...producing the destruction of both master and •lare ; it requires fresh lands, plenty of «ood nnd water, not only for the comfort and happiness of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner.'" Ilere there is in miniature the picture of the essential elements of the communities of the Southern...

...slaveholdinjf Slates. Slarery cannot be confined within certain specified limits without producing tbe destruction of both master and slave. It requires...happiness of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner. We understand perfectly well the practical effect of the proposed restriction upon our rights, and...

...would happen to all the slaveholding States. ' Slavery cannot be confined within certain specified ' limits without producing the destruction of both '...of the slave, but for the benefit of the ' owner." Only in exceptional spots specially favored by nature, where fertility is exhaustless, or spontaneously...

...producing the destruction m' both master and slave. It requires frmh land,, plejttv of iroofi and iea/er. not only for the comfort and happiness of the slave, but for the benefit oí' the owner. We understand perfectly well Ute practical efleel of the proposed restriction upon...

...within the limits of such county. Both master and slave would be starved out ; and what would be (he practical effect in any one county, the same result...happiness of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner." And this is the doctrine of the advocates of slavery ! What, to any mind but that of a slaveholder,...

...result would happen to all the slaveholding States. Slavery cannot be confined within certain specified limits without producing the destruction of both master...of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner."* It is further important to observe that the internal organization of slave societies adapts them in...

...the North been fighting only for empire, they could have secured the object without the cost of war, simply by yielding this point to the South. But they...happiness of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner.77 The North tell us they are fight2 ing for the ultimate suppression of slavery by constitutional...

...confine the present slave population within the limits of that county — such is the natural rapid increase of the slaves, and the rapid exhaustion of...happiness of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner." Again : when South Carolina seceded, she gave as a reason for secession that the North "denied the...

...Slavery cannot be confined within certain limits without producing the destruction 10 THE SLAVE POWER, of both master and slave; it requires fresh lands,...happiness of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner." And this is the doctrine of the advocates of slavery! What, to any mind but that of a slaveholder,...

...slaveholder," says Judge Warner of Georgia (and, in saying this, he only expressed the general sentiment), "in this house or out of it, but who knows perfectly...happiness of the slave, but for the benefit of the owner." And this is the doctrine of the advocates of slavery I What, to any mind but that of a slaveholder,...