New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-13
"TuR WORLD,sn GREEK.

To ia Editor u The N. y. Trtn@
cir: After having replied to the only thing In
7Hs Worlds structures which had the appearances
LOT an argument had intended. Is itatod. " take
notice OF some OF its Autobiography Its
egregious Quibblibg shat word Sovereignty II
hoped that there may b. season Of leisure for
this In the mean time attention may 30 given 70
7A> Worlds Greek.
The frequent Use. by Southern cerSymen Of Aris
totles argument IN favor Of slavery sr Of snsAvas
rbaTiaDs they used 10 state H. was the fact pre-
scented and surely man must display astonishing
amount OF hard God who would dare TO donJ what Is ~
well known. 1t nett to Han in published Southern
sermons The accuracy Of thcr Statements or OF their
differences had nothing 10 do with the mattel even had
they used the argument incorrectly which they oar
tsiny did not We take into view hs ssbssaauA bear
ling. They were right here. whether they Cos shsar
knowledge from Transitions or tradition Ais
tote was thorough proSayery man, one thaa voud
have delighted the very soul OF Calhoun. 81 DIR.
Iioee Ito does his work most logically. : lii his
prsmIses md hs conclusions arc irressthe. Some
LOT the Black Republicans or higher Law" men Of
tue oiden time lad maintained that SLAVERY beAs only
"by Law" Chat Ia by positive sainie). and aos D.
nature was therefore. against natural righ and Tho
produc, only Of force This is Tie argument that ATs
totle ysjss His ground position IL that sone mon are
are by nature dovo" born 20 be ssvesi others are
"by nature dssposs,." born 70 DO mastora Iivs"s
modern kr, and 1t Is the same argument thft has 80
often appeared In Tas Richmond Enqsbr. ana Shich
The Ford has near 10 defending ~ II dared III
this latitude Of freedom. II we make allowance for
change Of outward worldly conditions Is u the famous
virginia and Carolina dogma that "eaptai should own
Ilat6r Aristotle. indeed puts IL on somewhat hsnef
eround since the above mercenay Language would have
sounded strange even In these degenerate days Inc
pure property idea was not with nG, ths prominent
one In this respect he was behind The Democrho parry
OF buchanan and the men who, Ike TIE World 90 per
..t.pty supported tie bred Scott decision-s higher
law to Tie contrary notwithstanding The Greek pAics
opher had III Wow Father that soVernHeriM aspect Ia
which American Slavery used to DO defended before
cotton and Cincinnati conventions had deeply cor
rupted our politics sorae men. he msn'aiDed' wsro "
na.are arehk0i qualified 10 rae They were the e'isSr
the chivalry. "ths hightoned." born 70 commAnd'
Others vere "by nature dol!ise sersie. rnean born
to obey they were the Madss Of society. their place
was below aud snce nature put them there there the
should stay We have moderated tEe Language, some
what but the thought Is a., there 1t should be borre
10 mind that this ID not said Of political goVernment
where, of course the better aad intelligent oaSA
rule, but VI the domestic relation si tue word reA
ton has any place hero Of deoi' aud d0ui0' though
taken In hat Of higher than that vo unquaii'
fed property seIze to which Il supk Ia optic OF Chis-
ltlany and Democracy. in America. 1t should be Te-
bersd too that IL written IN the court OF tie
dospot Alexander and should therefore, exercise
much charity when we compare II with tho ETH lower
Edoctrpe that issued from tho Democratic ChcfJustoe
OF the United States.
But for tho "refulalion" OF which The Rerid 90
learnedly speahs Aristotle, 1t graVey tells US. put
forth such doctrine Only to refute it, That is, lie
showed in opposltion 10 its msntdners tat II was mol
for the Greeks to make slaves OF Barbaansi fof
this 10 the point OF the assertion or there Is no point 70
lit. What kind Of readers mus! The Worh have on
what must 1t think Of them 10 treat them to suoh chat
as thist Who has so sgregiousiy imposed upon Ih'
Worlds clsssicsltyi VIII il give VI tie chapter and
section Of such refutatlonf
We will try TO snlighten TAs Wer!fs ignorance here
The "refutation" aforesaid was after this wise As
Paul proved all men to be by nature under SIM 30
Aristotle had undertaken to prove all poor and moan
men, all rsSs men, oil tho sssnneis In fact or gnobe men,
be "by nature under slavery In the course OF the
argument ho quotes line from Of the poets say
ling that the Hesnans onglt to be masters and the
,arbarians slsves This however. was Limitation 81
lhs position that be could not allow 1t not wide
enough for his platform. He was too consistent a
koeiciap to stop here He IN tho condition OF some
~ tho Southern rsssoners whom tn, Bord used to
take AZ such profound political suthotss These had
40, beyond the African and carried. by tie sheer
force Of their party logic 70 the advanced position that