The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-01

By bodies Of ss asssmblsd Il country dsussding
the ".b0itios Of al n:stsy Nth ni ssppo:s mo.
.ios q sss .so q: q .sa MP
Of ownsruAp BY an equal disriba do. today which By
requiring another 70 morrow would dsstsy the motive
ssiinr possaon q The rsiirosds By the Stat. Who'll
snsatsd nto the language Of truth means the robbns
q =; q ~. thu. p:' q :aa 70
ths Observance Of the 5abbath,n "ths abolition Of
prayer in OosUe.," and the abolition Of oaths upoa
called for by conventions assembled for the expressions
Of thess and similar opinions.
And in body calass itself the Iadustriai Oongrm,
not long since sitting in thn city, 1t WAS
Resolved, "That BY the land reform, We understand
the entire abolition and snnumsnt Of ali property valas
or Ownership In the sol, DO, 10, 10.
Now sir, these b considered pregnant ssns and
they certainly invoke changes which would be fatal
the vereat hypoore in the condition Of ths South would
be to that section Of the Union. Andyst there dan
patriotism viii assert their empire and msintsn .hsr
trns aupreznacy. NJ government ID to be tolerated
vhers dootriass sbroad shall soon bid adteu
In the change political institutional but in tie dinuson
Of edpcaon and the free dis sussion and hon OF
norats the condition Of maniiad truth was never psr
msner ~ injured BY free inquiry You cannot control
investigation and you must take II even with it, abuses
for the blessE II brings with It. highly respected
and respectable smbsr Of the House Of Representatives
said upon this subject tins Since "You think that
e TO- s.i h1 as
able member must have uttered this ssntmsns while feel
tequsat tbs Nsrtb for be knows as we'll ~ any ons
the mposnbity OF prescribing the right Of Speech and
OF caufnDg the thoughts Of man to his bosom You
might just we'll underAks TO stop the tide Of the
TO stop the tide Of human OPT aios and though both
these mighty agents their resistlsss march, ays felt
nasia better than would Be tHsir s:ssn.ns aussaas
Bu the speaker himself did q he had full risst to do
without regard to this prohibition. He examined tie
q and Of r ,urGa
could not expect that his prscspt and his practice
ssald b followed By others After a SIR he had pow.
sstc pcoy vital to ,hsir interest and TO their safety
stop the progress Of opnion and discussion We can
stvs then, however, right direction, and that
ia the men sllvsholsing States whose feelings and
and whose intellect have not bees sezd captive taa
the South BY standing up for the oDs stions 81 the
constitution and expose that hollow philanthropy which
seeks through blood and nas the OF
Of beings wEo may become free in Gois good tns--arc
when be has prepared them for IL how know not-but
who made free to would ct least those Of them
and abjsot population on the fsos Of the globe
The status Of slavery has existed from the sarist ages
Of tss World ana regretted Is II and must be By rae
estabIhed whore 1t Recognised
.ojust for itself The Revolution iound it IN most Of the
hon and In many Of them it yet remains, mshis part
Of the rights And guarantees OF the 10
totch IL tne general government would b9
its corner stone whole political sdiacs. Like other
hnnuan Institutions has neither all the adv sntsges its
Trends caia for It al the svls Its enemies deplors
Believing misfortune for any country, regret its
establishment; but looking upon II "a existing con
ticn, free TO CONFESS that though 1t may
way in which this car b. effected bal by leaving II to
tn 50 most Interested In It, ard to the procs's they may
only sssps the s and the .nS hs ouS ss
psriencs has already shown IA TO the frightul Pic
rrss which have been drawa OF cruelty side, and
anrnw rtSAn I'm nj
sxagse,atiors by whatever modern Guvsr fabricated
orgiI atne In isnorancs masvolsncs, and lnsterng
TO the worst Of passions both ct home and abroad.
know something of the condition OF thu slaves, and b.
