, 1860-06-08

l 01A 4ualt Will It NJ great story
Of redemption, Whea the Lord raised the slave
born Moses TO deliver his chosen people from
Tue mouse OF bondage; and ith that butIimer
stofy, "nefe tae 5a7loar died cruel d-ath.
| tnat ail men, without distinction of race. might
| oe aaFeo. leaving to n,nskind commandments
| cry impossible. Thus, in order TO iasten xo,,r
maoac'es upon the slave, you fusten other man
aclrs "non his soul. Sir, is not slavery bar.
baroua:" 'AA
| TUE SLAVE DEsPoIlED or HIS LABOR
Flithly. Slavery paints itself again in the IN.
preparation Of alt the toll of its victims YcIui
ing them from that property in their o4n earn.
1ngs which the law of nature allows and ciyil-
zat,on secures. The painful injustice Of this
berry and petty larcsny under :he garb Of Inv.
aaa even lfs meanuess is lost in the absurditf
Of Its associate preteution that the African
thus despolled OF all his earnings, II saved from
poverty, and that for his own good l.e must
work tor his master, and not for himself. Alas !
~ suoh tal'acy is whole race pa,,per;zzd.
AND yet this transaction is not Without illus.
t1atlve example. solemn poet, whose verse
has lonnd "1de favor, pictures q creature who
With one hand pu,
And With the other look AAlt NJ out
l-FoHofkt f"af4. Of 7in.>, Lo3k t-IFI.. a.!
Aud celebrated traveller through Russia. more
IT, who. while on his knees before an altar Of the
Greek Ct urcb, devoutly told his bends w,tb one
hand, and with the other deliberately picked The
pocket Of fellow sinner by his side Not ad-
mir'pk these 1nstauces, cannot cease to de-
plore system winch has much Of both, while
from the sl+se all the fruits OF his bitter sweat
aud thus takes from him the handspring to e..
ertlon- Tell me sir, is not slavery barb rous:"
REHABILITATION or TIE CHARGES. =
Such Is slavery in its five speeia, element. -
barbarisn, as recognized by law first, ussun
ing that man can hold PROPERTY iu man. sec
ondy, abrogating the relat1on Of husband md
aud wife; thirdly, abrogating the parental tie :
tourthls, closing the gates OF knowledge; and
filthy. approps'atipg the unpaid labor Of anntll.
en- Take away these elements, sumo ines
called "abuses," and slavery will cease 10 exist.
for it is these very "abuses" which cnnstitm;e
slavery. Take away any one OF them. apd the
abolition Of slavery begins. And wh-n 1 pr.-
sent slavery lor Judgment, Imeao no slight evil.
with regard to which there mtsy be Il reasona-
bic difference OF opinion, but / mean this 6ye-
fold emboci iment Of abuse"-this cbastly
quincunx Of barbarsu-"eaeh particular Of
which, If considered separately, must be de-
nounced at once, with all the a-dcr of an honest
soul, while the whole fire fold combination
must awake a FIVE fold denunciation. But Ibis
five. fold combination becomes still more hatr.
Senator from Mississippi tMr. Dayis) SAYS tha.
it is "but form Of evil government for those
who are not 1T to govern themselves" The
Senator il mistaken. 1t is M outrage where
five different pretensiops all concur in one single
object, looking only to the profit Of tie master
aud constituting its ever present motive power
which is simply to compel the labor Of fellow
men without wages. Ii the offence Of slavery
were less extended lift were confined to some
narrow region; il it had less Of grandeur IN its
3roportiots; il it's victims were counted By tens
and hundFeTs. instead Of millions, The five.
headed enormity would find little indulgence,
AZ aoond rie against il, .cdile -tI,gion and ciri-
izakioa tcould l4ri.h thi~ ehnie.st efarts in the
| qentral tcarfure- But what is wrong u hen done
to enc man cannot be right when done 10 many.
II it is wrong thus to degrade single soul-if
| it is wrong thus to degrade you, Mr. President
| it cannot be ri.l: to degrade whole race.
| And yet this is denied bF the barbaEou3 lo,,ic
| Of slavery. which, taking advantage Of. its own
wrong, c'aims immunity because its usurpaton
has assumed front cf audacity that can ns be
safely attacked. Cnh,ppiiv, th<re is 6arb7risn,
| tistpAere in the tctr!d but Ame,ican slaytru,
a. dtj5ned by exissiny L'w, stands tortA az tls
| gr<atest oryani=ed 51rbariem on Which the sun
| no.o shsnts. 1t is without single pees. It's au
thor, utter making it, broke the die.
