The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-22

aIred al all points by the authority OF law we are not
M very much danger from sentiment Ii may be that sia-
VERY was originally morally wrong. bui know that
existed before the Christian thai il sanctioned
BY our Saviour who enjoined upon servants obedience
10 iheir masters that II 10 be found Greece and
N Rome thai has obtained In France Eng Spain
Holland. and Brazil and other modern States and thar
the responsibility OF lis introduction these States is
upon those who have gone before Ii may be that
The sovereignty OF these States should have been
rendered 10 The general government, yet il not done
Al may be that property IN slaves should have been
prohibited BY the constitution; ye the importation Of
slaves was authorized by il until the year 1905, aud an
import duty OF ten dollars per head imposed,
other species OF imported properly and constitutional
provision made whereby this properly might be
cd, notwithstanding .aDy law regulation TO The
laIy existing IN The State where may be found may
DC hai me equal rights OF the States 10 the
IoTy Of all should have been eonsti,uiionay denied
fei Is constitutional law Ii 10 too late to inquire
Whai ought 10 have been done al The time this govern
ment was established our sole business 10 know what
Was done.
II the appointed dispensers Of ordinary statute Law
were permitted 10 question It's policy and expedeDcy,
would soon be without law and if the dispensers Of
constitutional law permitted 10 20 behind the cons
iuuon, we wall soon be plunged into anarchy and dis
union.
Mr. Chairman, this about the immortality and bor
shle tyranny o slavery may answer its purpose among
deceived and for purpose but If 10 Of place here
II slavery be morally wrong, then ihoke gentlemen who
80 regard should have paused before they took the oath
10 support the constitution, which thoroughly rec0g
nises IL as right The very grave question presents
sell 10 them, whether il be The greater sin 10 violate
moral sentiment peculiar TO themselves, 10 violate
oath which they have taken in the face OF the country,
and which Is recorded in Heaven
Asolhonisls and their ssiwin brothers of the same
womb The iree-soilers are wholly, exempt froH the
original SIN OF slavery They have long washed
their bands OF this pollution, and now, with hand
on the Bible and the other spon the price, they snake
broad their phylacleres and sihank God they are moi
as other men are" The responsibility of opening The
Territories 10 slavery is with the makers of the conslu-
bon the responsibility Of introducing spon the people
who have their election The responsibility OF preserv
ing the Territories in condition in which the equal
rights Of all the States may be represented and in which
the unorestaed judgmenl Of the people may be exsr-
cised upon all matters affecting themselves in their inter-
nal rsiaslons Is tue responsb by OF oath binding
upon iree-soiiers as upon other Ii the decsion
OF the new States is for slavery their "wiihers
wrung"
This universal difference OF sentiment on the opposite
slaes Of geographical lines must find its solution cut Of
eyeTyThere, and nndehled religion is as pure 10 The
planter on the banks Of the Mississippi with The Puri
Ian descendants Of New England.
have known OF too many being converted by having
bought negro, and loo many converted BY having sold
4 Tafy.
lis, sir, question Of political power between The
acturing and agricultural States and this CRY about
Liberty humanity, and brotherhood but The cant Of the
denagogue who ndes INTO place BY deludng bis friends,
and endeayos TO increase the strength OF bis section by
Preseaiing false issneE TO
When, sir northern me with manly frank
ness and tells me thai slave and free labor cannot
coeist, that hreefths representation uneqs sa
or unjust, can with him with patience aud il
proper agree 10 disagree would say 10 him, Sir, il s
as Impossible tus you TO judge correctly OF the institution
OF slavery as tor blind to Judge oi oolors Yorr
preladices formed befofe your judgment had ma
iuTed. They have been osered through life by
caGon, misrepresentation, and remoeness. You know
nohng OF The negro character, or OF Ais Intimate and in
sepsrable eonnexion with the moral, sooia, and political
condition of the South II YOU wsh ether of US " ell
LEI alone II you would not crowd ship already full
give us our constitutional rights in the Territories The
laws OF God viii regulate this matter betwter He
hal. .yRra
rspidy-ineesslng Popa!aton mperatvely demand, and
has festneed their production sections in Which ycu
val not and generally could not live.
/ The iucompstbHity oi free and slave labor is only
northern potion. II IL not so al the Souh You object
10 having reehihs OF nesross represented because
OF tbe political power gives Us If they were free the
whole would be represented al The North; and the
political power OF The slave States would be Increased to
The extent Of the remaining two ffihs.
But SIT, when the positions assumed, and the drift OF
the Argument dedaced, by necessary implication,
charge nay people with the baokest offences IN the caia
iogne o. crime, meet with scorn and detesaton.
The history OF The African contains proof upon every
page OF bis utter incapsciiy for self government HIS
civilization depends upon has contact with ard has
troll BY ibe white man. fhoogb elevated and educated
BY tins association taught by experience The blessings OF
law, and provided with all the machinery OF government
ready 10 his band, when he s ei has own government
read the history Of the blacks The Island Of Jamaica
since their emancipation and IL one drop OF genuine
philanthropy runs 10 Their veins, they viii guard
population, OF which they par eBceenc The cham
The institution OF slavery, Win IT Is fashionable
now 10 decy has been the greatest OF blessings 10 this
entire cosniry AT the North has served as vent for
isnatcasm, communism and all those secreiions of
morbid senlmenisy, which, without this safety valve
@ould long since have resulted IN q social exploslos,
and which will be cruel 10 the pure and the good
when II does come as il is certain IN the future. From
Maine 10 Texas the slaves have been the pioneers of
civilization The forest has bowed before their march,
the earth yielded is eh harvest TO their labor and gwen
commerce which excIies The admiration and zeal
ousy OF the world The Iower OF commerce greater
than thai Of armies and navies Engand saw wherein
our strength lay and endeayored 10 shear Of power
by beT experiment ia lhe West Indies which involved
the loss Of millions Of dollars herself and the msera
be degradation OF the very which, with hypocri,
cal philanthropy, she proiessed desre elevate and
benefit
Every section OF n. confederacy now the enjoy
men OF the rich rewards Of the labor OF The slave He
gives employment 10 the shipping interest of the East
wealth 10 the manufacturer of the Norih, and marks,
4 for the hemp and live stock oil the West
The market OF the slave States is the best and most
varied upon earth In whatever section either of The
great southern staples grown, that particular staple
grown 10 the exclusion Of the others II raised ia Viz
gina and rice be bought; II 10 he Caroli
mas and Georgia tobacco and sugar; If the extreme
Souih and Southwest, rice and tobacco. We, Of The
South. compelled % secure BY exchange one OF The
cous policy The slave States are dependent for every
ohsf article in the wide field Of commerce upon other
sections than MOI only do slaves secnre 10
the free States tbe bes hone market upon earth, but SIR
they al this moment paying, by The fruits oil Their la
Dor, fell two hIrds yf the revenue OF ibis government
sppears, from the report Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury ending June 90 1852 (Which the last which