Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1842-12-23
GOV. MCDOWELL.

By the quotations from this gontlomans speech, which
have already been before the reader and be-
fore the citizens of the Country established be-
yond all human doubt that he is b0toRist of the rst
His Princeton Speech, made two years ago,
(which is within rcach) does not understand,
all conflict with that OF January 1882, from which
have made copious extracts His Princeton Speech
directed, if rightly informed not 10 deny, qualify,
pretend any change Of opinion Slavery its original
sim present and pressing evils and its final and terrific
consequences the stakeholder but simply the repudi
of all identity and all affinity, between the EXTERNAL
Abolionisi, the Gausons, Tafpans and Burneys, and
the domestic and internal friends Of the Of
Abolition whom Gov. Mcdowell by hi, talents and his
efforts and by his st-on, is the prominent and
distinguished. The thing he fully approved stl-but he
chose have il done in his way and his iIne
and the dc;aon way and time, Arthur Tap
pan and VIM. Lloyd Garrison This is distinction
without difference. spirited man may very we'll
to eat-bu if he is commanded non, and jus. go
much and no more, and without knife and fork he may
very well resent the intrusion.
That however, Mr.. Mcdowell is full-blooded Adolf
ZIONIST upon the identical grounds that Garrison Burncy
and the whole tribe Of Northern fanatics take is entirely
dsputabe and, had he CHANGED 10 have had his lines
cast in the pheasant places north of Masons Dixon's
line there can doubt that holding the opinion (even
here that Slavery upon and slave, and
that imam have property in man," he would have
gone the entire ticket with the ercest and ntOersnt
Of the fanatics Is this deduction inevtabe7 What
say Garrison and Tappan1 That God made all equal-tha
ii IL dynoy enjoned, "you shall do you would be done
by" These the premises from which the Northern
abooniss arrive all their conclusions and prove as
they think that by the Declaration which
Qooishy y all be born free and equal and
God by ordering all do they would be done by hav,
alike recognized the original equality Of all nations Of IN,
human race and Of iuerdcted slavery the sub
lection Of one race another.
What says Mr.. McDowel "thai man can hold no proper
y in man." and that the aspirations of the negro after ber
~, ga torch lit up his bosom by the hand Of Deity an,
which it intended the hand Of man should extn
guish" demonstrate the Creators intention Of a pehcc
equoiiy between the a natural rights
There is between him and them, perfect coincidence
agreement and identity. Their authorities the same
text in the New Testament, wholly perverted from il
true meaning--we the text, edo you would b
done by"-and the assertion Of the Declaration Of Indie
pendence that all by "lee and equal thai
which il IL scarcely possible 10 imagine absolute
glarng and notorious faacy aud which simply intend
ed by the fathers Of the Revolution TO challenge American
equality with British freedom, aud to stimulate
the brink Of Revolution and danger to maintoir
and defend their rights with the spirit Of free born men.
As their premises and their texts their deductions
They agree hairs That have property il
man. that IL flying the face Of naurchying the fac
II Gods revelation transmitted by the inspired writers
tire New Testamcnt-and dying in the face Of tie Dcca
ration Of Independence, ycnerated by Ill Americans,
promuging tire doctrines Of the Rights Of Man.
# is impossible TO deny al this, and challenge tn
most subtle critic who breaos TO gansay IT, In principle
in sentiment in thought IN authority, and in conclusion
Mr. Mcdowell IL and indiyi-iblo with tho northern
Aboliuonisis.
Wherein then does he differ from them, II not in princi
pie In this and this only. lie proposed 10 effect com
mon end in one way-thoy in another lie contends tina
this IL domestic and should be left 10 Virginia
mansgc-hey that IL the Of oil christian people
and should be accomplished forthwith whether Virgin
consents or not that the Millennium may arrive.
lie would transport them to their mother Airica-the!
would hxlhsm here and marry them into our families