New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-12
which pretend TO find impossible sanctions for Slavery
m ih. Constitution. Listening - these eX;Tageg Fe's
who would no oXclau. with Ben Jonson IN tho pisy =

Grave fstaer, he's po.ses;; again ] say
fo's"sti nay II there e p ssession
And ohsossion he has both.
And row, 'eilow ci,izens, what ia Slavery This Is
no question merely Of Curiosity or philanthropy; Tor
when the National Government, which you ana ~
the Nor heir 20 constitute. is degraded 10 be its ,
strument and all the National Territories are proclasl
oTer 20 its tarbarrm aud the Constitution ltset y pc
verified 70 sanction lie preensiOuf tie whole subject lOg
ally md necessarily enters into orr discussion en-
not be avoided it cannot be bnked out o. SIGHT Nay,
you muft pare upon 1t ~ Your votes at Sne Iob hv
potli,,g 10 do with Slavery. Grar'ed that We have
nothing 10 do " it'll in the Safes we have mn n Z
do will al iis irrational pretensons under The Constr
uon and just 70 long as thesc irralonM pre'ehS'e,
,re urpcd Slavery must be discus ed II must DO laid
hare il lis enormty precisely thJug1 t We're pro-
,C,cd TO plant il here in New-York. Nor can s1rh
wrorg-oul in ielf aud onlrr still i'll ia predecessors
be dealt with tamey. Tdmeness II surrender;
and charity, too, may b. misapped. Forgiv
ing thcse who tTespass against us 7 knGg
not if we are called TO forgive those who tr.s.
pass against others; 20 forgive those wac
tref;ass aga net ra"e 10 forgive those who trcspass
against tie Republic; 10 iorgiv, sose who tre.pass
sraiust civilization; 10 forgive th0s, who tresaas4
agairsi whole race; 20 forgive q -ae who trtspass
agaius' the universal human family; finally 20 forgive
thts. ,go tes tss against God. Such tres now
exist yr.o uf-po-sessing he oryaniza ion Of party
uo,fcssrg the control cf the National Government
constituting "a this moment u colossal pOwer-apd
hat soCmsits bead the likeness Of "A PrcsiGcHth.s
on. Surely II ever there WIS moment when every
faculty should he bent into the service pnt all shout De
mNgoratod by inspiring zeal fey rejected by tqe
hcaTlloes cipomstt, it IL nov, while the ba't,e ha.
tween Civilization and Btrbarism IL still UNDECIDED
and Won are summoned 10 resis. The last dtsper.
shock. To this work am no, equal, but I do rot
sbIiUk from the duties of my rlst Alas llgmah
language IL gentle, and the human voice IL weak.
Words only are mine, when ! oTght 10 comnand
thundcrbois. Voice only j. mine, when, Ike the
icIt AlheuIan, ! ougbl 10 carry The weapons Of
Z, us On the tongue.
What then, repeat s Savcry1 The occasion FOR
bids dctas; but enough must lee presented to oldce
tlis oursce in IL tue lghi-ae som 'thiug
an COZ slant state of oyar whore the ma-t-r IA the
C,Ie'art pggr ssor. AID here / PM aside for the
utIt Az The tales which reach rom the hOrre OF
toud.ge; al the cumu t'ye crushing 'esi.mb1v. alike
from slavs and from their masters; I'll the btrbarOus
n0d,ns Which have hr pad ~ souse ye- 10 feeble
IdpIali u; in short al he glim,ss wh.h have come
10 III from this mighty Blue Boards chamber. All
these pnt aside, lot because they of htle so
mert in exhibiting the true q ara Ter OF Slavery, bnt
be,ause desire to arrIign Slavery grounds ABOVE
all controversy, Impeachment suspicion, even from
slay, mas eIs themselves. Not on triumphant story,
adorned by ihe e nius of womal; not even on ndis-
puable facts do ! now &C rEse Slavery; b1t on ifs
character o. revealed in i's simple definition %
us If. Out Of its own month DO condemn
Ey the tar IF Si0r'ry, man crei'ei lu TIE mas" Of
Cod feariuliy and wonderfully made, wih seg-ibties
OF poatuI" and Pain, ph sentiment ot love" WIZ as
prauous for Improvement, with sens" 81 property,
~,
ohaaci,r and declared 70 be ctafiCi " % I'll il-
tents ard purposes whichever. douot sop g. give
a len 9Th ali lie cdio1s words Won u1tc-s tm'i
la with them. Bot IN t0s simple driui IN = cIu-
Gin,d he ole incaleulabe wrong of Slavery; for
ont II n az from au IN, Xhaurt Die fpun ain are derived
all the urrigheou- preTogaives Of the master These
five in number; and know not which ID mos, re-
voting
First there is the preensOn that man ran hyid pro-
party N man, fcrgc'ful thar, hya law older thtp al
human law foremost stands the indcfeagble right OF
every an 90 hinfclf.
