The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-12

Of that day addressed 70 a member Of the Alabama
the exaggeraton His desire was-mark the expression
you pease'to force the slavery issue" on the North
believing that delay was dangerous the savenasters
were relatively stronger, both morally and politically
than they would ever be again Al last the end has come
Slavery s openly pronounced Ut one time "the black
marble rss'sns OF our national ~ snV ssn
Wanted as the highest type Of civilization" Oaughter
then as "a blessing TO the master a. well AZ the ssve
and then again a enrolling TO the master II not TO the
slave" s the only FIST step which costs and there
fore the authors Of thee opinions, % shocking 10 the
moral sense, do not hesste At other opinions equally
shocking TO the reason which pretend TO ind impossible
sanctions for slavery in the constitution Listening TO
these extravagances who would not exclam with Ben
Jonson IN the p!ayf
Grave father, he's posscst; again say,
Posscst; nay, If there be possession
daughter and applause)
And now, fellow citizeus, what Is slavery This IL
question merely Of curiosity or Philanthropy; Tor
when the national government, which yon and at the
and all the national Territories proclaimed open to
barbarisn, and the constitution itself Is perverted 70
sanction ts pretersors the whole subject logically and
necessarily enters into our political discussion ZAP
plause u cannot be avoided; II cannot be bnked out
Of sight Nay you must pass upon by your votes at
North have nothing TO do with slavery Granted that
have nothing 10 do with IT in the South We have much
to do with all its irrational pretensons under the consti
uton and just long these irrational pretensons
urged, slavery must be discussed II must be laid bare
in its enorriy, precisely though it proposed to
pant IL nero III new IOIk (lOuu HppiauScJ NOT C8u
such wrong-foul in itself and fouler still in its peten
sons-be dealt with ,amely. Fameness Is surrender
and charity, toe, may be msappied Forsy
II we are called 70 forgive those who tres
pass against others TO forgive those who tres
the republic to Ssve ; thase who who spass
against civilization to forgive those who respass against
whole race TO forgive those who trespass against the
universal human family finally TO forgive those who tres
PASS against God. tremendous applause, lasting for
several seconds Such respassers now exists among us
control Of the national constituting at this
moments colossal power-and what seems its head
the likeness Of President has on" Qaughter) Surely
ever there was moment when every faculty should be
bent the service and sn should be invigorated by
inspiring zeal falsely rejected by the beartess dplomast
it now while the great battle between civilization and
barbsrism is still undecided, and you summoned in
the Of freedom 10 resist the last desperate shock
(Great enthusasm) To this work am not equal but
do not shrink from the duties Of my post Aas human
language gentle, and the human voice is weak Words
only are mine, when ought TO command thunderbolts
Renewed spplsuse) Voice only is mine, when like
the ancient Athenian, ought 10 cary the weapons OF
zeus the tongue. What then, repeat, is Slavery
The occasion obds details but enough must be present
ed TO place this outrage in its true ghtas something
worse even than constant state Of where the
ter Is the constant aggressor And here put aside for
the moment all the tales which reach US from the house
Of bopGage; all the cumulative, crushing testimony,
alike from slaves and from their masters all the barba
Tous incidents which have helped yet too fee
bic indgrstion In short, all the gl'mIees which have
come to us from this mighty Blue Bssrd's chamber. All
these carefully put asde not because they are OF little
moment 10 exhibiting the true character of slavery, but
because desire 10 arragn slavery grounds above all
controversy, impeachment suspicion even from slave
masters themselves. (Applavse) Not on triumphant
story adorned by the genius OF woman not even on ndm
prabe facts 90 now impesch grea, asroci,y but
its character revealed In It's simple definition oil
itself Out Of its own mouth do ! condemn u; ~ ~
the law Of slavery, created in the image OF God
fcaruy and wonderfully made, with sensbities Of plea
pain with sentiments Of love, with aspirations
for Improvement, with a Of property, and with
soul like ourselves is Invested Of his human character
and declared to be chattei to all neDts and pur
poses Whatsoever" do not stop to give at length all IL
tdous words you doubtless familiar with them. But
in this rmpe dennon is contained the whole ncaicuia
bic wrong Of slavery for out Of H. as from an nexhaus
bic ounan derived all the unrrheous prerogativet
Of the master These are i've in number; and know moi
which is most revolting.
