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wJh ^ m ^ Wif M ^^ ^ tftfe . tegHftroatat ar f 8 f 9 fe » ^ 9 ?? Fffir » , JH ^ * $ V P ° & P ^ rail tfce j $ isK ? p £ jpjt ^^ tc ^ eattonntj ^ r ^ h ^ g ^^^^ usfiit ;^ er ^ po ^ ible ^ beafi us ^ t ^ l y from ttya Wtionv th |^ to ^ | i ^ t ^ d still r ^^ troioqched ; we should Walosfe somg supgpjr ^ rs of pur cause , who fly with alarra froif ^ iwl ^ fii ^^ eiictoi-j natp ^ " ^ u r ^ pplitiqs . '' , : : . . .. . . . . .. vin- ^ ^ u bms ifr > ^ jput the comparison between the Negro Slave and e British Labourer is not fairly m ^ de ., Miserably poor as are vast numbers iof tb _ e , ^ iwoniking clas §^ s in fhU kingdom , owing to the restrictions which are placed on trade
aadco ^ ingrce , their situation is still incomparably better than that of the captive iVfrican ^ Whatever sufferings they endure , they cannot he driven to hbpiir by the , lash , they cannot for the slighest offence of their own * pr by tl ^ e caprice and ill-humour of their master , be stripped bare , tied to a ladder , or held down by their fellow-men , and have savage stripes inflicted on the % unti } their whole backs present one mass of lacerated flesh . They cannot suffer these things without trial , without appeal from its infliction ,
and then ] be thrust into , the stocks , in a close , and filthy , and miserable dungeo ^ . ; ; f ^ t ? with just sufficient food to keep life and strength in him , with just slij ^ qient clothing for tbe purposes of West-Indian decency , tfcte Slavet is jfr ^ cmenltly objiigeid to endure all this , and too often are these , sufferitigfe miiijtjpl }^ to , a horrible degree . They who represent the situation of the ^ est ^ fodian Slave as superior to that of the British labourer , rnust have large faith in the credulity of the British public . Not even the Irisb cottar ^ miserable , degraded , half-clothed , and half-starved , as he is 9 is in so deplorable a condition . He has much of wfiich to complain , but , when the Negro speaks , his , tongue must be dumb within his mouth * 66 Tfie opponents of Negro Slavery have grossly exaggerated facts , and in ni ^ ny instances have stated absolute falsehoods . " This plea , like the foregoii ^ , proves nothing that it is intended to prove , even if it be true . If every advpcate of emancipation were a liar , as long , as the fact of the exist * - ; enee ^ of Slavery is trueit must be tried by its intrinsic merits , and we must
^ cprae to thq old question , Has one man a right to hold another man ii > Slavery , ? though he should clothe him in purple , and cause hina to fare siiiyp ^ uously every day . No cause can be identified with its a 4 wcate ^ .. It must stand on its own truth or falsehood . If its . advocates be b #$ l men , itis a reason for caution , but for no more . A diamond is a diamond still , though its form and water be lauded by the veriest thief on this sifie tbe gaHaw ^; . It is npt , however , pretended that all which the mancipiste say is ex ^ ag-r
gyration and fal ^ Jiood- There comes again , then ,. the old arguipej ^/ ftf ^ e ^' grees , or tjie pid iqiust wiped off is again attempted to be thrownuin ou ^ pyi ^ The qpestiont is ppt , Hpvv much oppression may t ^ he Sl ^ ye-rliiOild er oe ^ er ^ i ^ Oiii But may he Be a Slave-holder ? if he mayjiiot , ^ s h ^ s be ^ n alfeafly pr ^ Y ^' ther | ^ di jrni ^ isjqi , tjtie state ments respecting Negra ppp ^^^ q ^; ^ by ^^ Ui % bk \ es $ a& * « geraf : ip ^ ancJ jSlspftood that emancipists aj £ £ a ( d ( ^ b ^ remai balance of foul and fearfu whftl !
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JVesUlndian Slqvery * 743
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 743, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/15/
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