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THE MORAL RELATIONS OF PERSONS HOLDING THE "PER SE" DOCTRINE ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY, TO THE PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION OF SLAVE LABOR PRODUCTS.

Moral relations of Slavery; Relations of the consumer of Slave labor products to the system; Grand error of all Anti-Slavery effort: Law of _particeps criminis_; Daniel O'Connell; _Malum in se_ doctrine; Inconsistency of those who hold it; English Emancipationists; Their commercial argument; Differences between the position of Great Britain and the United States; Preaching versus practice by Abolitionists; Cause of their want of influence over the Slaveholder; Necessity of examining the question; Each man to be judged by his own standard; Classification of opinions in the United States, in regard to the morality of Slavery; Three Views; A case in illustration; Apology of _per se_ men for using Slave grown products insufficient; Law relating to "confusion of goods;" _per se_ men _participes criminis_ with Slaveholder; Taking Slave grown products under _protest_ absurd; World's Christian Evangelical Alliance; Amount of Slave labor Cotton in England at that moment; Pharisaical conduct; The Scotchman taking his wife under protest; Anecdote; American Cotton more acceptable to Englishmen than Republican principles; Secret of England's policy toward American Slavery; The case of robbery again cited, and the English Satirized; A contrast; Causes of the want of moral power of Abolitionists; Slaveholder no cause to cringe; Other results; Effect of the adoption of the _per se_ doctrine by ecclesiastical bodies; Slaves thus left in all their moral destitution; Inconsistency of _per se_ men denouncing others; What the Bible says of similar conduct. 203

Conclusion. 215

APPENDIX.

Early movements in the American Colonies on the Slavery question. 227 Free colored population in Canada. 239 Important decisions relating to Negroes in Common Schools. 245 Massachusetts Black Militia. 246 South Side Views. 246 Colored people emigrating from Louisiana to Hayti. 248 The Coolie Traffic. 248

TABLE I.--Cotton, its influence on Commerce, Manufactures, Slavery, Emancipation, etc., from its earliest use in England to present date; Sources of its supplies; Dates of inventions increasing its use; Dates of movements designed to favor the blacks; Dates of occurrences antagonistic to their hopes. 250

TABLE II.--Tabular statement of Agricultural products and products of Animals exported; Total value of products of Animals and Agriculture raised in the United States; Value of amount left for consumption and use; Value of Cotton exported, of total crop, and of amount left for consumption; Do. of Tobacco, and its products. 254

TABLE. III.--Total imports of more important Groceries for 1853; Re-exports of do.; Proportion from Slave labor countries. 254

TABLE IV.--Free colored and Slave population of United States; Diminution of free colored population in New England; Rapid increase in Ohio, etc. 255

TABLE. V.--Influence of colored population on public sentiment in Ohio; Vote for and against Abolition candidate for Governor, by counties. 259

TABLE VI.--Total Cotton crop of United States, with the amounts exported, the consumption of the United States, North of Virginia, and the Stock on hand, September 1, of each year, from 1840 to 1859, inclusive. 260

TABLE VII.--Statement of the value of Cotton Manufactures, of Foreign Production, which were imported into the United States; And the value of the Cotton goods Manufactured in the United States, and exported, during the years stated; Also a statement showing the amount of Coffee imported into the United States annually, with the amount taken for consumption, during the years 1850 to 1858, inclusive. 261

TABLE VIII.--Statement exhibiting the value of the exports from the United States of breadstuffs and provisions; The amount and value of Cotton exported, with the average cost per pound; and the amount of Tobacco exported from 1821 to 1859 inclusive. 262

TABLE IX.--Statement exhibiting the value of Foreign goods imported and taken for consumption in the United States; The value of Domestic produce of the United States exported, exclusive of Specie; The value of Specie and bullion imported, and the value of Specie and bullion exported, from 1821 to 1859 inclusive. 263

TABLE X.--Statement showing the amount of Cane Sugar and Molasses consumed in the United States annually, with the proportions that are Domestic and Foreign, for 1850 to 1858, inclusive. 264

TABLE XI.--Cotton imported into Great Britain from various countries, quantity re-exported, and Stock on hand, December 31, from 1840 to 1858, inclusive; Also, average Weekly consumption of Cotton in Europe, from 1850 to 1858, inclusive. 266

TABLE XII.--Cotton is King, Summary statement of the value of exports of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1859; The productions of the North and of the South, respectively, being placed in opposite columns; and the articles of a mixed origin being stated separately. 267

LIBERTY AND SLAVERY: OR, SLAVERY IN THE LIGHT OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

Introduction. 271