The Afro-American press and its editors . ppeor that tlw ,*„,„«,.between the master and stare is a propersubject of lr is a conventionalright and depends entirely upon the taws.—as the laws create it. they may mddifv. en-large restrain, or destroy it, without anyether limilatipsi than is imposed by the jeue- fiiii ral (food. It is not so touch a right of pro-perty, ne it is a. legal relation *, and it oughtto be treated ae auch. The aecond object wae, to reliere slave-holdera from a charge, or an apprehension ofcriminality, where in fact, there is no can be no palliat
The Afro-American press and its editors . ppeor that tlw ,*„,„«,.between the master and stare is a propersubject of lr is a conventionalright and depends entirely upon the taws.—as the laws create it. they may mddifv. en-large restrain, or destroy it, without anyether limilatipsi than is imposed by the jeue- fiiii ral (food. It is not so touch a right of pro-perty, ne it is a. legal relation *, and it oughtto be treated ae auch. The aecond object wae, to reliere slave-holdera from a charge, or an apprehension ofcriminality, where in fact, there is no can be no palliation for the Conduct ofthose who first brought the corse of slaveryupon poor Africa, aDd poor America loo.—But the body of tbe present generation arethis charge. Posterity are notor the sins of their fathers, un-ve, their deeds. They foundng them, in a degraded slate,incapable eiuier of appreciating or enjoyingliberty. They hove, therefore, nothing toanswer for on this score, because they have answerableless they appthe blacks nn. most of theer the laws, noie slaves any of Nothing more i onal faculties Lei the contrary bo shownsay that of all that kind of .provision, whiclgoes to purify and elevate the character, an. bjeel affection nnd conngovernmant, every ;l*ly excluded. The cul cfcch can make them good servants, happyneighbors, and hopeful licits of elerna thinu of the kind is guarded agaioat,at least, even more studiously and setlle-d nay hope to enjcheavenly FatlieI think I may ven wootroeWest Isdian iMlt) ; gain that th nd0cfcver°en 7irTtheirhnse appear;dinary size use of theiiif their lives. W? their improvemen done by in ligated guilt It is the guilt of our rrvate efforts, to remove the injustice. Wavejnot done I his. Comparatively speakingothlng has been done. The Coloniznlioociety has indeed made a beginning, anohejas well as could be expected. ButIk now long it will probably be, before thatisflijution can dispose of 30,000 blaxjar. which is only the
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