The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-02-05
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DAY,FEBRUARY s, 1913.
Views ofsouthern War-Hawks.

Views ofSouthern War-Hawks
There is certainly degree Of honesty abou
portion of the friends ofthe Mexican Wal, il
the avowal of their object, which places them
in n much more favorable aspect than does the
conduct of others who go for the War ant
seek to deceive the people in regard to its OBJ
jccts and inevitable results. The former class
though we may deprecatc their motive, COM
mend themselves to us by their frankness. Sc
it was with the leading Southern Polkites in
the Texas affair. They openly declared the
object of annexation to be the extension and
pcrpetuity of Slavcry:-the Northern "dough.
faces" who went hand in hand with the
shareholders for annexation pretended il
would do no such thing. The result is before
us-all can Judge.
In nearly the same aspect the purposes of
the Mexican War present themselves. Some,
at least, of the Southern advocates of the War
openly avow the purposes for which it is wag.
ed, while their Northern allies mistify the OBJ
ject and go in for the requirement Of territory,
and thus aid the former in the accomplishment
of their designs. e. to make room to extend
slavery. The object of the shareholders is to
obtain territory over which to expand their
peculiar institution:--tha avowed object of
their northern allies is to obtain territory, for
indemnity, yet they do not SO readily declare
the purposes for which the territory is to be u.s.
ed.
That Mexican Territory is sought, by the
projectors of the War, for the same purposes
that Texas was annexed, is a matter placed be-
! yond doubt, as they are the same individuals
and party as now hurrah for war and territory
gas their northern allies rapidly surrender.
ing the Wilmot Proviso principle, it IS to be
feared the same result will follow the acquisi-
| ton OF such territory.
SOUTHERN VIEWS OF THE EXTEN.
SION OF SLAVERY.
The Savannah Georgian, in an article upon
| the extension of the area of Slavery, declaring
that the acquisition oftcrritory is necessary to
theSouth, insists that slavery never will be abol.
ished, and the Shareholder must have further
territory upon which to breed his slaves. The
language of the Georgian is bold and undis
guised. 1t says:
"Slavery is an institution which we of the
South believe to be blessing to both races of
our people. We proclaim that our slaves are
better treated, better clothed, better fed, more
intelligent, more happy than the laboring class
es of any part of the world, and defy contra
diction. We believe that true philosophy i.
opposed to emancipation-thata an enlightened
humanity shrinks from its consequences will
horror. Have we reason to believe that ouI
children will think otherwise? that the lapse
of few years will create great a revolution
in all the relations of social life and deep-se at
ed springs ofhuman action, that what would
be curse to us would be a blessing to them
The position is untenable, The idea absurd
BY the dispensation of Providence, operating
through the agency of man, slavery has beer
introduced and is now established in THU
country. ltexists for wise and bencficent pur
poses. At any rate, we cannot see how it il
to be abolished.
Our duty, therefore is to egslatc as if thu
relation of master and slave was permanently
established; our policy should be to regard tn,
interests of the master; our humanity to in
crease the value of the slave, for in proportion
as he is valuable he is happy,-in proportion n
! he is valueless, he is miserable. Now, we in
quire, if slavery be forever confined to its pres
ent limits, if while every other institution OF
the country is thriving and prospecting, this i
to be cramped, resisted, tied down; if, with tn
increase of the slaves there is to be no increas
ofthe area of territory which shall hold them
will not the interest fthe master be sacrificed
will not the value of the slave be destroyed?-
will not the ability of the owner to supply hi
! wants be diminished? will not both of Their
suffer; and is the time so far removed as not t
. be regarded at all, when such policy wi
} make our negro race miserable as the labor
\ ing population ofthe British isles?"
Upon the above article the New-Y York Eve
= ming Post remarks-
''The frank avowal of the Georgian is nc
the first which has been made of the necessit
4 of opening new regions for the escape of slav,
: ry from causes which threaten its extinctio
Z by making it Improbable. The annexation @
:, Texas was acknowledged by Mr. Calhoun, VIII
:. whatever may be the fault of his system o
n policy, has this Characteristic of a great an
3 generous mind, that he never conceas his oil
d ject.to be a measure adopted for the protectio
G and perpetuation of slavery. We are payin
: dear, both in gold and in blood, for the hast
II acquisition of that vast region, over every inc
d ofwhich slavery is legalized by its constitution
Y Those who drove that bargain for us, strength
e ened and emboldened by their success, are 10
/ demanding new space in which their fayori
! institution may extend itself"