New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-21
From the Buffalo Com. Advertiser
The Slavery Question.
NUMBER V


NUMBER V.
Tboso radical doctrines lead 10. and are lnti-
n,,elv connected with other radicalisms relating
to the financial policy OF the coantry' ne fau'o',
slave holder charges, not the small minority %
,boli,;onis,. but the free States with conspirins
against the South, and intending to impoverish II
bv the abolition Of slavery that II may thus De
rendered tributary to, and build up the manuac-
lures of the North. A. measure oi .rh-dtichcc
the South advocates what she calls Tree lrado
Policy. which is in effect, to close the rnanuiac-
turing shncns, and lay this whole country
the Ncfth as well as the South, PROSTATE at the
het of Great Britain-and this Free Trade system
is the radical slave holders SINE qua nan Of sup
Pefti"- .ha nion
The abolitionis.. L.noupcc the slave holders a.
pirates, thieves and robbers, -.d have allied them
selves with English aboli,ionists In crusade
against southern slavery and southern interests
They have advised and encouraged Tho measures
which are in progress to exclude American
Cotton from the British markets. They have car
ried this war into the southern church, and con
sigacd to perdition the ministers ana church mem
Der; who hold even slave. They have even
hurled their anathenas against those IN the ! rec
States Who refuse to join in tins crusade, and
sine ana non of supporting t6fc M slavery Me'
Roth parties it seems would regard the failure 81
their favorite scheme, the success OF their ar
taeouists as an evil more to be deplored than the
dissolution of the Union.
A great majority of the citizens of the United
States sympa,hize with neither party, and weud
deprecate the consequence which must result from
the success of either since neither could carry ot
their PURPOSES without causing a dissolution OF The
Union. which, besides being calamity that not
only thi. nation but all lovers of liberty and human
bappiness throughout the world would dcPioie'
would entirely defeat the object OF both parties.
The abolitionsts seek to obtain political ascen-
dancv in the Free States and the control OF the
councils Of the nation for the avowed object OF
obol;.hing slavery in the United States. Should
they succeed in acquiring this power, they could
moi exert it for the accomplishment of their object
without cncroaching upon, and IN tact destroying
the sovereignty of the southern States. Inns
would dissolve the Union as matter "f course
either peaceably or forcibly If peaccaby, and the
dividing line should be settled, what then becomes
of abolition Would the South, having with
drawn r.um the Union rather than submit TO abo-
I;;on interference. relax it's hold the slave,
Grant facilities for the abolition of slavery Surely
not Ii NAV be said that the slaves could escape,
and by crossing the line would find protection IL
the North.
The slaves near to the Ohio river in Kentucky
and Tennessee, and on the northern border OF
Virginia might and perhaps would escape IN con-
siderable numbers, but the proportion would not
be one to FIVE hundred that remained. Besides
the South woald be- foreign State, and would de-
mand conventions regulation for their protection,
and were this refused severe laws at least "ouiu
be enacted against all interference WIFE 'nei
slaves. the offenders would be demanded ana
caught punished. Measures sulhcien'ly asgres-
awe To furnish cause Of separation would certainly
,l, llut chances
slave to escape would not be great "a at present,
for the facilities of communication would be les
scncd by separation, and the hazard OF aiding
would be increased. This means OF aboliShlns
slavery is like attempting 10 conquer mn army by
now and then shooting sentry. H. however, n
,hou.and slaves should escape daily, how long
would il be before they would be regarded as I'M
welcome visiters. in fact intolerable nui
.ancc. since every field of scrvile labor is
pied. and will continue TO be by the Dutch and
Irish cmigrants, who can perform more labor, and
fer smaller wages than the colored man
Blu, if the abolitioni.ts were in power, would
thew consent 10 a peaceful notification After
the family freed had proceeded far that they
could no longer live under the same root. would
they divide the furniture pcaceably not likely
no, possibly in the nature of things. This Union
never could be dissolved pcaccably, and never
should. The descendant, OF the patriots who
achieved our National Freedom, and framed our
Constitution, should never suffer this Union to be
dissolved while there is argument bayonct
that can &c used to prevent it.
But Surprising, what is most probable, that
abolition never succeeds to the Government,
even attains to the power of directing It's action.
vet by continuing to acitaic the country by adj
dresses and petitions U Congress for the abolition
of slavery, and the dissolution of the Union, II
may succeed in producing such rupture between
the North and the South as it will be impossible
TO heal
This dangerous agitation must be arrested, for
searance must bc exercised on both sides, and, if
necessary. mutual concessions must be made. Ie,
the aboliticnist pausc-lct them embrace the mas.
ter well as the slave in his hcnc volenrc-ie,
him consider whether he may not, in des,ro,inc
one evil produce Others greater. and more Ia he
deprecated-let him respect the rights granted b,
the Constitution, and be willing, a. a member of
the Federal Government. 10 share part OF the
pecuniary loss which the Southern STAKEHOLDER
must sustain in emanciPatng his slaves.
lie, the South cease to violate the constitutional
right Of petition and limit ,bem,elNc. 10 resisting
encroachments on their own sovereign rights let
them shut the slave markets and exclude the slave
trade from the District OF Columbia. and the abo-
litioniSts would be deprived of much Of their
power to sgiiaic the nation.
Although Congress has no right To NEEDLE with
domestic slavery in the Dstrc, Of Columbia. Vet
on petition OF the people OF the district, she has
a right t. remove from it all slave factories and
to prohibit all slaves in chains or manaclc. from
passing through its streets or highways and the
exercise of this RICH; ough, not to give offence to
the South.
The North has a RICH, TO regard slavery and the
slave trade with adherence All that the South
has right TO ask or expect from them is to alb I