The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-04-11

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gentleman further than to say that will take
another opportunity to answer him.
Mr.. Lamar. Sir, the gentleman said that
the sentiment Of all Christendom was repug-
rant to the institution Of slavery, CHRISTIAN
ty came into the world when the relation Of
man and slave was one Of cruelty and hostili-
ty. sour slaves are not enemies" was the
observation of the elder Cato. How did our
Saviour and his apostles treat that relation p
propose, sir, no views ofmy own but give
an extract from Dr. Wayland's Element OF
Moral Science, the textbook Of yonr northern
schools. In an argument, seeking TO prove
s'the moral principles of the Gospel to be sub
versive Of the principles of slavery, he makes
the following admission
sThe Gospel neither commands masters
to manumit their slaves nor authorizes slaves
b free themselves from their masters; and
also, it goes further, and prescribes the duties
suited TO both parties in their present condi-
tom
Again:
"The duty b slaves is also explicitly made
known in the Bible. They are bound to ODE
dience, fidelity, submission and respect to their
masters, not only TO the good and kind, but
also to thu unkind and froward; not, however,
on the ground Of duty to man, but on the
ground Of duty to God."-W ayla1lds Elements
of Moral Science, pages 225 and 229, edition in
the Congressional Library.
This IS abolition authority, want it under
stood
Now, sir, the teachings of the Apostles, as
they are here made known by DR.. Wayland,
were the teachings of the Christian Church
The Church was itself stakeholder, and Chris
tian kings and princes followed its example.
There is in Hampton Court at this day, the
marble bust ofthe fayorite negro slave of VIII
Liam Ill, Prince Of 0range-ene of the cheru-
BIN of English hberty-with carved collar
around his neck, with paddock upon it, and
m every respect made Ike dogs's collar.
- But, so. -there X ono aTfhority which Z
came near forgetting to read, and which 1 sup
pose stands higher with those gentlemen than
even Dr. Maryland. 1t IS work which is an
elaborate exposition of certain abstract princi-
pies ofNew England theology and politics,
albeit in naff1s;Se and dramatic form. read
from the Minister'S Wuof.ss.s ly 1Irs- HAss;.t
Beecher Stowe. laughter. In tins novel,
which would stand unequalled as work OF
fiction but for the anti-slayery bigotry which
runsIike coarse black thread through the 9TH
erwise admirable tissue of thought and feeling,
she puts in the mouth of the erudite and
learned DR.. Hopkins-the hero. BY the way,
ofthe tale-the following answer to Mr.. Mar
vyn's question:
"was there an express permission given to
Israel to buy and hold slaves as of old %
Says the Doctor:
Doubtless; but many permissions were
given to them which were local and tempora-
~ for if we hold them to apply to the human
race, the Turks might quote the Bible for max
ing slaves Of us, if they could; and the Al
gerines have the scripture all on their side;
and our own blacks at some future time, If
they can get the power might justify them
selves in making slaves of u.s. tpage 174l
Now, sr, lido not wish the point ofmy argu-
ment misunderstood. lam not seeking to show
Bible sanction of Southern slavery as it now |
exists. do not ask your assent to that |
Ny point is, that the principle with which |
you are warning upon US, is condemned by |
the ordinance of God and the language of |
Scripture. l say that God would never, even |
''for local and temporary purposes, have CIV |
en- permission for that which comes in conflict |
with those mmutable principles of natural |
right Of which he IS the author. When he |
established slavery among the Jews, he es-
tablished the principle that there may be con-
ditinns and circumstances under which slave |
~ IS not s'hateful 10 God or unjust to man."
