The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-26
THE PHINuIPLRS OF SLAVE.
hOLDERs.

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"Thcro a-e MON In these Canf deralo stsl,s who
have loo dep rttund earnestly Huiven 20 eaprrrs,
houg im diy aud aeculativ ely, on what Foundation
Of Tact VIZ wnst corner ageum OF principle, COR
so 4 tiu Ion was ~ cay 70 be buih up fair and
ht'-B'-t~ vi hra|s~s, Nag Is, 1861
SLAVERY THE soLx oAUsE or CIVILIZATION.
or IN a Mm,lr on Negro slavery, by ChsnOellor
Harper, Of south Carolina, In De bows Industrial
Rosonoes &C The s5utbe,u and western States
yo. II p aoS) II lrea
president Dew has shown that the
institution Of slavery Ia 9 principal cause
of civilization. Perhaps nothing can be-
more evident than that II 10 re sole cause.
II anything can be predicAted as uniyers-
ally true OF uncultivAted man, Il is that
ne will not Labor beyond what is AbsO
lutely necessary 10 maintain his exist
enoe Labor is pain 10 those who are un-
accustomed ~ II, aud the nature Of man
Is averse TO pain. Even with all the
training, The helps and motives Of oivili-
cation, we find that this aversion cannot
be overcome in many individuAls Of the
most cultivated societies. The coercion
II slavery alone Is adequate TO form man
TO habits Of labor Without Il there can
be no accumulation Of property, no pro-
violence Tor the future, no taste for COM
forts or el'gancies, which are the char
acteri.'ics aud essentials Of civilization.
liz lolO has obained bts command Of anotls,'s
dutor 4 81 begins % aelImlato and provide for
M JtstH'e, and NE foundations of ciwlsatton
arsIaid We tlnd o0narmed by experiences
tDst whichis so evident in theory. Since
the existence Of man upon the earth, with
exception whatever, either Of ancient
or mod'rn times, every society which has
alta ned CiviliE alton has advanced 10 Il
thr ugh this process.
WILL those who regard slavery a. I'm
moral, or crime In itself, tell us that man
was not inclined for civilization, but 10
roam the earth as q biped brute That
he is not 90 raise his eyes TO heaven, or
be confirmed IN his nobIer faculties 10
tho image Of his mskerp Or will they
say that the Judge OF all the earth has
done wrong in oidaining the means by
which alone that end can DO attained
Il Is true, that the Creator can make the
wlokedntss as well 80 the wrath Of man
q praise him, and biog forth the most
benevolent results from the most Atrooious
&C ions. Bat, in such cases IL is the
IN tive power OF the actor alone which
Q ,ndrm the action. The act itself IL
good, II IL prom ties the good purposes OF
dld, and would be approved By him, II
that result only were intended. Do they
not blaspheme the providence Of God
who deuouuee as wickedness and out
rage that which is rendered Indispensable
10 hia purposes 10 tho government Of the
| IL "a l. - .l.aN "a -
Srsss OF society will they say that slav-
cry oeascs TO be necessary, and lite very
existence bscomes sin and crime am
aware that such argumtnt would have
little eject on those with whom Il would
be degrading 20 contend-who pervert
the Inspired writiRgs--which, In some
puts, expressly sanction slavery, aud,
throughout, indichte most early that ID
u q MI ihs'Juiioa, Nth iohich religion has
t0 oonos1,--- ii h = shallOWnesa aud pre-
.umplion not less isgrAnt and shameless
than his, who would Justify murder from
he text And Pnintas arose and execut-
I'd judgment
There seem' 10 b Somelhing IN his alb
Jet VI oh b'lnts III pa ceph0ns and ddrkegI
aud en- Hsas tts IN icr landings and moral
IL Lngg0l mem Tel them that, Of necessity
ia ,v,ry civilized society there must be
IN inADile variety Of conditions and
emil y msnts ON The most eminent and
iut llectusl g. the most sers.!s and labor
ousi that he negro race, FROM their tenn
permanent and capacity, are peculiarly
suited 70 the situation which they occupy
aud net less happy ia II than any other
corresponding class ~ DO found Ia the
NOrloi prove, incOntestably, that no
. scheme Of emancipation could be carried
r into Eject without tb0 most intolerAble
mischieis aud calamatios 10 both master
and slave, or Without probably throwing
q a large aud fertile portion Of the eArth's
, surface cat Of the pale of civilization
and you have done nOlhing. The reply,
that whichever may be the consequence,
you are hound TO do rigk; that . man
, has right 10 himself, And man cannot
b have q property la man that n the
J neg'o raol DO naturally inferior la mind
, and character, they are not less entitled
10 The right Vl humanityi that II they
are happy IN their condition, II afford
bat this stronger evidence Of their degra.
dadpn, and rem fers them still more OBJ
is1is VI oommlssrratiOn. They report
, - ne ia idamental M sxlm OF our ciyl
, policy, that all men are born free An,
? equal, aud quote from our Declaration o
= Ia iepondtnce that mvn are endows,
1 by'heir Creator with certain inalienabl
b rghf among ghion arc life, liberty, ant
. "a pursuit of happlness.
? 'l.t' not iLe hist time thAtI haV'
: had ",casion 10 obstrge that men mAJ
upett With the nost confidence, sons
r NIX m Or seu mental phrase - soli
,Wueut or adm truth, which Il
!. eit ,er palp4bly iaiso or 70 which, upor
rxauintt Ou, Il viii bo found they At
tach 10 ueHuit- idea. Eithstandinl
QUE rrsp,ct fJi to impoftaht documen
which lec'ar,d our Independence, 70
itau, tblng og fouudia & -aud especial
70 b. Iuw4tt ma b. rsgEi ded rather % Il
10 ornAm % th4n 40 RIlta 4os---ialse, 90.
ghiatical or unmealing, mat respoL
10 should noe screen d from tls froest or
tminstO0.