Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-29


Reserying, human left from human free.
Slavery tyranically assumes a power which
Heaven denied, while, under its barbarous
necrOmancy, borrowed from the Sources of
Evil, man is changed into chattel-a per-
son is'withered into thing-a soul is shrunk
into merchandise. Say, sir in your mad
ness, that you own the sun, the stars, the
moon; but do not say that you own man,
/ endowed with a soul that shall live immortal
when sun and moon and stars have passed
away.
/ Secondly. Slavery paints itself again in its
complete aJTogqtiOa Of marriage, recognised
( as a sacrament by the church, and recognised
I as a contract wherever civilization prevails
Under the law of Slavery, no such sacrament
is respected, and no such contract can exist.
/ The ties that may be formed between slaves
are all subject to the selfish interests or more
/ selfish lusts of the master, whose license
/ knows no check. Natural affections which
/ have come together are rudely torn asunder;
nor is this all. Stripped of every defence.
/ the chastity Of whole race is exposed to yiO-
/ lence, while the result is recorded in the tell
/ tale faces Of the children, glowing with their
masters blood, but doomed for their mothers
skin to Slavery, through all descending gem
erations. The Senator from Mississippi (Mr.
! Brown is CALLED by the comparison between
Slavery AMI Polygamy, and winces hail
this sensibility as the sign of virtue. Let
I him reflect and he viii confess, that there
are many disgusting elements in Slavery,
which are not present in Polygamy, while
the single disgusting element of Polygamy is
more than present in Slavery.
BY the license of Polygsny, one man may
have many wives, all bound TO him by the
marriage tie, and in other respects protected
/ by law. By the license Of Slavery, whole
race is delivered over to prostitution and
concubinage without the protection of any
law. Sir, is not Slavery barbarousl
Thirdly. Slavery paints itself again in its
complete dbrogatiOH Of the PdrHtal relation,
which God in his beneyolence has provided
for the nurture and education Of the human
family, and which constitutes an essential
part Of Civilization itself And yet, by the
law Of slavery-happily beginning to be
modified in some places-this relation is set
at naught, and in its place is substituted the
arbitrary control of the master, at whose
mere command little children, such as the
Saviour called unto him, though clasped by q
mer of the auctioneer. do not dwell on
this exhibition. Sir, is not Slavery barbar-
ous2
FOuthly Slavery paints itself again IN
closing the gates Of knowledge, which are also
the shining gates of civilization. Under
its plain unequivocal law, the bondman may,
at the unrestrAined viii of his master, be
shut out from all instruction, while in many
places, incredible to relate the law itself, by
cumulative provisions, positively forbids that
he shall be taught to read. of course the
slave cannot be allowed to read, for his soul
would then expand in larger air, while he
saw the glory Of the North Star, and also
the helping truth, that God, who made iron,
never made a slave for he would then be-
come familiar with the Scriptures, with the
DecalOgue still speaking in the thunders of
Sinai with that ancient text, ''He that steal
eth man and selleth him, or If he be found
in his hands, be shall surely be put to death :"
with that other text, MASTERS, give unto
your servants that which is Just and equal y
with that great story Of redemption, when
the Lord raised the slave-born Moses to de-
liver his chosen people from the house Of
bondage; and with that sublimer story, where
the Saviour died a cruel death, that all men,
without distinction Of race, might be saved
leaving to mankind commandments, which,
even without his example, make Slavery i'm
possible. Thus, in order to fasten your man
acles upon the slave; you flsten other man
acles upon his soul. Sir, is not Slavery bar
barous?