The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-07-11

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,enduIore upon the bseast, i common 70 -
,soulsfion on the Slopes Of the Alps; but. &C.
nstou,ed to this defoemity, the sufferer cones 70
regard il with pride, "a Slave-masters win US
,sS.rd slavery. and is u Gid that those Who nave
ro sveI!ing are laughed at and called goose
neeked." NJ .La.a A.. nod.
Vnh knowledge comes distfust and the mo9-
-. .oo.c;opsness of imperfection but the pride
Df barbarian has no such limitations. IL oAiAtes
h the tiin air Of ignorance, and makes Doesta
su,.l, IL tbese illustrations are not entirely N.
.unIic.hla. then must We fnd in the boosts OF |
new occasion TO regret the inno- |
encs Of Slavery.
IL il th;a sau,e influence which renders Slave
masters insensible to those characters which are
su,oue the true glories of the Republic; winch
makes them forget that JeAesson, Who wrose tne
DecIasasiou of Independence, and Washineson,
- comnanded It's armies, we're Abofitionists /;
vh;ch renders them insensible 70 the inspiring
wo,ds of the one, and to the commanding exam
ME of the other Of these great men, It Is the
nraise. well deserving perpetual mention, ana
only erudeed by a maign Influence, that reared
am;dst Slavery, they did not hesitate 70 condemn
X, To the present debate, jefferson, In repeat
"a utsersnces. alive with the fire OF genius ana
truth. hss contributed the most important testl-
mony for Freedom ever pronounced IN this hem
;snhere. in words equal to the cause, and W asn-
inston. often quoted as a Slave.master, IN the
solemn dispositions of his last Will and Tesla
mont bas contributed an example which ID De-
,ond even the words Of Jefferson. DO NOT, SIR,
CAN him a SIave-master, who entered into the
nresence Of his Maker only as the Emancpator
If his slaves. The difference between sucn men
and the Slaye-masters whom ! expose to-day ID
40 precise that il cannot be mistaken. The nrss
looked dorn upon Slavery; the second Ioo6 up
TO Slavery. The first, recognizing its wrong
wore At once liberated from its pcrnleioas innu,
ences. while the latter, uphoding 1t as right ana
" ennobling," must naturally draw from iss mo
lives Of conduct. The first, conscious OF the
character Of Slavery, were not mised Dy ~ 'ne
secoud. dwelling in Inconsistencies OF its true
chsracter. surrender bindly to its barbarous ten
denotes, and verifying the words OF the poet,
-"s So perfect Is their misery,
SoA once percsiye their foul disagreement,
IN, hosst the mselves eomely than before
Mr.. President, it is time to close this branch OF
the argument. The Barbarism OF Slavery mas
now been exposed, first, in the Law of Slavery,
vith tia five pretensions, founded on the asser-
tom of property in man, the denial OF the con-
iu1al relation, the infracon Of the parental rela-
lion. the exclusion from knowledge, and the rob-
berv of the fruits of another's labor, all these
having the single object Of compelling men to
.oorE cthost RACES, while its Barbarism was still
further astested by tracing the law in its origin
to barbarous Africa and secondly, it has been
sxDosed in careful examination OF the econom-
icai results Of Slavery, illustrated bys contrast
between the Free States and the Slave States,
sustained by official figures. From this exposure
Of Slavery, proceeded to consider its influence
ON Shvc-masters; whose true character stands
coufesued. first, in the Law Of Slavery which ia
their work next, in the relations between them
and their slaves, maintained by three inhuman
;Dstruments: next, in their relations with each
other. and with society, and here We have seen
them at home under the immediate influence oil
Slavery-also in the communities OF which they
are part--practicing violence, and pushing II
everywhere. in street fight and in duel; espe'
ci.lly r.eine against all who question the preten.
eions of Slavery; entering even into the Free
States: but not in lawless outbreaks only; also
In official acts, a. Of Georgia and OF South Caro-
lima. with regard to two Massachusetts, citizens
and then, ascending in audacity, entering the
Halls of Congress, where they have ragged a. al
home against all who set themselves against thel'
assumptions, while the gloomy array Of unques
tionable facts has been closed by portraying the
melancholy Inconsistencies which constitutes
one of the distinctive features OF this Barbarism
Such ia nv answer to the assumption of fact
in behalf Of Slavery by Senators on the otheI
side. But before passing to that other assump
ton of constitutional Law, which constitutes tn'
second branch of this discussion, add testimony
TO the influence of Slavery on Slave-masters II
other countries, which is too important to b'
neglected, and may properly lind . place here
Among those who have done most 70 pres
forvari in Russia that sublime act of emancipa
lnstre mot only for his own country, but for ou
AGE. IL n. TourgueneG. Originally Slave.mas
tor himself. with numerous slaves, and residing
where Slavery prevailed, he saw, with the in
s,iucts of noble character, the essential Barba
r;sm of this relation, and in an elaborate worl
an Russia. which il now before me, he exposes
il with rare ability and courage. Thus he speak
of its influence on Slave masters:
But il Slavery degradss the slave, it degrades NOR
,he MASTER Ills old adage, and long
have proved to me that this adAge n not paradox.
S.., nov can that respect his own dignity his or
rights whe learned not to respect either the gnt
an, the dspty Of his fellow man? What control can IN
moral and religious sentiments have over man no see
himself invested With power so emnently cootrsfy
moral. and regions The continual exercise OF an unyus
elam even when u moderated, finishes BY oorrupun
the character Of the man. and ,po.lins mn judgement
tice the relations Of the master with the slave cannot
othsrvise than Q succession Of injusteea Among GOO
masters a.nd : :xss 20 ,, ct the, mighty these 81 Ies
tia A. clothed with forms less repusnaut than anon
other but here the difference stops Who could renal
Away. purs, whom carried away By ha dspositcn excl
TAD hr his temper, drawn by caprice no can with impu
ntv oppress insut, humiats his follows. And let it
srsuliv Remarked that intelligence cvilization do no
avail The snlighteusd man, the civilized man, Is NON
sary that it should be impossible for him to oppress
mss cannot k. Louis XIV throw their stick from IN
window when they feel desire to strike Id hnsse
Les Rxsses, nd, n, pa9s lS'-s.
Another authority, unimpeachable at al points
chose fortune It has been, from extensive trav
eia. to zee Slavery in the most various forms. an
Slaye.masters under the most various CONDITION
II refer to the great African traveller, DIR. Li'
;nostone-thus touches the character Of Slave
masters:
"Ieau never cease to be unfeignedly thankful that
ms not born In land Of slaves No one can understan
ehe upntAer,hls meanness Of the slave system ON ii
.ninds Of ,hoes vho the strange oQusy UAih pr
u<nts Aen from toelR9 The degraddioN Of n9 oeg gft
MN epouah to pay for seroes rendered weuld Be equal
virtue ourselves Fraud becomes natural to them
paying ones way is to the rest ID MANKIND -A"c'
stone's Travis, chapter II, pages
Thus does the experience Of Slavery in othe
countries confirm the sad experience among Vi
SxcoxD AssuxPrIOx.-Discarding now all tn
uresumptuous boasts for Slavery, and bearing
mind iss essential Barbarism, come to consids
that second assumption Of Senators on the Oths
side, which u, Of course, inspired by the hrs
even If not il immediate consequence, that. vi
der the Constitution, Slaye-masters may TAX
their shves into the national Territories, an
there continue to bold them, - at home in ii
Slave EtaSes; and that this would be the case
any territory newly acquired. by purchase or
war, ss Of Mexico on the South or Canada Q