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Show 70 m:SPOT!Si\t allies in the numerous class of freedmen. !he emancipations constantly going on wonld ~oon, m fact, have put an end to the condition of servitude, had not .the mm;bcrs of the enslaved been kept good by fresh unportations and purchases. VVhcn at length _tl_lCsc unportations ceased slavery in towns and Cities soon came to an end;' the slavery of the country w~s changed into vUlauage, and v1llanage ended at last, Ill liberty. b . ,.-ro a certain extent, many of t~esc o s.erv~twns ap-ply to slavery as i~ exists in Brazil and Sj_Jan_Ish Am~rica. However dtsastrous may be t~1e socml con~ltion of those countries, it is not dcst1tnte of allcvm .. ttons. rrhe slave is at least regarded as a man, and is a! ways cheered by the prospect and the hope of freedom. His efforts to obtain it by pnrchasc, by gammg the good -will of his master, or by other peaceable means, arc encouraged by the la:':s ~nd by public opinion; and il' he attempt to qualdy lumsell for the more advantageous possessiOn of 1t, so laudable an amhition is approved and. applaud~d. In the United States, w1th all thclf democracy, there prevails a totally different system. It is laid do1~n, as an indisputable max 1m, that the freedom, tl:e cqthllity, the moral and social elevation of_ the s~r vde cla.s~, or any of its members, are total!y mcons1stcnt WJI,l the dignity, the interest, the exJstcncc cycn of the privileged order. 'rhat contempt1 ~hat ant1p~thy, that disgust which the degraded condttlon of servitude n:ttnrally inspires, is scrlulot~sly a~gravatcd by ~he '~hole course of education and IS arttully, though tmpctccptibly, transferred fr~m condition to ~·ace; a~1d to ~rown the wl1ole, the idea is earnest! y and Jn~ust.nously 1~1cul· cated that these suggestions of prcjud ICC and Ignorance', arc the very innate promptings o.t natm~c. an- In consequence, the natural symp~thJC~ of hun;t\he ity arc first smothered and then cx.ungmshed. 1 privileO'ed c~ase to consider the servile class as bel?1~2,· ing to ihe same scale of bcin.g with themselves. lh~ slaves in the estimate of thcu masters, lose all the at IN Al\lERICA. 71 tributes of humanity. The kindest, the most tenderhearted, the most philanthrop.ic of the privileged order, learn to be perfectly sausficd \vhcn the animal wants of the servile class are tolerably provided for. To make any account of their mental wants.-that is to entertain the idea. that they arc mcn,-is consid~ ered an absurd, a misplaced and a fallatical tcnderJ~ ess,. ccrta.i~, i~ persevered in, to uproot the foundatiOns of socwty, and to end in results indeterminate but terrible. ' For th? slaves. are regarded not merely as anirnals, but as ammals ot the Wildest and most ferocious character. 'rhey arc thought to be like tigers, trained to draw the plough, whom nothing hLlt fear, the 'vhip, and constant watchfulness, keep at all in subjection; wlto would take advantage of the slightest relaxation of the discipline that restrains them, to break away from their unwilling labors; and who if left to themselves, would ttuickly recover their savage nature, and find no enJoyment except to riot in blood. Whether or not there is any thing of reason and ~ruth 111 these 1deas, IS not now the question. :::luflicc It to say, that they areuniversutly prevalen t throughout !he southern states. 'They arc tile received, the au thorIzed, the established Cl'CCd. rrhcy arc intCl'WOVCil ill tO t~le very frame-work of society; laws, customs, charities, morals, aud religion, all arc modified by them. Doubtless there arc men of reflection and discernment and mc~1 in wl~om a warm beuevolcnce supplies tl1~ place of reflectiOn and discernment, who perceive more or less clearly, the monstrous aud extravagant absurdity of these ~opnlur ideas. But for their lives they dare not wlusper the suspicion of a doubt. To Jo so w~u.ld be l11gh treason against the authority of the prmleged order,-an order as jealous, fretful and susp1c10ns as ~ver was the aristocracy of Venice; and as. apt to pumsh too, on vague suspicion, without a tnal, .or a responsible accuser. It IS plain that emancipation can form no part of such a system. In South Carolina, Georgia, Alaba- |