The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-09

sieted and substituted constitutional md Just prn
cipe which left TO the settlers Of the Territories 70 adopt
there was principle calculated 10 commend i.seH 70
all reasonable and reconcile all conflicting interests,
this would seem to have been the the prin
Independence had been achsved-and It was therefore
supposed to bs justly dear to al Americans Of every
latitude and every creed But Auacism not salts
fed. The sbotionists and their allies moved heaven
and earth to accomplish its defeat and Al.
soaptsnance from the executive they retired to
another theatre OF action and strange to say they pros
ttuted an ancient and respectable one
pacity - State with the and imposing attitude
incident to such position, crusade against slavery
novel In its alarming In s features and
lIey to be more fatal in its than all the
huatical movements hitherto attempted, since the ap
pearsnce Of sboliiionism - political party In 1850
heard Of or thought of In this country the object and
effect OF which to eyads the principle Of the Kansas
gress to substitute active intervention by the States An
act of incorpoI alton passed; company with CAPT
tai Of five millions shattered and this company
authorized to enlist army of mercenary fanatics aud
transport hem to Kansas Recruiting officers were sta
toned 1T places likely to furnish the proper mate
RIAL premiums offered for recruits the public mind
was stimulated BY glowing and false descriptions Of the
country proposed 10 be occupied and Hessian band Of
,censres thus prepared and forwarded, to COM
slavery.
TO call these people emgrAnts is sheer perversion Of
language. They not sent to cultivate the sOft To
Letter their social condition. add to their individual
comforts the aggregate wealth Of the nation. They
do not from choice taste or from any motive
affecting supposed to affect themselves or thtir a
lies They have of the mark, OF the old pioneers
who cut down the forests of kentucky Ohio and Indiana
or eveled the caneorascs Of Tennessee and Mississippi
mostly ignorant OF agriculture picked up in cities
or villages. they Of course have no experience q
isrmers and II left to their unaded resourcesf not
clo,hed and fed by the power winch has effected
their would starve or Freeze They
are h,eSgsan army o. = .Si, ana
make Institution now existing in ths Terri
tory which they transpanted, and thence to H.
Hct fatal blow upon the resources, the prosperity aud
the peace Of neghboing State They are military
ionies pis nted by Safe government, to subdue ter
ritory opened to settlement by Congress and take ex
elusive possession thereof In addition to that eprI dn
corps which of necessity pervades snch an organization
they have in common u reckless and desperate iAnaa
cisn which teaches them that slavery SIM and that
they doing Gods service in Fastening lis destruction
They Rave been picked and culled from The iguo Tut
masses which Old England and New England negro
phanhr opy has stirred up and aroused to madness
this topic and have been selected with reference to their
views on this topic alone They are men with single
idea carry this they have been aod
taught to gard the laws OF God and man. to consider
boedshsd and arson instruction, destruction OF
perry, serve war, the merest triaes, compared
with the glory and honor Of seduciDg single slave from
his master ha,boring protecting the thief who ha
carried him off,
That such population would be fatal the peace AMI
security Of the ncighboring State # Missouri and imme
date destruction vt such owners OF slaves as lad already
moved TO the Territory OF Kansas Is too clear to admit
argument. A horde OF our Western savages with
purposes of destruction to the white race would
be less formidable neighbors.
The colonization Of Kansas with population Of this
character circumstances which aroused attention,
and excited alarm among our citizens here, and those
no had already cmgrated 70 Kansas Could any other
result have been expected? Did sensible men ut the
North-dd the aboltioDists themselves-expect any
other2
thousand slaves and their value amounted to fifty mil.
