Show slavery question in congress to mr gerrit smith mr preston of kentucky replied as follows but bat the african is not the only ra rae which has been subject to slavery eight hundred years since our boasted saxon ancestors endured a slavery slavery as abject as an that of the southern negro the be history of all savage races who have attained the blesi blessing ing of civilization shows that they have marched to freedom through the portals of slavery Is vera where two races of widely different civilization exist together the superior exterminate or enslave the inferior the indocility of the indian will cause him to be swept from the face of the earth slavery seems to be the esice that ignorance r pays a ye to intelligence fur for its tuition in the arts of civilization nothing can be more disastrous to a state than the premature enfranchisement of an enslaved race they gangrene upon the face of its society un until til it perishes hes under the afflic affliction ion it is a sing singular alferis i ar historical fact and worthy of note that the first abolitionist it was the first person who introduced african slave slavery upon the shores of america las cassas the ta e bishop I 1 shop of chiapas after cortez cortex conquered mexico felt the deepest compassion for indians who were allotted as slaves to his spanish adventurers he petitioned the ring king of spain that these indian slaves should be enfranchised and that the more robust and hardy negroes of the african coast should bi be imported his prayer was granted and it is to hini him the thralldom 0 of the african in america is to be first attributed the misfortunes of mexico at this hour hou lt are in my opinion attributable in a great measure to the indiscreet philanthropy of las cassas the barriers which separated the races were cast down and castilian blood no longer ran pure and unpolluted pol in the veins of the people the great preponderating mestizo or mixed race was engendered and he who will walk through the streets of mexico will see all the horrid results of a debased amalgamated race as he sees the mexican of pu spurn purn from him with his foot as he would some ome beast the loathly mestizo that obstructs the way |