Nor does this argument justify Turkish slave |
~, Alegerine slavery, or white slavery it |
iustifes no sort Of slavery except that which |
.justifies itself BY the nghtfulness of its own |
conditions and circumstances. And this is |
the ground upon which we Of the South place |
our cherished institutions We maintain that |
these justyfying circumstances do exist In re- |
lation to our Institutions of negro slavery
Thar ~. Of he hlaoIr
race for condition higher than that Of slave
ry. Our proposition is. that when these two |
races are brought into contact, the supremacy |
of the white man must be acknowledged, and |
his right to govern both races with reference to
the happiness of both. This is the principle |
upon which, until recently, the legislation of |
all your northern States was founded. They
all asserted the supremacy of the white man
and the subordination Of the black man.
The gentleman from Connecticut, Mr. Fer
~, stated that the object of our Revolution |
"a Inc Tn aea sali jn pe!isl
to social and civil liberty" He ought to have
had the candor to have held up his own State |
to public apprehension for violating this princi-
pie for in Connecticut he knows the negro |
has neither political or social equality that he is
deprived of the right OF voting; that he is legal
" incompetent as witness against white |
men, and excluded from the right of interinar- |
rage with whites Those gentlemen guard
sedulously enough against all contact of this I
race with themselves, or their own class of
society could not insult that gentleman
more grossly than to ask him if he is willing
to throw open the sacred precincts of his FAM
lily, and allow the negro to come in as an equal
member. No, sir but he is for freeing has
lGJor, and possibly for giving him the right of
voting, and by that means bringing him in
contact and equality, not NTH himself but with
the ta5oring telate freenea of the North and
why such proposition does not kindle con-
Stunning fame of Indignation among those Ia
boring freemen Of the North, is one of those
political phenomena for which / will not un-
dertake to account
Sir, the only cause of the difference between
the legislation of Northern and southern
States upon the subject of slavery, is, that the
negroes are not sufficient in numbers at the
North to make it necessary to reduce them to
the condition Of domestic seryitude, while
with us that condition IS indispensable to the
good and welfare Of the whole society. And
IS demonstnble-and will make it SO ap-
pear, if have time-that the negro In the
southern States has reached moral and in
tellectual development superior to his race in
any other position in which he has been placed |
That he contributes more, in his present con-
dition, to the good of mankind, their moral .
and intellectual progress, than IN any other
position in which he has been placed. What ,
was his condition when he was first brought
here Look at him upon his native confin- ,
ent. = The most humane explorers of the AZ ,
riean continent tell Us that they exist there !,
without social or political order, without mo-
desty or shame, some of the tribes not even | ,
reaching the CIVILIZATION of the fig-leaf i
propose, just here, toread Hegel's Philoso- :
ply of History, an imperishable monument of
human genius, IN which the author holds |
freedom to be the essence Of humanity, and !
slavery the condition Of injustice" And what !
does he say
-fThe negro, as already observed, exhibits .
the natural man IN his completely wild and {
untamed state We must lay aside all thought .
Of reverence and morality, all that wecall feel
ng, if we would rightly comprehend him.
There is nothing harmonious with humanity
% be found IN this type Of character" [page
~
aThe undertaking Of humanity among
hem an incredible degree Of intensity. Tyran-
~ is regarded as no wrong, and cannibalism is
ooked upon as quite customary and proper
THE deyouring Of human |
iesh is altogether consonant with the general .
principles Of the African race. To the sensual j
legro, human flesh is but an object of sense j
mere fiesh." Page oo-1o0 II
After describing many other characteristics, .
he author concludes "slacery to have been ].
he occasion Of the increase Of human feeling /
among the negroes. The doctrine which we
leduce from this condition Of slavery among
he negroes, and which constitutes the only
tide Of the question that has an interest for
,ur inquiry, is that which we deduce from :
dea, viz that the natural condition itself 3 I
me Of absolute and thorough injustice, contra. !
vention of the right and just. Every inter- :
Mediate grade between this and the realization /.
# a rational state retains, as might be expec- !
ed, elements and aspects Of injustice. There ,
ore, we find that slavery in the Greek and Ro-
nan States, as we do serfdom, down to the Ia !
est times. But thus existing ina State, slavery !
$ itself a phase Of Advance from the merely as
11fe1 sensual eriske7ice phase of education m | :