, 1860-06-08
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Wec:ed IN that TIC ber wh ca he stsove 10 md
RESULTS OF FALSE PRINCIPLES
y single thlst principle or v1clous thonoht
may rade character otherwise blameIrss.
and THIS is practically true OF The slave master
Accustomed to regard zen us property, bis
sensioiiltles are blu6ted and his moral sense il
obseured. lie consents 10 acts from wh;cb
cl'ls'zation rscoiis. The early church scll :,s
property, and even its sacrca vessels. for th,.
redemption Of capiiyes. THIS was done o. a
remarkable occasion by St. Ambrose. aud sue
cesslse canons confirmed the example. But ia
the save States this is all reversed. Slaves
there are often sold as the property Of the
Church, and an instance is related OF Il slaye
SOLD 10 South carolina in order to buy the ptate
for the communion table. Who can ca'c ,,;.:e
The elect OF such On e1umpic: Surrounded hv
pern'c7ous influences Of all kinds, both poti,1re
and negative, the b st mskine him do tia. WHICH
ne ought not u Go, and the second ,nax'n, h.m
Leave undone that v hich be ought to have dvue
through childhood, youth and manhood. even
unto aRe-unaofe while At home to escape these
'tduences, osers6adowel constantly by Tie
poffentous batbarism about him, ,he slave mas
ter naturally adopts the bludgeou. the revolver
and the bowie knlte. Through these he gov
these be enters the world. These arc bis con.
genial companions. To wca= these is his
prlde; to use them becomes passion. alrost
necessity. Nothing contributes to violence
50 much As the wearing Of the instrument, of
violence, thus having them always ut hand
70 obey the iawIess instincts Of the indi
vidusl- 4 basbarous standard is estab.
lIshed; . contest peculiar to cur s|ave
masters. known as 4 street fight" IL not
shameful; duel is nut dishonor:bte. and mod.
ern lmitstors Of Cain have ma1k set upon
them. not for Eeproach aud condemnatioo, bu,
for compliment and approval wish to Keep
within bounds; but uuauswerabIe facts. accn
mulating in fearful quantities, attest that the
social 81 satem, SO much yauuted by honorable
Senator'S, aud WHICH we are row asked tn sanc
ton and to extend, takes its character IRON
this spirit, and with professions Of Chris,iaui,y
on the lips. becon "a Cain hk+. And this is q:
gravatsd BY the prevailing ignorance in ,he
slave States, where one in eire Of the aduI,
white population is unable to read aud wri,e.
IT, ebo'test they who lest p4s.ake The ,lxat,
3ssane eacss IL ths l4tx are framed 10 nsLt
" coursa, there are exceptions, which We all
gladly recognize, but it Is this spirit which Ere.
douioates and gives the social law. And here
marx an important difference. Elsewhc1e yio
ence shows itself in spite oil law, hether social
or statute; in the Stare States it Is because ot
law, both social and statute. Eisew here il i.
pursued and condemned; in the ave States il
is adopted and honored, Elsewhe1eisi is eunted
as crane; in the slave States it takes its place
according to irresistible law ttat men IRE fash.
ioned BY what is about them. whether climate.
scenery, lite, or Institutions. Like produces
like. and shis ancient pfoserb is verified always.
Look ut the miner, delying low down in dark.
ness, and the mouutaiuerr, ranging on ai1y
heights, and you will sse y csnttust in
character. and even in personal farm
The difference between u coward mud
hero may b. traced in the atmos-
pheye which each has breathed; and tor much
more in the Institutions under which each ha.
been 1earet. 1fiust'tutions generous anu tut
.'pen souls also generous and just, then otuer
institutions must exhibit their influence uj.o.
Violence, brutality, Injustice, blrbaris,u, must
be reproduced in tee nves Of al1 who lire within
their fatal sphere. The meat that is ea,ea by
man enters into AID becomes part Of hi.
body; the madder which is eaten BY doy
changes his bones to red and the slavery ou
which men live in all its hveioiI torluess. must
become pait ol themselves, li. colo1in. their
very souls, blotting their characters, ani break
ing forth ID moral lepros.. Tkis language i;
strong; but the evidence is eren Stronger.
Some there m%J be Of happy natures--l'ke hon.
orable Senetors-nho can thus feed and not be
harmed. Aishrida'ts fed on poison md lived;
and it may be That there is uao.a1 MlthrjJatcs
who can swallow without banc the poison rt
slavery. Instead Of "ennobliug" The master,
nothing can be clearer than that the slave drugs
his master down, and Ibis process begins in
childhood and il continued through life Liz
ing much iu ASSOCIATION with bis slave, the mas.
ter fluids nothing TO remind him OF his own let
elencleS, 10 prompt bis AMBITION or excite lis
shame. Without these proroca'ious to virtue.
and without sn e'evatsng examk le, he natutaliY
shares the barbarisin OF the society n hic|l lie
keeps. Thus the very in.e ior,.y which the
slave master attributes TO the African race ex-
plains the melancholy condition Of the cu1nn,u
mites in which his degradation is declared BIZ
law.
He SAFE, in couc;asian, that rhe true principe
which, reversing the assumption ot slave r,as
ters, makes Freedom natfonsl aud Slavery sac
ltona1, while every just claim OF tbe Slave
States is haImon'zed with the irresistible pre-
has bsen declazed at Chicago. The normal
condition Of the Territories contis med tv tie
Constitution, wbi b, when extended pyer them
renders claFery Impossible, while it enters up
on the soil and engrares upon the rock ere,T-
where the law Of impartial freedom without dis
ted a. Free State Then will lbe barbarian
Of Slavery be 1epelled, and the psetens1on ct
properly in man be tebuked. s'ncll m act.
closing thi. long struggle by the ASSURANCE ot
peace to the Territory. # not Of tranquility 10
the whole country. will be more grateful >tilg IS
Wh. Freedom shall te Installed eyerywhere
under the National Government; when the
national dag, wherever it floats on sea or
land, within the national Jurisdiction, will
not coreF single slave; and wbea the
declaration Of Independence. low revi'ed in
tho name Of Slavery, will once again be r.y+r-
enced Is the american Magma Ch4rta of n,an's
rights. Nor is this III. Such an set will be
the post stage ia those triumphs by which the
Republic--lfted in character 20 a to become
an example to nankiud-wi1l enter at last upon
It's noble "Prerogative Of teaching the na.ions
how to live"
Thus, Sir, speaking for Freedom in Kausas,1
hare spoken for Freedom every where, anil for |
clsiliz ttion; and. the less is contained in the
greater, so ire al! arts, all sciences, all eeono-
mics, all rehnemcats, all charities, al delights
Of lite, embodied IN this cause. You may reject
1t, but It will be only fer to-day. Tne sacred !
ne mostly between Freedom aud Slavery can !
end only in the triumph nf Freedom. Thsaame |
question vii! soon be carried before that b eh |
supreme over Senate aad Ccu1t, where
the Judges viii be counted BY miliioas. and |
where the JUDGMENT rendered will bet solemn |
charge Of III aruused people, inssructlng n=w |
President. in the name Of Freedcm, to wee that Il
receives no detrimsnt.