Webster, in one of his speeches in the Senate, called "the constant
rub-a-dub of the press,"--"no drum-head," he says, "in the longest day's
march, having been more incessantly beaten than the feeling of the
public in certain parts of the North." I cannot reason with these men,'
continued the Judge, 'for I confess, at once, that I cannot demonstrate,
either by logic or by mathematics, a modern quitclaim or warranty in
holding slaves. In combating their illogical and unscriptural positions,
I seem to them to be an advocate of the divine right of
oppression,--which I am not. That it is best, however, and that it is
right, for this relation to continue until God shall manifest some
purpose to terminate it consistently with the good of all concerned, I
am perfectly convinced and satisfied. I believe that it has reference
to the great plan of mercy toward our world, and that when the object is
accomplished, the providence of God will, in some way, make it known. It
may be the case, no candid man and believer in revelation and divine
providence will deny it to be possible, that this dispensation with
regard to this colored race will continue for long ages to come, in the
form of bondage.
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