Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-09

There l. still another aspect Of this question
desire 70 bring 20 yonr notice. What would FOL
low the turning loose upon sociefy OF four mil
hons OF uBelUcafed negroes. creatures Of an in
Ieisor race incapable OF psovdins for themsclvesg
1ou would not drive them into the sea. nor would
you compel them to leave the country. To do so
would not be consistent with the freedom You wish
TO bestow upon them. Whav follows! They
would scatter over the different States and be
brought into competitor with the labo;ing whites.
The negro must have the means OF subsistence,
and he can only acquire Subsistence by labor or
by THEFT and plumber Most Of them. when not
under compulsion, will not work. Your aims
houses, prisons and poor-houses, would soon I'm
form you. If you had not known il before, that
The Abolitionists' dream had been realized In
short, the scenes OF Mexico aould be enacted
ia the Unitel States. In 1916 we hid popuia
tion of les than three mllions-Mexico had
eight millions. To day are thirty millions OF
peopie-Mexico eight millions. The Mexican
Constitution OF ls24 - nodded after own,
but the races mot subordinated to each other;
they are fDongTe people, without stability IN
their Government, and are in constant war. Carry
out the policy of these anti slavery fanatics and
we make OF our once proud land a second Mexi-
CO, aud can read in her history our future. But
70 recur Ia the dogma OF the Abolltienist, that
the existence of the institution of slavery as it
exists IN the slaveboldiRg States of this Union Is
Incompatible with the existence OF the Union.
And, Tor the sake oi the argument, admit II To be
true. How are YOU To Get rid OF it!-by openly
violating the Constitution by war anu through
blOodI-or will YOU not resort to the mode point
ed out in aud provided for By the Constitution for
its amendmentT Will you not propose. either
Through Congress or in National Convention,
so 10 amend the Constitution as to confer upon
the Federal Government the power to abolish
slavery IN The States. Surely you can not pre-
serve the Constitution by violating it. When
you do this. you may have Ua'sn, but il will
not be The Union.
Again. the Abolitionionist, clothed sometimes
in the livery of heaven, descants upon the sin of
slavery " slavery, i'm the providence OF God la
some form other, has not always existed, and
who does not know that Gods DEGREES will he en-
forced in despite OF the puny efforts OF manI
But these lightning-line travellers, the Abolition
lists. are not content 10 wait the time OF HIM
''who hath measured the waters in the hollow
of His hand and meted out heaven with
the span-wbo comprehendeth the dust of
the earth in measure, and weigheth the noun
tains in scales, and the hills in balance? He
accomplishes human ends 10y human means uud
il is in accordance with his law that man must
first be educated physically before he is inteec
tually.
OF the three dispensations OF God when he
came forth to reveal and establish his religion,
the FIRST patriarchal dispensation was intrndu-
ced among shareholders Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, shareholders were the heats of the ear.i-
est church, ard were constituted its chiefs by
God himself, owning many bondmen and bond
women. "born in the house" of their master, or
bought with his money. The second or Jewish
dispensation was introduced among freed DeO-
pie, freed slaves. who all equality.
The lsraeliteS went forth out OF their house of
bondage, with their kne'ding -roughs bound up
a.. a.
lug out Tree, they constituted what We now call
free State, which God himself took charge Of as
civil ruler. Fifty days after leaving Egypt, this
people stood ut tire foot OF Sinai. and amid the
thuaders and lightnngs OF the Mount, received
the laws that were TO govern their State. First,
the ten commandments, which was their C0hsil-
tuition or organic law, then "A code of laws based
upon their organic law. Look mo these laws,
and you will find they constitute what our Re
publican friends call slave code. Slavery is re-
cognzed in their organic law and in their stat
utes We find that the Hebrew servants NAV be
bought for limited period, and are 10 be treated
rs hired servants. Then another class are spoken
of as his, the masters, money OF these, IL Is
sand: Both thy bOuduen and bOndmaids which
thou shalt have, shall be of the heather that are
round about you. OF them shall We buy bond
men and bondma'ds Moreos er, OF the children
of the strangers that DO sojoGrn among you, OF
them shalt ye buy, and of their families that are
with you. which they begat in your land, and they
shall be your possession, and We shall take them
inheritance for your children after YOU, 20
inherit them for possession, they shall he your
bondmes forever" This law was not to take Ell
feet for lOTty wears, and by its terms made
prospective The chapter OF laws from which
have Just quoted. is prefaced thus:
''And the Lord spake unto Muses. on Mount 81
mai, saying, speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them, when We come into the land
which shall give you," then such and such laws
shall be observed
And after forty years. the Hebrew free State of
the wilderness was, by the act of God. as civil
ruler, changed into the Hebrew slave State Of
Canaan. To whom, or among whom, was the
last, Christian dispensatlOn introducedr The
apostolic churches were composed OF masters and
their slaves are the churches in the slav ehold
ing States of this Union Why not wait the pur-
poses OF Him "who stfetcheth out the North over
the empty place. and bangeth the earth upon
nothingr' Ii slavery in the States where il ex-
lists be sim, God in his Providence will in his
good time lberate the bondmen. If, as
believe, the negro is here to he educated physi-
cally and intellectually until he j. fitted TO carry
to the inhabitants of Africa civilization and chris
,ianity-here he will remain, aud in the condition
in which he is placed in the saveholding States,
for IN other condition would the same atten-
ton be paid to his physical and mental culture.
so well provided for? Where has his physical
and mental development been so great in this
country? Where j. there in all Europe labor
ing population so well cared for. so comfortable
and happy, as the slaves in the slaveholding
States of this Uniong The condition of the Eng
fish laborer is better than the laborer anywhere
else IN Europe, and the farm laborer of England
is in much better condition than the operatives
in their factories and in their mines. | would ask
YOU to Indulge me while read from Colmans
European Agriculture a few extracts:
The farm aborers are will not say in degraded
condition, for that would apply thsm,
unless where, by their bad habits, they may have
degraded themselves; but they in very low coRd
ton. and extremely ignorant and Servile They rarely,
with live in the house Of their employers but either
in cottages the farm in sneighb0rng village They
are usually comfortably clad in his respect contrasting
favorably the mechanics and manufacturers in
the cities and large towns but they In general
poorly fed. Their wages, compared with the wages Of
labor in the United States, are very low. The cash
paid to them seldom equals the cash paid
To labor with and laborer in addition to their
wages IN money! have their board: but the Engi Ia
borers obliged subsst the msevts, with
Siona allowance in instances. OF beer IN hayng
and harvesting The division of labor amoug them is
quite pariicalsr-a ploughmsn being always plough
man. and aim. st nseparable from his horses tcter
ditchcr shepherd shepherd only the consequence
Of this is that what they do they Go extremely well
Their poughing, sowing drilling AID dching AMI drain
Ing, executed with admirable neatnes> and exact
ness, indeed the lines of heir work coud not be more