Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-16

perform the common labors Of our city, and il
| our families? Must we not then be our own slaves
And is there not more compassion and more favo
due to us as MusselmeD, than to these Christian
! dogs? We have now above fifty thousand slaves
in and near Algiers. This number, ic not KEEP
up by fresh supplies, will soon diminish, and b'
gradually annhlated, If we then cease taking
and plundering the infdel ships and making
slaves of the seamen and passengers our land,
will become of no value for want of cultivation
the rents of houses in the city will sink one-haf
and the revenue of government, arising from its
share of prizes, be totally destroyed And fol
what2 To crafty the whims of whimsical sect
who would not only forbear making more slaves
but even manumit those we have.
But who is to indemnify their masters for
their lossP Will the State dc itP Is our treas
ury sufficient? Will the Erika do it? Can they
do itH Or would they to do what they think jus
tice to the slave, do greater injustice to the
owners2 And if we set our slaves free, what is
20 be done with them? Few of them will return
to their countries; they know too well the great
er hardships they must there be subject to they
will not embrace our holy religion; they will not
adopt our manners our people will not pollute
themselves by intermarrying with them.
"Must we maintain them as beggars in oul
streets, suffer properties to become the prey
of their pllage? For men accustomed to slavery
will not work for their livelihood when not com
pelled. And what is there so ptiable in theil
present condition Were they not slaves in theil
own countries ? Are not Spain, Portugal, France
and the Italian States governed by despots who
hold all their subjects in slavery without ezcep-
ton2 Even England treats its sailors slaves
for they are, whenever the government pleases,
seized and confined on ships of war; condemned
not only to work, but to fight, for small wages, or
mere subsistence, not better than our slaves are
allowed by us. Is their condition then made
worse by their falling into our hands? No they
have only exchanged one slavery for another, and,
may say, q better; for here they brought into
land where the sun Of Islamism gives forth its
light, and shines in full splendor, and they have
an opportunity of making themselves acquainted
with the true doctrine and thereby saving their
immortal souls. Those who remain at home
have not that happiness. Sending the slaves
home, then, would be sending them out of light
into darkness. | repeat the question. What is
TO be done with them2 / have heard it suggest
ed, that they may be planted in the wilderness,
where there is plenty of land for them to subsist
on, and where they may flourish free state
but they are, doubt not, too little disposed to
labor without compulsion, as well as too ignorant
to establish a good government; and the wild
Arabs would soon destroy, or again catch and en-
slave them. While serving us, we take care to
provide them with everything, and they are treat
ed with humanity. The laborers in their own
lodged and clothed. The condition of most of
them is therefore mended, and requires no further
,,nroronont
"Here there lives are in salty. They are not
liable to be impressed for soldiers, and forced to
of ,bo;r own conn,r;os If soma Of tho reI;o;ous
mad h;ro,s ,rbo now tease no With tbeir s;lIv
neti,;ons bove in n A. of hlind zeaI freed their
slaves it not generosity, it was not humanity,
that moved them to the act it was from the con-
scious burthen of load of sins, and hops, from
the supposed merits of so good work, to be
bon 70 snnnoso alnrorn d;sa1iowoa h, tho 3l,oran
A. NOT The tuo nrscentsNto nuote No more
Masters, treat vaur slares ,cith Kindness ,Slaves
serre your masters uith cheerfulness ard fdehty,'
clear proofs to the contraryf Nor can the plum.
derng of inGdels be in that sacred book forbid.
den, since it is we'll known from it that God has
riven the world and all it contains to his faithful
Mussulmans, who are to enjoy it of right, as
fast as they conquer it, Let US, then, hear no
more of this detestibie proposition, the manumis.
sion of Christian slaves, the adoption of which
would, by depreciating our lands and houses, and
thereby depriving so many good citizens of their
properties, create universal discontent. and pro-
woke insurrectlons. to the endangering OF govern
ment and producing general confusion. have
therefore, no doubt out this wise couhcii VIII pre-
fer the comfort and happiness OF a whole nation
OF the true believers, to the whim OF few Erlka,
and dismiss the petition"
The result was, as Mr.. Martin tells u.s. that the
Divan came to this resolution:
'The doctrine that plundering and enslaving
the Christian is unjust is, at best prob!cmatical; /;
but that it is the interest of this State to continue
the practice is clear therefore let the petition be
rejected And was rejected accordingly"
Franklin, in commenting upon this speech,
twenty-four days before his death, said that it
showed "that mems interest and intellects operate
and are operated on with surprising similarity, in
all countries and climates whenever they are
under similar circumstances" ! give the speech
and comments as find them in Frankln's Works,
vol. 2 PIP. 5l7, SIS. 5l9. 520,52l.
denial of the mower nf Conpress over the
snh;ect of slavery in the Terrtories and in tne
Disyr;ct of Colnmb;o have thongbt another error
cor ,rihut;ng largely 10 nnnecessarv AGITATION
had as;o5 70 iooI into this mattor in 1910 and
Suhseonent reHection and observation have hnt con-
f 6rmeS the on;nion I then formed and annonnced
in more than fortv sneeebes in the canvass of IS5l
II ia a matter do NOT nronose To discuss now but
a suggestion or two occurs to me, too pertinent to
be dismissed.