The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-10

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tiles Of making the inquiry inlay ascertain the price
OF slaves at previous periods, when the price OF
cotton was at or about what il now is, and that
they will compare the price then, with the present
price, and if the depreciation in the value Of slave
property can be accounted for on any other ground
than the apti-slayery agitation, hope it will be
done. In the meantime insist that the slave pro-
perry of the South has deprecated in value fly
dollars each slave, on account Of the anti-sla-
very agitation. The total number of slaves is say
1000 the total loss, then, at $50 piece, is
5000, 900 200, 1.-TWO hundred mllions,) which I
submit is moderate statement of the actual mon
led loss which the South sustains at this moment
from the ant-slayery agitation of the Federal Gov
eminent. ..E
Having seen how the Federal Government has
fulfilled its mission in regard to the protection Of
the property Of the South, let Us see what guar
antees il extends to personal security and personal
liberty, those other great rights for the protection
of which ii was established.
These are very easily disposed Of; they both,
at the South, depend upon the stability of the slave
property. II the property in slaves is essentially
weakened or destroyed, the security and liberty
OF the South are gone for II history has incui-
Gated any one lesson beyond another, it is that the
two races cannot live together in equality. War,
the war of races and castles, with its most horrid
enormtes, is the inevitable lot Of the South, If her
property in slaves is abrogated. We have the
picture before us in the fate Of St. Domingo-the
shock of armies, the torch of the incendiary, the
knife of the assassin, labor abandoned, the sane
tuary of domestic life violated struggle for affairs
and resides, land delivered to rapine, brutality,
blood and barbarism. So far, then, as the Fede-
raj Government has weak ned the tenure of slave
property, or may hereafter weaken it, to the same
extent is and will the security and liberty of the
Southern people be endangered, impaired and des-
troyed. : 81 49, ..
l think, then, it may be assumed that the
Federal Government has failed to afford that in
ternal protection to the great rights Of property,
security and liberty, for which il was instituted.
The Federal Government has then only accom-
plished one part, and that the least important of
its mission, protection from external aggression;
it has entirely failed to afford protection from in
ternal aggression; on the contrary, it has weak
ened the tenure, diminished the value, and threat
ems ultimately to destroy the slave property Of the
South, and the security and liberty Of the South
depend on the invioabiity of slave property, they
too have been wounded by the assaults on the
slave property.
Assuming then that the Federal Government
has failed to accomplish its mission, so far as do
nestle protection is concerned, which is its most
important object; as we are naturally protected
from foreign aggression, by the great ocean which
layes our shores, and rolls between us and the
passions of other systems and other societies.
propose to examine into the causes of this.
Why is it, that the Federal Government, estab-
,tablished to protect the property, security, and
liberty of the South, has not only failed to accom-
plish this great Office, but has actually attacked
these great rights'
A consideration of these causes may be instruc-
tive, if from the lessons Of the past we may learn
wisdom for the future.
There are two great classes Of causes, those
existing at the North, and those at the South.
or the first class, the great peculiar and active
cause has been the existence Of a party known
the Observation-Disclosures. Like fanatics in all
ages, they are men of one idea, they have sacri-
feed every thing else for that, and though not
very numerous party, they have been compact
active, and violent, and in the close divisions of
the two great political parties at the North they
have been able by their weight to turn the scales
and thus by compelling both parties to seek their
aid, they have caused both parties to assume
their principles. Thus the fanatics Of the North
have given the direction to the public policy Of the
North, and turned the Federal Government into
an anti-sayery propagandism.
Furthermore, the North are actuated to a great
extent, in the favor yielded by them to the Adolf
ton doctrines, by hatred for the South, crmna-
ton and recrimination have taken place, until the
North have become alienated from the South.
If had time to make extracts from Northern
papers and speeches, ! could show the existence
of this feeling TO such an extent, as would make
Southern hearts beat with indignation. Well,
those whom we don love, we don t make gifts to.
1t is pleasant to strike those whom we hate espe-
2cialy if it can be done with impunity. The North
have the means, it'll safety to themselves, Of an
noyIng us with abolition, they do it, Its anus
ing to throw frebrands into your enemies maya
zines, and witness his zeal in extngushing them
Besides, the slavery Of the South is repusive to
the Northern people, it jars upon their theories of
equality and democracy-it is their ideal persona
hcation OF oppression and arrogance. Democracy
can tolerate no superior.
In France, in the revolution, the cry Of an aris-
tocrat was answered by the shout Of the guiIlo-
tine. The Shareholders are the aristocrats of
American Democracy, they are odious 10 North
ern equality, which has coined new word to
express its feelings, slaveocracy, veritabe cry
to hatred
Again, the North are possessed with the idea
OF political supremacy BY eircumscribing the
slave States, and opening the Territories only to
free population, the ascendency Of the North in
the Confederacy is secured, it is work of time
only. Look upon the map at the immense terri
tory from which the South are excluded. Out of
which, thirty States as large as Ohio. may be
carved, and we may understand what the North
mean by the cry Of I" no more slave States'' BY
this policy Of exclusion, in thirty years, the in
Auence Of the South in the confederacy will be
annihilated: the North will be supreme, and it is
by the simplest of all operations, marriages and
births. The patronage Of the Government amount
ing now to millions, and increasing constantly,
VIII belong to the North as property.
Further, the North, besides the thirst for the
spos. has great monied interest to control the
Government. Their prosperity depends upon
their manufactures ifthey can get possession of the
Government and establish fully the tariff policy
their interests are secured, their bleak hills will
glitter with untold wealth, and they will realize
the riches Of eastern tales.
Again, the North, are impeled in their agrees
slons upon us by the energy Of their climate,
from the remotest history to the present time,
from the conquests Of Aiaric tosthose of Give,
the tide Of aggression has been steadily from
the North, the gulph stream of the ocean does
not more surely flow in Il certain and fixed
course, than does the tide of aggression of the
moral world. 1t has always been, and is so now;
open any page Of history, and you will find this
great truth illustrated. | have thus run through
the leading ofthe anslavery agitation at the
North We see that this great crusade at the North
against slave property, Of which the Federal Gov
eminent has exhibited the impulsion, is urged on
by various causes, some OF which are the strong
est motives Of human action. Fanaticism, a mad
ness and faith sectional hatred, adverse theo-
ries Of social policy, the lust Of powers the thirst
Of gain, the aggressions OF climate These strong
motives to action, can alone account for the rapid
progress Of the abolition policy they are porten-