The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-13
From the New Orleans Bee
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In the August number OF De Bows Review there is
letter addressed by De- Samuel Cartwright OF New Or
leans 10 Daniel Webster which treats oil the position OF
the South and OF the whereby the Union may
tanly be preserved Any paper from The pen Of SO eni
nent observer and profound thinker as Dr. Cart
wright should attract attention and In Inc present IN
the topic chosen by the author one that cannot
fail elicit the deepest interest in the mind OF the states
man and the patriot The article IS pregnant with the
results OF intense thought and sku analysis and pre-
sens views in connexon with The much. mooied
and hackneyed subject OF slavery that are characterized
| by grea, and undoubled originality.
Dr. Cartwright sells out win the proposition mat The
anatomy and physiology OF The negro race dier essen
TALLY from those OF The white mantle differences being
manifest in structure as well in merely external conhg
uraon He exposes the utter alacy OF The hypothesis
that the negro is white painted black and proves
by manifold illustrations that the black man does not ex
hibt the physical, mental, moral characteristics
as the white. He takes the ground that the clear and
numerous distinctions between the two races unh them
for dwelling together save IN the relation which they
bear each other the South that this is the only rea
lion under which the negros comfort and happiness
be secured that when lett 10 has nnasssled resources he
becomes idle and corrupt incapable OF seli-govsrnment
OF permanent industry, OF law respecting and awabldng
freedom; that in every instance, without exception The
experiment OF raising the mental and moral standard OF
the black race by giving them freedom has proved
ched failure because the fiat OF Nature has wiled il
Otherwise Providence has made the dark races peculiar
| in their organization, and human legislation can
substitute the intelligence and aptitude for civilization Of
the white for the Incidence, inerness, ignorance,
and lncapaciy OF the negro than can change The color
OF his skin.
lueet pOslllOnS are eD1OTCcu ny NdIlWISHt Win
singular fertility of illustration and felicity OF style At
laying down his premises he proceeds to demonstrate
that very large amount OF the abolition sympathy for
the slave felt al the North arises from radical mscon
ception of the functions and capabilities Of the negro
race that the people of the North conceive negro serv
tude 10 be condition OF rank and gross injustice and
imagine that the slave would be Infinitely better OF were
be made free But, argues Dr. G.. if the people OF the
North could be brought to understand that slavery the
he thrves. increases his numbers and is happy that out
of il he pines and anguishes becomes vicious and dsor
deIly law breaker and felon and peoples prisons
and peni,enlaries they made fully and clearly
to comprehend these things their would be
relieved and they would perceive that no higher law
calls on them to break compact which seems expressly
sanctioned and provided Tor by the highest OF all possible
laws. Hear DR.. Cartwright himself
"By going deeply into the organization of political
institutions, it will be found that domestic slavery not
blot or excrescence upon Them but component part of
out destroying the organism uniting all the parts of this
confederacy into grand, wonderIu and progressive
whole, such as the world never saw before. The rea-
son is, that the African is not constituted in mind
in body in the skin under the skin, like the white
man, but is being peculiar 10 himself and unlike any
other kind Of man So different he from the rest
OF the population. that, when our fathers brought him
into the Union they retained HIM in the position
he occupied anterior TO his admission into it. Nor did
the revolution, the State constitutions, that of the
federal Union, make any change in The government OF
women and chdrenno political power being accorded
TO them did they want IT would they have
copied of it had been offered them because exercise
would have been unsuitable tn the sex of the and
the tender age OF the other AS they were in colonial
OF these parties being left to in those paths wherein
II has always found It's creates, happiness.
is erroneous to suppose that the cotton and sugar
interest," grown up since The adoption OF present
sttuion, has perpetuated domestic slavery the South
which otherwise, ere this would have been voluntarily
renqushed The extension of the cotton and sugar cul
tue, SO lar from being msforunes 10 the slaves, has
tended more than anything else TO amelorae their cond
tons because the product OF their labor sufficiently val
liable TO enable their supply them with all the
III
by humanity, by the motives OF interest The most eff
Gent. and OF course the most profitable aborers
those who are the most active, healthy, happy, and
tented. To be active, healthy, happy and conened
there is higher law which says their gels shall be
CURED nto their troubles removed and they shall be wei
fed lodged, and clothed Interested motives, If nothing
ese would force the MASTER whose slaves profitable
him. TO protect them from what called the abuses OF
slavery and TO besow on them every comfort and ate
ton that the most tender humanity would give Every
thing which enhances the value of the slave improves
his condition, brings the self interest of the masie
the more strongly TO bear in protecting him against abuse,
and in adding 10 his comforts On the other hand, every
thing that dminshes his value, that OF his labor
whether II be the Introduction of Chinese aboers into
India, or the exclusion OF slave labor from any State
territory where II would be profitable operates nuriousy
against the interest OF the slave who may with truth
say Save me from my friends, and the laws of God
Will make II my masters interest to take OF me
Slavery, before and al the time OF the formation of
present Union, was not as good condition for the blacks
OF the South as is now because the profits OF that kind
OF labor were not sufficient 10 afford the aborers the com.
forts OF life they now enjoy"
We are sorry we cannot quote largely from this mastery
paper " however within the ready reach OF the whole
community, and we commend il to careful perusal, AZ
one Of the abes and most philosophical disq us,ons
have read In bringing his observations TO close
Dr. Cartwright calls enphatically upon Daniel Webster
TO employ his influence to propagate among the
OF the North the important truths he has developed
With one more striking passage from this part Of the
article must break off analysis, leas, for the
present:
Neither party, North or South has viewed the CUES.
ton OF negro slavery in philosophical point oil view Ii
has been experience the side, and the
DRY the other. You and the rest OF our statesmen
have been so well satisfied with the working OF our po-
luca system, that you and they TO have been
tent TO direct and guide H. without looking into compare
tive anatomy for the physical difference in the population
that would explain the paradox OF slavery free repub
lie, and demonstrate the and justice OF polt
cal institutions in not according TO all classes the
privileges Much of the knowledge IN regard 10 the
physical differences between white and black popula-
ton is confined 10 lew scientific private lie and
to those IN the South who have had opportunities
OF acquiring it by observation but have not the requisite
requirements and opportunities tor dinusDg It,
Knowledge, TO be difused among the mass, and to
be brought into practical first pass through the
alembc OF superior intellect to be refined and pur.
he'd cherish the opinion that II you seek for
that particular kind OF knowledge touching the true ma
tue and character of our negro population and which
our peculiar southern institutions rest as bass) you
could lind IT, and, when found. could difuse IT, liza DIT
fusion would be like oil the troubled waters, quoting
The conscience OF The North the subject OF slavery. or
at least starting new train OF thought that would
rally lead the northern mind, step by step, quiet
science and freedom from responsibility for negro slave
l ny in the South Northern agitation and aggression
/ would nd aui and