The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-16

sas. L ought, Mr.. President, to saw, in
this connection, :hat, although | have ex-
pressed our fears rs to the future, yet,
with such gentlemen as see around me
rom the free States, have nothing to
iear. know that the honorable Senator
rom Connecticut Mr.. Fosterl would do
no such act of foul injustice rs to interfere
with slavery in the States. And f the
question was tomorrow, whether the Con
sti,utiCn should be altered, and this great
ana crying wrong perpctrated, he would
not DO 1t; and | can say the same of
many Gtheis whom | see here today .
out can ! forget, or can anybody forget.
what is the progress ,f this thinp9 Wbv'
sir, was not Daniel Webster refused ,bc
use of Faneuil Hall cause it was sun.
posed he had expressed some DEGREE Of
to!era''oh for the institution of slavery (?
What guarantee have What guarantee
can anybody have, that, in twenty or thir
ty years from this time, those who are
mere now will not be ebowed out, AS tLey
nave been in some Of the States, by some
more 'iiiberai persons than themselves?
These, Mr.. President, are the reas ms
why we desire Kansas; but il was no, nj
lowed. The very instant it was opened
TO the slave population, that instant there
sprung UP Il contrivauce-a machip,rv
was set IN operation of whic!: do not
choose TO speak-the oljec, Of which was
to defeat this act of Congress, and, as was
sad by the Senator from Massachusetts
to devote tbs Territory to freedom.-
wen, SIR, II they can devote it to free pop
u'a''on IN the ordinary way, without the
use OF th's new scheme of immigration Of
which he spake-and which suppose is
that wh'2h has been in opcratior-if they
can get possession of it withou, resor, 10
this new scheme of immigration. we can.
not Object; ], for one, would not object.
MIR. President, now propose to submit
some remarks on this hated subject Of
slivcry. Sir, | am not frightened bv a
name. "A wise legislator looks to ,hinrs
as they are; ani he who would lepislaIe
for this great Republic, must look TO il n.
IL Is. ~ state OF things exists here which.
perhaps, exists nowhere else; but il is
here, and you must deal with il rs a wise
and honest man should. do no, mean
IN any remarks which shall make to re-
proach Massachusetts, or any other State
or secuoa Of the world, on the subject Of
The slave trade. IL is true that, at least
80 lar as South Carolina is concerned. we
participated very little in it. Some few
ships were fitted out in Charleston, bu, |
doubt II native Of the State ever had
any participation in it. But, sir. | re-.
pfoach nobody for 1t. At that period in
the history of the world, it was thought
HSht. fhere was the concurrent tcs,i.
mony of The civilized world that. to can.
lure the wild savage of Africa, and reduce
h'm to n state Of subjcc!ion, to feed and
c!othe him, aud civilize him, and christian.
we him was no wrong! say, therefore,
that reproach no luan for il. We fol.
loved only the popular sentiment which
prevailed in the world. But. sir, think
We have right to complain, and il is ,be
only complaint on this subject, have to
make, that if others have gone before MS
II we have been onts'rippcd in finding out
that tins system wns wrong, those persons
who have been thus fortunate will let us
alone until we ourselves become sufficient
~ enlightened TO concur in their opinion
This, we think, we have the right TO ask
this Is. all we do ask.
l propose to enter into no ethnolopical
inquiry about the unity of the rae $. Nv
opinion, my own judgment is, that we are
all one--probably descended from com.
mon ancestor; but that is very inmate
nal: We find men different co the face
OF the eaith-as different as they would
he II they were not descended from COM
mon ancestor; but in relation 10 the Az
rIcan, no man in this House, and no man
out OF u, can say that there is any corner
OF this earth, upon which the African race
arc as well off, as well provided for, with
more oi The elements Of Happiness, thar. i.
the slave part Of these United States. !
assert it without the fear OF contradiction
know not from whence il has come: but
this l know, that the Africans were slaves
IN the days of the Pharaohs; that nine
out OF ten o: them are slaves in their M.
tive land; aad that in no country Of
which ! am aware are they received nnon
An equality with the white race. In con-
firinst'on Of the fact which have ius,
stated, that nine out Of ten of them are
slaves in their own country. beg leave
TO refer to an incident in Parks travels in
Africa. In the year, 1905, after having
visited the interior, when he returned TO
she coast Of Senegal, finding no vessel
bound for Europe, he took passage in a
bound for Charleston. In that
.inP there were ope bundled and siyiy
h'rieans. Having been a year in their
country, he understood their language.
ana wac able 10 converse with them. lie
found that, ofthe whole one hundred and
sixty, only four had been born free. The.
fest'"ere slaves. IL any man desires 10
know what is the state Of slavery in Adj.
ca, let him read Park, and Lander. and
The recent book Of Captain Canot.
Many Of the negroes at tho South are
intelligent, although they have not much
mental culture esgtaialy yery little that