The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-26

more southern and sparsely settled States now insist
upon closing the door against their egress to newer
them. would press them still farther on They have
sold their slaves when they ceased to be profitable ano
slavery became to them sin Of horrid enormy wnen
brother. Therefore they will conhne II to me county,
in which 1t exists, and deprive others OF 'he mea
used by themselves and which forms the ony aonsp
Bile mode OF getting rid OF it, To those VINO are oihoI
in their professions OF wish to Danish slavery 'io
United States and feel it is only 10 DC eneo s y saw
voluntary action of those among ,Se white race as
leave your Territories open, and lei 'he WIZ
flows in from the North gradually, by It's greater energy
and intelligence bear the African race before ~ 70
unsuted to the labor OF the white man do e ue
,h foam 10 The shore and gives back to the beach the
things which are us ,on, objects To the ntroduction
~ Lave nnoperty into Territories, and says 1t should not
S.s mon an infant community. but left to be adopt
W = thew desire it, when they have power to organize
90 ;ndsnendent government. have expressed my opn-
an Of The constitutional rights of the holders of thai
nJnper,y and distinctly stated that desire congress
s;onal legislation beyond that which is necessary to
cure those rights Non interference with the subject OF
slavery is our main position, and is equally opposed to
force for or against H.
So far from perceivng the proprety of excluding slaves
from infant communities, urged in this debate, the ex
perence of pioneers, the condition OF those who rsi
grapped with the difficulty of tanning the wilderness, fur
nishes forcbe illustration of the truth OF the relation
have attempted to show exists between involuntary ser
vitude and density OF population. The hard necessity
which maintains the power of capital over labor IN Ole
settled countries is not known among the forest adven
rers The bond between the employer and the servan,
is therefore so weak that, the fret settlement OF coun
try more than at any subsequent period, would In,
voluntary servitude be advantageous ana desirable !
countries where they would cease to be profitable as
soon as other labor flowed in. Such instances have
curred i'm our northern Territories and early emancpa
ton was the result Why is it assumed that slavery
degrades labor and its presence excludes the white labor
era Ii may be regards the whites and free blacks
of the North that they will not toll together There is
rivalry between them. But if thence conclusion is
drawn that the condition exists in the slave States
il is false in reasoning and in fact Slaves are capital;
and in the mind of the master, there can be contest
between capital and abor-the contest from which so
much OF human suffering and oppression has arisen. In
slave States there equality among white men which
exist where the fill the places OF master
and menia The white laborer is elevated by having
caste below him. That he would not be excluded from
territory by the presence of slaves the constant emga
lion to the South from the slave States concusvey
establishes No, sir is for no such reason that the
present position Is taken.
This opposition 10 slavery is POLITICAL and rapid the
strides it is making in aggression The mighty State OF
New York is convulsed to its centre. Men who
were Justly entitled to the appellaton of statesmen,
It's most dgned sense who have filled the highest sta
lions of honor and trust now identified with move
ment at with justice, at with the constitution
and which, disturbing the tranquility OF oday will,
not checked in its onward progress, reach dsunion to-
morrow. The time is not remote when an abolition
meeting could not have been held in New York. but il
has become POLITICAL and therefore this form of the
monster Duty, fraternity, faith. give way; and masses
worship the IDOL without the fanaticsm which alone could
excuse the aposacy. With political abolitionists, what
argument can avail, The security, the prosperity, the
growth of section only is considered; and all which
would benefit those 10 whom they believe their nteres,
opposed. must find thererom resistance Theirs is the
policy deeply and sadly deprecated by Mr. Jefferson,
when he spoke of geographical line coincidng with
marked principle moral and political, which every new
irritation would mark deeper and deeper. Theirs the
policy which Mr.. Monroe described in his letter to MIR
Jefferson as an effort to give such shape to our Union
would the dominion over it to its eastern sec
ton" That patriot statesman, in the same letter,
justification for the treaty by which Texas
dered describes the sectional struggle which existed at
the time fierce and uncomprOmisng, that ii was
necessary for the internal TO make the sacrifices OF
the treaty. and draws from the contest the conclusion
that the further acquisition of territory to the West and
South involves difficulties of internal nature which
menace the Union ITSELF This letter Of Mr. Monroe,
taken in connexion with that of Mr. Jefferson to which
it reply shows how deep-seated and extreme was
the opposition at that day to the growth and prosperity
of the southern and western sections OF the Union.
From the hazards which then impended over were
saved by the patriotic devotion of those northern
who sacrificed themselves for the peace and general well
fare of the confederacy Now, when like hazard and
difficulty surround US, it is my pride and comfort
made. To those who consider the Union worth preserv
ing, be primary object to give peace and security
to its members. The pure and wise men who formed
republic foresaw what events have so clearly de-
monstrated that these objects were only to be certainly
attained by approximatng equality among the sections,
and leaving all domestic affairs entirely to the control of
the States This policy has been generally adhered to,
by admitting alternately slave and non-slavehoding
States into the Union, and by affirming in solemn man.
at different periods In our history the restricted Cnaf
and general purposes OF our federal government
Thus the 9th of January, 1898, the Senate OF the
United States, by vote of thirty-one to eleven
Re Solved That it is the solemn duty of the government
is, the of its constitutional power, all
,enp,- by portion OF the Union
of attack upon the domestic institutions of another
weaken or destroy such institutions"
But ten years have passed since this declaration was
made yet mark how great has been the advance of ag-
gresson the constitutional guarantees and principles of
compact at that day admitted Ii is openly assert.
ell principle of action, that slaves shall be confined
to the territory upon which they located not for
their benefit but for the political advantage OF the
savehOding States IN other WORDS TO weakenwho
doubt finally destroy institutions. No longer
is The claim to humanity set up, but the thirst for power
African The senator from New York, Mr.. DIX
my friend who sits me-and do not use the phrase
merely complimentary opposing the extern
sion OF slavery TO wider limits the following Ian
guage:
"The tendency of the human is increase in a
compound ratio OF the and productveness of the
surface which il is sustained - The multi plication OF
human species is governed by laws inexble and
certain those which govern the reproduction of vegea
bic life 49, believe may be satisfactorily shown that
the tree ack population in the northern States does
increase by its own Inherent force $50 Under the
favorable circumstances, is and continue be
inferior caste In the north H class thus degraded will
second almost certainly fellows II will not be reproduced
and In lew generations the process of extinction per
formed"
And this is the moral teaching of those who assume to
be pastors and offer their vcarous repentance for
the sins of slavery With surprise and horror heard
this announcement OF policy, which seeks, through
poverty and degradation, the extinction of of hu
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