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upon the same moral ground. why should the
Senator from Massachusetts seek bv legisla
ton to bunish the one and refuse to legisate
TO suppress the other2 / will unite with him.
II ne WI leave other unconstitutional or OPP
presslve provisions out Of his bill. TO pass laws
stIll more severe, II need be- for the punish
ment Of pOiygamy in Utah. IL he viii unite with
senators for the passage OF laws applicable to
the District Of Columbia and the Territories
which shall forbid party to marry again who
mas according 70 the moral law been Illegally
divorced, aud who when he remarries IS de-
clared by the Divine Being to he an adulterer
Since our last discussion Of this question
was glad TO see that the General Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in session
az Philadelphia, has condemned illegal mar
rlages- and has passed resolution saying that
divorce should be confined TO the cause laid
down by the Saviour himself. and that alone
and has forbidden its ministers to perform
the marriage ceremony between parties who
under that rule have no right to marry again
This IS noble example set by that church:
and trust the Congress Of the United States.
within the limits Of its jurisdiction in the
District OF Columbia and all the Territories
viii by law set like example to the States
and TO all the people Of this Union.
In the discussion OF this question the other
daY cOnfi3ed myself to a living ISSUE 10 an
evil which is now prevalent which may prop
erlY be SAID to be our great national sin. Most
Of nay references were TO New England, not
with any view Of making an assault upon that
section Of the Union any more than
upon any other section guilty Of the
"a ne practices. but because the evil seems 10
be most prevalent there, and the statistics
showing its prevalence were at hand, given
Us by New England authors. to show the true
state OF things. did not 20 back to the his
tory Of New England and refer to any other
evil or any other had points in her history
which might seem to be disconnected with the
subject under discussion. / tried 10 cOnfine
myself to discussion Of the evils which de-
stroy the peace and sanctity Of the family,
which Is the unit Of the State.
! am very sorry the Senator from Massachu-
sets Mr.. Hoar) is not in his seat, for / desire
that he shall hear the remarks that / am
going 20 make. However. il is matter within
his own discretion as to whether he viii do so
or not.
But, Mr.. President, my friend from Massa-
chusetts in his reply, while he justly acquitted
me of any purpose TO do injustice TO New Eng
land, did not think proper to coRfne himself
70 the living issues of to-day. but he felt it his
duty to go back and disinter for exhibition the
corpse OF slavery, which is now one of the
dead issues of the past.
He charges that had for a large portion of
my life supported an institution (meaning
slavery lying at the foundation of govern
ment which prohibited MARRIAGE to a majority
OF the people of my State. In that connection.
however, he was little at fault in his figures,
as slaves were, believe. never at any time
majority OF the people Of Georgia, yet they
| formed a large minority of our people.
/ But as L am charged with having sup
| ported the institution of slavery most of my
/ slaves, it may not be inappropriate. however
| unpleasant the task NAV be, for me to make
some reference to the origin OF slavery in this
country. and to show who was responsible for
| its introduction. AS slavery is now dead in
/ this country, it is certainly as proper for me
/ to go back and refer to it's origin and its early
/ practices as it was for the Senator from
/ Massachusetts to introduce il into this dis
cussion. and refer to its practices twenty
i years ago.
1t is also proper to inquire when and how
1 and Inv xrhn vrrou VvsfrsO s,.kA Ftxa
4 different States Of the Union; and as fair an
/ illustration anv will be found in the his
/ tory of the two States, Massachusetts and
/ Georgia. In my other speech L took occasion
/ to contrast the pOlygamy of Utah and New
| England; now it will become to some extent
| my duty to contrast the slavery of Massa-
ehusett' and Georgia In doing this shall
! quote rom the history Of Mas ,achusetts on
| the slavery question. ! shall make some ex-
| tracts from the book written by George H.
| Moore, member of the Historical Society of
| the State of Massachusetts, which is
| entitled "NOtes on the History of
Slavery in Massachusetts," and from
| Elliotts History of New England. l shall first
/ quote from Moore in substance as follows:
SLAVERY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
1.-THE Purtans in their earliest code made
ample provision for slavery, and added the
| conviction that slavery was established by
| the law Of God, and that Christianity always
| recognized it as the antecedent Mosaic prac-
| tice. (M0Ore's Notes on the History of Slavery
| in Massachusetts, pages los and l23-4.
s'Massachusetts held in slavery Scots and
Irish" (Elliotts History Of New England,
| volume = page l79.)
