The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-08

ear for the procuring seeds Of various kinds agrjcu
pal ana horticultural, to be planted and cultivated BY
DER own hands Ia view Of the second year when they
eivesg
But zoe hare seen another part Of your scheme saica is
hat ne negroes, once emancipated might dGse henselue
h0a9hom The free StGes and especially in The North
VEL you hare had them in The North, and there arr
mne SUI remaining tn they becoming fe,c in numbers
md doldlag OVEN after ae style Of the Indians Hoo do
ya treat nose thGt yo hauea Are their feelings not outraged
~ eefy cofRT IF cur streets? Are they not called "bdck
mGgsr wih tact approval epcn of those ,oho may haze
Nadd hand IN ter running a,odyp Ee in this great city
VI ae@ York, though their money just the that
Aoch Whe people use they cannot be admitted into
us or railroad occupied by hte people ,cout be-
ng reminded y printed sign tha preiSge and no.
right Are these he benefits Dhich you intend 10 esto,o
We hestef nero population Of The South What etses In
we SCUM free blacks are sometimes the keepers Of respectable
hoS az 70 dny planters choose to patroise them. In
kNoA, IN ltaci rich enough 30 purchase the
aor House he eaa3 hare uhite guets Al these things
ae1 hace BEEN fo,esn and looked 10 BY rhilanhropists
gore ohnpting 10 inangrats Second massacre like that
SAINT Domingo Now, before concluding, one
ieaeral word about slavery. We know from ron,
lob, in his plointivc mood pleaded, before the Al
mighty his Kindness his slaves that Moses did not strike
a the root OF slavery but ony mtigaed the hardships
70 which the bohdman otherwise subjected; that our
DIVINE Saviour Gid not teach prescribe any law in
reference TO that especial topic; tina. the Church. in the
exercise Of her inuerce employed only religious and
moral suason TO the dangers which surrounded
both the masters and the slaves in their relations
to each Other Now not TO speak Of other legislators the
catholics OF this country and perhaps the Cthoics Of
Cheistendom at lasge have made IL rule to initiate the
example Of our Lord, aud to ayoiexcept in the way OF
the Church. above referred toal Interference with
slavery where is established and constitutes an
eement in social and civil life For this the Catholics
have been praised and no article in Dr. Brownson' g
Guqtly Rrie,g induce them forsakc the wise and
good old aths Of their Divine Master and of His Church
Tho author whose works The writer in Brownson's Re-
nc hing n ohrf sfdreyy Is IN The Iaihd States. No En-
repair, aaless he shall haze hued lang lime in This
~ IS qtcled 70 cri'e IN his sjsct IL Is kno,cn here
mere Is ~ anatgy between tic slavery known among
pagan nations, whether q Greece Rome, and that
S'rn Is ae!gt zed IN our Southern States. In the
former cases the slaves were II altogether, at least
beefaiy OF the Caucasian race They were oftentimos
tea countrymen Of their masters speaking the same
Nn4Oage and not untreqncnty by far the superior OF
lhe masters il educGtJn ana refinement Of manners.
For then the transition from bondage freedom under
the auspices # the Church, easy and almost i'm
pcrceptibie trar sition.
Slavery dervabe from the earliest annals OF the hu-
men race. The first necessity Of man, not being him
sell the head Of powerful family, WIS to cling for pro-
lection TO some SUCH head He became slave volunar
~ but condition that he should be protected for If he
strsyed from the family he became immediately out
cast and foreigner and liable to be and brought
INTO sevude by those who chose take advantage Of
his unprotected condition. As time went families
especially under the Mosaic dspensaton aggregated
into communities civil rights became recognized and the
whole so i'll system, including the rights of slaves and
masters was surrounded and protected by laws human
we should call them, but IN the of the Jewish people,
laws OF Divine origin. Nations must always prccede
their ogislaon and the law OF nations could be nothing
more at any given time, tha either mutual agreement
among themselves or the usaes prevailing previous
reciprocal understanding among then. Now, down to
arecent period the law Of conquest in gave the
victor the right o life and death in reference his cap
tive IN modern times the progress u civilization has
mtgated even in war this stern RUE Civilized nations
T%o ga sgo9 s into ss aT @ % o,,.,v
blfeel dncfsh Slavery and TIT tchc' preras in this
country When the Spanards obtained coting in South
America they began by burying whole Of living
Indians in the deep cavens Of their gold and silver mines,
TO dig out FOR them the precious metals there hidden.
