The national Republican., 1862-03-21
sPRncsa1 - MR. HALE.

~ R0sVW AXt0oa0, IN M0 c0ueso, W.
dayY upon - bill abolishing slavery in lhe
Aia11st q 0biunhh, WNs oreditabls alike 70
The mind snd hear, Of this time-honored advo-
cate Of right in national legislation. II was briei,
and mainly intended 70 answer an objection Of
the Senator from Kentucky, M. Davis) that
thsse 6egross, II euassipated, will become
paupen and criminals, charge and pest to
society, Ofall forms Of error, be remarked 10
this cosae6llon, ~ hos4 inidloas and uAsafs.
Is the questioning Of the propriety Of doing q
dmple duty. In politics We are apt 10 ask,
not what b right butAhat will be the conse.
quences Of certain action.
He proceeded 10 anave the frequently as.
serted statement that constant deteriorstioo
Of the products Of industry had followed the
that the process Of reduction bad been gradual
for long period suteror 10 The date Of enAn.
cipation, and not therefore one Of the results.
The product of sugar, for instance, was en-
average Of $4,000 hogsheads for seven years,
previous 70 1907 from that date to 1914 II
was III, 900 10 1891, 1000; 10 1898. 96, 600;
10 1879, 10000. More than one hundred estates
had been abandoned long before emancipation
He explained that the lands had been divid
ed among small proprieters and fruits and
other smsll products had largely taken the
place Of sugar.
A fair illustration Of the comparative bone.
fits Of freedom and slavery to the blacks wss
had In the Barbados. The result In the fvt
lceward isles showed very marked increase
| in the exports the yearly average from 1926
70 1882 being gi5, ,42O. 900, while in 1858 u
reached the total of cas-, li5,O 900. The import
show still more marked increase from
E29S,OOO at the former date. to G5l4 1856. Ht
hoped such an exhibit would be gratifying Il
the humane feelings ofthe Senator from Ken
lucky.
1t would seem that God 10 His good ptovi
dence had presented our people now an oPpor
tunity never before offered 10 perform simple
act Of justice and humanity. II this rebellioH,
ere long 70 be crushed out, ha trusted, fer,
nished the opportunity Of II ying 10 this littl'
space Of ten miles the experiment Of emanci-
patton. then we should have done somethi1g Il
the earth to bless US, while The amslioratinJ
principles Of free Institutions are striking
slavery IRON The. despotlsms Of the earth, b.
thought America should not refuse Il coEope
ration. 90 -''-''
| He did not ask the Government 10 trampl
on the Consultation In any one Of its provis
ions. II was always held, until recently de
MED by the secession faction, that the Govern
ment possessed the constitutional right I,
abolish slavery In the District of Columbia
Even the Supreme Court, in its Dred Scott in
terpretations Of the rights Of slavery, claimed
nothing for the District.
As to the evil resulting from emancipation
he asked Senators to examine this subject n,
In the light of the frothy speeches OF the la,
few years In Cong ess, but by tho clearer, Itch
of history. When, on that island in The. Wes
Indies, at ~ O'Clock, August l, 1888, ever,
mauacle fell from every bondman, were ther'
riots, drinking, acts OF degradation and crime
Instead, on the preceding night the BLACK
gaibered into their churches, and, at the hon
Of twelve, sent up united shout Of thanks
giving 10 Almighty God for their delivcrance
They are now . happy and contented peas
antry.
ne dwslt with eloquent sarnestness upon tb
extreme cruelty and nukindAsa Of the bohstin
Caucasian race, who enslavcd this colorcd rac'
and 30 kept them in ignorance that they di'
not know that God made them, or Chris die'
to redeem them. and then pre- umsd them u b
hopelessly ignorant, de graded, aud incapable O
elevation, because they cannot ut once step int
the same elevated sphere with the educate
white man. II Is unjust, as II would be 10 pu
out the eyes OF N and then taunt him wit
blindness. Take from the slave bis chains ope
to him the pages Of Gods eternal TRUTH Civ
! him the hopes and motives that have elevate
us, and !hen, and not ill then, let us reproac
him for bis incapacity
Herelated nm incident Of clergyman in b
native State, how he was astonishcd 10 see whit
, hight the old prophets shed upon the sin {
human bondage and closed with the followiu
extract from Isaiah:
. "Is not this the fast that have chosen
loose the bonds Of wickedness, to undo Ii
heavy burdens, and 10 let the oppressed &
3 free, and that ye break every yoke!
els II nOt 10 deal thy bread to the hungr!
and that thou bring the poor, that are cast ou
1 to thy house; when thou ssest the naked, tn
h thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyse
from thine own flesh?
G "Then shall thy light break forth as Il
q morning, and thine health shall spring fnr'
speedily, aud thy righteousness shall g1 befo
thee; the glory of the Lord shall be jthy r
"Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall or
. and he shall say, Here am; II thou take aw;
from the midst OF thee the yoke, the !putti
>. forth OF the finger, and speaking vanity"
Here he looked round upon certain Ser
tors, aud said: THAT isn't original with n
don't propose To make any personal apple
ton Of tn ,.,.. e..
"And if thou draw out thy soul to the hu
/ cry, and satisfy the all Cted soul then shall I
'. soul rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be
the RoOnday.
"And the Lord shall guide thee continual
and satisfy thy soul 10 drought, and make
thy homes; and thou shalt be like a water
garden, and like spring OF water whose watt
. 4 tail not. .-.........
10 "And they shall be Of thee; shah build
old waste places; thou shalt raise up the fouI
:. ations of many generations; xpd thou shalt
! called the repairer of the breach, the restol
le Of the paths to dwell in"
J. With reverence he would say this nation
u, now the opportunity OF putting the Almigl
20 TO the test, In the matter now under c0nside
u, tion, ...-...
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