Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-07-12


say that as Virginian.'
But euough-enough: and | now
turn from this branch OF the argument
with q single remark. While exhib-
iting the character of slave-masters.
these numerous instances-and they
might be multiplied inieiinitely-al-
test the weakness OF their cause. /,
requires no special talent to estimate
the inSigniticance of argument tha,
can be suppoi ted hut ly violence. The
scholar will not forget the story told
by Lucian of the coiloquy between
Jupiter anil simple country man.
They talked with ea- e and freedom un-
I'll they differed, when the al giy god
at once menaced his honest opponent
with thunderbolt 'Ah. ahr said
the clown. with perfect composure.
now, Jupiter. | know you ale wrong.
You are always wrong when you ap-
peal to your thunder And permit
me TO say that every appeal, whether
to the duel. the bludgeon or the revol-
ver-everv menace OF personal vio-
lence. and every outrage OF language.
besides disclosing hideous barbar-
i'm, also discloscs the ,evered ner-
vousncss of cause already handled
in debate.
"a Much as has been said to ex-
hiLit the character of slave masters.
the work would he incomplete ii |
failed to point out that unconscious
ness of the fatal Influence of slavery
which completes the eyiderce 'f the
barbarism under which they live Nor
am at liberty to decline this topic:
but | shall be brief
That Senators should openly declare
slavery 'ennobling. at least to the
master. and also the black marble
keystone of our national arch would
excite wonder if it were not explained
By the examples of history. Thee
are men who. in the spirit Of paradox.
make themselves the partisan OF bad
cause. as jerome Carlan wrote an en-
comium ON Nero. But. where there
is no disposition to paradox, it Is nat
ural that cherished Practice should
blind those who are under It's intln-
cncc: nor is there any end to these ex
aggerationS According to Thucyd-
illes, piracy in The early ages OF Greece
was alike Widespread and honorable:
so much so, that Telemachus and Mem
tor, on landing at Mycena. were
asked by NeStor if they were pirates
precisely a. a stranger in South
Carolina might be askei if lac " ere a
slave. master. Kidnapping. too. which
was a kindred indulgence. was openly
|, avowed. and. | doubt not. held To be
.ennoIling' Next to the unconscious
ness which is noticed in childhood. il
the unconsciuusnes Of barbarism. The
| real barbarian is as unconscious as All
infant; and the slave-master shows
much Of the same character. No New
: Zealanler exults in his tattoo. no saw
aye Of the North West Coast cxult>
: in his fiat head. more than the slave
, master in these latter days-anl al
: WAYS, of course. with honorable ex.
1 ceptions-exults in his unfortunate
D con ition. The slave master hugs hi>
{ disgusting practice as the Carib of the
i. Gulf hugged cannibalism. and a
a Brigham Ioung now hugs polygamy
J, The deusion of the 'goitre' is re-
: peated This predictions swelling of
H. ,a..i- ,,o,-,,, S,,,,, 50 b,la,,. -.
t let OF flesh, p ndulou. upon the brcas'
: is common to the population on th,
t slopes of the Alps; but, accustomed t.
e this deformiiy, the sufferer comes Il
II regard it with pride, As slave-maSteri
!, with us regard slavery. and it IS sal,
Is that those who have no swelling ar
: laughed at and called 'goose-necks =
le With knowledge comes distru>t an
the modest consciousness of imperiec
It ton; but the p,i,le of barbarism hai
S. no such limitations. 1t di.aies in tn
a, thin air of ignorance, and make
Z boasts. Surely, If these illustration
are not entirely inapplicable. the
D. mast we find in the boasts of slave
re masters new occasion to regret the in
Of huence of slavery.
Il 1t is this same influence which rem
ders slave-masters insensible 70 tho>
p characters. which are among the :ru
Of glories of the Republic; which make
:, them forget that Jefferson who wrot
y the Declaration of Independence. an
u Washington. who commanded its al
I'd mics were Abolitionists; which ren
derS them insensible 10 the inspirin
IN words of the one. and the com nand
al ing example of the other. OF thcs
Id great men it is the praise. well le>ers
ing perpetual mention, and oni
to grudged by a small Influence, III:
e. reared amid Slavery they DO not hes
N, tate to condemn it. To the pre>eI
debate. Jefferson. in repeated utie
oil ances, alive to the fire of genius au
lal truth, has contributed the most In
OF portant testimony to Freedom evl
"a pronounced in thi, hemisphere.
'nt words equal TO the cause; and Was
lie, ington, often quoted as slavelna
ter. ia the solemn dispositions of h
rel last wall AMI testament. has c0ntri
his nted an example which Is beyond e
en- the words OF Jefferson. b. u,
Ia. Sir. call him a slave-master who c
tered into the presence Of lIis MAJ;
only a the emancipator Of his slavr
his The difference between srcA men a
the slave-masters whom expose
day is so precise that it cannot be m
PIP. taken. The first looked down on :
very; the second looked mp TO slave
an The hrst. recognizing It's wrong. VI
at once liberated from its pernicic
ro- influences; while TIE latter. upholli
it as right and 'ennobling.' must n