintain that s not 1t has been recognised by the
laws of nations from time immemoral The highest
court " this countryside Supreme Court of the United
otates-has decided the laws of nations to be- And
where do get the laws of but in natures
.bout us2 Those general rules and princpes by which
all things in nature according +" er kinds respectively
to be regulated and which they to conform
call laws and in the handiwork Of creation nothing
striking to the phosophc observer than that
der is natures first great lay .
we'll inauimateif indeed, there be any thing nanimate
SCALE from the lowest degree of nrioy to the highest
egree Of superiority, through all animal life We see
in the insect tribes see 1t in the fishes OF the the
fowls OF the air in the beasts the earth and we see 1t in
the races of We the principle pervading the
heavenly bodies above us One star differs from another
star In magnitude and usFesUe larger, Others
smalerbut the greater and superior uniformly influences
and controls the lesser and inferior within its sphere If
there is any fixed principle law Of nature it is this In
the of find like differences In capacity and.
Development The negro inferior to the white man
ture has made him observation and history from the
hottest times, establish the fact and all attempts to make
the inferior equal to the superior is but effort to reverse
the DEGREES OF the Creator who has made all things
ind them, according to the counsels Of his own will The
Ethiopian change his nature his skin than the
leopard his spots Do what you will Negro is negro,
md he will remain hegr6 SILL In the social and polit
cal system OF the South the negro is assigned TO that sub
ordinate position for which he is fitted by the laws Of
ture Our system Of civilization is founded in strict
ormy to these laws Order and subordnation, accord
ing to the natural fitness Of thngs is the principle upon
wnch the whole fabric OF southern institutions rest
Then as to the law of Godthat law read not only
10 his works about around and but in that
Inspired look wherein he has revealed his will to man.
II God as spoken in natures works go to that great
Book the Book of Books which the fountain of all truth
TO that Book now appeal God, in the daye Of DID, nade
covenant with the human family for the redemption of
fallen that is the of the whole
Christian system. Abram afterwards called Abraham,
was the man with whom that covenant made lie was
he great first head of organized visible church here be-
low he believed God and II accounted to him for
righteousness He was in deed and In TRUTH the father Of
ne athul Abraham, sir, Shareholder Nay, more,
ne was required to have the sign Of that admin
tered 10 the slaves OF his household.
Mr.. CAMPBELL Page bring Bible.
Mr.. STEPHENS / have here which the gentleman
IAN consult, IL he wishes Here is the passage, Genesis
SVii7 IL. God said 10 &rahsmt
'1S He that is born Thy house and be that bought oh
ny must needs be crcumcised and my covenant shall
De in your flesh for an everlasting covenant"
Yes sir, Abraham only STAKEHOLDER but slave
dealer II seems for he bought with his money and
yet IL was with him the covenant made by which the
world was to be redeemed from the dominion Of sim And
IL into bis bosom in Heaven that the poor who
Tied at the rich mans gate was borne by angels according
the parable Of the Saviour In the goth chapter Of Exo
ius the great moral law foundthat law that defines
"a, the Ten OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by the finger Of God
tmselt upon tables Of stone Ia of thrse command
Irnts the 4h and l0ih 10th and l7tb slavery is
Expressly recognised and in Of them Is there any
hing against Ii; this is the moral law 10 Leviicus
ave the civil Law on this subject given by God to Mo-
sta~ -.
+p" aairs In chapter XIV, A. as and &C. read
as follows:
80. Both thy bondmen and thy bondmaids which thou
shalt have sha be ~ the heather that round about
u them ye shall buy bondmen and bondmaids.
"45 Moreover OF the children OF the strangers that do
ourn among Of them ye shall buy and OF their fam
les that with you which they begat your land and
hey shall be your possession. .s.
"48 And ye shall take them inheritance for your
hidren after you, 10 inherit them for possession they
hall be your bondmen ofeyer but brethren the
hildren OF Israel yesha not ruc another, with
gor." =. f7@'"htts
This was the law given TO the Jews soon after they left
Egypt for their government when they should reach the
and Of promise They could have had slaves then IL
authorized the introduction Of slavery amongst them when
they should become established in Canaan And II lie to be
noted that their bondmcn and bondmaids be bought and
geld tor and inhdnce for their children after
them TO be of the heather round about them. Over
their brethren they not 10 rule with rgor. Our
southern system il In strict conformity with this INJUNCTION
Men Of blood and race wherever born or
from whatever cline they come free and equal We
have castles classes amongst white memo upper
cndomp or lower tendom.p Ali equals. Our slaves
taken from the besthen trbesthe barbarians Of
Africa In households they brought within the
pale Of the covenant under Christian teaching and nu
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