Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-17

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Iaiihh ~ htr aud will tlraru IA
her osiy ~ isaI ~ God, In his
rru, idrnrc, ,hall continue y0nr an'l
her Alsslc in Surh Place (ur place
as that sou can conveniently tsime
lnc,ihcr. - boyOu thus Promise
"lon II, dow nov, in SO rrrsru, q
O.. God, and these Witnesses, Take
:, a. be- yuuT HT,LdHh
"lrmisiug, that ~ as your pres
cat Rotation, as Servant shalt AL
nit, you will Perform the Part uf a
n a. towards him Aud IN l'arllc-
ala,
You Promise, that you will lore
him Aud that, an You shall have
the Opportunity aud Ability, you
will take proper tdrs of him IN
Sickness AID Health in Prosperi
" anl Adversely;
"Aud you viii bc True aud FUiih-
fsH Ia hln, and will Clcavu Ia him
oHiy, 50 Tong as God, in his iroyi-
deuce, shall continue his 4 your
Ahodo IN Such Place COR rlareSl rs
that you can come together, - do
iuu ,hus Promise,
4 ,hcn agreeable TO your Re
quest, with We Consent of Your
Masters aud MiSircsScs, do Declare
that you have Liccnco given You To
loo osnvcrsanl aud familiar together,
AZ HuShdHd and ll'Ue, 80 long ~
God shall continue your Places OF
Abudo IN aiorc said; And so long
~ you Shall behave your Selves rs
il bccOmclh Servant 10 doe:
For, you must, both Of you, bear
in mind, tia, you Remain Still, Us
really and truly as ever, your Mas,
lcr'S Property, and therefore il will
be justly expected, both by God and
Man, that you behave aud conduct
yourselves, rs Obcdient aud faithful
Servants towards your respective
Masters d Mistrcssos for tho Time
being:
"And finally, cXhort & Charge
you TO beware hest you give place
10 the Devil, so us TO take occasion
from tho License now given to you,
to be lifted up with Pride, and there
by fall under the Displcasurc, not
OF Man only, but Of God also for,
it is written, that God resistcth the
proud, but hc giveth Grace TO the
humble.
IL shall now Conclude with Pray
er for you, that you may become
good Christians, and that you may
be enabled 10 conduct yourselves us
such and in particular that you
may have Grace to behave suitably
towards each Other, ms also dutiful.
~ towards your Masters d. Mis-
trcsscs, Not with Eye Service, as
Mcn-plcasers, but as yc Servants of
Christ doing yo Will of Gcd from
w heart, &c.
Endorsed
IN tOHO-h hhhIauE.
"Thus the mutual pledges of these
poor creatures wcro formally in
terms made subordinate to their re-
lations us slaves; their personal
fidelity TO each other TO depend on
their respective places of residence
for the time being; and their mat
rimonial privilege, or license 10 DO
convcrsant and familiar together as
husband and wife, was TO continue
SO long rs they live in the same
ncighborhood and during good be.
havior. Both these conditions
were, of cearsc, determined by the
owners.
"Put such formula as marital
obligation as this needs neither com
mcnt or explanation 1t speaks
for itself, and furnishes an illustra-
ton which cpitomizos and cmpha
sizes the whole story of slavery in
Massachusetts. How long it would
take such a guarantee to the slave
of 'thc rights of marriage and of
family to bring about total mod
ilicaton of the character of negro
slavery must be left to the research
of the historian or the imagination
of the reader"
Historical researches arc Of great
Importance for present instruction
and future guidance. 1t may be
that much of the present character
of Massachusetts is due to the moral
effect of its slavo-holding customs
and laws. 1t may be also that
while slavery has been abolished
elsewhere in tempest and fire and
blood, the slow progress of liberty
in New England has not been as
effcctual. We have been told that
the present condition Of the surviv-
ing Indians in Massachusetts is
practically one Of slavery. 1t is
said that an Indian cannot work for
hire in some parts of the State, but
that his earnings belong to the
township in which he lives, and
that he can have no share in them.
1t is even affirmed that an Indian
having made q ahaling voyage and
returned safely with very consid-
cradle sum of money as his lay in
the voyage, was forbidden to collect
it, and that it was actually claimed
and seized by the town and went
into the common treasury. If this
be SO, it is strange commentary on
President Grants inaugural ad-
dress, proposing to treat the Indian
with reference to his future citizen
ship. If two hundred years of
Massachusetts civilization leave him
virtually a slave, VIC may well ask
what is that civilization and what
is the liberty which prevails under
it?
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