The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-29

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in anStsr mans housethe inability meet obligations
ana debts-aotual ant j many casee amounting star
yatonbecame additional soafces of direct indirect
slavery In the sequel of time s8g
society was deduced from the fiction that nsanepiim
(hand-takna) as it is termed by the Roman law, and
sez as il & known among the eudists substituted the
cantor to the rights OF the father in the person of the cap
M which riahs were absolute This is deduced from the
fact that among the alcen the conquered consid
cred as men without gods and every hoar knows that
IN ta of earlier writer's and poets tho gods axd
heads N ovSui families were absolutely identical This
IL also shown by hY formulas preserved by Macrobus
which the aboriginal Romans Used in aduring the gods
der In nilage and capyity We learn also from the sae
author that the captive cut off from the protection Of his
gods became the sr r or outlaw Of the Roman urscon-
hs 5oae;,r,. r nroperty Of the first man who laid
Iis hands mon him &
Th avlns ~ snfanitv were another source of slavery
The Individual who repaired to them becams the ss q
establisbsd them in Athens Eoulus established them in
Rome n ia srk;ng fact that asyluns serce Of ala
vav axiatad in Roma thronobont the republican pcfid
az, 80 - ha - - os,,;ua 9sc;s,at tionand continued 10
y;st ,1tii a. we are inormed nv Sueonus they were
closed ~ m ed.t Of the Emperor Tyberius 'is II
That nroi;c soi,rce ~ slavery was the contraction of
AM - ~ " ~ = ] Ia with brseisn ana Roman history
, douhi Evsp The Germans whom through their blood
;tie, Win NE Sa race scioats assume as
tbe orionators of moderf freedom undefleda gambicd
a,cavp as Tacitus tells us ae ssdp Of their bodiss and
patiently resigned Mmsslues slavery Even among the
Hebrews the legislation OF Moses provided for the event in
which lew ia constraned To sell himself through pow
Muo = ysw T. - hs. h ~. - ~ tcna the bnvsr il
instructed 10 treat his purchase as hreng but il also
true that Josephus relates at much later date that
der King Joram, Obadahs widow went to Elisha, the
for the of the prophets rescued from
azab and the pretensios Of the creditors claiming her
and her children al saces IN accordance soi ap Thus
TINS ;naetibe Was tie ancient code OF slavery
f slavery over those of the same blood and lineage So
Ion In hs eosation says when he was called to reform
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sos ositivev 1slape 10 their creditors livery schoaf
knows well the law az tho third table in
carmen as Liyy calls it that fierce incarnation OF tie law
which not only doomed the debtor to slavery but in the
az his having more creditors than one doomed him
10 sale beyond the Tber or his body to division and dis
tribution among his creditors
slavery was an essential element in Grecian poty and
was vigorously defined and regulated There was public
spot in Athens called the ln where reebogn citizens
could be publicly and ndiscriminaey hired with slaves
Hence the Atenan proverb for fallen estate Though
late you have to go to the Tfilln We nd too in
trast with this that the slave whether working for his
master or hired out by him. many
ca comforts than the poor free Athenan citizen that the
latter often consented to abdcate his civic dignity and take
the lot Of the slave in order that he might share in the
comforts of his The works Of the ancient poets
the best testimonies the social condition of antiquity
and the right of the poor free laborer which Is too
often the dyinc right TO sarye strkingy exhibited in
speech of free Athenian citizen in the Wasps Of Ariso
uhanes He says E-n 4.tta -a 4a
~ uh . =, !. v.s,.ho5 ,v.oo, n,ust bnv bread fuel
Win VIA g Ia. @ for ~ slso? And Il NJ
does people. his attendance
him three oboon equal to nine cents where shall
4 have the wherewithal to dine tomorrow 7" es
II ha States os reace Al, labor as COM
ts 80 ansauad roce.. for Tho czsn was wholly bound
- ;l;tarv dnty and nnbc concerns IN the commercial
ranmhIcs the rural aborer stn in urecsely the aame
copdon because commerce and ndustry were tho nau.
NJ - ns ~. r,o. c;,yon thans On the contrary
@ beIa t her evrcnltursl Character and nothing bu,
tba snhseanent necessi,,es of Commerce and dominion
@ a. 49, nar,;n,o So,c I'm to the adm;nst ration nj
p;,a ,yban the cv had eliminated into power by the
and o her poitics had grown rich by the
nf traaa and was adorned nv the creations Of art
s,no o ta Heat amies Of Athens a cung to The ru
;tb th; slavsa aronnd them sharing in their abors
ana their toils The dark pencil Of Thuc has de-
nd @ oloomy ENERGY The grief Of families yino from
h contrv homes at he approach of the
i cnng;ct = And Yenonbon n his OScoDomcg. has pre
served for postery Touching picture OF the life Of an
i Atbsn;an on his nat.rnal acres ~ taa
| r,;, 49, e ;r;,;rs hrouoht hail, hv chona,a,
Il ny 80 eo s r U .t i; ~ "a ~ ;nryo.,; =. ,;nn
o ny r1 n M, VI e .uI f ~ ala f sI i;
=, oieT suppJh I Jha h oa.as;nsS ;ti, raa
a'ss ~ Thrn ,,, ra, ~ s, CIV ~ sur hnndrad dn1lsrs
AMne ta.o ;ns;nyons as y;dnt1v ntamnoraru viii
-. ,sa.; e.. go - tha ao,,coo ~ yo[aa ~. m =,
~ IA aIi Io ro 81 n.roS asr;or 70 AIsYand
~ a. Gnoa. THIS cnnnrt. s th arhanced mica ~ slave
". s.s5~a :; ~ Iatar ;n.cr;,,nn, Tho ,rest achava
80 nts oe tha Mocedonian with tba suhseonent con
a.s. ~ tha pomons had throvn an ;mmanaa amour
IF barbaris cold into crcnation and correspondine
;-os th stssnaard Of va,ua Ths anctuat;op in MIC
,ha sob has sean How s,ranaey does history rsnea
:.,s, :.,o s ~ ~'es'' ~ t-e' N'i''''e' - "'''e' f
mn, vs,.no. ~ sverv 4, arc;a,t soc;etv ia nm nGran
oin se,s r,a tho f the nymber ~ ala We
h a. IL as ,ba Cnas,;on NJ savar
a;s,sa M s sa MON sa sIy and tbs nnmher ~ the lat
a. - nnnscteJ with its constitution ito sn;rit and h
~ ~ 70 = -. ;,us ~ All, ~ 49, ~, ,rasa varv M
rrns IN Ahans md tbe cas which like her nrosecn