Government, human as well as Divine, is a necessity of man’s fallen condition--All men concur in this--Man did not originate government: he has only modified the form--The legitimate objects of government, and the means which it employs to effect these objects--The logical inferences: 1. Although he has the power, he has no _right_ to do _wrong_; 2. As a fallen being, he is, without a government over him, liable to lose the power of self-control--What are the rights of man, 1. In a state of infancy, 2. In a state of maturity, and, 3. In a savage or uncivilized state--Civil government is not founded on a concession of rights LECTURE VI. THE ABSTRACT PRINCIPLE OF SLAVERY DISCUSSED ON SCRIPTURE GROUNDS, AND MISREPRESENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE EXAMINED. The true subjective right of self-control defined according to the Scriptures--The abstract principle of slavery sanctioned by the Scriptures--The Roman government--Dr. Wayland’s Scripture argument examined and refuted--The positions of Dr. Channing and Professor Whewell examined and refuted LECTURE VII. THE INSTITUTION OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY. The question stated--The conduct of masters a separate question--The institution defined--The position of the abolitionists, and that of the Southern people--The _presumption_ is in favor of the latter--Those who claim freedom for the blacks of this country failed to secure it to those on whom they professed to confer it--The _doctrine_ by which they seek to vindicate the claim set up for them, together with the _fact_ of history assumed to be true, is false LECTURE VIII. DOMESTIC SLAVERY, AS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE AFRICANS IN AMERICA, EXAMINED AND DEFENDED ON THE GROUND OF ITS ADAPTATION TO THE PRESENT CONDITIONS OF THE RACE. There should be a separate and subordinate government for our African population--Objection answered--Africans are not competent to that measure of self-government which entitles a man to political sovereignty--They were not prepared for freedom when first brought into the country; hence they were placed under the domestic form of government--The humanity of this policy--In the opinion of Southern people, they are still unprepared--The fanaticism and rashness of some, and the inexcusable wickedness of others, who oppose the South LECTURE IX. THE NECESSITY FOR THE INSTITUTION OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY EXEMPLIFIED BY FACTS. The attempts made at domestic colonization--The result of the experiment in the case of our free colored population--The colonization experiment on the coast of Africa--The example of the Canaanitish nations--Summary of the argument on the general point, and inferences LECTURE X. EMANCIPATION DOCTRINES DISCUSSED.