The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-12

instructions against the laws OF
the country f%Omentcd, civil wars carried
on, and the power = Of the State
g ped by such Caiilines Of i'm
piety. And II slavery has a d.
rect tendency 20 form such charac-
acters as have always been Engaged
ia these works of blood and devastation
then, it is easy to see how il is swapping
the very foundation Of cur government
and the liberties of the people.
The impolicy Of slavery presents itself
to US in another view. The African
slaves are multiplying amongst US 20 an
Astonishing decree with the feeling Of ir-
rcconcilable hatred against their OPP
pressors. And who can tell how far
distant the period may be when they will
rise indignant 20 extirpate their efemi-
nate masters 2 Whenever their num-
bers arc sufficient. And CAN'T be sound
policy 10 create and propagate millions
of enemies in The bosom Of our country,
20 the government?
". No solid objections lie against
craaull enlanciy1ttgn.-
This is The OH ectthatihe society pro-
poses TO accomplish, and the object advo-
Gated in this address II do not think
says the celebrated Witherspoon "there
lies any necessity on those who found
men in a state OF slavery TO make them
free to their " ruin ~ Such is the
condition of the slaves at present, that
most Of them are unfit for civil liberty.
The long habit of being governed, from
the principle Of slavish fear alone has
eradicated every other principle of sub
ordination or rather, this is the only
one that has been produced by their dis
ciplinc. They have been raised in the
expectation of continual bondage. There
has been no joyful looking forward to a
time when they should enjoy freedom
ofcOutse, they have not been in the habit
Of exercising any provident foreihought
in schemes for future life or of expect.
ing that the burden of providing for theil
wanta would fall on themselves Blu.
such habits Of mind arc necessary for
state Of freedom. They have acquired
neither the the knowledge nor the socia
virtues necessary for citizens; nor any
habit Of industry, except a reluctan
drudgery forced through fear. AnC
thousands of them have acquired viciou.
/, habits that neither a sense of interes
nor the authority Of civil law woulC
restrain. OF course, sudden emancipa
ton would ruin thousands Of them.
But these objections do not lie agains
gradual emancipation. The only Others
that can be urgtd are first, slaves ar,
private property, and no Legislature ha.
a right to lay their hands on privat
property. No man can be said TO have
property in an unborn slave. And whel
born, the law-making power in a stat
has a right to cay, under what limita
, lions, aud conditions they shall be held
, Besides, who invested as with a propert,
3 in human beings? Not the laws of Rev
citation nor Of nature, for they are diam
elrlcally opposed 10 slavery. Who then
! The laws of man. But where did an.
man or set Of men get their authority 70
making laws that ~enslaVe one man TO an
, other? Neither from Gid nor natuy,
r And it is a principle ackno wledged in a.
the law. books, that when a human la,
I is in direct opposition 10 a divine law i
/ is Of course null and void. b Fsru
The second objection is, that they an
the white people would intermarry, an,
| the people Of this state would in tim
I become people of colour. r.
1t is admitted that this objectio.
, would in sonse measure be true, and tia
it would be an evil. But before the OBJ
lection can have any weight, it must b
proved that the mingling of blood woul
, be more rapid, If the blacks were fire.
than it they are held in slavery. Thi
never can be proved for it is contrar
to facts. And indeed the temptation
and opportunities for this mixture woul
! be greatly removed by the emaneipario
OF the slaves. Can Mulattoes be multi
r piled faster than they are now? IT, theI
: the objection | am considering be an eyi
. the hest method 70 remove il is, TO enan
p cipatc tho slaves.
q The only remaining objection worth
q Of notice, is, that they would multipl
and increase amongst US unsil they woul
be the most numerous people. t.a
Facts are the proper answer 20 tai
: objection. In the states of Georgia an
, South Carolina the slaves have ~increaes
= ed above in n ratio above the increas
|. of the whites that is truly alarming. Tn
, fact is, in every slave state, they al
multiplying like the children of Isra,
under their bondage in Egypt. I Butt
: the states where they have been gradu
ally emancipated, their numbers decreasr
: 50 the objection is light in the face 4,
: facts; while in a state of slavery, IN
. males and females come together as 500
4 %asnature dictates; there are no DELAY
! 90 forming fam les amongst them froi
considerations how they will be provid
ed for, where they will settle, or VIII,
occupation they will pursue. Hence
4 happens, that the slave male and femaI
4 are the parehts Of children live. ten {
;, twelve years sooner in life than n
whites. But were they emaneipate,
: they would be governed by cireumsiar
ces which would retArd' their increas
! while numbers would emigrate; and
10 very distant period our state woul
be nearly clear Of them
!, rue AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
In an address ofthis kind, the iniustic
7 cruelty and bloodshed that takes plac
T, when these unhappy creatures were on
taken in their own country, may be In
troduced with great propriety. The
\ are always obtained by violence, arti6c
and treachery. The monsters in inaui
: ty who live by the trade Of human sou.
and blood, sometimes employ the native
20 steal slaves for them, when foun
abroad, on The road, or in the woods, ,
in tbs conhelds, at the time OF yea
when their parents keep them there a
the day 10 scare away the devOurin
: small birds, And these s]tealers are r,
,, wsrded by trinkets Of various kind
/ brady, Sc. Bat the more commo
: MaY ofubiaining alaYes Is. 20 set twn {