Southern standard., 1851-03-08
From Tie .Soutb-Side Democrat

yin states must be attributed more 70 an,r On,
.du>e 10 the insecurity and danger of tbe inst;tr.
Of 81; Gu Gu ei'inent ol society. Men take counsel
oi thelr fears, and the apprehension of
break dffuScs principles of host;I;t 80 iie ou'
ence oi slavery Tie anxiety to. atirnato I,or
'il>eS more Frequently from dread and = sonso =,
insecurity than from conviction of wron,, Honoo
~ ''e southern States, absitionism prevs;Is .r,o
&c 'i''SS VI persons most remarkable for weakness
NJ, VIZ women, children, and the AGED
of hi 10y oe oi some use to explore the grounds
'iIS sense OF ofInsecurity and to ascertain wbatber
iouhuatlon ot our social edifce is reall, co
Oii'ic'h ana unsteady the fears of the timid 20
present Ii may be promised however that mo-
'iS Is better calculated to create insubordipatop
anu rebellion among the blacks than tbe ev
PeS>'"h Oh such fears and apprehensions The
negro, more than any other speeies of mon I'll
before stern, fearless and resaIuta cbartf d.
any exhibition of tfmidny and want of COURAGE i'm,
nedlately prompts him to aggression. Bv his fear
the negro is ruled by the white man. How vory
ihPrudeht' therefore, nay, how criminal is If for
H.; ii"Ser ever Ever 10 manifest any apprehensions of
Inns childish and womanish talk about
"S"TecnoRs, suggests to the negro ideas and de-
SiSns "hlch perhaps never before entered his con-
CePuoh, whilst 1t presently a direct incitement to
'hG!f execution by display of timditv and cow
'uice' n proper exhibition of firmness and pro-
per exercise of discipline, will forever SUPPRESS anv
"t'ehPt at inSurrecton. But from the constitution
tendencies or
or probabilities of a rebellion or insubordipate r;
sing among our negroes? \ inst answer 70 tl,;s
question is furnished by the experience of the mast
Airican slavery as system and an institution has
existed now for more than three centuries Coun+
the number of lives which have been slain in a snr
we rebellion, or the amount of property DESTROYED
Ohc can Dut contemplate the result of such an in
IurV with aStonIshment. He hears so much vet
sees so little, OF nSurrection, although he extends
MS vision over the track of ages It is true tbera
was a frl9httu rebellion of the blacks in St Domin
80 during the first French Revolution But that Il
was Intentionally and directly instigated and aided
oy the whites. In the other West India isles the
negroes were as numerous the whites, and were
subjected, 1t Is said, to a system of seryitude ev
ceedngly harsh, yet no outbreak of anv serious
moment ever occurred And what is the experi- |
ehce OF our Southern States +? Why confrmato- |
~ OF the experience of other countries in this re-
Spect. No lnsurrection has yet occurred, which. |
had lt taken place among the white slaves of Eu-
rope would have attracted any unusual attention.
or created any extraordinary alarm. On one or
Two occasions, a handful of negroes have murder
ed handful ofwhtes and this constitutes tbe who'll
history of seryie instructions in the Southern
States
In every form of society, there must be some la
boring class; in the Southern States NEGROES are
'he laDorerS Now are our negroes as insubordi-
nate as the labOrng classes of other countries Do
.
OF society? In other words our negroes as IN
surrectiOn0ry and insurgent as the corresponding
class OF population in other countries In answer
to this question, we assert without hazard of con-
tradlcton that form of society that ever existed
Is so peaceful and so secure from popular outbreaks
as Is the society of our own Southern States Here
the possession of property is more undsturbed and
the security of life better preserved from the in
surrectlons of the mob or laboring class than in
any other country on the globe. And to show that
the coincidence of slavery and social security is not
accidental but essential we may remark that Just ;
as the condition of the labOring classes approaches
the condition of slavery, much the less frequent
are popular instructions. Take, for instance Il
France and Russia. In the former country, indus y
try Is parallzed by general sense of Insecurity
an ever impending nsurrectiOn agitates the minds -
of men, Popular convulsions things of daily E
occurrence. In Russia, the social system is re- :
free from feverish agitation-is calm =:
quiet and peaceful Yet in France the lowest class u
of the population politically nearly an equal
ity with the highest; whilst in Russia a system of
society obtains very nearly resembling our own =;
southern slavery. We do not wish to be under -
stood preferrng Russian Despotism to French a;
RepublcanSm.-We only say, that when the la -
boring class are ignorant and unused to the exer- "
cise of civil rights, condition of comparative sla -
very is more conducive to social quiet and security
han one of political equality. But we have said "" ""
hat nSurrectiOns less frequent and terrible in -
he Southern States than in any other country -
And is it not fact In what country in which li'
African slavery exists, did an nsurrecon ever oc- ~
,ur at all or in any respect comparable to the first
French Revolution Compare the trivial affair of d
Nat Turner during the present age, instructions 90
aaye occurred of appalling magnitude. Lord Geo. NJ
iordon's rebellion in 1880 involved London in ~
lanes, and almost precpitated England into anar- 81
hy. And in the present day, the Chartist demon W
traton, gigantic but peaceful insurrecton, came -.
car subvertng the social fabric of England But g
come nearer home lives have been lost ~
nd more property destroyed by instructions in ~,
ingle city of the North than in all the Southern m
states since the Yankees first begun the slave 81
rade. In what Southern State did insurrection ~
yer occur equal to the Forrest and Macready Il,
eate? Have any instructions equal to the aI
Philadelphia mobs or the anti-rent demonstrations
When did negroes ever rise up in insurgent +
nd lawless a did the populace of Bos- ~
IN on the recent occasion of the arrest of Crafts A.
is fact an indsputabe fact that the temper of 81;
ur working population is infinitely less rebeIIious at
subordinate and insurrectionary than the temper 49,
the laboring classes of the North In other doo,
ords, African slavery, social element, is in f;b
nely less dangerous to life and to property than ras
the present laboring population of the Northern res
tates, al {
Ihere are some very apparent causes "illch VIII dit
Iplan this fact. Here, the negro is not only ba,