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do not believe this measure to be inhumane
which having been asserted, brings Us 20 the oues-
on Of slavery in the abstract and to the subject in
Z moral point Of view. | think slavery is morally,
socially and politically right hence il is, moral
social and poiiieal blessing, beneficial to the
ter slave, and nation, where it exists As to It's
morality We can BIZ reference to the iEal Arbiter .
'he light OF revelation, test the question. There
we mad It has divine Origin, and Is not enc of the
otuei institutions OF man as some contend. Weseo
II predicted in prophecy and it has existed sines
it was said" God shall enlarge Lambeth and he
shall dwell In the tents Of Shem and Canaan shall
be bis servant" down to this hour The relation
of master and slave is laugh. in the Old and New
TestsmeHts, hence, it cannot be iBaamane if inst;
tuted by God himself When it was predicted TO be
the fate of the African, the same time blessn o
was pronounced upon the sl&ve-hplders. Isit in.
humane 70 assign them to position for which the
were created, think the converse Of the PROPOSE
ton would be true. To impose upon them labili.
lies and responsibilities, which they not cspa-
BILE Of enduring would be inhumane. The capacity
Of the negro, his color, his WOOly hair, and tn
conformation Of his head, show eonelusively, that
he is inferior to the whites Their history shows
! that they are not capable Of selfgcyernment. The
constant exeTtion, toll and attention, great
cares for them, and prove Injurious, instead of
beneficial Of which Liberia and St. Domingo are
I evidences. In st. Domingo, one of the richest
of the West Indies, whose exports before libt-
ration of The slaves. for year was, 200 600
600 pounds Of cotton; since that time, the exports
have been nominal The cotton fields and clfre
plantations now lying in waste. II they are
capable of self-government, why have they not in
stitutions, Furnishing republics in their native
country, aud expire those fertile regioas, which
has required the genius CT the white man 10 pene-
tra.e.
The proposition assumed by me, do not suppose,
will be endorsed by every OIe, for il has been but
short time since heard aft IN that slavery was
moral, social and political evil It is morally
right because il was ordained BY our Creator; So:
cially right, because it the demands Of soci,
W. there is q necessity for mebials IN all society,"
politically right, because it does not violate any
fundamental principle of government. Il is NOR
al blessing, from The fact that the slave is religious
ly benehued by his association with The white man.
social blessing TO the whites the slaves do the
mental service which would occupy their stteLti0u
from more important vacations, whereby white men
make themselves more useful 10 their country q
political blessing, because they develOpe our sgri-
cultural and increase cur expectation, |
thereby making great commercial nation. If
my premises true, the charge of inbumsnity falls
to the ground. Instead Of acting inhumanly We act
for their benefit. Freedom with them has been the |
history Of Incidence vice and crime, often stained
with the blood Of their oWn kind, and frequently i
the whites fail victims to their helish designs. |
Freedom to then is sssuredly poison, and they
eeive it to be cessation Of labor aud full license 10
do what they please. They have no adequate con-
ception OF freedom, and have none. Servili.y is
ingram, nstursl and coherent, It was planted in
them by God himself and cannot be ersdca:ed by
any course Of training of man. They make good
slaves because that principle predominates with
them.
The responsibilities of freedom are too great for
.hem ard il is instead Of q blessing curse 70
then-henee, the man that emaneipates his slave,
entails upon him q curse. Way nature implanted
such principles in them and made them slaves is
not pertinent TO the question, 1t Is enough that IS
true.
Slavery if it is inhuman (which deuy) il the
United 5 ates, has done TO eivlize and chris
tisniZe the negro than all the missionary soceties
in chrisicndom; look negroes that are now eLjOy
ing the benefits Of christianity, while sl Africa is
now sleeping in superstition, and what Will he the
prorriety of sending the free negroes 10 Liberia,
some desire 10 DO. By the way, think the Col
onizsiion Society siupendOns humbug and fail
ure for ne negroes that have sent there are in
an Infinitely worse eondIfio7 that If they were
in slavery, and would be glad 70 return and go
into slavery Those that have been sent there
are rapidly degenerating from the position that they
occupied in the States, AID have fallen victims
to tue cruelty of the natives. l have heard it
AllegeO lDht Tree uoe5 HUI CAOoSc " ~
iato elayery there is no place left fer him to go
He could go the North, for only two States pro-
hIbit them from coming within their limits, and in
Massachusetts it IS SAID thsy rather have Two tree
negroes than one foreigner They feel such So
leliude for the negro that they could not consist
tently refuse him an asylum. Northern men in H'gh
positions recognise them equals and contend tina.
tho principle Of absorption viii determine which is
the superior rae. ard teach the doctrine Of lI
being rue, IL Is hardly supPOsahe
4 a ~
ems line with IRE and sword ami drive them BAGS
to the S1uLn. | do not TANK this 5t,On veil
taken 10 the bill, ami l wish TO make few re-
markc upon the expedieney Of The bail sad have
done.
A. the North, the tide of fsuaticisu IS roliog
high and slaves conscious of IL and discU
it among themselves; and if an iIsurrectionary
movement is put foot, tbs free negroes OF the
Suu,h would natuf2ily their emissrIes TO Ibh ms
the minds Of the slaves Tnis is 90 false assImP-
ton for after the of 1856 for Presdsat,
which the liberation Of the discussed,
see i'm nedia,ely incideots tina. prove tnere was
movement commenced sysiem8licaily to carry on q
seryile war; we see the free negro implicated 10 thu
plot and assisting in procuring ammunition and i'm
piments Of war IL plot to dreneh our be,r,h-
stones with the blood OF eur mothers and our Sis
iers ana tue free negro TO be the foremost in this
diabolieal war? Ia the recent outbreak al HarPers
Ferry when treason stslked abroad in open sunlight
when innocent blood made TO crimson the nigh
ways; when the home Of Washington was deseerated
by the footprints Of the rsitOr-in that scene Of
blood the free negro bore his part and will have TO
atone the galloWs.
In order to q clearer elueidation Of the fact that
free negroes prompt insurrection in the slave, will
refer you to the seryile war in Hsyti, which has
never been equalled in the history Of man, the re-
of which makes the cheeks Of the phsn-
tbropist grow pale. The history shows that there
was a war Wsged by the free negroes against the
whites in order to establish their equality socially
and politically, which the whites refused to
kno Wedge; and the slaves took advantage Of the
TO assert their freedom at the point
of the bsyonet, and aided by the free negroes
the short period Of two months Of this relentless
war, two thousand white women and children fell
by the sword OF their own affairs. One hundred
aud eighty cotton farms, and nine hundred coffee
and Indigo settlements were laid in waste, and
May cit zens who before living IN opuence,
we're reduced to penury and want, and had 10 fly
from their affairs and ires 10 order to save their
lves.s This is only an instance of the evil co1se-
queuces Of free negroes being among slaves. There
is an ''irrepressibe conflict" between the presence
Of free negroes and the duties and obligations Of
the slaves, and keeping them here is hugging the
asp to our bosoms that will send poison TO the
heart, ard nourishing 20 many vampires that will
destroy finally our peace. But may be lulled
into fatal security while another gun-PoWder plot
is to be re-enacted in our midst Shall wait I'M
til evil timee come upon US, aud another guerilla
band applies the torch TO homes and towns!
Self-defence calls for such law; sefpreserVafion
calls loudly for it. here close.
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