The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-11

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rspRACTIcABILITY OF ABOLITION
ISM.
Even VIM. H. Seward, the high priest OF
the abolition agitators Of the North. admits
that If the American government snouio
abolish slavery anywhere, an obligation Is
imposed upon it to pay for the slaves. NOW,
even If the General Government had the
right TO abolish slavery within the States,
would the people of the free States be will
ing to pay their share of that obligation =
The value of the slaves Is estimated ct ST..
coo. 200, 900. Suppose the whole South should
itself call for the abolition of slavery, would
the North consent that the General Govern
ment should assume the burthen? The IN
terest on the above sum would be $500
600, which the General Government would
have to pay annually, an amount which Is
supposed TO be double the entire income OF
the country Or, If the debt were assumed
BY the States, the liability Of New York, Mr..
Stewards State, would be el920oo,0oo OF
anti slavery Massachusetts, s64,o0o.ooo. Are
either Of them, with all their philanthropy
willing, or, if they are willing, are they able
to pay that amount for negro emancipation
Il the General Government able to assume
sum, the annual interest on which would be
a great - the whole principal Of the amount
which Great Britain voted for West India.
emancipation, and which principal she has
never paid to this day? Why then encour'
age mad crusade for the abolition of slave
yf The General Government has neither
the right, nor the ability to abolish slavery
with or without. compassionate. the owners
and unless the design is compulsory emanci-
patton, and the conversion of the whole SCUM
into bowling wilderness. we can see notn'
ing practical in the aims of anti slavery sen.
timsnt If that be the object, it is happily
as impracticable as it is vile and wicked.
For, If brute force be the resort, the South
has happily the power as well as the inclina-
ton to make triumphant resistance. We
referred lately to Southern military spirit, as
shown in the Mexican war, in which the
South contributed double the number of vo.
lunteers to the North, n notwithstanding she
has but little more than one third of the pop.
uiation of the country. Its supposed howev.
er, that the South, with her three millions of
slaves, would be incapable of contending
with the North. This is great fallacy, and
is admitted to be such by the most inteli-
gent Of the Northern men. The New York
journal of Commerce expresses its opinion
that the South would be more powerful as an
Independent State, with its slaves than with
out them. The multitude of men required in
war as teamsters and for other mental labor,
would be supplied by negroes. The South
ern climate would be an army in itself
against foreign invaders. The South has
more than double the population which the
whole country had in the war of independ.
snce. The South could without doubt raise
q force of one million of fighting men, and il
there is anything for which men will fight
harder than for their property and honor, we
should like to know what it is. Whatever
you may say ahnnt Snnfharn ahstra otions,
there is no abstraction in dollars and cents
they are easily understood by the plainest
capacity and when you attempt to take them
out of the pocket of the humblest man in the
community, he will knock you down if he
can. The issue, therefore, that war for alb
clifton would present to the South, is one
which every citizen can realize and which
will cause every man and boy in the South
ern States to shoulder his musket and hasten
to the field. When we add to this the exclu-
sive possession by the South of the great
staples of American commerce, well may
the Journal of Commerce say, 1--WE do not
believe that there is a nation on earth that
could conquer the South. The North could
not. Great Britain, with all her power, could
not"
We are right then, we think, in speaking
of abolitionism, in any point of view, as i'm
practicable.
CONGRESSIONAL ELOQUENCE.
A contemporary justly remarks that, while
the American people are the most prompt,
active and efficient of men, the American