The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-30

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his seat as chief justice that no slave
could tread the soil of England I'd,
moment he. touched her shores hi
shackles fell from hun and he stood
redeemed and regenented. as free
man, and we the people of the Uniteo
States are the descendants of English
men, governed alike by the great prin
eiples OF civil liberty which we inherited
No doubt when the public mind Of
England moved the freedom Of the
william, the clergy and nobility called
in aid the bible to prove slavery a divine
institution with reasons equally as
forcible as those presented ia the pre-
sent age; there is a principle in the
mind of every man not influenced 10y
education or prejudice against slavery,
the right to hold smother in bondage,
with power to control all his actions,
the right to inflict any punishment that
does not amount to life or limb, strikes
the unprejudiced mind asa wrong, and
against the great principles Of ciyn
liberty which are inculcated and taught
by free government IL was this pTin-
ciple that operated on the English mind
and gave liberty to the william, and at
later day emancipated the slaves Of
the West India islands under the cor
troll Of that government 1t was this
principle that moved the Emperor Of
Russia to free twenty millions of serfs
1t was this principle Of right that NOV
ed even the Spanish crown to free TIRE
negroes and Indians of Mexico, and it
list his great moving principle that now
controls aud governs the greab Amer
lean heart in the present contest, but II
viii be answered the william and Serfs
were of the same common race with
their masters. All admit it was right
they should not he held to bondage; but
our slaves are of African descen and not
entitled to freedom the God of nature
created and adapted them to their pre-
sent condition. It's admittedthey arean
inferior race, and tits believed by some
Of the most learned Ethnologist That
they spring from a different centre.
Doctor Morton, Of Philadelphia, who
examined more than one Thousand
skulls, says they have 81 cubic inches
less of brain than the white man, and
that their physical formation IS differ
emit? admit the truth of tho proposition
that they are inferior, it give the su-
perior race no right to hold them in
bondage. The Indian is not equal to
the white man, yet the most ultra pro-
slavery advocate will not contend for
the right Of capturing and holding him
in slavery The institution Of slavery
originated in wrong and violence and
the perpetuation Of it brings retribution
OF people who perpetuate it. and as
people vino profess to be controlled by
the % great principles Of christianity
and whose motto should be peace on
earth and good viii towards men, let
us abolish it and expel i from our
borders and not leave it to our pssteri-
ty. Every unprejudiced mind must adj
NIT slaveryhas not advanced the growth
and prosperity OF the State; with soil
and climate superior to any southern
or western State, che has fallen far
behind her sister States, the rich lands
are held by the slaveholders; as be ao-
cumulates fortune be buys mp The
smaller farmers around, until ono by
one they are forced to sell and REMOVE
neghborhoods support schools The
blacksmith, shoemaker and other arti-
cans. for want Of patronage, are com
PEELED to leave the wealthy slave
holder is not dependent; he liyeswisa-
in himself; he Is able to send of BIS
children and educate them he takes
no interest 10 the schools around his,
poor neighbors are unable 70 send their
children from hosle to be educated and
they must sell and leave or let their
children 90 uneducated they roust
have society for themselves aud fami-
lies; they are thus forced By circuu5.
stances surrounding to sell their homes,
by gradual accessions the wealthy slave
owner becomes the owner Of al the
small farms around him. These are
facts known TO every man Of observa
ton, and does it not deiract from the
wealth and prosperity Of the country.
at the eommencement OF the rebellion,
there we're about thirty thousand slave
holders in Tennessee; outof the whole
population it's supposed that az the
present time there is not one voter in
Ely who owns or has a right to a slave
Are you willing, freemen Of Tennes-
see, non-slaveholdersi are you wiling
to perpetuate an institution that Is a
wrong and mas been a blight upon the +.
of the State Are you
willing fosee land menopoiies continue 4
and Increase, by which the rich lands
vii pass into the possession Of : few
slave owners Are you willing
to see an institution perpetuated that
creates castles in society in the Anglo
iaxon race and an aristocFacy in the
,ountry2 Are you willing 70 support
md maintain By your vote an institu-
ion that is declared BY the leaders