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

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Nn Niff usrfn "a iHls lh 'iilAN' .
ii.inr.fal snhlfrt Some time sinfs
BE- nur ti.lumns. lri a. ihc distH'-sfl
~ srry marh that WAS inios. sting
FuA oall.ns ihr hisiDr'sus II New
Lui,iaud a. ihr i,vIi the iaoi that
slavery was established hy tiaiuio
laN Ia Mas-a,hu,riis, and dii not
,,ms up ihcrr, as ga olher States.
Wiihnui the sid ~ positive cnatt
mrnis Tho rryvlaliups made in
iie pr,.r'ss at lhr discussion Wunr
a-inu,shns a. all Who louk any IA
T,s.-si in lho history III Austrian
slavery. anl although al the iirst
irw - husiaslir gcnllvmon ailomii
,,i la f~,tl assertions o. 10 establish
the s,,si-." that the purilans same
a. Massachusetts, a. pioneers at civil
aud r,'lisi,ms lilrrlys this attempt
aas Vss@lsr .i,andnnrd, IN the iarc
81 Observation-Disclosures, aud there
n nnw 49, Unr in hr inund ~ hnld as
a. rlaim that any idra "I liberty,
r,,,i go r.ligl"us, prevails m the
srlllcmrnl ur gr"w,h III Plymouth
go lh,siun
That portion "f IKcHis,ussiun loo
ing Substantially ended, lhc SECOND
hranrh brcamo interesting, and II
was regarded ~ important Ia show
that the kind al silvoh"l,ling which
prevailed among tho rur tans nni
ii.rir descendant, WAS hut mild
imrm uf scrVitudu, irccd from the
evils which elsewhere characterized
the relation uf owner aud owned,
Vlu Ihis I'ninl also such mass oi
testimony has been ELECTED that the
srsIcr oi New England history can
not tail 10 be- uslOnishcl nj the ap,
Iarrmi ignorance of former writers
"n tho subject. In the Historical
Magazine Tor February, wo iind Il
remarkably interesting paper 10y
Gcorgc II. Moore, Esq, which sheds
Hood Of light on the whole subject,
No evidence could be more conclu,
sivo gn the general character OF
Massachusetts slavery than such rs
rnablcs us Ia judge of its effect on
Tho relation Of marriage. In all
slavcholding countries, among the
creates, evils of slavery has been ro-
,saricd its interference with the
FAMILY bond. Mr.. Pallrcy thinks,
from the reverence entertained by
the Fathers of New England for the
nuplial tic, il is safe 10 infer that
slave husbands aud wives were
never parted" But Mr., Pallrcy
SAW tho Fathers OF New England
through the rosy atmosphere which
modern Massachusetts historical
writers have been accustomed to
look through when regarding the
Puritans. What shall be said of
fbcm after reading Mr.. Moorc's as
DIMINISHING paper? lilo first refers to
.,,Nc SERIOUS addresses TO the Epis-
.copal scpara; in New England,
by Rev. Noah Hobart, published in
l1lS, in which that Reverend au-
thor found fault with the use of the
Episcopal form of marriage in the
case of slaves, rs tending to pro
tancnoss, because the slave could
not possibly fulfill the promises,
and tic ceremony must therefore be
regarded as only n solemn farce"
Hobart instanccd only the fact that
the slave could not own property,
and that therefore the endowment
clause of tho promise was foolish
and profanc, but he referred to
other instances which might be
produced undcr tn head" 1t
would seem plainly from this that
tLc Puritan form was more flexible
shan tho Episcopalian, and not liza
bic TO the objections of Mr.. Hobart
The discovery of Il genuine form
USED in negro marriages serves not
only to show how this sacred rcla.
ton was regarded by the public
sentiment as we'll as the religion of
the day, but also to give in the ad-
dress of the CLERGYMAN to tho mar
,iopc couplc, q scanning up of the
entire character Of the slavery of
Massachusetts. 1t was pretty much
the same thing there as everywhere
else, so long as it was profitable.
W,'ouote from Mr.. Moorc's paper :
GLOW then. was it that Parson
Hobart, in Ills, could put his Epis-
copal brother to the blush for pro
flaming tho marriage service in the
manncr alleged. unless the more
n.commod.t;o~ sDirit of his own
sect cuabled him to adapt its for
mvIas at discretion to tho cases
which camo before him? The in.
ference is obvious, and sustains the
tradition that in Massachusetts the
marriages of slaves while they were
unoucsIionably moro formal in some
,,.a, a., ;, ,noroI, cumming q broom-