Their bishops remonsuated-thcy appealed TO the
: pope-the practice condemned and anathema-
t2ea-becausc the Indians We're naturally free men,
aud it was crime against the Lord and lis
Christ 3r avarce 10 bring them down into the bond
cgc Il slavery Then attention drawn to the cond-
tion Of the negroes in Southwestern Africa Likely
supply the want Of labo that was experienced by the
invader. The Holy See never approved either OF this
the other system. But the Holy See has only voice.
and armies to regulate the inter penetration Of justice
ad injustice, among Catholic nations, round the
fobe me African slave trade commenced, and the ex-
isence Of slaves in the Southern States its actual con-
sequence We cannot so FAR as to agree with emf
nent Catholic rst and inw en- in saying that slavery
is Divine institution The rest Of his eloquent dsserta
ton on that sabeet is far from being out Of harmony
with the principles Of e Catholic Chlych II is at ast
Divine permission OF Gods providence. And now let Us
look at the matter from beginning to ond.
Africa; it Is Well known y a country Of savages, not
having the Sill htest CLEAN OF hope prospective
eivilzaton We may say that, in all the Southwestern
section Of africa, there is no such hing known as the
in perpetual war, and the laws of among them are
that prisoner may either be executed on the spo
sold as 1laye j i but lao'y TINT tba saiage called
King Of Dahomey inundated 2 COO, say 900, or
his prisoners, or subjects, 20 crimson With their blood
the grave q his equally savage father. This accord
ing TO what, IN The barbarian spirit Of that comfy
called tthc great CUSTOM Now, 4 ph3nthropists
of the abolition school would pay lie slightest attention
20 the instincts and hopes OF H. ran nature whether
n Africa elsewhere, they would easily compre-
1end that these two five thousand victims would
prefer slavery 70 aeca2itaton. THIS they might under
stand from what gees on here COMMUNICATIVE:
that poor prisoner who is condemned death ~ the
laws of his country chooses invariably, if mercy should
inerpose the pentenary FOR life in preferences to tie
hemp Of the galcws This Is human nature, Of viii Ii
our abotonsts do not appear to have any adequate
. cepin r,,.
his subjects prisoners to Of The factories the
coast aud sold them slaves would he be guilty
than if he had cut their heads or Suppose the savers
al the dock should buy them OFF a. Fl - heai rom the
massacre OF her barbaroas tyfant would they be doing
wongY The would only have to c oosS between leaving
those wetces be putchercd transporting them
Of the slave colonies of AMERICA We, Of course,
believe that no genuine ChristiaH-no decent nun
wedd 10 engaged ~ this Fal OF business. si, we
not discover the crime e. n Of tie SLAYER in
snatching them from The butcheyes prepared
for humane masters to purchase uem at which
proslectyely might cover re aunna or semi annual
wages given to abcreTs in Other pa OF the world
These purchasers 81 uld be bour3 and they
Of conscience they would be bound take of these
unfortunate people. Under the circumstances il is very
dncult to discover in the purchasers any moral
gesaion of the law Of God or OF tire law Of wic.
that traffic is authorized The terrific part of the des
ton is that only the individuals brought to the Ame.
rran continent or islands are themselves 10 be slaves bat
their pcslerity, in like manner for all time to This
is the only teri icfoature about American slavery. And
yet is not alien from the condition Ct mankind in gene
raj. Original sin has entaed upon the human its
consequences for time and eternity. And yet the
pre- living mad no part in the commission Of ORR
gina The drurkard, the thief the bad Of any
description, cnas upoh his posterity evils which the for
fetre OF BIZ personal life cannot prevent repair
We are aware indeed, that on the Of morality
ch can be saii with truth against slavery. The
rage bond, creating the relation between husband and
WIG among slaves, is not always resi- gccd by tcr
tors. Families, il one can caN tem So are broGon up
III, husband sold in direction and the wife III another
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