ArR1cAs1zA71 OF 7uE CONSTITUTION,
This assumption may be described US M at
tempt to Africanize the Constitution, by intro.
ducipg into it the barbarous law of slavery.
derived, as we have seen. originally fran bar.
barous Africa; and then, shs oueh such African
izaion Of the Constitution, to Af1icanze the
Territories. ln using this 1anguage to express
The obvious fleet Of this assumption, I borrow
suggestive term. first employed By Por:u.
guese writer al the beginning OF this century.
when protesting against the spread of slavery
in Bzzzil. {Scs Rosters Travels in Brazil. voi.
H., P. o4S) Anal5ze the assumption, and il
will be found to stand on two pretensionH,
either Of which faiiug, the assumption futls
also. These two are-frst, the African pretep-
sion Of property in man; and, secondly, the
p1etension that such property is recognized in
the Coz stitution.
DIFFERENCE HErWEES PERSON AND THING.
Property implies m owner and thing owned.
On the one side Is human being, and on the
other side thing. But the very idea Of hu-
man being necessarily excludes the idea o'
property in that being, just rs the vcry idea OF
| a thing necessarily excludes tho idcn Of
human being. It is cle3r that thing cannot
be human being, aud 1t is equally clear that
human being cannot be- thing. And the
Law itself, when it adopts the phrase, "relA'
tion o. master aud s!ave." confetses its
| reluctance to sarction the cain Of property.
| It shrinks from the p1etension Of Senators,
aud Satisfies itself vito formula, which does
| not openly degrade human natuIe. If this
| property does exist, out of what title is it de-
rived? Under what ordinance Of nature or Of
Natures God is one human being slammed an
owner and another s.amped u thing. God is
no rcsPecter Of persons. Where IL the sane
tiou for this respect Of certain persons to de-
| gree which becomes outrage 10 other persons!
Gad is the father Of the human family, and we
are all bis children. Where then is the sane.
tion OF this pretenslon By which brother lays
rio1eot hands upon q brother: To ask these
questions is huuilia:iug; but 1t is clear there
can be but one response. There is no sanction
for such pretension: no ordinance for il, or
title On ali grounds Of reason, md w.riug
all questions Of positive" statnte, The Vermont
Judge was nob'y right when, in rejecting the
claim Of Stare master, be said, I'M; not until
you show bill Of sale from The Almighty"
Nothing short Of this impossible liak in The
chaiu Of title would do. know something Of
The great judgments By which the jurispruieuce
Of our country has been Illustrated; bu.
doubt il there Is anything 10 the wisdom o.
pleteress Of Kent. which will brighten with
time ike this honest decree.
TIE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR or SLAVERY.
The intrinsic feeblepess Of this p.ctsnsion is
apparent in the intrinsic Eeebiene.s Of the ar.u-
mtpts By which it is maintained. These sre
two fold, and both have been put forth ic re-
cent debate By the Senator from Mississippi,
lalr. Daris) The FIRST is the alleged in!es'o.1ty
OF the African race; au argument which, while
oo*AC0ue4An3 ~ Si1eE q ~AV4o Aete1 'e@'eo -
uncertain wnsther the same principle may not
be applied to other races, as to the po'i:h he'd
Japanese, who are uoH tha guests Of the nation,
and even 10 persons Of obvious lnferior'ty In
the whita race. Indeed, the latter pretension
is openly made in Other quarters. The Rtch-
moud Enquirer, leading Journal OF sIaFe mas
ters. declares, "4he principle OF slavery IS In
itself right, and does not depend on difference
Of compile exiou." And = leading writer among
slsEemnssers, GeTge F.zhugh, Of S'rglots, In
his Sociology for tie Scrth, declares, *'s:oEe'y,
black or white, is right and necessary. Satutes
has made the weak IN mind or body tor slaves
And in The same rsin, Democrasic: paper Of
South Carolina h.s said, "o1aseEy Is rho natural
and normal condition OF the laboE'ng mcn,
white or black" These more e1trarasant pre-
tensions reveal still further the ieeb!ea7ss oi the
pretersion pus forth By tue Senator; while IL.
stances, accommodating constantly, Attest the
difficulty of discriminating betwetn the two
races Mr Paxton. OF Virginia, tells us that
s.the best blood in Virginia f9Es ID the Veins Of
the sIaves;" AID fugitive Slaves have been Int.
.esly advertise5 as possessing - round tAce,
t'blue eyes," "faxen h.ir," and Us 'escsp!ng
under tbs prctencs of -nelbs white nsan."
TIE Duty OF CIVILIZATION 70 TEE sEGRo.
Ihis is rot the !iu1s 10 entar upon tie great
question Of race, ln the various tights OF relig-
ron. history aud .cieuce. Sure sn that they
who understand it best will be least disposed
to the pretension which, On tie assumed gs sound
Of lufrriori'y, would condemn one race to be
the property Of another. If the African rice
be inferior, as is alleged, then is i the unques.
tionable duty Of Christian civilization 10 ut