Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11
The Social Organism Of the Som,

| The Social Organism Of tha son.,
j sANe publish, withou. comment, the :,
lowing very interesting article from ~ =
IN. Y. Day Book:
There are seven millions OF whit. :.
zens at the South. These citizens ,,e'
lever may be said about their small c;.; aa'
those .ssores on the body politic,' or tbs:
limited number OF newspapers, to Be ~
pected IN agricultural populations, or esa'
their deficient common school system
necessary consequences of sparselv setlas
1 iregions-are In the most important bran.I
of human knowledge-that of political ~
Ience-immeasurably ahead of any 9th,
people in Christiandon. The reason =
this is as obvious as undcubted-al pol;.
ical science is reseIvable into one sino.
great fundamental law-"do unto otber,
as you would they should do unto .youn-
give to al men belonging to the race an
equality of rights or privileges of citizen.
ship. This is the great idea OF the Dec.
laratlon of Independence, and purely south.
ern, for though In all ages it has been
idohzed, it remained for Jefferson and tbs
men of the South, to practicalize it and
make it the basis, the foundation fact of :
government system.
This clear and practical conception Of
| the Southern mind. of the vital principle
and foundation law OF all political science
resulted from the circumstances that sur.
rounded them. The presence of the infe.
rior negro was perpetual demonstration
of the natural equality of white men. The
men Of Boston, Ike those of Europe, &C.
customed 70 artificial and fesicious distinc.
,ions-to the results of accident or mere
human contriFances which separated those
whom God had created alike-howeyer
patriotic or IN favor of national independ.
ence, had little inclination towards demo.
cratic institutions.
But III Virginia, with the negrs before
them, these accidental things sunk into
nothing, less than nothing in contrast with
the work of God. And so it is now, and
always must be, the South is democratic
because the inferior race is a perpetual
and unmistakeable proof of the ssmeness
and therefore equal rights of the superior
race.
Hitherto it has not only carried out DEM
ocratic principles at home, but sustained
them abroad. 1t has established new
democracies at the South, and through the
influence of the Federal system neutralized
the anti-democratic tendencies of the
North. 1t has preserved the purity of the
Federal system, and given life and susie
nance TO a Northern democracy, and the
future historian of that grand and mighty
civilization destined to flourish on this con.
tinent, and bless the whole world with Its
genial and beneficent influence, will trace
it all to this origin-tothe social organism
and consequent democratic ideas of Viz
ginia and the South. As regards the ne
gro, the case requires no argument-the
fact that he is here IN the best cond ition
ever known in the history of his race, is
decisive of the whole question. That seven
millions of superior beings must rule over
or hold in social suhordination three mil
! lions of inferior ones, is one Of these self
evident and unavoidable truths that man
may run and read it, and though fool, un-
derstand il.
What the mode employed for this pur.
pose, is simply matter of experience, and
the best condition of the superior race is
the only sure test or admeasuremem OF
truth and right. But we repeat, in addi-
ton, it is obvious and unmista keable that
these negroes are in condition inmeasu.
rably superior to that of any other portion
of their race.
Nowxshow comes It that a condition of
things thus benifcent, and from which have
resulted such unspeakable benefits to all
concerned, above all, from which have
sprung all the great ideasof freedom, and
the practicaitruths of democracy-that ths
whole outside world and large influence
in the northern states are combined iogeth-
er to demeralize and destroy it. Why, be-
cause this outside world-ail ci1rissendom,
are monarchial, have a different system,
have artificial distinctions among those cre-
ated equal, have q system that exalts the
few and degrades the many almost into
bruies, and to retain this atrocious and bru-
talizing condition of things, of course make
| war upon us openly or secretly themselves,
or through their dupes and tools in OR
midst. And they are enabled to do this.
TO carry on the war, 10 debauch and demo-
| ralize our people. to threaten even TIE safe
| ty of our Institutions, by false idea. en-
absurd theory. anonstrous misconception,
| IN short, lie, the grossest, stupidest, and.
in view OF our general intelligence, the
most disgraceful lie ever imposed on hu-
man credulity. British and foreign VII
tiers assume the negro to be a white man,
or a man like ourselves, with the same nat
| ural rights, &c., and southern society .est-
ed by this false. assumption or judged oil
| from the standard of this ideal supposition,
is transformed into condition of imagin-
airy oppression, wrong, slavery, &c.
Ii this were so-if this European theo-
~ or assumption were true, then southern
society would, perhaps, be something like
that which they imagine, but any man with
thimble full of brains must see, or should
see, that such thing would be a moral and
material irnpossihiliiy, that instead OF tfia
peaceful and harmonious condition which
never has had or is ever likely to need q
single armed man to manage II, that the
most degraded white men upon the earth
| could not be controlled thus single day by