Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-02
For the Journal.
NORTHERN INTERFERENCE WITH
SLAVERY.

11f. En5t0f: could we occupy some loity
position, whence, with unobstructed view,
we could survey our wide extended country
its grand and varied interests-and divine the
result to which the late checkered movements
of our leading political characters will bring
them, we could, no doubt, relieve the minds,
not only Of our own countrymen. but those OF
the rest of the world, Of that suspense in which
| they seem for a long time to have been held /
While America has been extending her bonn |
daries and planting her republican institutions,
where once the wigwam of the wild savage
stood while at the approach of her influence,
thrones have been vacated and monarchs have
| fied-while By her proud example, all Europe I
has been thrown into one general connection,
and now that she has grown to such height
as to contend for pre-eninence on the list of
nations; we ask. is it possible, that the tide of
revolutions is about TO roll back upon us and
create those frightful changes which the
prophets of disunion have, for some time, been !
| foreboding Have we all this time been
growing in beauty and symmetry, gathering |
strength and power. accommodating wealth and
intelligence, and acquiring a high and enyia-
BILE name, only to be crushed and blotted out
from among the nations of the earth? Have
we been all this time preparing materials for
the history of civil wars, and to be known in
future ages only as we now know ancient
/ Rome? In order that such may not be the
case, We humbly invoke the Supreme Ruler
OF the world. who not only guides the foot
steps of men, but shapes the destiny OF ma
lions, to direct Alright the ship of State, that
she may pass the Charybdis in safety, and &c
| lcr w. IL. L &c
ty strife and sectional feeling.
When we look abroad and mark the differ
ent political sects which are sprnging up in
our midst, scene is presented, not very un-
like that, we imagine, which came off about
the destruction of Babel, and in political
point of view, we may again not inaptly be
called a Ba6bling nation.
When we scan the history of our country,
and endeavor to discover the origin and ause
of the quarrel between the North and the
South, and the political confusion which per-
vades our land, we are led 10 believe, that they
have had their foundation in the Tariff. When
experience taught The Northern States that
their cold climate was not well adapted to the
African race-that their slaves were unproft
able-that from their numerous and increas-
, ing white population, white labor could be
employed to much greater advantage than
slave labor, and that it would probably re-
dound to their interest, to send their slaves
South and sell them, lay out their rapltal in
manufactures and employ therein white labor;
they then brought about system of enamel
patton, allowing themselves ample time to
transport their slaves South, and thereby they
suffered but very little or no sacrifice by the
operation. But when their chief interest be-
came manufacturing. and they discovered that
| AZ fAr
: manufacturers, they then called upon the
, General Government for protection, or, in 9TH
} er words, 10 lay such high duty on foreign
trade as virtually to exclude it from our ports
, and thereby give them the advantage of the
whole American market, without looking, or
having care how it would operate, and in
what it would result. And now let us en-
quire what effect this high protective Tariff
would have upon the Union and the South
1t would not have increased the capital of the
country, its number of laborers or the stimu-
lus to industry, since it was only taking the
profits arising from one branch of industry to
raise another branch to a general level. 1t
was compelling the agriculturaist of the
South to pay a tax for the support of the
; Northern manufacturer. 1t was calling upon
the General Government to advance a local,
at the expense of the general interest. In a
: word, it would have placed the agriculturalist
. virtually in the power of the manufacturer
And to this imposition, we are sorry to say.
= many Soutberners gave aid, being deluded by
. the destinations which the cry of protection
i 10 home industry carried with it, without ev-
er enquiring what home industry was, and
how small a portion of it would have been
i protected, while much the larger ard more
J material portion would have been splundered
l. OF its profits But on the other hand we are
proud TO know that it found strong opposition
{ in many Northerners, who looked to The equal
Il justice of every part, and to the general well
fare of the whole Union.
But since the North could not succeed in
u bringing about high protective, or prohibito-
) ny Tariff, so as 10 place the whole American
: market at its command, it has for long time
been endeavoring, by peculiar fnesse, to
J. use slavery as the great lever by which to
! place the rens of Government into IFS own
it hands. And how is this to be effected Why,
e by rendering null and void that clause in the
constitution which allows three -fitths of the
II slaves to be representated. And how is that to
IS be effected Why, by its base and mischiev-
Gus endeavors TO bring about emancipation in
e the slaveholding States, and to make the Gen
= eral Government an agent for prohibiting IFS
N further progress into the Territories. When
VI LHOoC pielo clldIl SuCCteu, inc 4NOltL
will have accomplishments long desired and sell
+ fish aim. 1t will then out.vote the South, and
ii the government Of affairs will be almost en-
Ii trely under its control 1t will then bring a
g bout as high tariff as IFS manufacturing in
E. terest will demand, or any other measures it
Y selfish aims may dictate. disregarding til,
le justice due 10 the South, and the general wei
ct fare of the Union.
he That, to have the reins of power at It's com
N mand, and TO make the agricultural and com
"a mercial interests tributary to the manufactur
a. ing, are the objects of the North in its endeav
r ors to abolish and prevent the further progress
h of slavery, is beyond the possibility of doubt
The aboltionists have been preaching On tn
ID old text that &c slavery is a great evil'' thi
p. half century, and therefore the Government
k. should put forth its strong arm to subdue it,
But we would inquire to whom is it an evil
n, And who do reason and justice say should re
ID dress the wrong? Is it an evil to the slave
IN Has he been degraded has he been reduce
O. from high state of refinement and intelli
gence to that which he now occupies? Ha
he he been torn from a happy home of pIent
n and peace, and forced into land Of miser
h. and want? Has he been decoyed from pal
ed adisc in Africa, and thrown into country {
IS harpies and goTgons, as the Northern faliati
do would tell YOU The answer 10 those one,