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the New Jersey Legislature, on the proposed
amendment to the constitutional abolish sla
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SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE NEW JERSEY
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY By HON. DANIEL ooREY
OF soMERsET
! Nh SPsAxER: have listened with pro-
/ found attention TO the speeches delivered by
the gentlemen on the opposite side of the
House on what they call on amendment to
tue Constitution Of the United States, for
come logical and constitutional Argument in
| favor OF its adoption, but, sir / have listened
in vain. The whole burden Of theif speeches
has been "the moral evil of slavery" The
| accursed institution originating from He'll,
'the sin Of sine and the sum Of all vilianies y
When the gentleman from Cumberland (Mr
| Eixonl who is lawyer, took the floor to re-
ply TO The constitutional argument on State
rights and State sovereignty made BY the gen.
tlemen from Hudson, Mr. Abbott,) | expect
| ed 10 hear a sound and logical argument 10
! favor of this amendment based upon the Con.
stitution But be disposed of the Rrgumout
OF the gentleman from Hudson in a most sum
mGry manner by declaring that The doctrine
Of State rights and State sovereignty Is igno-
| RED" and then, like the gentleman who had
! preceded him, spoke in favor of the amend
ment upon the ground Of Humanity, oppression
and the moral evil Of slavery and must say
that our young member from Hud'Np prored
! himself 10 be the Achilles la ueVa,e. The
principal argument oil the gentleman was ''ii
| oppression is wrong slavery is wrong" This
appears 10 be q very good argument but it 10
not equal to the argument Of the Chief May
! istrale who seid ut slavery is not wrong moth
! ing is wrong" There is logic for you ; that
is what may be called regular knock down
argument, for we can prove that some things
are wrong, and one is that it would be wrong
for twenty-seven partners in trade to vote
away one third oil tue property OF nine equal
partners in trade without their consent and
without compensation, and it would be as
grossly wrong for twenty seven States to vote
away oue.third Of The property of the United
! States without their consent and without com.
pensatiou No man would desire to hold prop.
erty Of any kind that could be taken from him
at any time BY the will or caprice of another
The gentleman quoted from Blackstone,
and be knows that Blackstone says that ell
human laws, that are Just and right, are
founded on the divine law. Now let US ex
/ anime the divine law, and see how il agrees
\ with the assertions of the gentlemen who
are so anxious to adopt this amendment
! Paul says where there Is no law there can
I be 10 transgression, aud therefore, whstso
ever the Bible does not condemn or rdenounee
as sin, or wrong, can not be sin, aud must be
right Add now TO the law and TO the test
mony; II they speak not according TO these,
il is because here is no light in them. "And
God said unto Moses from Mount Sinai,
speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them: If thy brother, Hebrew, wax
poor and be sold unto thee, he shall not
serve as bond.servant; six years shall he
serve, aud the seventh he shall 20 out free
for nohing, for they are my servants which
brought forth out Of the land Of Egypt, om
of the house OF bondage Both thy bond
men and thy bondmhids which thou shalt
have, shall be Of the heather that are round
l about you; of them shall ye bay bondmen
and bondmaids, And ye shall take them as
an inheritance for your children after you, to
inh crit them for possession; they shall be
your bondmsn forever Here is the insti
tutiou OF American slavery. Aud who dare
say God enacted q statute from that solemn
and awful Mount that was the "sin of sins
aud the "sum OF all villafues," but base
infidel and blasphemer The Abolition party
complain of, and denOunce ehattel slavery in
the South. BY what authority do they do
tLis2 Not by the authority OF God for be
said TO Mnses from the same Mount, speak
unto tie children OF Israel and say unto
them: "If man shall smite his man serv-
ant or maid servant with rod, and he die
under his hand, be shall be surely punished
Notwithstanding if he continue Tor a day or
TWO, be shall not be punished, for he is his
money" Is money chRttel2 Then the
save is made chattel by the statute Of God
IF an OK shall push man servant or a maid
servant, the OK shall be stoned and the
owner of the OK shall pay to their master
thirty shekels Of silver"
Why not pay the money to the person in
I iu.ed Because property was scrupulously
prote cted by the divine laW, aud teparaiion
mast be made 70 the owner Of the property
The bond servant had privileges that we're
! not granted 70 the hired servant because II
was a family relation "lf the priest had
bought any soul with his money he should
eat Of the holy thing, aud every mau's serv
ant that is bought for money shall eat the
passover, but foreigner or q hired servant
shall not eat Of the holy or the passover
The Abolition Republican party denounee
the institution Of slavery because they say
il sonar ates families. What 10 the statute Of
IGoI on this subject2 1t is this "lf thou
bny Hebrew servant and his master have
giyeu hm a wife, aud she have born him
sons or dau ehtefs, the wife and her children
shall be her masters, and he shall go out
by himself Add If the servant shall plainly
say, | love my master, my wife, and my
children, then his master shall bring blm uniC
the door post and his master shall bore BIZ
ear through with an awl and be shall sery'
him Forever" The Hebrew servant eoulC
nos enjoy The society OF his wife and children
luness he became slave for life, under ih'
divine law The love for his master IS hrs
NAMED, and, therefore, musi be paramount Z
bis love for bis wife and bis children, to gran