lions of dollars. Had these fanatics who pronounced
slavery individual sin and national curse ever yet
pointed out any decently plausible scheme by which IT
could be removed? The entire revenue OF our State for
ordinary fiscal purposes cely reaches five hundred
thousand dollars and the abolition Of slavery here would
fifty niions Of dollars or taxation upon the people OF
five millions Of dollars annually, which ia the legazed
interest upon this amount Of capital besides the adc
tonsl tax which would be necessary to raise sinking
fund to pay off the debt crea ed The constitution Of
Missouri prohibits the Legislature from passing laws
ncipating slaves, without full compe nsation to
their owners and 1t Is therefore apparent that enfod
the entire Of the State would be barely sufficient
pay the interest upon equivalent to the actual
money value Of the slaves without providing any
to ex,ngush the principal which such a eebt would
create. We omit alto geher, in his calculation the i'm
Of sesnS the sayss here, with 10 provision for
sl.ir removal, and the additional debt which such
removal would create, equal, in all probability,
to that occa,iored by their mere emancipation
would SEEM then, that the erest glance at the
tistcai tables Il STATE showing the population and
revenue must have satisfied the most sarguine abol
OF the futiity Of bis schemes. II the Investigation
pursued further and our estimate was made 10 en-
brace the three millions and half of slaves la the
Southern and Southwestern States, and the billions to
which computation must ascend IN order to ascer-
tain their value in money, this ant-slave,y crusade
which nts itself form Of open aggression against
the white without the sembance pretext Of gooo
to that for which the ahoihist prefsses 20 much
regard and which stands oynueh higher In his affections
than his own Is be OF folly and wicked
ness, what Is perhaps worse selfish and sectional
II l. sipsulsr fact and one worthy of notice in this
connection that in the history Of African slavery up to
this 'ime government has ever yet been known Ia
abolish II which fairly represented the interests and
opinions Of the governed. Great Britain, II il true,
abol he'd slavery jamaica but the planters of Jauai
had no potential voice in the Brtish Parliament The
States hardly be cited exception since that ab
roga.ion not much the result of positive egisa
ion It Of natural causes-the undtnesa OF
climate and product TO slave lobor. 1t is well
those familiar with the jurisprudence of this country
and Of England, that slavery has been 10 no instance
created by posi- i've statutory enactment nor has IL been
thus abolished in any country where the popular will
in legislative action Its existence and
existence appears to depend entirely upon causes beyond
teach dependence upon the will OF an overriding
Providence, which works out its ends in mode, and ut
time not III ways apparent to finite mortas.
The history Of some of savehoding States 10 rea
ton efforts of this ehara ter would seem, ought b
interest iiyoNed, and whom proper sense OF setres.
pec II Lot Il constitutional obligation should restrain
from imper tinent interference. Virginia in 1881 AMI
Kentucky more recently, were agtated from centre
circumference by bella and unrestricted discussion o.
the subject Of emancipation Upon the hastings and the
Legisa i've Assemblies, the subject thoroughly
anncd and every project which genius phAn throy
could suggest investigated. Brought forward in the
md dominion, under the sanction Of names veneratei
ard respected throughout the limits Of the
ah-well known TO have been acherished project Oh
bor distinguished staesmen-favored by the hap
peping Of then recent seIvle disurb patron
ized BY Of the most patriotic and enlightened ct
zens the s,heme nevertheless failed without show of
strength step in advance toward the object contem
pa led The magnitude Of the difficulties to be overcome
great and obvious to st Ike alike he m
asioniss and their adversaries The result been
both in Virginia and Kentucky thai slavery to the
ngnsge OF Of kentuckys eloquent and dsting III
ed sons and one too of the foremost in the woeK Of
cipaop, 'shas been accepted permanent part
their social sysem Can 1t DO that there il desti-
tuition OF honesty-of inteiigence-oi patriotism and
pey in ssyeholding States and that these qualities are
alone found In Great Britain the Northern free
statesY not, the conclusion must be that the Difficult
ties in the way Of such an enterprise exceed all the CAL
cuaions Of saesmansbip and philosophy and their re-
uovai must await the will OF that Being whose pre- roga
tive II Is TO make crooked paths straight and Justify
ways OF God TO man.
We have Thought Ct discussing the subject Of slavery