''Negroes and Indians were bought and sold
| without conjunction by priest and people
alike" ibid, page 1907
Through all the wars captive Indians were
sold as slaves, and Indians were held as slaves
without conjunction" (I6ld., pages us and
l76.l
| and carried cargOes OF 1t TO Africa, and
| bought cargoes of slaves flor the markets Of
| the West Indies and Southern Colonies, and
| brought portions of them to New England"
| (Ibid., page 49,
aged and inhrm slaves were set free to re-
lieve the master from the charge of support
ing them" Moore on Slavery in Massachu-
| sets, page So
THE people Of Massachusetts, raised slaves
| for the markets." ibid, page 69.)
| "They were taxed like horses, oxen, cows,
| mencement OF the war of the revolution"
| (Ibid., page 65.)
| Negroes were looked upon as a good dog is
now. They were commonly treated with
| kindness, but were liable to abuse as dogs
| are.N q Elliott, page 1927
Negroes were advertised for sale as we now
] advertise horse or COW, and the news
/ papers OF the day contain such advertisements
| as these, which should like the Senator from
Massachusetts, if he had remained in the hall,
| to have heard:
| "a likely negro wench and child to be sold.
| Inquire OF printer"
so be sold by the subscriber, of Branford,
a likely negro wench, is years of age; is ac-
| quainted with all sorts of homework; is sold
| for no fault. june Is, l773."
Under the date of October A. 170S, the Boston
| Newsletter has the following advertisements:
| "a negro woman, aged about 81 years to be
| sold. Inquire at the pos Office in COrnhill,
| Boston, and know further"
| October IL. same year:
IAN Indian woman. aged about 80 years, to
be sold. Inquire at the post Office in,Cornhill.
| Boston, and know further Nov. %. Q Ell
lott, pages ISL and 1921
Moore, in his Notes on Slavery in Massachu-
| sets. page 40, says: NEGRO men, women,
| and children were mixed up in the sales with
wearing apparel. gold Watches and other
goods" and he then gives specimens Of adj
/ vertisements, as follows: every good Barba-
does rum is offered with a young negro that
| has had the smallpox" Competitors offer
likely men and women, just arriyed;p "Ne-
gro men, new, and negro boys who have been
in the country some time;" "And also
just arrived, choice parcel OF ne
gro boys and girls" "a likely negro
man. born in the country and bred a farmer,
fit for any service;" "a negro woman about
p years old, with boy about MONTHS" etc. /;
"a likely negro woman, about 10 years, and a
| child of about months of age, to be sold to-
taken by execution. and to be sold by public
auction at the Royal Exchange tavern in
| King street at o'clock this afternoon
| Again, Elliott, page us, the following
| advertisement.
''Just imported from Dublin, in the brig
Derby, parcel OF Irish servants, both men
and women, and to be sold cheap. by Israel
| Boardman, of Stamford, January 8, 1894"
These may serve as specimens of advertise
ments Of slaves in Massachusetts for sale, and
| it will be seen that the Shareholders of that
| good old Commonwealth were in condition to
! accommodate and were very accom- mOdating
to purchasers. They could sell you an Irish
slave or Scotch slave. an Indian slave or
negro slave: they could sell you a man or
| woman, or they could sell you mother with
a child months old. TO be sold together or
/ apart, as it best suited the purchaser; and
1 they pOnld hp "a Of tba
| child and to another person the mother, and
! to third the child itself, which was held to
| be legitimate if the master consented to the
! intercourse when the parties were never mar
| ried. And they sold negroes ''taken by execu-
| ton" for the payment Of the debts of the
| owner. This showed a very liberal commerce
| in slave property in Massachusetts. Anything
| the purchaser wanted in that line he could get
for the money.
Hubbard, the contemporary historian Of the
| Indian wars, says of these captiyes:
"Of those who are not so desperate or sullen
/ to sell their lives for nothing but yielded in
| time, the male children were sent to the Ber-
| mudas, OF the females, some were distributed
| to the English towns; some were disposed of
| among other Indians, to whom they were
deadly enemies, as well as to ourselves"
''The coIonists of Massachusetts assumed to
i themselves "a right to treat the Indians on
/ the footing of Canaanites or Amalekltes,' and
| practically regarded them from the first as
/ fOrlorn and wretched heather. possessing few
/ rights which were entitled TO respect" q
| Bancroft, page sos: Moore, page 3d.
ssThey exported Indians to sell for negroes"
/ Moore, page 32.
The eoionists of Massachusetts, sold Indian
prisoners on public account, and the Treas
urer, in giving an account of his stewardship,
has this item:
s'Captives: for one hundred and eighty
eight prisoners at war sold, f397.l3."
The author says:
"There is a peculiar significance in the
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