The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-30

stranger, one OF which was that h the sis ve s,sa
oc 70 oaSw es we nave native born ssve" Mr.
Is,1s soc sa the horror the enorm,y, to be p.rpe.
traied 10 the event IL this Tue sacred soI ~ ~.
State OF New YE may suffer the so o. sos
bad negro slave lorn Within her limits lei no s ~
length aud br. sd,h o. this We may become N 1 800
physical or moral senfv almost degrased AMI av is
nous, il the OF the eel and Lis clients no
Of Garth where reposc the ashes OF him whose name ia
memory all delight 70 hOr That shock 10 tho .,o~sj
eeIse. can help him rs makeweghs in this areu
nept, my frend lie welcome %. But, for my own pxrt
do lot greatly admire the moral the patriotism Of
any American who thinks absolutely necessary 60 thu
horo of this country that there should DO any spot in q
us wide extent purer or ;nore sacred in esteem thaa
widely orr republic may extend It's limits Though tho
blue Geld Of our national banner should ere long bear
nnnired stars each representing State as mighty
should not at all emulate the assidous morality OF aoy
American who would think II necessary or would desire
more pure more free from contamination that whjsh
a. the resting place OF national hero
difficulties which Is imagined or pretended vould arse
under the law OF free transus as CLAIMED by us II Is uis
common scnse tnat our doctrine involves difficult
ties OF the description suggested for the stranger
and wayfarer that plead and for him we claim riSSt
Of passage and no more We claim not that cdzes Il
the laws Of this state, acquiring the privileges which
may be accorded to citizen Of this State under its lava
This may be readily The State OF New York MIDI
PASS law that Of her citizens owning slave properly
snyShs.e sSa H. BE- deemed guilty Of an oasuoe ss.i.s
lie treasury o. the state One equal to the value OF al
bis slaves That would be one Of the s'rghts"- might
be called ono Of tho "priveges'-o citizen OF ths
State OF New York And IL such privilege as NJ
friend might cal it, to be acquired under this proI
State coming within our BORDERS Is traveller vhst
would be the RESULT Why he would BIO stripped Of all hi
might be indicted condemned for the e" crime q
s ssyeholdns and he3 In bondage until he should
treasury Of the state Upon The true construction Of hs
clause In the constitution, and the associated clauses
tending to preserve the same description Of rights =
dealing with the right OF ransitus; and will pass from
that subject to make few observations in reply %
subject Of negro slavery. On that topic nv learn
ed friend certainly enjoys, in this latitude, the
hnes as be with ,hs o w ana pleasant
applause from no email portion Of his auditors II re-
qures but little rmness to speak the midst Of friend
y circle and conformity with It's opinions Il requires
but little effort Of the imagination introduce In such
position topics and figures that will please those who sur
opposite sentiment against the stranger who may pre-
sent seeking to advocate dsfavored right or against
his behalf This privilege my learned friend has roscrted
TO. He Is welcome to it. ! sure could not
here turn the laugh upon him. and am very certain,
opinion at this time under the circumstances by which
surrounded, the honorable citizen who can laugh
this subject must forget himself and his moral duty
He may have an honest heart and good under standing
but for the time be nsensibe TO the Just influence az
either The question before us not laughing matter
Sy learned friend has in this branch of his at
about defining the condition of tho slave and as he found
great a difficulty IN defining the much more familiar
character ga citizen Of the United States-iuclinng in
deed to the opinion that there no such thing az
citizen of the United States"t would not be wonder
sslaye and the estate of Slavery NY friend saws.
virtually that nothing is slavery except tho bondage aud
subsection Of man to man in the most odious that
can possibly be eonceyed-an ownership, sheer,
pure, absolute anu complete. And such, indeed,
is the state Of slavery, as it has existed in some
stages Of the worlds history-being the slavery
Of free born white men to their countrymen their
color and class-her natural equals in all thnsn
That pure slavery does indeed carry with il all the CON
sequences of which my friend spceks The master sb
solutely owns his slave he has power over his life; he
may torture him. he may Stay him. and he is answerabs
apswerabe for exercising the power over the
child Of his own loins. That is slavery pure and simple
1t is such kind of slavery does not exist add never
has existed within this Unou-such never did exist
w M our error snd never WIN exist and mot claim
which exists within this Union such as to render hardly
proper IN stricness of language, the term owner,"
cable to the slave himself and the phrase chatel slavery
s mere cavil Indeed, IT is wholly false. It Is for the
this psnas %ss @ sdoy
men. The slavery which does exist In these United
States, and which will exist as long as they
master the services OF slave servant and that
Is ALL Therefore, this abhorred slavery that my leArnea
der which the slave nigh! be tortured for evidence and
might bc put to death-al Of which might have been
executed upon cnllu parent IN former OmeSlS
thing unknown to our law or in our country. Chattei
slavery Is raw head and bloody bones evoked to
figure in speeches On the hustngs 1t is phrase uttered
for fraudulent purposes and with tho perncious
suits II does not belong TO that negro slavery which
George Washington sanctioned by his practice through
lte and which, by his last will and testament, he au
horized his wife TO enforce long she should live,
which Is projected in the constitution OF the United
States, that sacred charter that he and his iustrous
conpatrots bequeathed TO His name has been cited
against But his acts bear evidence that he had
intelligent comprehension OF any such idea that the
horrible outrage against natural justice and divine law
which my friend is pleased to call it. These false pre-
hospitality from our fellow. citizens Of Virginia can
them our fellow citizens, though my friend has not al
ways condescended TO call them strangers, for
sometimes letting out the true emotion he denomnates
them "iorcgrers In the opening, invited my learned
friend when he came to cite authorities against slavery,
to refer to the Holy Bibe in he invoked religious
sentiment divine law How has he met that challenger
The prevailing authority in this country in relation to
much of morality and Of things spiritual belong to
in this vale of tears the Holy Bible II is the authority
by which learned friend s governed in his daily walk
and conversaon-much to his honor be it said II is the
authority which ia taught throughout the length and
breadth Of this land that which holds within its sacred
leaves the knowledge OF all things that essential to
deemed surrepttous AID non obigatory-bu upon mere
fractions Of times that sometimes called Corrupt"
s'less pure than ihe present Now to this great au.
thory invited my learned friend appeal this ques-
top touching what is required forbidden by Gods Law
natural Justice and he has condesceuded to notice
the appeal. He LETT his Bible at home this morning And
pray what religious authority did he pick up and cite to
your Honors in its stead9 Why, he has told you a
Doet affecting story and suppose considering the doc
trnes that prevail in this country, must take it TO be
true as it ia the testimony, We are told, Of Pro-
tesant historian. He has read TO that the Catholic
clergy made themselves active in teaching the white
TO loosen the shackes Of bondage from his white and equal
brother. Now il they didand do not venture to say
any thng in their favor except by repeating what my
learned friend has read in their behalf from Protestant
hktoranif they did, they acted vrtuously and are
titled to all the praise that be awarded them But is
that the authority which learned friend and his pious
coaduors act in their persecution Of Southern bre
threw lft be, think it must strike every reasoning
mind with some little astonishmen that the Protestant
citizens Of the Northern States following tho Catholicism
In nothing else should yet rely its supposed teachings
as their sole authority for kndng the fires Of political dis
cord and assailng the institutions and guaranteed prvi
leges of their Southern fellow citizens But this autho
rity s misunderstood. / think may fairly be per-
m,ted to cay that they do not understand it, is most
certain that they do not believe anything else and there
one very controlling proof that they do not understand
That church. ncurable in its alleged errors nexi