The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-15


crime Of inter dirooro srsmpled dowa Greece
aud Rome are Warnings 70 ths woflc! We m lst re-
hect upon fbetA thioss 70 De ~ 70 meet the grave
issues now bsihR presented 90 this nation Our
fathers by their pstr,otis n VIRUS modsr alton and
wisdom. won our freedom aU0 transmitted TO Us
govern ment more glorious than Vas ever besore
VouchSafed to man, for never until the 4to of july
l776. was man oompetelg Tree. Ne' sl. navs TO
liberty. Will 10, ~il % not, oy our patriotism,
virtue. moderation anc wisdom, preseIvs and trans
init this .iberty-t Is Upicn-wh,n ~ ths synagogue
Of our liberty, 70 thoss sho are n coma after ne
II We do Lot arrest oar sectional strife, AMI pu. an
end TO our stupid qusrres about the negro race, We
will have to settle IN Interior qaesaon, sad siA
TO- shall this Union BIZ dissolved psscesoly ., orci-
biyi One horn o. sbs oihfr Of tots die nms We must
accept, II We persist a. our present mad course.
Our indie renosDce. liberty, this Uaioa, is the
achievement Of slsvehcldees, AMI not 81 the self.
styeo free 8tatee. AL GU fathers had u do with
negro slavery, snd Maf-scnn.etts an much. Il not
more, than 81 other state. She hsid ssvss, aad
imported slaves, AND WA the most willing OF ell
the States to give up tie slave trade. Sac hal me
slips and the sces; did not wish tbs o1e TO
rot nor 20 lose tns Drce of the other; aud 20 she
commended for tine. an proiot the slave trade TO
the year 1908 Many OF Der proud edif,s where her
rich and polishsi soas kor DWELL. ana from which
they launch their Il re ard bitter words against
Southern slavehol iers. II searched into, will b
fund TO be superstructues ahosa fou 1dston stones
are resting uO0n tie proft OF tbs slave trade. /.
is In vain 70 attempt 20 oisgass or psllisss i'cue
National greatness, our cDDm-rcs, malufact nrss
are based upon slave labor. The whee man can.
not the FREQ negro will not soil ia the vast cotton,
sugar, rice and Tobacco, feds OF she 6arning S,uta.
Without these products our comm sroe aud maui.
iactures would COM TO su iden o. d. and with the
end OF these, wouid epd our nHt'0nsi success pros
perfsY and greatness The hon 1rabe Senator car.
not escape the fact that save toll 10 In his garments
10 his tea and coffee, in his uo rising and in his
down sitting and sticks TO MIN and hs constituents
like the shirt Of Nessus Il Ia VAIN kick AZ nst
the pficks. When God opens door NO man caa
shut y. AID when he shuts . door no man can open
IT, end 10 attempt II is the oxtrems Of folly In tns
whole system Of slavery ~e may discern the hand
OF the Almighty. No tims would have suffced the
negro OF Africa o achieve his own civilization. II
was necessary for bin to be taken from mis- own
land, and TO learn him the arts and sciences By
ample by contact aud association with hignse
The negro Is leaning. aud tho CO otve IL returning
to his own land, to teach his less favored brethrea
and thus we zee G d does restrain ths wrath of
man, and cause the sidue Of wrath to praise him.
The cupdty, the avarics Of the white race, and
pecislly OF the Datchm IN and Yankee, caught the
wild savage negro an brought him here, and that
negro Is being civilized, ard lifted to take his stand
a. man. In Gods Own time he will do 1t. AL we
nave TO DO s I, let slavery alone. Natural causes
will do the rest. The gentleman demands ths rss-
toration Of the Missouri Comprom'se. He will
never get 1t. " was originally unconsttutional---
Is 80 STILL IL was folly in TIE South ever to have
submitted to IL; 1t wouid be madness now. the
time has come when the South cannot and will not
yield its least constitutional right Our constitution
10 not bounded by degrees Of latitude or longitude,
nor can II be restrained by imaginary lines. Goa
aress It's creature and has no control over It, nor
over the subject Of slavery. The constitution il as
wide and as broad ~ this Unoa; aud slavery be-
lopgs to the people Of the States where it exists
Nor has Congress airy power to Inquire Of new
Safe, applying tor admssian, whether IT has slaves
or has them not; that is matter purely municipal
aud alone comfortable by those who form the gov
erDment of q new State. II ms jorty Of the people
wish to have it, 1t Is their RICH. TO have IT, aud tue
reverse. The North Is equally inter ested with the
south in preserving the constitution unmpaired.
