Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-06
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mr. josiah Quincy Is determined that 'the North shall
MOI lose spirit IN the great American struggle going
onior want OF stirring note. He has published PAM
ph'et sash'ng the South in real Mr. Quincy.
IS one OF group old American names connected with A.
"shc"' history and high oihce he himself though he
subsequently, retired from public life member Of thu
Congress OF 1905 he writes with authority and q. t.
old friend and associate OF John Adams John B,nrccI
and John Quincy Adams; bat hs pen shows juvenile VIC
our aud boldaess The pamphlet expos, Of Southern
Ad sa'eo~nng policy and presents the .sy in which
the saTes~ner has contved from the rst To threaten
70 coie to bully, and bnbe the Free members of
congress INTO aequiescence With bis schemes and snbser-
vience TO bis interests The Southern sayeoxner wb
Character giveu with spirit is described quite s mas,
mind IN his own way early accustomed by his dominion
over the negro TO sense OF power and thus acquiring
self con idenee and self possession which he brings 10 hear
most effectively upon the comparatively rude and raw Nor
thern His position has of itself given him this poxe, by
making it necessary for him ut impossible that 400
OOJ whites, who the masters surrounded bv Oo oo
of blacks who are slaves live otherwise than under
never ceasng sense of danger The mode Of maintaining
the ubecnon OF these slaves therefore the constant OBJ
lect OF their thoughts" Free State men, then can afford
10 oe careless but the slaveowners obliged to haye
policy, or it is all up with them The immense s.peri
oHy OF physical power the Free States combined with
Rafa -,
their minds belief that their own political e,i.snc md
That OF their slaves dpeRds upon obtainfpg asd L,,
the eofroi ct The Free States Nature in the human ~
every other ANIMAL compensates weakness by so o,l;
~ which II equivalent for defence In III. case ot tb.
Slave States she supplies the Of strength by ayf
Inc maxim, then, OF the slaveo~ner is that che
must control the Free States" equality will not
| serve his turn; II he cannot gorer7 he il undo,e
Accordingly he cOntrived ia the hrst instance to e-ab
-h he seat OF the national Government in Slave coun
try aud thus surrounded Congress with an atmosphere Of
| ne in d.6.n of
the American Constitution and the remonsrance at brt
even OF the slaveownng Jefferson the introduction of
eign state LOUISIANA into the Union a simple act of
Congress without any appeal to the Republic large
.rhOut which Congress had power to take the
10. insinuates himself into official confidence
Ashington, obtains and distributes public patronage
nrns elections, and gets President and Who'll. Execu
i've OF bis own is there officer Of State from the
President downwards, who has been selected from
Tue ko"iedge or behef OF his adhesion to the saveow-
| neis supremacy The consequence has
been that this slave representation has governed the
Onon BeiJamin's portion above his brethren has ra
| 'ehe' a ~oi In the morning he has deyoured the
prey and IN the evening has divided the spoiIn He
puts into The office Northern with Southern princi
pies ana wirds the whole Democracy OF America You
are mistaken, SIR" said Mr.. Randolph TO Mr. Quincy
Who had said that the North would unite against the south
the South are Of your Democracy as they are OF
heir own negroes To the individual representatives OF
he free states the Southern saveowner puts himself into
the attitudes OF the hatere bully temper and corpot
'sNaAnt the latter department OF policy" having been
specially exhibited lately in the attack Mr.. Sumner in
the Senatehouse. He is always ready to fight the Son
hen proud OF his 'chvary," and looks upon himself
As the representative OF medieval honour and spirit
"s.t with the tame and co~ady modernism OF the
"heh uscoufsges duels But he derives his chivarous
contempt Tor human life from his relation to the negro
Lie itself deprecates when killing slave is often veni-
al, for shooting schoolmasier through the brain for
whipping refractory boy juries acqnit" This is one
OF their arts then, Mr. Quncy-vz their arrogance