Fnst--And you understand that these fvc claimet
rrefcRaiiyes comprehend the whole definition which TIT
aw gives slAvery-there 10 the rreensicn that mar
bold property in man, forgciul that, BY law odeI
right of every man to himself. (Applause)
Secondly. Tie absolute nullihcatcn OF the relation o.
husband and wife that all who called slaves are
with each other, or 1t may be with their masters; bul
with whomsoevcr IL may be, IL rs the same, for With
slaves marriage is impossible, as they are always
Thirdly The absolute notification Of the relation Of
parent and child for the insb legally belongs, not TO the
mother who bore II, but " ,he master who bought H.
FourthIy, The absolute denial Of Instruction. for the
may always, at his own rude discretion proven,
those gates Of knowledge which open such vsts on Garth
aud In heaven. And
Fn,hy The absolute robbery of the labor Of another
and Of all it's fruits foreetful that by the origna
law under which every has title 10 himself he hai
also title the fruts Of his labor sacred and indie
no person however called whether despo, master
such are The ave essential elements Of slavery. LOos
them and you will conftss that this institution stands
forth Gs hateful assemb age Of unquestionabl'
wrongs under the sanction Of existing law. TAKE
ss. extent sas 0qf Slavery % esss
away ell, and the slavery question will b.
settled. (Applsuse) But this asscmblagc becomes
more hateful stili when nnnstakable single motive
detected, which is simply this to compel labor without
wages. This is the ivecld object Of this combination
Incredible as II may seem IT cannot be denied that III
right of TO himself, the right OF husband to hh
Wife the right Of parent 10 his child the right OF mai
instruction, the right OF man TO the fruits Of hi
own abore these supreme light oy the sae :, " vi
gaI that headed seshncss practically maintained
by the nsh, which lock at IT as you will, has for IL
single object compulsory labor W ihout wages. ZAP
psusc) That slavery thus constituted can be good 70
the nastcr of the halacinatons Of the system
something like the haliucinaton which can only DC com
pared 70 that Of the opium eater Fascinating possibly
Il may be for time but debasing and destructive II mus
he In the end That slave masters should be violent an
tyranncal that they should be regardless OF all rgnis
especially where slavery In question, and that th
higher virtues Of character should fail In thema thi
might lie inferred In the absence Of evidence accord
ing TO the irresistible laws OF cause and effect No man ca
DO injustice with IMMUNITY. he may not suner In WORLDLY
conc on: but he must sutr in his nature. He on
becomes hardened by the condition Of things around bin
4
/ Yates the unhappy influence. Nor can familiarity viii
tho OF slavery fail TO exert hardening influence
Persons become accustomed 10 scenes OF brutality VI
I they witness them with indifference. Bcgarth, tina
master cciincator Of human nature has portrayed thi
tendency IN his picture q dissection al medical col
ge where the pr sdent maintains the dignity az nseu
sibility corTse, which he regards simply as IN
object 81 lecture And Horace Walpoie, who admire
the satire q this picture finds in II an illustration Of III
truth that "he legal hsbtude OF viewing shocking scene
hardens the human mind and renders II uufecling" An
this simple truth in It's moe general application illustrate
the condition &C the slave master. How can he sbo
Feasibility for the rights Of fellow citizens VII
sacrifices daily the most sacred rights Of others merel
to secure labor without wages. With him a falls
standard Is necessarily established bringing with ~
bluned moral sense and oooded perceptions, so thu
| whom he does something intrinsicaly barbarous
mean, he does not blvfh 70 find fr,e Here, again,
forbear all details The Of the intellect blcnda
with the Of the heart; the testimony OF unu
pcaebsbe history fortified by the testimony OF good mel
array Of ing figures linked with array OF III
errinr facts; MI these might employ. And might pr'
coed 10 chow how this barbarous nnue0ce beginning o
the plantation, duscs itself throughout society, enter
into oficiai concuct, and mounts into Congress
where for long TINE has exercised vulgar dcmin'
ticn. But ss,an not open this chapter for the tim
Gees rot allow But there y frightful circuu