SicoH5lv the a5s0ltc mil fca'i0R IF ne rcldtonof
husband and ritc, ~ that all who CALEB slaves
are d, lv,red over 10 conclbinsgs prostitution II
may be with each other or u may bee with their s-s
Int with whom .ocyer II may be- j. is the sans for VITA
saves aniage is impossible, they dways
" coupled never maTTl'd.
J1rdlV. 7Zs 0Lsolve ratification Of Pie relifioH
Il barcnt and ciid for III. inian legally brlo X.
not the mother who bore il bus to hg master VINO
bought il.
Fouythly: Thc 0bsolut, denial of instruction; for
the master nay always, at hir own rude dsere ION
pr, vent biz victim from learning - read and TINS shut
III on him tnoFe gates of knowledge which open n IA
yis'as n earth and ia Heaven. And
F,Uhig. The Gbs0iite TObb,rV Of M labor 0f an
oihT ana Of all lis fruits; forg-tfn that by he zane
o. IGN al law under which every has title 20 him
self be- hss alao title 10 the fruits of his labor,
amounting ia i'self to sacred property, which no \
person, however called, whether dcspOt or nscr, can
IigheoIsly APP roprste.
such are tie i've ESSENTIAL elements Of slavery. |
Look them, and you wi confcss that this IN l'uon |
apdr forth hateful assemsiage o lniucs 4oothi
wrongs undyr tie sanction % eGlsing law. Take
away any one of thes and Just 20 That eX"at Slavery
VIII cease 70 exist. Take away all ~ d he Slavery |
gu, stion will be settled. Bn, this nsembags becomes
more hateful still when e unniriak able nge BJ,,rc
is detected which Ii slmI ly this-tO o0mpi La5Os !
vith0N r0gcs. Incredible "a u may seem, II cannot
be deI led that the right of man b hmself-the rght
Of husband TO bis wife-the ngnt of pareut ms
child-tbe right If TO n-ruc,ion-the right Of
man 70 the fruits Of his labor-ll bese supreme
rs his by the side OF which Other lights are petty are
trsmp.d down, in order 10 organize that Eeehcddcd
eeliisbne-s practically maintained by the l.h, which
look at il you will, ha- for ~ single ject CoaPUL-
sorry LABOR WITHOUT WAGIs.
That Slavery thus constituted can be good for the |
Muster is one Of the haiucnatiOns Of the syttep n
sometsng like the hslluciuatiOn Of The opueaer. Fs.
cinatiDg possibly IL mag be for time, bat ds6gsng /
and destructive must be in the eEd. Tua asema-.
ter should lie violent and tyr2nnc-that they ,hold
be regardless of all rights, especially where Slavery
wa in ques iona thst the higher virtues OF chara:
ter should fail in them-all this might be Inferred,
even il the absence OF evidence according % the
sstbe laws OF AID effect. No man can ID injus-
tce with impuuity. lie may not sniltr in worldly |
condition; bat he suer III his na,ure. Aud
the very unconsciousness ia which he lives aggravates
tie unhappy ihGence. Nor ia iliariiy with The |
scenes Of Slavery fail to exer, hardening inile ic,
Persons become accustomed - of brutality, Mi
they witness item with indifference. Hog trtb that
master Of human nature EAs portrayed this tendency
in bis picture Of dire ection Medical College where
the President maintains the dignity OF msenshlIy
corpse which he regards simply he object Of lee
ture. And Horace WalpOle who admired the SatIr of
tbs picture finds M it an Illus ration OF The truth
he legal babtude OF viewing shocking scsnes brcns
the human mind, and renders il uni.elng' And this
simple truth III Its most generalappl"atOn illustrates
the condition OF tie Master. How can he show
sensilnty for the rights of feo wci.iZsns,
sacrifices daily the mort s,cred rgas Of o. merely
10 secure i0byr trffbOUt rages. With him false |
standard IL .essarily established, br ngins WI h II
hlnli nnri eeIte and grounded peIc. Iln. lint