The saveowner is sovereign in the Slave State and there
lore deems himself entitled to govern everywhere-an
sumption which though the result OF his condition as mas
ter Of slaves is he observes quoting Lord Bacon great
power-Lke holiness IL is the child Of Ignorance ard
vanity vet il iacinates and binds hand and foot tbo-
that are shallow in Judgment aud weak in courage and
prevalent even with wise weak times. II hath
done oonders IA popular States Educated under CIR
eumstances which make pride ard exercise Of power the
chief elements Of their character the Southern members
come to Congress with the arrogant spirit OF ars
cratic despos looking down tile representatives of
the Free States inferior class" But with his
arrogance the slaveowner combines fatery and dplo-
macy -
The savehpders' mode operation in extending their
power well worthy analysis Having necessity nor
inclination TO nbour those OF them who have from their
great wealth idle time than the generality devote
themselves TO politics which, IN their vocabulary means
how govern thei slaves aud how to control the Free
States This u the topic OF discussion their homes In
their court houses their eaucuses and in their Senate
chambers ln their plantations they live in species Of
ordy solitude Though thus mostly they think aud reu-
aud write apart vet from the identity their inter
sts and fears their thoughts and reasong in the
same line Of policy which at their general meetings they
upon and settle Though widely separate the e6fe
81 spiders IN the centre gf their respertire os6s kro-
ing ont draeHts 10 epery State ~ ne Union in every
OF which the threads Of Of them find points Of
attachment and reProcipfoeaon In cusouhouses post
offices, those Of contracting pruters and many Others
from each Of which ready sympathetic responses are re-
turned sure and quick by the wires of the tee
graph These responses are collected at Was nRton In
which the character snd qualification Of each member Of
/ Congress well known az his own home
Thus, Jealous fearful, and hating all talents which
'hey cannot command, counting, Go.Sing, and awnng
on s who will become their tOols the Southern men,
hers gain preponderance IN Congress- and twist the Re
public their The corruption OF the class has
grown, and whereas "dy years ago there cas
Of slaveowners the generous IN spirit polished
IN manners and true the spirit OF liberty and the con-
stitution." now, according TO Mr Quincy, ell like
sha has been described here. Even in 1914 Mr Ran
dolph mourned IN the spirit IN Which member q the
old French nobesse would the change and Observ
ed that he spirit Of the old planters departing and
gradually wearing away The rich vulgar everybody
/ aud everything You almost smell the rum and
cheese aud lump Of Whch their mushroom for
tunes have sprung Such s the class described by Mr.
Quncy-masterly aud able IN their way. Why diplomatic
iold iusOen arrogant hectoring. bullying alternately
caoling the Northern Member and overpoweung him by
assumption and superior self confidence Mr Quincy then
calls the Northern last to himself and this
class With bold opposition Their argument uify and on
the least attack they threaten 90 separate from the
Cuion Mr Quncys advce % take them their word and
70 tell them toseparatc they choose "You will find them
IN the glad enough With YOU They know
perfectly well that the Slave States cannot stani by them
selves and that $4,000 OF 5000 pO slaves must
60 10 the ss sitOut Free State federation hang
The Northerns then eNhorted adhere their
luton and stand the risk, 10 carry their foil views
sgansi slavery, 10 throw upon the south the aterna
i've OF submitting separating They threaten TO form
IN alliance offensive and defensive with Great Brain
W. Quincy says, let them form they ike and reduce
themselves again TO the condition Of coouy. Or, II this
course u avoided separation win At any rate entail
according to the admission Of NJ Calhoun, 'the uecess
y lor the South TO make their communities aihtary- -
And IN that case NJ Quincy congrauates the South ou
hopeful Independence Ter the military provcss Of 8OO
900 whites to keep in 'ObjectOo 5000 900 slaves"
LsseE FArLUsE-we learn that Mr. Bepjsmin Hanks
Of Washington, n O., extensive dealer 10 lumber has