The gospel of slavery : a primer of freedom . Stands for Query, Inquisitive thoughtMay lead to conclusions not anxiously of Quadroon we a moment should think,With one side of ancestry sable as ink,The other side claiming complexion as fairAs fatherly planters most commonly wear:The child of her Master, a Slave-daughter still,Must bow to the law of his sensual will;And when he shall sell her, (perhaps very soon)The Query may follow the chattel Quadroon. The cry of amalgamation as the result of the abolition ofSlavery, comes with a very ill grace from Southerners. Howmany nearly-w
The gospel of slavery : a primer of freedom . Stands for Query, Inquisitive thoughtMay lead to conclusions not anxiously of Quadroon we a moment should think,With one side of ancestry sable as ink,The other side claiming complexion as fairAs fatherly planters most commonly wear:The child of her Master, a Slave-daughter still,Must bow to the law of his sensual will;And when he shall sell her, (perhaps very soon)The Query may follow the chattel Quadroon. The cry of amalgamation as the result of the abolition ofSlavery, comes with a very ill grace from Southerners. Howmany nearly-white children have been sent to the North for aneducation, or to hide their negro-blood ? How many such havebeen manumitted, to guard against their continuance in bondageby any mishap ? How many Quadroons have been sold volun-tarily or brought to the block by the pecuniary embaiTassmentsof their father-masters ?. R Stands for MebeL The Colonies roseAgainst the stern sway of tyrannical foes,But Washington, Jefferson, all were ignored,When Southerners lifted the sceptre and sword,And Slavery lust to Rebellion gave birthAgainst the best government known in the Rebeldom look to the shame and the costOf seeking by w^ar the control they had lost?Or know they how ages will reckon the guiltOf a Temple of Freedom on Slavery built ? The foundations of our new government are laid, its corner-stone rests upon tlie great truth that the negro is not equal tothe white man. . This, our new government, is the first inthe history of the world, based upon this gTeat physical, philoso-j)hical and moral truth. . This stone which was rejected bythe first builders, is become the chief stone of the corner in ournew edifice. . Our Confederacy is a God-sent missionary tothe nations.—Alexander H. Stephe?is.
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