Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-08-14
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Slave
Trade.

We have already mentioned the fact that
sunelry presses in the Slave States are bold
ly advocating the re-opening of the Slave
Trade. Still further developments OF the
plans and wishes of those who would per-
petuate the "peculiar institution are be
ing made from time to time, and among
them we find two articles in the Charleston
is. CO. STANDARD, which come directly to
the point. A single paragraph from each
will show their animating spirit:
"The aoant of .Slavery as the Sla0e
Trade. LegaliSe The entrance to as Of
the miserable savages from the Coast
LOT africa, as tie entrance Of the scarcely
less miserable laboress. from Europe to the
Northern States is legaliged, and aoe aooald
ask no other security Of independence
The millions which else would be the slaves
of an equal savage master, until it might
suit his pleasure to make their sacrifice g
feature in some savage rite, would find a
refuge here among us;
And again;
ave think the time has come to speak
out upon the subject. 10 practice slavery
and yet suppress the slave-trade-to con-
tend that Slavery is of advantage to the IA
ces which concur in its existence, and yet
resist the efforts by which the advantages
is extended, to urge that the Union of e.
quail races is necessary to the progress Of
human society, and yet resist the means by
which the Union is effected, is contradic-
ton which human ingenuity can never re-
concile; and yet to such a contradiction
the Southern section Of this country is COM
PEELED in any effort which looks to the dis
countenance and Encouragement of the
traffic with the coast of Africa by which
the limits of this institution are extended.
Such as, undoubtedly, the truth, and a
portion of the southern leaders at least,
seeing the delimma in which they are pla-
ced, are ready to throw aside all considera-
tons Of humanity, reason, common. sense,
and advocate the re-opening and legalizing
by this 'model Republic" Of that traffic
in human flesh, whose manifold and mani
fest horrors arrayed the civilized world a.
gainst it long years ago. These Southern
leaders, without distinction OF party, are
ready to combine together for such an end
and that in their estimation and that OF
their northern doughface allies, is entirely
proper, indeed quite meritorious; while a
combination of freemen at the north, with
out distinction of party, to prevent such an
outrage upon humanity, christianity, and
civilization, is sectional, "traitorous," "dan-
gerous to the Union!
We have no fears Of such bugbears
as these demagogues conjure up to fright
en- us withal. Let but the Northern people
resolve that they will, at the ballot box,
resist the execution Of the plans Of which
we speak, and return the nation to condi-
ton of progress towards peaceful dolitior
and disappearance Of slavery, and we shall
still have Union worth preserving.
The Standard looks upon this reopen
ing OF the slaye-trade as measure which
would be a feature in the s.great principle
OF human moyement-the same as that by
which foreigners are attracted to the I'M
settled regions Of the north" = Milwaukee
Sentinel.