The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-07
failed to receive the friendly attention Of the federal
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have been entirely prosrated while the excessive i'm
porston Of fabrics which ought to produce at home
has created balance Of trade against tho
country The neglect Of Congress protect the
merce Of our inland waters has caused deplorable
waste Of life and property The sentiments Of this State
ought to be distinctly announced subjects Of such
paramount Importance to its welfare: and the public
opinion which undoubtedly existsin favor Of liberal
tonal policy should make itself felt and respected After
surrendering to hs federal authority the whole
power Of the country cannot calmly consent that it
should longer remain hostile or Indifferent tn. attain
Mt Of objects which the national compact intended
to secure, and which called for by the most urgent
considerations Of pecy and patriotism 1t source
OF sincere satisfaction that the executive branch Of the
government actuated by statesmsnlike views nd pa
totc desire to promote the general prosperity has re-
commended to Congress the adoption Of proper
planned of.
1t cannet be disguised that the legislation Of Congress
of practical Importance has been seriously
impeded by the sectional collisions which have too long
dturbed the repose OF the country Ihe
questions arising from late territorial acquisitions
having been settled. may reasonably hepe that re-
of similar difficulties will be avoided by steady
perseverance in wise moderate and conservative po
LEY. Let also indulge the hope that with the reno
val Of its most prominent cause the spirit of sectional
ton perDicous to the national prosperity and
so repugr the purposes of the federal compact
speedily disappear from the political horizon IT is
time that angry strife and unworthy jsaouss between
| the Northern and Southern portions of the United
States should be banshed forever and that public
councils be inspired once more by the Of
| ,ual confidence and attachment which animated tae
whole people in the struggle for indep and the
formation Of the Union In the free exercise of the in
should be tempered by liberation and forbearance
just regard for the constitutional rights of all sections
| of the country.
When we to the original design and true theory
Of federal system every candid mind must acknow
ledge that there's no sufficient cause for keeping alive
feelings OF aversion and i'll will between the members of
voluntary conederacy whose firm and perpetual union
forms the only foundaten for the freedom and hap
pness of the American people and for the hopes Of ber
ty throughout the globe On calm survey of poll
tical condition perceive that the federal authority
created for purposes of general and national
ue
protection CT interests in which all the States however
diversified their internal condition, have joint AMI
equal concern The Constitut0 having wisely left the
States free to regulate their domestic affairs the dssi
nilarity in their local institutions furnishes just
ground for mutual complaints and reproachas These
differences Of social and municipal organization existed
among the American colonies they were produced by
which the founders OF the constitution had
control and for which We their descendant cannot
be deemed responsible. They not sufficient to
prevent Washington and his compeers from blending d
interests by mutual concessions and rearing the
nobest edifce OF free government which the world has
seen
Why then should they be permitted to embitter our
councils and weaken the political ties which constitute
US one people? In the conduct Of our national con-
cern why should the progress Of he country retard
ana best interests forgotten vain disputes upon
questions which each State must decide for itself and
over which We have rghtful control!
In my reflections upon this subject, have not per-
mitted myself doubt that the pirt OF disunien which
no concessions can appease, and the fanaticsm which
evil continually and luxurates in factious strife,
will exhaust themselves In the adness Of their manifes
tations without serouy endange-ing the stability OF
expressed in my last annual communication that the
great body of the people, well in State in
every portion Of our widely extended oonf
tinue to cherish ardent attachment to the Union
that they desire TO the constitution administered in
spirit OF moderation and equal jui,ics towards the
own every attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion OF
country from the rest, ,r to cnfebe the sacred ties
which now link together the various parts
The position and ultimate destiny Of the African
on this continent subject eminently worthy
gage the attention Of the humane and benevolent The
highest ua tn
operate In all rational intended to improve
their unfortunate condition But it is Of the first mpor.
axee in considering question Of this magnitude,
rounded by many endorsements. that we should
discsrd the pa sons and prudces which too ready
to usup the place of senss that the spirit Of
faction should yield to the higher sentiments of pure
and generous philanthropy and that in this as In the
odEary concerns Ct e seek for plan having some
practical connection with The object Of our Efforts
are TO quire not merely what may 10 desirable, but in
view of the realities round us how much is atsanable
and what course Of action will produce the most bened
cal re.ults The race brought to this cont
nent almost early the white and continued to be
imported for nearly two hundred 1t Of the
most sevotDg feat In the worlds history that during
this entire period the most of the civilized nations par
cipaed in the slave trade All OF the thirteen colonies
tolerated slavery within their borders
The people Of this State have furnished conclusive
proofs OF their aversion to slavery and of their abiding
conviction that it Is moral and political evil by abo
fishing 1t at home, and by their uniform opposition to its
extension over free territory acquired by the arms and
treasure Of the nation
u the Southern States of the Union where the slaves
that the institution will disappear in day genera
ton 1t has become too deeply rooted and too closely
interviewer with social and pccuniary interests to yield
to sudden or violent measures Of reform The progress
Of amelioration must, IN the nature OF things be
gradual 1t must be left to the voluntary &C.
tion the people more Immediately concerned, ex-
perience having shown that we have more to hope
their inherent of justice aud policy than
from any interference that may be proposed by misd
rected philanthropy operating at great distance from
s object The anomalous position OF the free coored
population undoubtedly forms Of the most serious
cloe eyes TO the fact that although the free
people of eDoya degree OF liberty they
commonly treated bot the free and slave States
inferior and deprived of the social and political
rights without which freedom Is but an empty name
Even in own State hey excluded from the mest
essential privileges of citizenship Declared from all
participation in public empoyments rejected from most
Of the institutions OF learning and religion, governed by
laws which they have share in framing having been
denied the right of suffrage by vast popular majority
shut out from social intercourse, and condemned to a
lite OF servity and drudgery their condition amongst
is deporabe In the extreme Any great improve ment
o5 their condition under circumstances calculated to
crush the spirit OF manhood seems morally impossible
The blightpg effect OF the iEierority to which they
subjected lie in the fact that while every other
class has rapidly Increased the colored population OF
this State has dwinded from So OF In l5l0 TO AZ g3 in
1850 A result SO remarkable naturally excies appre-
tensions that the African like the Indian race caunot
permanently exist the soil with the whites
and that separation Is necessary TO prevent their ulti
nate extinction However unjust the perya ding pre-
JUDGE which affects the public seAtiment toward this
black appear it's existence and les unfavorabe
effect upon their welfare cannot be disputed In ssve
ra States ths antpahy is displayed in laws prohibiting
negroes from coming within their borders The people
Indiana adopted restriction of that charac
year by extraordinary majority. 1t Is evident that
every fcheme the elevation OF the African post
ton Of equality and full citizenship u country must
prove deluse until pride and the Of superiority
shall have been extrpated from the human heart The
Instincts Of nature too powerful to be counteraced
the rehnementE Of abstract reasoning proclaim that
the two races must later be separsted. |
The American Colonization Society presents the only
orgeLized agency which has contributed to accelerate
this separation produce practical results beneficial
the African This association formed ny years
ago by benevolent citizens in different sectisns of the
country bss for its objects to the
people of the United States their social and polt-
cal Disadvantages by placing them where they may
Joy the blessings Of free government to spread civz
ton and religion throughout the continent OF Africa
and destroy the slave trade and to afford such
owners sas willing to5iberste their slaves, an
asylum for their reception. For the accomplish. |
ment Of these noble desigo colony composed OF
colored per,ons euigrsng voluntarily from this