Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-08
THREE CHAMPIONS OF SLAVERY.

warm debate.
THREE CHAMPIONS OF SLAVERY
| IL is somewhat remarkable that there are
no journals in the South so jealous, thorough,
| and extreme, in their advocacy of Slavery, as
the three leading papers in Richmond, Vir-
| ginia.
The old doctrine, that it il 10 be tolerated
and excused MS necessary evil, they scout
"a a senseIess prejudice. They contend for il,
in tho concrete and in the abstract; not only
as q convenience, but blessing; not as thing,
good under the circumstances of Southern So
ciety alone, but under all circumstances as
an institution founded in Nature, sanctioned by
Revelation, and to be cherished and extended
by Human Law No subject is 30 much dis
cussed in their columns no interests arc SO
vigilantly guarded, as those Of Slavery All
questions Of Literature, Philosophy, and Poll
tics, are tried, first by their relations to this
system, and decided in the affirmative or mega
tive, just as they may favorably or unfavorably
affect its peculiar claims.
They concur in opinion that the Southern
States, owing TO the existence Of Slavery, are
the most prosperous, most intelligent most
wealthy, most refined, best governed, and, in
proportion to their population, mightiest COM
nunities in the world. They look down upon the
free States rs degraded by their system of
| free labor, styling them, "hireling," or free
negro" States, plying their lack of spirit, their
sordid tastes, their shop-keeping vices, their
low cunning and shocked at the poverty, In
subordination, and rowdyism, everywhere prev
alent in them. They are panied by their ire
Iigion, afraid Of their infdclity, and vehement
ly denounce the isms which are driving the
People to madness and misrule.
As for the Old World, they have given it
over to Satan. England and France are ire
coverably degenerate, wherever the experiment
| of freedom has been tried on the Continent,
the result has been disastrous--the only Power
they regard with o tolerant eye ia Russia,
which, in its serfdom, has made about as ample
provision for the benefit of its laboring People,
rs tho Southern States have made in their Sla-
very. "Frce Society," they pronounce a fail
ure; the abolition Of Slavery has always proved
calamity; the only hope for the Peace Of
Europe and the Salvation Of the q free negro
States, is, the reinstitution of Slavery The
time, they cay, will come, when "the poorer
classes Of the North, I" like Dives in Hell, will
pray in agony for the happiness and plenty in
which slaves Of the South fattcn and reyel.n
They have very ingenious way of disposing
of all objections to their idolizod system. Tell
them their model States have no commerce
and they reply, that is owing to the unequal
action Of the Federal Government Point to the
greater growth of population in the free States
that is owing, they say, to the hordcs Of for
eigners that arc overwhelming them, whom
the flaming sword of Slavery, turning every
way, keeps out of our Paradise and besides,
by careful analysis OF the census tables you
will find that, to say the least, we are as pro-
life ne the North
As TO the greater number Of newspapers
published at the North, that signifies nothing;
they live on our patronage. They do the
drudgery and we the reading. Our way il,
to keep other people working for us. 1t is
true, too, that you have more common schools
mt the North, and more Of your people have
the elements Of common school education I;
but in the knowledge Of men, and of the high
art Of government you arc far behind US.
But, look at Northern cities Well great
cities arc great evils the moro closely you
pack men together, the moro you debauch
them.
What say you TO their manufactures? A
manufacturing community il corrupt and
feeble one. The operatives, by close confne-
ment and tho infinite division Of labor, grow
weak, physically and mentally. Our agricul.
tural people are always most virtuous, robust
and manly.
! As the mailman fancied all the world was
insane but himself, so they denounce all who
question tho soundness Of their views as fanat-
les. Doubt tho right of one man to make
another work for him, without wages, and that
is fanaticism Say it is not fit to deny legal
marriage 10 any claes Of human beings OF mar
riageablc age, whic you allow them to herd to-
gcther like bruses, and you are fanatic
Toll them il is not decent TO pat a man or wo-
man mp on the auction block, 30 be sold to the
highest bidder, and you are "ianatic" Re-
peat the declaration OF Mr.. jefferson, a all men
are created equal" 60, as if you believed it
and you are fanatic" Say that man, in
virtue Of bis manhood, by tho charter Of the
Great Creator, tho Common Parent Of man.
kind, has title TO himself and his earnings
against the world, that no one has so good a
right to child as tho father who bcgat him,
and the mother that nurscd him, and that he
who rutbIessly breaks mp family, Gods
first institution, tramples upon the authority Of
God and our common humanity, and you are q
afanaticn Of the worst kind.
We have watched with some curiosity the
course Of this Richmond Press. The Enquirer