ese In general the! arc treated with AL the humaaity
wh humsnity honor.Ss to the proprietors a. class,
sad the LAS. OF It, quite as we'll they woua DO
In the Northern States had this ipstution not bssn abo
ishsd there, and far better than by many whose phAs
hrcshy shown by the raj ing and repros words
they utter and not BY the relic, they conbuts to objects
oin'isry And know ssshnx OF the coalition OF the
poverty stricken populations OF Earopsof large por.
ucn of The Inhabitants Who s down Ia and get
In and who pass their lives ia want many Of
ITEM In state ef destutioa utterly unknown Ia this
country, and have far nissry In the proud
est capitals Of thea ear IN favored
NAH IL ts I5saos fs.s better niustrssss this
ctrdion Of haman saG. than the most iAbsrsd dcscp
tfcn In London the centre AID core Of British wealth
End phsrasaaal excusivsress, one hundred THOUSAND
human ssnss get up every mornins sithout KNOWN!
crime One woaid thiak that here was nsld sn7usi
for the e1erion Of any Reasonable quantity Of phlsn
thtopy ana ha until thess awful scenes Of human suf
fereg wers removed, II wouls exhibit much more com
meadable ap to labor there for NE nrst ana than y,
EsoSwAvoa gRsz thai 70 b. s'adiog political mission
aes under the guise OF universal iovs Of mankind to
this country, kindly TO excite portion the Union
assDst another and thus lai to dissolution OF the
confederation AID 70 the destruction Of power and
| prosperity. What deplorabls contamination that
would Do to these phianthropic sgllssnen Certainly
offsets Of oomnaiseraton ywhers to be found
whether produced BY ourselves or By tbs chances OF
are inseparabls from human society And there is
man who cannot look around hin and Aad objects
enough upon which to exhaust his bSnevoleno whether
Us contributions confined to feeling ssntimentaty
orex'ended to substantial offerings for The relief Of dis.
which nsglsets the misery Of Its because
demsrd. the aid OF tbs purse and seeks subjects
not wealth and are Cheap tsss
III might presume 70 give an opinion upon the sub.
j.ci, sin say that our Southern brethren sons
e5uition Of Ill directed feelings frequently sincere
| cut too often assumed fer personal and political
% than, which they would never attain 4 left to
their natural fate ADi another and yet greA
esnaseee with thi. whols subject CONSISTS 4 tn. DO
meu Of the non ssveboleing States, many Of which
rave seen and sonse OF which have felt Ne stronger
roof Of this prsdisr oon can be gvsu thsn tbs rs,us
tie part Of southern msnosrs OF this body 70 per.
init the Insertion s the Fugitive SAvs law OF provsisn
county sssnse i nigh h s'i hsa
on his restoration there should he then cemAn IL
nsvsr could tbs movesfor tbs rssotion Of
given great safsson to the North and hsvs prevented
much Of ths hostility to the Law was iu favor OF It's
general iroples, and among the earliest TO urge
the jusics Of its passage and the injury the
souh by the delay The refura TO aocsp this pro posi-
ton seemed 10 inter ose unrecsay barriers In tho way
of the invsigation Of questions OF human liberty; Tor
certainly tho objections which might reasonably have
been urged against the aubn,isssn Of these to
Northern jury and which induced oppose that pro
vop had no application to southern jury which can
havs no ps.adicss 70 oysrcom. ia tn. sI.mnAtion Of
yielded, and determined not give my assent to the
law II was bad Of Procrustss, ana bsd visa TO
be shortened or length ned by rigid adaptation 10 IT,
rnd 1t no place for Had the Northern been
lIm upon toe Pont, this ,ribut TO great prnaps 10
1rwcveu with the ArlerisAn heart and Institutions
would have been scursd II requires but little exsrtioa
swim with tfs current while who opposes IL nat
put orih all his strength ana even thsn may bosoms It's
victim. Popular feeling Ia . power hard to resist,
| and The tsSrosch OF being = doushssoe bslo1gs
| to him Who panders to 1t, and rot to hm
who s ives to tsip the Constitutional ryht ~ ali