The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-02-08
PROM WASHINGTON

FlEOM WARRINGTON
cOrrespondeHcs cfte Daily Lancaster Ga=eae'
WAsnINGToN. Jan. 81, 1850.
1t is Preccpt Of philosophy. aitested
10y melancholy examples in history, that
slavery carries, within itself, the seeds oI
decay. The free cilzcns are taught
and habituated 10 despise honest industry
the vital element of all true prosperi-
iiy aud greatness; and their dominion
over the slave being almost despolic,
natural feelings conspire to enfeeble
their perceptions of human rights. and to
accustom them to the perpetration aud
practice Of oppression. The moral feel.
ings take their hne from the habits; and
the license Of tyranny is in the ratio of
the independence Of the dominaEt party.
These truths are not without illus;ra
tions al the Capitol. The Southern men,
Der, from his infancy until now-when
he evinces; ;-Inruutesiably, the progycss Of
"Iarger growth"-has been quite famiL
lar and inflated with the pride of supe
riorily. However the fact might have
been, as 10 the actual eminence Of
mind aud merit, between them. it was the
negro's pride, as well as interest, TO con-
cede 10 his master what was due. by the
rights Of authority, as we'll as what was
demanded by the menace Of audacity
The incense Of Submission has been as
common to his uostrils as the atmosphere
and it ought not to excite surprise, that.
suddenly transferred from the precincts
Of his negro quarters to the Halls Of the
Capitol. ol.-overleaping the gradatinns and
intercourse of life, from which he might
have derived. the civiIiiies and senti-
men,s of good will, and gathered the
wisdom due to his new position, he
should fail to appreciate the transition as
being from among those. who had lamely
submitted their backs to his uDqueslion
ed lash, to a contest mind with mind, in
high debate, in the great theatre of the
nations councils. with men, who are his
equals. in the pride of race, basIng
their claims to pre- emihence only upon
the unchartered Peerage Of Intellect,
and concedIng it, to no man on earth,
upon any other ground.
Despising labor, as Southern gentle
men do, from the force of education and
habit, knowing nothing of its tolls. and
without sympathy for lis rletits,-it is
vain to appeal to them. in behalf of the
free members Of the Union, upon The
abstract question of their INTERESTS
They have despised hem, warred against
them, and embarrassed them for years.
And now, that ;her own fears haunt their
distempered imaginalions with the un-
fettered limbs of their slaves. ana they
appeal for the guarantees of the Consti-
tuition. and for compromise and concess-
ion. lie, the free States demand due con-
sideraion Of their interests, and con'
cession of their rights, without which
the Government will be delusion aud q
mockery. and satire upon the poets
and orators of freedom, do no wrong to
the South, concede her the full measure
of her rights, and throw the Constltu
ton all around her; but submit to no meas
ures, calculated to lmPoverlsh US by TIE
seeds of decline, emboweled in her Sla
yery. Labor Is our lot,--uay. it is our
blessing; and by it-sharing in the ben
efts of just Government-we will quar-
ry out and embellish the high destiny, Il
which we are born.
have not political feeling or senli
ment unvowed to the Union; but it is
such an Union as our fathers worship
ed, in the undefIed temples of their pat
riotisn1 and their fraternity,--a Union
with equal rights, equal blessings anc
burthens, for alI.--for the good of the
people--for the greatness of the race
and for the cause of human freedom.
UNION.