Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-05-04
PARIS, ME-,
u o LITICAL.
Sneeeh Of Owen LoyeioY.

Ihe praeucal question presented W thls
House and TO the country, 10, whether sla-
very shall be extended beyond IL. limits
as that is The only question over which they
have exclusive jurisdiction. Aud if slavery
were eon,ented to remain restricted. and
and End its future where IL now is, we
might 3erhar. iorbear discussion. But
when II is proposed to extend wba, is term
oil an ins,itu,ion--but which il not an In.
situation; which is simply a praetics-ihe
question naturally arises. what is the na-
ture. what are the influences. and wha, are
the elements Of this practice and what will
they prove TO be II allowed ,IpansionI
| am aware I, has been stated upon this
noOr that the moral, Of slavery !. settled
that ITS ethics are no longer TO be discussed:
that they were settled years ago by the sta
gir,ie Of Greece and have been reaiirmsd
and recs,ablished by the chaniielesr Solon
Of Ohio, IN rhetoric gorgeous rs sunsets
glow. We are told that where slavery will
pay, slaveholdins will 60. Precisely upon
the same principle we might say that where
robbery will pay, rob'cry will go; aud
where adipo.e human ils,h /. cheaper than
bee,cs, cannibali.m will go bccaus. It will
pay. Sir, than robbery, than polvrlmy.
.laveholdipg is worsc-mOro offensive to
God.
SlavsholdinG has BEEN justly designated
a. the sum Of all villainy. pu, every crime
pcrpe,ra,ed among men into moral cruel.
bic. and dissolve and combine 10, IN all, aud
the resultant amalagam {. .la'sholding.
It has The violence Of robbery, tho blood
and cruelty o! piracy. it la. tho offensive
and brutal lus,s Of polysamy. all combined
and concentrated in itself, with assraya.
ton. that neither one Of these crime, ever
knew or dreamed OF.
Now. Mt. Chairman. the Justification OF
slavery is placed - far a. know. mainly
upon ihs,s grounds; the inisriority Of the
en,la,ei race; the fact that enslavins men
inrarts Christianity aud civilization to
them and thirdly, the guarantee. Of the
Constitution. These are the three main ar.
gumsui. presented 70 Justify slavery, and
consequently to justify itseIpan'ion. And.
by the way, | hold that the extreme men
a. they are called, on tins question, are the
only men who have the logic OF iI. au
righ, or she Grsaiers are right, II slavery
Is rish, in Virginia, it !, righ, in Kansas.
Ifts wrong in Kansas, it i wrong every
where.
In regard TO the fr', poini-,hs inferior.
iiy Of the enslaved race. We may conecdC
It a.. n matter Of fact that it is Inferior bu'
doe. i, follow, therefore, that It !, right /
sn.l.yc man simply because he. iufsnsr
This. to me. !. mos, ahhorreni doctrine.
IL would place the weak everywhere a, sh'
mercy Of the strong It would place th.
poor a, the mercy Of the rich; Y, woul
place those that are deficient in intellect a
the mercy Of those that are gifted in nenia
endowment.
TIE principl Of snslaving human heing
because they are inferior is this; liza ma
i.a cripple, trip him up; 1.-The is old an
weak, and bowed with the weigh, OF years
strike him. for he cauno, strike back;
idiotic. take advantage Of him and II
child deceive him. This. sir. this j. 'h
doctrine Of the Democrats, and the doe,Tin
Of devils as we'll. and there is no place
the universe outside tho Eve paints Of hel
and the Democratic party whore the prac
tice and prevalence Of such doctrines woul6
no, be disgrace. lIAush,srl 1.-THE s,ron
Of the earth are TO onslA'e the weak here
/, would justify angels in enslavin; men
bScaup they are superior; and arehansel
in turn would be justified in snhjugainl
those who are inferior in intellect and po.i
,ion, and ultimately il would transform Je
boyah into an infinite Ju.sernau,, rollin
the huge wheels Of lis omnipntencO. ankl,
deep, amid the crushed aud msnged. an
bleeding bodies Of human beings, Ilaushte
ON the Democratic side, D on the ground tha
he wa. infinitely superior, and that the.
were an inferior race
The second ground upon which ii is at
tempted to justify slavery or slavO-holdiur
is, that 1t is mode Of inpartins Christian
i,y and civilization to the slaves. Mr.
Chairman. would like to know how slave
holding communities can impart that c
which they are no, in tho possession ? Tn
truth is, that the practice Of slavsholdin
has tendency TO drag communities bac
to barbarism. 1, is actually having ,hs
eIee, upon the Slave States Of this Union
and were il not for the christian wome
that have gone from the free States and in
,ertDarriod in tho slave States (; and were
no, for those noble women Of the slaV
States tha, preserve womanly purity an
Christianity, in spite OF the unhappy inau
snees Of slavcholdng, the slave States tc
day would be as far back in barbarism
the State OF Mexico.
Ii is simply by this contact with f.
communities II il, as said, from the ia,
that Christian women want IRE. States an
that ,he Christian women Of slave States
who have not the poor privilege that sara
Of old had Of sending the Ilagar- aud lsl
maels to the wilderness-mainlainsd the
purity and Christian character. and the
testimony against the system. that th
were prevented from tina, retrOce-'i,
toward. barbarism.