Source-book of American history; edfor schools and readers . * 1 V ) < Xj* mi stiff \\ M^ 5* i. 9- &o ^ o £ a) Co ?—?*C P (0£ C C ill E. ~ O jj iu3 _C .5 O ? ] A Southern Defence 245 to permit any foreign authority to question our right tomaintain it. It may nevertheless be appropriate, as a vol-untary token of our respect for the opinions of our confed-erate brethren, to present some views to their considerationon this subject, calculated to disabuse their minds of falseopinions and pernicious prejudices. No human institution, in my opinion, is more manifestlyconsistent with the will
Source-book of American history; edfor schools and readers . * 1 V ) < Xj* mi stiff \\ M^ 5* i. 9- &o ^ o £ a) Co ?—?*C P (0£ C C ill E. ~ O jj iu3 _C .5 O ? ] A Southern Defence 245 to permit any foreign authority to question our right tomaintain it. It may nevertheless be appropriate, as a vol-untary token of our respect for the opinions of our confed-erate brethren, to present some views to their considerationon this subject, calculated to disabuse their minds of falseopinions and pernicious prejudices. No human institution, in my opinion, is more manifestlyconsistent with the will of God, than domestic slavery, andno one of his ordinances is written in more legible charactersthan that which consigns the African race to this condition,as more conducive to their own happiness, than any otherof which they are susceptible. Whether we consult thesacred Scriptures, or the lights of nature and reason, we shallfind these truths as abundantly apparent, as if written witha sunbeam in the heavens. Under both the Jewish and Chris-tian dispensations of our religion, do
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