Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-22
Sla,sr,-ths yoles Of Connecticut

The Northern AbolitionistS seem determined to
keep up incessant agitation upon the subject of slave
ry II appears to be their chief delight and their dai
y business, to experiment upon the temper and pa
thence Of the Southern people. Every mail is bur
dcned with their denuncatiCns and thrcatnngs in
respect to a matter Of which they have no just idea
and which 1t is better for their reasonable purposes
that they should not have. What know they really
Of the condition Of the slave and what interest
they possibly have in our domestic affairs, That
they actuated by motives Of patriotism or phian-
thropy in their impcrnent interference with the To-
cal institutions Of the South none but the most shame.
less among themselves would dare aege South
ern negroes need no aid from such source. They
probably better fed better clothed and in every
respect in better condition, than nineteen-twen-
tieths OF the bowling fanatics who are in the hab
it Of shedding crocodile tears over their fate The
Southern slave, suspect, has too much sclfrcspec
too much pride, to entertain thought of exchang
ing conditions with any regular built professional
Aboltonist that may be found in the entire North
Certainly, he would lose immensely in point of moral
responsibility. Ii he is made to work. he is never.
thcless properly cared for-contented and happy
And above all he is honest and has a clear con-
| science-which can not be said with truth of the
thieving Aboltonist-the worst enemy the negro has
in the world 1t would he infinitely more natural and
appropriate for Southern slaves distress themselves
about the miserable moral condition Of his pretended
| Northern friends. And yet trust that some day
or other they may be made respectable men and good
citizens through the missionary exertons of the
save-sent hther by the consent of their masters to
enghten and redeem the Northern heather Such
idea is by means as absurd as Abolitionsts NAV
| A..
impait to them just knowledge of their moral, So
cial, and political duties.
In addition TO the unnumbered evidences recently
given, of Northern hostility to the institution Of the
South, have to record another fanatcal expression
of opinion upon the same subject by Northern Le-
gislaure. Last week, the Senate of Connecticut,
with but single dissenting voice, passed long Sc.
ries of ant-Nebraska and anti-savery resolutions,
among which the following:
Resolved That in the name, and in behalf Of the peo
pie OF this State, we protest against the proposed repeal
OF tie prohibition OF Slavery in the Act preparatory to
the admission OF Missouri, the violation Of national
faith, as destructive OF mutual confidence between the
States Of the Unon exposing their Union itself 10 i'm
mnent peril, aud inconsistent with the Fundamental
principles OF natural justice.
"Resoved, That declare liked purpose never 10
consent to the legal actual admission of slavery into
the Territory from which it excluded by the act Of
$780, or to the admission OF slavehoing from any
| portion Of the same.
"Resoved That the attempt to extend slavery oyer
vast region, from which il has been by law excluded with
the consent OF the saveholdug States ought to awaken
the people OF Connecticut the aggressive character of
slavery as political power, aud to unite them in deter
mined hostility TO its extension and its existence when.
ever II comes constutonaly within the reach Of Federal
| legislation.
"liesolVed That this General Assembly hereby de-
cares itself ready cooperate with other States in any
legal aud constitutional measures which the existing crisis
OF its consequences shall demand for the preservation
| our rights, and in defence OF liberty
We have all along protested and still protest,
against any set of men denouncing any act as "a VIC.
laton of national faith who are in the daily habit of
exhibiting an utter insensibity moral and political
obligations of every kind. 1t is not to be presume A.
that men who wantonly violate the laws of the land
and steal Southern property for pastime have any
| very nice scruples about any thing. They are not
usually the best judges in the world as to what is
proper or right Ii is not to be expected therefore
that Southern should feel much respect or reye,
renee for their opinions upon any question
The idea of these Connecticut gentlemen that they
mean "never to consent to the legal or actual adms
sion of slavery into the territory of Nebraska con.
veys threat which, while it Indicates the extent to
which INSCRIPTIONS fanatcisn NAV 60 is not very
apt seriously to affect the nerves of Southern men,
We are not to be deferred from insisting upon our
equal rights under the Constitution, by any amount Of
buster and bravado. intimidation is, perhaps, the
last thing to which VIC disposed to yield. We
are duly economical of our carcasse, but we con.
slider craven submission to tyranny, injustice, and
wrong as even worse than exposure to personal dan.
ger. 1t would probably be we'll therefore, for these
Connecticut Swans to reconsider their frghtful de-
termination, and take different track All we have
to do, however, is to await patiently the attempts Of
Northern bravados to carry their imputcnt threats
into execution. We may then take a calm survey Of
the whole field, and determine upon such action as
our interests and safety may require