restoration Of the Missouri Compromise, for the
North has q ereaser capacity to settle new States
than the South has. Anybody but the miserable
demagogues who have, like the i'm ourites If boil
ipg pot got at the top and rule these States, could
zee II. These demagogues care nothing for their
constituents, nor for The negroes but look alone to
their own selfish ends and for those ends cater to
the passions and prejudiCes OF the worst class OF
people, that they may keep alive the psss ons and
piejudices that raised them to notice and put
them In ofi;e. They do not represent the sterling
good sense and virtue OF the orderly pe0pis.
That class everywhere ia this country is full Of low
for this Unionin favAr Of peacs and fraternity-fo
that class has nothing to gain and al to lose by this
miserable agitation. 10 show TIA. all ~e have 20 DO
with slavery Is to let it alone, and leave It TO natu
raj causes let ~ $50 VIVA. propor /. bore ct the
birth Of this nation, and now bears TO the white
At the revolution slavery stood "a two negroes -
three white persons-seventy nine years have pass
ed, and how does II stand to-day? Now the slave
population 10 greatly i'm proved. and still improving
in civilization, with the system every day growing
more mild and humane, stands as one slave to five
Shites diminished In seventynine years from two
fths to less than oneffth. WHAT viii that ratio be
Ct the end OF seventy.nine years more? No one can
tell exactly, but II will be greatly less-perha2s less
than one twentieth. at 1903 the importation OF NO
groes was stopped by law; but white immigration
continued, and still continues. The negro stands to-
day with no power OF increase, except the natural
increase OF man, whiie the white race, with five and
hill ftvSSn1 MI nj
capable of the same natural increase has superad,
ded the increase resulting from immigration. II
takes NO ghost TO TELL prophe, to forete tho end
Of this thing Time will do all the work, under the
providence Of God, better th Ian man can, II man will
only mind his proper Business everywhere in
this Union, and let slavery alone. The fanatics
select Virginia as the especial object Of their
slsnderous abuse, and forget that the Virginia
slave is better cared for and enjoys more physical
comfort than any tree labor7g class In the world.
Virginia did more to arrest the African slave trade
than any State 10 the Union; and has liberated
more slaves than any her. If not than all the other
States. Virginia needs no defence. She points to
her record, ard defes her enemies. Virginia has q
few words to say She entered this Union IS On
equal and for the general good. She has contributed
largely to this Union; che still loves it, and will do
much to preserve 1T. rbere are, ho 7ever. some
thirgs she will no, do, let wha. may come Of 1t.
She wli not submit ID any curtamsnt Of her rights
under the constitution of the United Sates She
win not surrender her equality, nor that OF her
children. She asks no more than hsr right; she
viii accept nothing es'. Let ger diffsr az they
Ray, as TO the blessings evils OF negro slavery
let what SHADES Of opinion you please divide them
upon municipal quest ,ns, tley hold but one opinion
upon the question Of ci.imng and defending all her
constitutional and reserved rights. Gentlemen may
talk about their men and mnskets, and let on as
much gas and pasconade az they like; such slang
has no terror for Virginia mr. for the South. The
American party ID not an abolition party, nor can
the gentleman or HE friends convert IL into such
miserable contrivance. The bone aud sinew, the
brain and heart of Massachusetts " II spurn 1sh
scheme, and teach the gentleman that he has mis-
taken and msfepresents his own State. A tempo
rary success may da.ter and deceive him and his
compters, but il win only be temporary. The folly,
the ipsanty OF the hour Will pass away, aud Massa-
chusefs will viz dictate her loyalty TO TIE constitution
and the Uniop She will self and hurI from
place and power the miserable men who msepressnt
her. Bat let tbs State or that repudste it, we will
bave national platform, or 70 the winds with this
party. We will not be co workers with and aders
and abettors Of abolitonism free soilIsm In any
form. Our platform must not only be national, but