Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-08-05

great conederacy which are impressive in their admontions
and conclusive in their character That Vrgna-oginaly
the trad State in the Union-he one which, in better
days. led the councils and dictated the measures of the Fee-
raj Government had been gradually raced condition of
thrdrate State, and destined yield presidency
TO another the youngest Of her daughters that many
OF the finest Portions originally, OF her territory
so gowingy depicted the other day. exhibited of wide
spread desoaton and decay that many of her valuable
citizens removing to other parts OF the world have
ainly been attributed to variety Of causes but who can
doubt that Is principally sapery that the bottom
aha this is the incubus which paayzes her energies and
retaTds her every effort at advancement
Extract from The speech Of The Hon. c. J. Faulkner.
Slavery, il is admitted, is an evil; il is institution
which presses heavily against the best interests of thd
State. II banshes free white labor; exerminates th
mechanic, the artisan, the manufacturer deprves the
OF occupation deprves them of bread converts th
energy Of community into Incidence, power into im
becty its efficiency into weakness Sir, being thus n1
furious, have right to demand its determination HI
Shall society suffer that the stakeholder may continue
ther his crop of human flesh What is his pecunay
claim, compared with the great interests Of the common veal
Must the country angush droop, die the STAKEHOLDER
may flourish Shall all interests be subserven TO one-a
rights subordinate to those Of thsuayehoder Has not the
mechanic have the middle their rghts-rghts in
compatible with the existence Of slavery
Extract fran the speech fthe Hon. T. j. Randolph.
Slavery has the effect of lesenng the free population Of
country The wealthy not dependant upon the poor for
those aids and those services compensation for which enables
the poor give bread to his family The ordinary me-
chanc all paclised by slaves In the seryitude Of
Europe in the middle ages in years Of famine the poor had
to barter their liberty for bread they had surrender their
liberty to some wealthy to their families from the
horrors of famine. The slave sustained sickness and
famine upon the wealth Of his MASTER who eserved him as
he would any other species Of property All the of
the poor mans support absorbed by him. In this
try he cannot become slave but he flies 10 other
try congensl his condition. and where he who sup
ports himself by honest labor is degraded in his caste
Those who remain relying upon the support Of casual
poyment often become degraded in their condition than
the slaves themselves
ErtractJ from the speech ofMe Hon. James Marshall.
Wherefore, then, object to slavery Because it is
to the whites rerds improvement roots indus
trious population banishes the yeomanry of the country
deprves the spinner the weaver, the smith, the shoemaker
the carpenter Of employment and support The evil admits
Of remedy 1t increasing and will continue increase
until the whole country will be inundated by black wave
covering its whole extent with few white faces here and
there floating the surface The has capital but
what is vested in human flesh The father instead Of being
richer for his sons is al loss to provide for them. There
diversity OF occupations incentive to enterprise. Labor
of every species dseputable because performed mostly by
slaves Our towns stationary, villages almost every
where declining, and the general aspect of the country marks
the Of wasefu idle reckless population, who have
no interest in the SOIL and not how much it is mpove
ished Public improvements neglected and the entire
continent does not present region for which has done
much, and art he If cultivated by free labor, the
soil of Virginia capable of sustaining dense population
among whom labor would be honorable and where busy
hum of men, would tell that all happy and that all
were free."
Erfracs from the speech of The Hon. James McDoceH
We know that the picture is the "counerfeit present
ment of the We know that neficiency and Ian
guor characterize movementshat enterprise scarcely
known but from observation of its influence on other
communities We know that the blessings of position
and soil and climate councrvaed by the apathy Of
public counses and by exclusive reliance upon involuntary
labor Our interests and proclaim the progress
neral decne conscience and experience attest that slavery is
its principal Is it so When we look at V
gnia as whole without pausing upon the bright and the
beautiful that still show forth intrinsic qualities her cha
ra but look at her in reference her every practical
habit and appearance, she not any thing but prosperous
Do mol, in this respect, contemplate her Justly when we
regard her meager haggarc, and eneebed-wh decrep
tude stealing apon her mbsas given 10 leanness and
mpoency, and wasting away under the mprovdence and
the inactivity which eernaly accompany the fatal institution
that she cherhes and cheshes too as mother who will
hazard her own life rather than part with the
offspring that ailcts her Sir, il is true of Virginia not
merely that she has not advanced but that many respects she
has greatly declined And what have got as compensa
ton for this decne-as compensation for this disparity be-
what Virginia is and what she might have been No
thing but the right of properly the very beings who have
brought this disparity upon This pay this is what
have gotten TO remuneate for delinquent prospe
to repay for desoated fields torpid enterprise
and this dark day of humbed Importance sustain
our hopes and to soothe pride as a people. -.
But is in this very circumstance in this aevsted
and improved condition, that have principal Of
apprehension from the slave You raise bis intelligence with
his condition. and, he better understands his position in
the world he were not il did not the iname bis
discontent That has this effect oil know for the truth
proverbsl that slave is the unhappy he is the
ndulged. II could be otherwise he follows but
the impulse of human in being Introduce him step
after step into the enjoymens Of that estate from which be
has fallen, and yet proclaim him that ne is regain
and bis heart rejects every but the favor which de-
MED As you benefit his external condition. then, you do
better him slave but with feelings OF increased dis
content you improve his intellect and thereby increase both
his disposition and his capacity fo the purposes Of
Depend upon IT, s that he will his capacity for such
purposeshat the state Of things which boast Of the
evidence Of our humanity is not the state Of things to be
trusted in.
Let gentlemen look the clothed and comfoed and prv
legged condition Of their slaves and please themselves with il
achievement Of kindness but TO IL, If 1t be not
mask Of mischief covering which hides from the eye the
FIRE Of future explosion Li up the condition of the slave
and you bring him in contact with the liberty he has
lost you deepen upon his heart, nevocaby deepen, the
image Of that idol Of which every where the worship
per- And is this safe Or think you that such
quence that the slave crawling the dust has
Of the generous feelings Of manregads not and woshps
not the liberty which ss the blood and wakens up the enhu
sasm Of the free Il might indeed be had not the love
Of liberty with life and made up part Of its char
ter. Sir you place the slave where You please you
may dry up your the fountains OF his feeling the
springs Of his thought ysu close upon bis mind every
Of knowledge and cloud il with artificial night
you yoke him your abos the which iveth only
work and worketh only live you may put him under
any process which, without destroying his value slave
will debase and crush him rational being; you may do
this and the idea that he born be free will survive
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