The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
THE u n ION
EASTERN JOURNAL,
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL IS, 1856.
A Wicked Sheet.

inorah curruption, Now ioth, u IhPcf VaiAeu
" The Day Book" which in boldness Of ad-
vocacy ofwickcd doctrines probably surpasses
any newspaper in the civilized world
The Satanic Herald " is vastly itssupcrior
in moral tone and in soundness Of opinion,
though perhaps it cnforccs its views in less
vulgar language than does the Herald. 1t
unblushingly advocates and defends South
ern Slavery in its multiplied forms Of evil,
and going step beyond this, it declares that
which the civilized world has agreed to de-
nominate as Piracy TIE AFRICAN SLAVE
TRADE, to be right. This accursed trade in
human sinews, with its damnable atrocities,
its manifold murders, village burnings, its
untold horrors of the "middlo passage"
and It's enormity Of other crimes, over which
devils and fends in human shape exult, ac-
cording to this paper is perfectly proper,
morally right, and its abolition it denounces
as rast impostsrs." 1t is not necessary
to speak of the arguments by which it de-
tends its position. 1t is sufficient to say
that there is no crime in the decalogue which
bold, bald william may not palliate and de-
fend with some show of speciousness; the
robber takes from the rich, and distributes
to the poor, it is but species Of individual
agrarianism the murderer takes the life
of a useless cumberer of the social .commu-
nifty, it is only the sword ofjustice welded
by an individual, and so all crimes, how
ever self evident, may be excused, and why
should the +" African Slave Trade" be any
cxceptionP A villain may defend it as well
as any other crime.
AS might he expected, this paper is a
staunch supporter of President Pierce, the
Kansas Nebraska Bill and kindred deyiltries
with their accompaniments. Indeed at the
present time it is the leading Administra-
ton paper of the city. 1t has the confidence
of the Presidents officials, who are cxerting
themselves in getting it an extensive circu-
lation in all sections of the country, North
"a well as South. Lake the Tribune, which
1t resembles in size, it is furnished to clubs
for 81 per year, and as campaign paper
of the Pro Slavery stripe it is getting, by the
aid and countenance Of the government off,
Gals, large circulation. We have been
told that clubs to take it have been got up in
number fplaccs in our State, and, even
IN our County and City. That sucha paper
can obtain support in any community
where there is any prctensions to public mo-
rality, is a matter of surprise.
A friend of ours has forwarded us copy
of the paper, dated April IL, for our in,
spectiOn Our readers will perceive by the
extracts we give below that we have not
spoken too harshly Gifts character.
Its leading editorial is headed Z" The war
fare ON the African Slave Trade - and the
extrrcts to which we invite attention are
these
Furthermore, we stated that the three
millions of negroes now in our midst the
descendants of those brought in by the slave
trade, were, in comparison with any similar
number of their race in Africa, in condi'
ton of well being so immeasurably superior
that we had no terms or means to fully ex'
press il, and with these undoubted and un'
Iristakablc facts before us, we were ineyita'
bly, forced to the conclusion that the cause
of all these benifcent consequences must
from the nature and necessity of things, be in
accord with them, and therefore The African
Stare trade lrdS right.
And we repeat, to assume the slave trade,
or the importation and application of negro
labor, or the bringing Of their ancestors to
this continent to be 'rrong in the face of the
resulting consequences to these three millions
of negroes now in our midst, to ourselves
and to the world, is delusion so monstrous
and folly 80 transcendant, that our poster-
ty will charitably dscredt its existence, and
refuse to believe that their ancestors were
such arrant fools.
First and mainly is misconception of the
negro. Wilbcriorce, johnson, all those who
started the vast imposture, were Of course
Ignorant of the negro; they assumed, and
doubtless believed, that he was black eau.
casian IA man exactly like themselves, ex-
cept in the color Of his skin.
The abolition of the Slave trade is a
"raa imposiurc," started by Wherefore,
Shades of Washington, Jefferson, Frank,
lin, tell us how you came to be made the
dupcs of" a vast imposturc." Again.
But such is the dcplomble and disgraccful
fact not only the monarchists OF Europe,
not only those who have every possible mo-
tive for propagating the huge imposturc,
but American democrats, those who have
every possible motive for rejecting it with
contempt and indignation, have blindly and
foolishly denounced the African slave trade
as piracy.
Those American Democrats who have de-
bounced the African Slave Trade Us Piracy
=" were blind and foOlishr' This is,wesup.
pose, modern Democracy.
The negro is the most inferior of the HUI.
man creation, and though generally approx
mating to ourselves, is specifically further
removed from us than is any other race OF
species, therefore the same principles or
things applied in common are as inapplica-
bic. or wrong, us fatal and deadly Us TO force
owls and eagles to live under the same cir
cumstanccs.
What says the Scripture-"Godh has made
of one blood all men to dwell upon the face
of all the earth" Is the word Of God a
monstrous lie?
From another article we cut the following
That so huge an impostpre the abolition
Of Slavery and the Slave Tradel should bo
imposed, on the ignorant and degraded
masses Of Europe is perhaps natural enough.
They never saw the negro, and therefore, OF
course, supposed him to be u man like them
selves. We
must show to the ignorant and deceived null
titudcs of Europe that that which their gov
ernments have held up to them as an afro
cious system of slavery is no slavery ut all,
but the normal and necessary condition Of