The Van Buren press., 1867-12-06
Brownlow on Slavery.

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We clip the following from the Philadcl-
phia Evening Herald. II pcr,inently
quotes Brownlow against Brownlow
Brownlow, of Tennessee. is begging for
the United States Scnatorship from Tcnnes
see. A little more than nine years ago.
this same Brownlow was the avowed cham
pon Of slavery. and discussed the question.
"Ought American slavery to be perpetual.
cd y with Rev. Abram Pryne. before large
audiences in Concert Hall in this city. d.
volume containing the speeches OF both de-
batcrs is before us. and for the cdifcation
Of some Of Brownlow's admirers in this city
and elsewhere. We present few brief ex-
tracts from his speeches on that occasion
"Slavery can only elevate tho negro
race from their state of prestine barbarism
the continuance Of slavery is absolutsly " nee
essary to prevent the civilized. negroes Of
the South from relapsing into their old
savage state.
Slavery has tanned, civilized. Chris
ian;-ed, if YOU please. the brutal negroes
brought over to our shotes by the New
England kdnappers /; 1t has elevated them
physically. mentally. morally. and, there.
fore, has proved blessing to them. and
ought to be perpe'aatea."
1.-The sinIess spirits that surround Gods
throne day, who are transported with all
the ecstacy of an overwhelming affection.
and bend themselves in rapturous alteration
at the shrine of Infinite Holiness, behold.
with heavenly fascination, the moral beauty
of slavery, which even throws soitening
ustre over the awfulncss of tho Godhcad
those pure and holy spirits, whose sinless
existence lies in the knowledge and admira-
tion of Deity, ard who see sin in all its
malignity and salvation in all its mysteri
ous greatness, look down with delight upon
wha, slavery is doing for the African race"
Il go further, / assert that American
slavery is Aesstag to tho master, to tho
nonslaveholdcrs Of the South !; a blessing to
the civilized white race, and 5iessiaa TO
the negro siares in particular'
81 will point our people, with pleasure.
to the period, not many years ago, when
in the immediate vicinity Of this magnii-
cent hall, they assembled and burned to
ashes a building pennsylvania Hall) des
ccrated by Abolition meetings, from which
buck negroes walked home with white wo-
men"
"An argument, If not The argument. of
ahoitionism is, that men cannot hold prop
erty in man The claim is vile hercsy--
its consummaton a wicked and terrible
usurpation."
Mr. Pryns having asserted that slavery
would be abolished, Brownlow replied:
al am able to tell him (Mr. R) when
his labors of abolition will terminate.
When tho Angel Gabriel sounds tho last
trump of God. and calls the nations of the
earth to judgmcnt-thcn, and not before,
will slavery be abolished south Of Mason
and Dixon's line"
Really tho only way to civilize and
christianize benightcd Africa il to annex
that vast continent to the United States,
and let our people reduce them to slavery,
set them to work, and thus devclope tho
resources Of Africa"
1.-The slavery that Christ saw daily WAS
that under which master could sell his
slave, work him as many hours As he
pleased in twenty -four. or put him to death
il he thought proper to do so. Yet Christ
never preached sermon in favor Of abol-
ishng even this kind Of slavery"
These sentiments, and hundred others
equally strong. we quote from Brownlow's
speeches, and yet this blasphemous wor-
shipper and defender Of slavery only eight
years ago, is now one Of the idols Of tho
Radical party. Which is it they worship,
the principles or the man?