The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-04

ufHi enemies 20 each other, ana VIII eommcbce ant
| wnge n war OF determination when brought int
contact, is 4 libel on humanity II is libel on tbs
| Author of the human race. The Almighty never
/ implanted such feelings in The hutnaH huart. :
They never have been cultivated by an enlightened
| people. Wars Of determination exist only among
/ sa&ages; and with them only among bcihgereni
| tribes
But was drawn away from the argument Of the
Senator from Delaware that if the tfeen hundred
slaves who arc now the ehambermaids, and The
boo,blacks and the BARRIERS, and the hoslers, and
the wood choppers aud wood samycrs, md the cuai
carriers and cart drivers and carriage drivers and
iabarers on the gardens and grounds that surround
this magnificent palace shall be liberated, some
body will commence wholesale murder.
Mr. Salisbury. raid no such thing. If the
gentleman is referring TO me, did not say word
about IT.
Mr.. Harlan. / am most happy to hear the
Senator rccaut the doctrines have attributed to
him.
Mr.. salisbury. / do not rccant anything. /
said nothing OF the kind.
Mr.. Harlan. The negroes then win he saved
There is no danger Of the wholesale murder.
Mr.. Salisbury. j will reply TO the gentleman
when he is through. -
Mr.. Harlan. There Is no danger Of this war Of
determination at least In the streets of this eapi'al
and the fifteen hundred slaves now lahoiing quietly
under the control oftheir masters viii probably not
be murdered by their former owners If they should
be liberated / would almost guaranty that the
liberated slaves will not murder their masters II
their masters viii not murder them The mere
fact Of their liberation could hardly ncite them TO
su IA diahalical course OF conduct. Why should
it, If they prefer to live under the shelter that
their masters have provided for them, and to labor
day by day without wages for the gra,ulty they
may receive from the hand Of their former owner,
their legal freedom viii not compel severance. ]
win not vote for law to cempel them to leave The
Senator desires us to do he proposes an amend
ment to this bill that would compel these poor men
10 leave their kind masters, 10 go homeless and
penniless and frendless into n land OF strangers.
| voted against his proposition propose to leave
them whore they now are, and lei them WORK on
for their masters: iF,heir masters choose to ply
them Cor their labor all we'll and II they decide
to work without pay, be IL 80. perceive no
motive that can arise out of the remoy of the legal
shaekles that bind them, calculated to stimulate
disposition 10 murder destroy They would be
anomalous human beings If the mere act OF liberia
ting them would convert them into saynges and
murderers
If neither their masters they disposed to
engage in such strife, apprebena there is no great
danger. ] have never yet met white man
white woman in the District who manifested this
species Of vndctiveness against the colored r-o-
pie. am glad for the sake of humanity thasit 10
20. Why shonld they2 Do yon answer because
they poor and ugly and ignorant and feeble
ls it possible that an American Senator will teach
here o-dDy thnt because the white race is said to-
be more powerful aud more highly endowed, and
has acquired aAgh position in the scale Of civil
zation, be may with impunity trample on the fee
Bile aud defenseicssg The advancement of such
dogma ought to mantle the statesnan's cheek
with the blush of shame. II is at war with every
manly impulse Why sir have occasionally. in
passing through the rough society which sometimes
congregates the frontier, observed a strong,
Al IA
Of hroil .to pick up the glove it was called,
10 defense of gray haired man, boy, q lee
hle person, about to be assailcd by some thought
less person Of superior strength, with the decara-
ton, "sir, II yam must have fight take man If
your inches. and such an net never failed 10 Sc
cnre the applause of the crowd. This IL true hu-
nanity it is moral courage; il is kind OF natur
nj religion, superior to much we hear from tho ta
pit. 1t is true courage it prompts to personal
sacrifice in the defense of the feeble. And have
never yet witnessed crowd of frontiers men. how
ever rough and uncutivated who could he induced
TO applaud the victor In contest with inferior.
This principle OF humanity, it is thought by many,
was illustrated grind scale when the English
nation and tho French people stepped in between
Russia and the Turks. Here great and pow
erinl nation attempting to crush out feeble peo.
pie. The contest Was unequal; it was the athletic
champion with iron muscles in deadly strife with
the child or deerepd age, and two powerful ma
tions stepped in between them aud commanded
peace, and took up the glove in defense oi the
weaker. ! suppose this element Of humanity to be
the foundation of that manly pride that most men
experience when they stand in defense OF their
families In defense OF their wives aud children
and parents. They stand between the feeble and
the strong. and peril their existence III defense Of
their rights. AS nation We act fraia these gen.
erous and manly impulses in our intercourse with
the children OF the praires and forests. They are
ttraEtr
care OF themselves, ard you organize bureau un-
der the Government and appoint .nmissioner
andapproprate millions Of dollars year by year to
pay agents to stand between thein and Your own
citizens = he might be stimulated by araree to be-
come their oppressors And this poiey usually re-
eeives the applause Of Christian men II is but an
other illustration of better impulses Of enlight-
ened hnmanity-a powerful nation stretches out
its strong arm to protect the feeble.
Here is another feeble people, "A race ~ men that
are interior to US, not equal to us in beauty not
equal to us in symmetry Of body, not equal to us
possibly in original mental and moral capacities or
cndowmcnts. They are supposed not To be ca
pable oil taking care of themselves the Anglo
Saxons or others of the Caucasian race; and al,
that account you tell they are to be trampled
under foet. Aea are to trampie them into the
earth because they are feeble Do you treat your
own feeble people in this way? / hav. sometimes
stepped into probate court, and have seen
Juase sttng on the tribunal oil justice, appointing
a guardian for the persons and property VI orphan
children, and requiring him to give bond and se-
cnrity for the proper execution oil the trust They
have neither father nor mother; these natural
gnardlaLs have been called hence they may be-
come the victims of avarice or malice The Oh
Ger OF the INV steps in for their protection. You
SIR, sec the evidence Of Christian civilization -,
And TIVE hundred miliiens Of Christians scattered
up aud down 10 the earth unite in applause Ora
tors and FtlteHmen chime in with tlse he
very object of tho organization Of civil society is
the protection of the weak from tae aggression of
the strong.
Now II this be SO In relation TO weak members OF
your race, would It not be equally humane to pro-
vide Tor the protection Of feeble colore people That
have been born in our midst without any fault,
suFsiy, OF their own who have been cast here. YOU
may say, as waits society, by an act Of Proy-
deneef Are we to crush them with the iron heel
Of civilization, which brings only blessings to all
others And if their shackles shall DO stricken
of, are We indeed doomed witness their indis-