Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-04-07

lowing communication from SEVENTY
FIVE" without protesting against the argu-
ments it takes up, and the grounds its au-
thor would maintain. We have not time,
at this moment, to enter in an analysis OF
It's contents, and shall only observe, that to
all its assumptions, save that which is con-
fined to Mr. Calhoun and the Woollen
Bill, we offer our unequivocal dissent
We consider. the positions Of our cores
pondent altogether un:enablc, and shall be
pleased, if he shall on further considera-
ton, abandon them. The subject ofsouth-
ern slavery is Il delicate one, and no good
can grow out of its discussion, unless it be
managed with great caution aud discretion,
and wnh single eye to its calm discuss
ion.
AMERICAN LEGISLATION-No 8.
Who can account for the conduct Of j ohm
L. Calhoun, i'll voting down the Woollen
Bill, when, be it remembered, he has here
toiore argued the cause of Manufactures
any bad effects produced by the manuiac-
turers, or has he seen that other interests
are affected disadvantageously by them
No-the reverse is the fact, and no other
reason can be assigned, than that he has
arrayed himself against the government,
and no matter what are his means, If his
ends can be answered. This vote Of MIR.
Calhoun, was damage to the interests of
the United States, of many millions, which
may safely be said to be at least equal TO
all his public services past, and what may
be anticipated to come. SO long as Pres
ident could be taken from the slave-holding
States, the Southern Representatives pro-
claimed liberty in the midst Of slavery, and
talked like patriots. They said they could
always sc; " dough-laccs at the Norh," to
60 with them in any measure they project
ed. But that plan having failed, and be-
coming unpopular, they threaten to force
their measures upon the free population
This too, will fail, as the time will come
when the /" evil day" cannot be put off
much longer; when the free States will as
ser their right; when the principles of
slavery will be denied the privilege of rul-
ing the government; when the free States
will solcmnI u protest -aga ainst being govern
ed by representation OH slave popula-
| tion; when legislation shall be made hon
orable by its Representatives acting for the
interests Of the people, and not wasting the
peoples money in eectioneerIng for Off
ces, while the industry Of our country is
paralyzed by their netarious plans and de-
signs, when freedom shall be considered
an incstmable blessing, rather than name !;
when shareholders shall no longer hold st ats
in Congress by their own wrongs, in en-
shaving part of the human race, and then
take that part to oYerturn the liberties Of
the Republic of America.
1t will not be denied by any party, that
legislation has become corrupt and vicious;
that offices, although much sought for by
unworthy aspirants, arc of but little conse-
quence, as the responsibility that was for
merly attached to them, has gone by, and
men Of character think rather contemptu-
ously of any preiermonts that may be offer
cd at the shrine Of political Juggling. Our
institutions are admirable, but the theory Of
our forms of government is lost in the clouds
Of false co!ouring in practice, that has led
the credulous mind to believe that American
liberty was something Of great worth, while
slavery was the foundation on which it was
predicated. The idea of supporting liber-
ty by the exercise Of slavery, is monsrous-
ly absurd, and is contradiction in terms
and meaning. When the compromise was
made that the constitution might be ac-
cepted by the States. to reckon the slaves
at the south as souls, little did our fathers
think of the increase Of that evil, and that
the increase Of slavery would increase des-
pots, who were 20 act against ireemen.-
No, it was then thought it would be small
sacrifice, and had better be assented to than
to be deprived Of the constitution, which,
as they supposed, would guarantee to pos
terity, republican government. Little did
they think, that in 1880, o. sixth of the
population Of these States would be slaves,
and nearly one sixth of the Representatives
would actually be sent by them to Congress
to enact laws for this country. But Wash
ington foresaw the evil, and cautiously
warned the people against jealouSies and To-
cal interests being talked about, and to
spurn the first dawn Of an appearance or
expression of division Of the States. But
if he could look down on The degenerate
SONS of the South, and view the proceed
ings of the slave holders in his native State,
he would say, this is what expected from
the nature Of slavery and its concomitant