foolish notion of abolitionists, which supposes the hiring out of the race of Ham, at their own discretion, to the other races, falls, therefore, to the ground, so far as it relates to the fulfilling of the curse of Noah upon the posterity of Ham, his youngest, but wretchedly profligate, son. Thus, having disposed of the foregoing objections and positions of abolitionists, we now address ourself to combat another error of their creating. This is, the circumstance of the slaves laboring, as they say, for no reward or wages; and, therefore, slavery is not according to the principle of eternal rectitude, but is a sin of the blackest dye.
Now, do not frown, dear reader, when we tell you that this is not true of slavery, as slaves do not labor without a hope of reward; and that reward they generally receive. It is true, however, that their wages is not as much as many other laborers obtain, and then again, it is much more than many receive who are not slaves. The laboring classes of men over the whole earth, and among all people, operate under very different circumstances, which has been the case in all ages, and will continue to be thus to the end of time. In all countries, minors, apprentices and children, labor till of age, for no other reward than their food, shelter and clothing. In millions of cases, men labor all their lives, and never receive anything more than their food and raiment, and yet, they were not bondmen, but free. Do not black slaves receive as much as this, and is not this a reward to which they look with all the eagerness of any other kind of laborers? Do they not hail the hours of meal times as the bright spot of their destiny, with as much joy
