The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-03-02

Deiore us--a fature tInrivalled in point OF pow
er, by anything the world has heretofors seem
a future which already fixes upon it the intense
and steadiast gaze Of the statesmen of other
Icountres-a future which unfolds new desti
ny, happier and brighter one, trust for the
human lamily--a future, to be regarded with
rapture by the lover Of man, and which may
cause privilege TO shiver and tremble with fear
IN It's iibres and arteries. allude not to any
power of the sword No, allude TO a power
more resistless and more certain in lis results
the power of example-the example of free.
prosperous and great people, among whom all
artificial distinctions Of society are unknown;
where preierment is equally open to all, and
mans capacity for sef-governnent is recognizes
and conelesively established
The women Of the United States foresec all
this, and they also thoroughly comprehend the
fact, that all conledsacies have heretofore, in
the history of the world, been broken up and
destroyed by the machinations of foreign gov
lernments and if such has been the fate Of other
lconiederacies, how much more yigilant ought
we to be to guard against the fatal results which
have attended on others, and to look with sue-
| picion, come from what quarter it may, on all
interference IN our domestic concerns! If the
Alchaian and other leagues could not withstand
the machinations Of the powers of their day,
how truly sensitive ought we to be on point
which proved so fatal to them; and if the for
| eign States by whom such confederacies were
surrounded, felt it to be due to their own safety
TO destroy them By their Vaccinations, have we
not reason to suppose that ten-fold interest
| is found in our ease in a view of tho rapid
growth Of the United States, and in the early
development OF that future which will elothe
this country with all the elements Of control IN
the affairs of the worId2 Governments and
countries which are nov looked upon as stars
of the first magnitude, viii ere long. if the Uni
ted States roll on in their present orbit, be sec
o.ldafy and tertiary in the political nemispbere.
This is q9iie as thoroughly known bV us as by
Won, women If England, and thefetors you
should not be in the slightest degree surprised
at the suspicion with ,Thich your address is re-
gar1ed by all the thinking women. not only of
The South but Of the whole Union. We know
that there is bat one subject on which there is a
possibility Of wrecking the bark Of this Union
Ia possibility, however, which trust. is very
remote-and TO that very subject YOU have given
your attention; and not only So. bat have sub
scribed an address. not prepared By yourselves.
as The emanati0n Of yoar own susceptible hearts,
but the admitted production of the newspaper
press IF England which effects a ,,na.r xsl sen
sibilify on subject with which il has nothing
properly 70 do--and all for ends which every re-
Aecting person cannot fail to understand
Nor is this suspicion In any degree removed by
the fact on which you predicate Your address,
viz the fact that your country inflicted on her
;hen colonies the ecurse OF slavery in opposition
TO their frequent and solemn protests. In The
historical fact you are certainly correct The col
ony of Virginia, and believe, most of the 9th |
er colonies, were constant and earnest in their !
and one of the causes set forth
in the Declaration Of Independence, as prepared |
and written b a son of Virginia, was conun- /
uance of the slave trade by the mother country. |
in dispite of all reno insurance on the part of the
colonies. Thus, then, England not only permi /
ted, but encouraged the slave trade, for period
of a century and half. as a means of swelling
her coffefs; and the infamous traffic couId only
be expelled IRON this country by the force and
power of the sword. Your Kings and Queens. |
sustained BY your Parliament and people, enter
ed into treaties, and formed contracts, for the |
purpose OF reaping rich harvest of profit from
the trade-and the voice of the slave dealer on /
the shores of Africa was perfect music in their
ears because was the music Of gold told into the
and all merry England danced with JOY |
at the pleasant sound You have been we'll in |
formed, doubtless, of the treaties made by your
Queen Anne, of '' blessed menIory," and the /
crown of Spain, which stipulated monopoly of
the trade in close partnership between those roy
al personages, to the exclusion of all the world
beside. Yes you are altogether correct in as
cribing whatever there is of immortality or crime,
in the present condition of the Southern States,
to your own England. The colonies renonstra-
ted. and demonstrated In vain, until driven to i
desperation by her perseverance, they severed
the bonds that bound them to England, and es-
tablished their independence, and abolished the
slave trade by their only resource. the power OIL
the sword. The great slave market. in which
England had enjoyed monopoly was thus lost
to her; and ffona that moment she began 10 dis
cover that there was something rather immoral
in the trafie. Before the slave ship was a state
II argosy laden with treasure The groans OF
the unhappy victims could not be heard above
the suFsE1 Of the ocean. Soon after, a faint cry
could be heard, borne on the winds from Africa 81
coast; and now, the Parliament House resounds|
with the clankiDg of the chains and the cries of
the victims Such the mighty influence Of the
American Revolutions, and such the power Of the