The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-12-16

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erywhcre. would be made ia bop
down 70 Il, and proud naughty ty.
rannical few. would hold their imperi.
Gus, donineering sway over all the
rest Of the world
These are the conditions, and the
only conditions under which such 4
system Of human slavery as ours, can
exist. Where this system bears sway,
tie condition of fellowship and equal.
ity Is this To every white man ia
The slave States il says Come info
e, II you are able to hold rank m il,
take part in il, own slaves, buy them,
raise them, sell them, organize them
into gangs for the rice swamps, tor
tie cane and cotlos8 fields keep slaeg
ignorant and degraded, chastise ahtl
torture them At your will, keep your
iron heel upon their neeks presume
not 10 instruct them, to teach them
knowledge, to know their rights, much
less TO demand them. DO all this, o.
be slave yourself, have few or no
civil privileges, exercise no right O
Office, hold no property, place of pow
er, or influence, but take your rank
and equality far down, even with the
bondsman himself. This is the con.
dition Of things in the slave States Of
the South, and from the very nature
of the case must be the condition, es-
scntialIy, whether North or South,
wherever such a system should gain
the ascendency or hold dominion.
This general view Of slavery and
the slave power as an element oi so.
cicty, is sufficiently antagonistic to all
that Christianity teaches US 10 look for
and desire in the true condition OF
man. | need not descend
deeper into the catacomb Of evils that
connect themselves with this unnatu.
raj condition Of human society. ]
need not seek out the slave trader up
on the African coast | need not
stand by and see his bound and help
less victims taken Off TO the ship, and
packed, like so many logs, under lis
burning deck. ] need not dwell here
upon the inhum IN treatment they re-
c.iye, nor Of the suffering, disease and
deaths that attend their passage over
sen. ] need not speak of the manner
or condition in which these poor wrct-
ches are rc-sold and enslayed. need
not repcatthc barbarous code 10 which
they become subjected, excluding oil
rigItS pLich a Uhite man is bound 10
respect | may not weary you by
the record of the cruelty and scourg-
ing, barbarity and torture, TO which
they are subjected, if they fail in their
attempts 10 flee from their bondage,
md escape from their pursuers, nor
letain you to mention tic treatment
Of freepen by those who uphold this
infamous system, when they have
fallen into iheir hands, Neither will
speak Of the bloody raids upon our
rec territories, nor Of the fierce de-
ermination of the slave power TO
1reak over all laws, human or divine,
n order TO enlarge its hold upon the
,oil Of freedom. All these things
layc been often presented. They are
lurnt IN upon our memories too deep
o render il necessary TO blow them
nto ,chite heat at the present time
But what has been said, was designed
0 show the origin Of the present re-
,ellion, the cause Of this civil war, the
pirit from which it springs and the
nature Of the power which it puts for
ward. And not only so, but to show
Is fierce anlagonism to all the inter
.sis Of a true civilization, to give the
ie 10 those who claim for slavery the
lonors or the benefits Of christian
tate and 10 show how impossible il
5 for free, intelligent, intellectual,
moral and improving society to live,
nd prosper, and develope itself in
onnexion with it, without contention
n the one hand, or the necessity OF
'ielding to its domineering sway on
he other.
| have presented these things, also.
bat We may see how just, how nee
ssary it is, that we should resist the
lave power, and how complete i our
indication before the world, in main
aiming our Government and integrity
! a nation from the assaults and az
ressions Of such a power.
But more particularly has the fore
Ding been presented as basis fsr
BAT appeal 10 Heaven, which Is i'm
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