Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-21

ket to the trafioke rs in flesh that haunt the
shambles of the South Such 40 act, at this
time, is removed from all reach Of that pallia-
tion often youchsaled 10 Slavery This wrong,
we are speciously told, by those who seek to
defend it, is not our original sin. II was en-
tailed upon us SO we are instructed, by our an
cestors; and the responsibility il often with
exultation, thrown upon the mother country.
Now, without stopping to inquire into the val
ne Of this apology, which il never adduced in
behalf Of other abuses and which availed
nothing against that king!y power, imposed by
the mother country, and which our fathers
overthrow, it is sufficient, for the present pur-
pose, to know, that it is now pronosed to make
Slavery our own original act. Here is 4 fresh
case Of actual transgression, which we cannot
cast upon the shoulders OF any progenitors,
nor upon any mother country, distant in time or
place The Congress Of the United States, the
people Of the United States ut this day, in this
vaunted period Of light, will be responsible for
it so that it shall be said hereafter, so long as
the dismal history of Slavery is read, that, in
the yenr Of Christ 1854, new and deliberate
act was passed, by which vast territory was
opened to it's inroads. M s
Alone in the company of nations does our
country assume this hateful championship.
In despotic Russia the serfdom which consti-
tutes the peculiar institution Of that great
empire, is never allowed TO travel with the i'm
perial flag, according to the American preten-
sion, into provinces newly acquired by the
common blood and treasure, but is carefully
restricted by positive prohibition, in harmony
with the general conscience, within its ancient
confines; and this prohibtion--the Wilmot
Proviso Of Russia--is vigorously enforced on
every side, in all the provinces, as in Besaraba
on the aonth, and Poland on the west, 80 that,
in fact, no Russian nobeman has been able to
move into these important territories with his
slaves. Thus Russia speaks for Freedom
and disowns the slnveholdng dogma Of our
country. Far away in the East at 9 the gate
ways of the city" in effeminate india slavery
has been condemned in Constantinople. NE
queenly seat Of the most powerful Mahomed.
an empire, where barbarsm still mingles with
civilization, the Ottoman Sultan has fastened
upon it the stigma Of Misrepresentation the
Barbary States of Africa, occupying the same
parallels Of latitude with the slave States Of
our Union, and resembling them in the nature
Of their boundaries, their productions, their
climate, and the peculiar institution which
sought shelter in both, have been changed into
Abolitionists Algiers, seated near the line
of SO deg. 80 min, has been dedicated TO Free
dom. Morocco, by it's untutored ruler, has
expressed it's desire, stamped in the formal
terms of a treaty, that the very name Of sla-
very may perish from the minds of men and
only recently from the Dey of Tuns has pro-
ceeded that noble act, by which, q Ia honor
Of God, and to distinguish man from the brute
creation "-I quote his own words--he decreed
it's total abolition throughout his dominions.
Let Christian America be willing to be taught
hasa I'd n
Of all the ages, foremost in the
files Of time should adopt anew the barba-
rism which they have renowned
As the effort now making is extraordinary in
so no assumption seems too extraor
binary to be welded in its support The pri-
NAL truth Of the equality OF men, as proclaim
ed in our Declaration Of Independence, has
been assailed, and this great charter of our
country discredited. Sir, you and will soon
pass away but that will continue to stand
above impeachment or question. The Decla-
ration Of Independence was Declaration Of
Rights, and the language employed, though
general in its character, must obviously be re-
strained within the design and sphere of Dec
laration of Rights involving no such absurdity
as was attributed to it yesterday by the Sena-
Tor from Indiana, Mr.. PErrrT. Sir, il is a
palpable fact that men are not born equal 10
physical strength or in mental capacities in
beauty of form or health OF body. These NOR
tal cloaks of flesh differ, as do these worldly
garments Diversity or inequality in these re-
spects is the law Of creation But, as God is
no respecter Of persons, and as all are equal in
his sight, whether Dives or Lazarus, master or
slave, 80 are all equal in natural Unborn rights;
and, pardon me, if l say, it is vain soplism to
sdduce in argument against this vital axiom Of
Liberty the physical or mental inequalities by
which men are characterized or the unhappy
degradation to which, in violation of common
they are doomed. To deny tho
Declaration Of Independence lie 10 rush on the
bosses Of the shield Of the Almighty, which, in
al respects, the present measure seems to do.
To the delu-ive suggestion IF the able Sena-
Lor from North Carolina, Mr.. Badger that by
the overthrow Of this prohibition. the number Of
,lavcs will not be increased, that there will be
simply benefcent diffusion OF Slavery, and not
Ia extension, | reply at once, that this arga-
ment, If of any value-if not mere words and
nothing else--would equally justify and require
The overthrow Of the prohibition Of Slavery in
The free States and, indeed everywhere
throughout the world. All the dikes, which,
n different countries from time TO time, with
he march of civilization, have been painfully
'et up dBalurt tnrOhuo VI bilir evil, must De
removed, and every land opened anew TO its de-
,tructiye food. 1t is clear, beyond dispute,
that by the overthrow OF this prohibition, Sla-
very will be quickened, and slaves themselves
will be multiplied, while new " room and
VERGE will be secured for tho gloomy opera
lions Of slave law, under which free labor will
iroop and vast territory viii DO smitten with
sterility. Sir, blade Of grass would sos
grow where the horse Of Attila had trod; nor
can any true prosperity spring up in tho foot
prints OF tho slave.
But it is suggested that slaves will not DO
carried into Nebraska in large numbers and
that, therefore, the question is of small practi-
BAL moment My distinguished colleague,
MIR. Everett, in his eloquent speech hearkened
his suggestion, and allowed himself, while up
holding the prohibition, to disparago its i'm
portance in a manner, from which feel con-
strained kindly, but most strenuously, so dis-
,ent. Sir, the census shows thai ii u Of vital
.Onseuuepcc There is Missouri nj ths mo-