Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-01-03

ponsnis OF Slavery consented TO some pro-
visions Of the Fedsra Constitution ybish
were Inconsistent with the stern logic OF
equality that perY0ded all its ether psr,s.
and psrvsded the whole of the .Dsclarsiiya
Of American Independence, on which III;
Constitution itself was based We srsyo;
to cen'rre the fathers for these con S.
slons; they had q union Of the States &c
create, and to ,lheirs ardent and seners.s
minds the voluntary removal Of Slavery by
the action OF the several States thsirsal7es
without Federal Interference, seemed nc.
only certain, but close a hand
These PROVISIONS o. the Constitution gare,
Frst: That the foreign slave trade shoul.
not be sbsisbed bsfsre 1908.
Ssc2nd: That any law sr regulation whiJs
any State might establish 10 favor vi Free.
com, shsuII not i@psir the legal renisdy,
then supposed to exist by cOmmoa. law.
for the rec'Piure, by legal pr, cess, In sett
State, Of iugi'iysI lcrEy lasor o. sssr...
escaping from other States:
: fHirei- That th-es anhs Of oil ,.,sI
should be counted, in settrsg the tss.sy
representation in the seYeral States,
TAe.e three CONCESSIONS, which in theE
se'ves seem very limited, and s!mos, hsrm
Isss, are ali that the fathers conscious
made to the privileged class.
But privileged classes always know we'll
how to improve even any indirect sdysn-
tsges which the Constitution or laws Of
country afford. Such indirect advantage,
they acquired fron tive other provisions OF
the Constitutions: LIST. That provision which
makes the State authority independent snd
sovereign in municipal affairs, Slavery be.
ing Understood to be purely municipal in
its nature. Sd. That provision whica, on,
OF tenderness to the small States, gives
them representation in the Senate eqoe
equal 10 thaI Of the largest State. Free.
dom bulbs great States; Slavery multisli.s
small States, and even dwerls great ones.
Thus We see that the American slave.
holders are privileged class, standing sa
special and permanent foundation, sad
that they are protected in their advantages
by the organic laws.
l might show priori that 4 privileged
cass, thus established on az exceptional
principle, that is wrong in Itself, aad an.
iagonistic to the fundamental principle of
the Government, must necessarily be dang
erous If il be- suffered 20 expand snd az.
grandizs itself. But, unhapPily, ae s\
not left to fhe necessity of resorting e
speculation on that subject. The policy o.
emsncIP patton was set back in this country
during the action against revolutionary prin.
cipies. winch necessarily attended the re-
orgdniz ltion of government; and it was go,
back s!ll more efsctuaiy by the conster.
nation which followed the disastrous failure
oi the first republic in France. The priyi-
legged class promptly ayei!ed themselves OF
tne Bdvantages which the Constitution ~
iOFtec, 10 iOrtiiy taenselVe in the Federal
Government. Ths last Federal acts drss;.
ed against the privileged class we're, ths
abolition Of the foreign slave trade after
1898, Rnd the sterna prohibition of Slavery
in TIE 0rgs1 asG then unsettled regisn
wnlcA extends from the north bank Of the
ONO to the eastern shore OF 1.-The Mississi7.
P Even the passage of that ortinsncs &
was 6y It's silence, assumed to Imply a
iish: on tEe part of the privileged class TO
eooHz9 With slaves the region jying south
oi the Ohio and esst OF the Mississippi.
Unlocked Tor evsn,s have leTt /. t5s
privileged class adTautaIss which ha,,
more inan cJunter5sl4nced the ADVERSE {.
iecla oi thlS sai!y patiol.! lugisla atiar.-
Ihs Invention Vi iae cotton gan, W-lch
4 esSliy sep rute. the seed rom the fibre
mas made cJttJn an almost exclusive ~.
, nCuaural staple "a tns S.s>es OF the priv.
, legged chss, end "a sBineGt eomDefcisi
:, staple of the whole country. The national
: territory has necessarily been enlarged
from time to time, to accommodate In over.
n growing population ana an eve, increasing
:, Commerce Favored by these circumstarces
the privileged cisss have a. tbs same tim.
found, in home production OF slaves ~
= Mary iand aud Frs Ala aud other States, 4
q, compensation for the loss Of the Af.ic r
: slave tradei aud tney have not been s.otn
- tui IN unearning all the fears and dis ais
! sing all the tmiIity and Cancellation which
4 marked their conduct during and imaneai
stely after the revolutionary war The za
mission OF Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississip
: Pl, and Alabama, as slaVeAoldiug S,ates
:, into the Union, seemed Unavoidable, mss
:. much as they were the oysrgrowlh OF soa,
,. OF the old thirteen States; and thus ,hss
q new States south OF Ohio, balancing tn
5 growing free States north of that river
served as sort of balance between tn
is privileged and the unPrlvilesed classes
.. which it was not necessary to disturb :
: This was the first final partition of III
N unsettled territory Of the United State
ar between those classes.
?. In 1904, France c-ded to the Unite
NJ States broad belt, stretching along th
,e western bank Of the Mississippi, from III
pr British possessions on the north, to II
n Spanish province OF Texas on the soulh.-
L. This acquisition which was equally nece,
Ut Snry for the safety Of the cauntry and fs
the uses Of the commerce, stimulated tn
~ desire o. the privileged class for an o.
IN tension of their territory aud an sggfanGiz.
u ment Of their power. New Orlesns, situa
sl practically on the coast Of the Gulf ,
Mexico, was already at once an ancier
in slaveholding colony and an important Goa
a mercal mart. 1t lay contiguous to Il
D" 'isveho!ding Sta'es. Under these sirc I,
: stinees, it was without any r..ist nc. so,
N. organized and admitted ih,s Ina Uaiol