The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-15
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peer beetle And leave IL nnsw the flesh Of the uis
eabe su1eeF lthat by further refinement OF cruelty
Dnt % combine eoIh pain ana humlanon s saaSsy
or buffalo that they occasionally hung up WIN ne
had Hand that II Is ordinary pracnee -
put pepper powdered chies into the eyes or the nos
ts aud 10 apply these and similar irritating drugs IN
other WAYS too revolving 10 be bnted atf
There is long and rghttal detail Of great variety o.
tortures which the reviewer declares show an amount
OF hateful ingenuity which 1t is difficult 70 conceive or De
lieye but that they given in the report Aiss
ig many shocking cases o. tne uyng =, I having NM
lLs qoDlisd 10 their 6reas' TO enforce the coecuoh
sometimes Of e,e pence only the commissioners confess
th lie naiction Of such descriptions OF treatment as
hey had described has come in the Of centuries TO
he looked on as customarya thing OF courseand 10 be
submitted 10 as an everyday unavoidable necessity
Tbouuh these details been recently spread before
the British public they seem to have created no SEN
snon because doubtless the sufferers are not negroes ou
OF d race regarded Caucasian, like the English them
selves. @
Sdch Is the condition of empire whose example
we are denounced falling initiate both by the British
press and iis abolition allies in this country under TINS
systs grinding and it is the whole popua
ton IS rapidly perishng in many Of the provinces ana the
most fertile lands are becoming desert wastes ihese mis-
cradle aborers mainly engaged in the cultivation OF
~ Great Bri,an and those OF her customers 1t
seen however that owing to the superior skill ana energy
OF the planters Of the South they were able by means Of
*save labor produce cotton, sugar rice &c al lower
rates and thus undesell similar articles grown in India
The British government likewise held certain ISLANDS IN
Wet Indies cultivated out as
amount OF her interest there was comparatively smal
che aeertnDea sacrifice il for what she regarded as
more Important object She accordingly emancpaed her
negro slaves in the est indies and thereby reduced the
islands 10 state OF reproductive barbarism. She then
set In motion system of operations TO force the United
States enancpae her slaves 10 IKE nanne eApecuns
II This were be able to supply the world
at her own prices with tropical productions from her great
eastern possessions This however, was not the sole mo-
tive that Influenced her conduct The United States was
her great commercial rival and then that ow
ing 10 our rapid increase should soon surrass her.
az in fact have already DONE IN the amount OF our
tonnage The prodgious growth of commerce arises
from he fact while the South by its successful agri
culture has furnished the regh the North has built the
ships carry them TO market and II was obvious that
we should soon successfully contest the mastery OF the
seas with her Her policy, therefore, was to separate the
ships of the North the productions OF the south
and this would have been the case she Ego Ia
eeeting the abolition of slavery that tue soaiA Woua
have surplus for export or even aa she iaea
in this the result would have been attained ny ais
solution of the Union In this latter event. tue Norm ana
the South being foreign countries to each other the ship
ping of the would have derived no advantage from
The agriculture OF the other and Great Britain would have
held toe dominion the There another con-
sideration operating the English government and
portion her people with force than either OF these
The United States is the great republic of the EARTH and
the example of free institutions shaking the
of the monarehica and aristocraiic
mens Of Europe This especially the respects
the political system of Great Britain owing TO our COM
mon language literature and extended commercial inter-
course The astocracy there hold the OF the people
in subsection and under condition oppressive that
al
perish mserably by canine in years Of scarcity kno~i-
edge successful worpg of our institutions was In
eresng the discomfort of the people, and fearing
the loss of its sway the arsocscy which controls the
entire power Of the government began crusade for the
abolition Of slavery in the United States rsey expecea
in the first place. by affected sympathy for the degrees
here divert minds Of the people at home TO some
from consideration OF their suferings and
cree the impression that other iaborsrs were much
worse OFT tlian their And should they succeed in
breaking up system they would exutngly have point
Ell as evidence against the durability of free nsu-
tOas ... st at '-"#at @.a "t~
Wh yiew therefore oeect these objects, more than
tweuty years ago the British pres and book gen.
Grady, stimulated embark 10 systematic war
again q negro slavery in the United States Aoohon lee
papers circulate pamphlets to nhame the IN nos o the
citizens Of the northern States. Looking far ahead they
sought incorporate their doctrines into the school books
and publications best calculated TO influence the minds OF
the Young and ignorant Their views most readily
received in Massachusetts, where there the remains OF
old ansavcry federalism AID where the British innu-
has for the last bali century been greatest From
this State those doctrines gradually dfused 10
great extent throughout the North When the annexation
OF Texas took place so strong we're the manifestations
the slavery feeling that southern members consented
that the Missouri line the restriction Of slavery north OF
SO deg 80 nn should be extended across that State On
the acquisition Of the Mexican territory occurred that
struggle which is too well known to require
We OF the South during period Of four years, taking
concaory ground sought 10 have the line Of 80 deg 30
min In like extended through that territory 10 the
Paciac but the North invariably opposed and defeated IT.
and settlement different principles was adopted in
1850
Two years since when the organizing the Territories
Of Kansas and Nebraska passed repealed the resric
ton OF 1920 known the Missouri line and left the peo
pie who might nhabt those Territories at liberty either
adopt reject slavery they st.. This right in
ITSELF and In accordance with the principles Of the const
tuon. Nor there any ground whatever for the com
plant OF It's enemies that IL violated old compromise
begause the North the very year after that restriction
adopted refused 10 recognise II compromise oil
casops afterwards repudated II and utterly refused TO e1
tend lie operation 10 the Territory. But 1t Is
times said that though the repeal Of this prohibition
right principle yet II inexpedien and has created
agitation. In judgment 1t a wise measure, and
the taton 70 which il has given rise would have
red any other practical issue that might later,
have aTisen And IL the strength Of the snsavery feel
log in the North Is great that such measure be
sustained under tie circumstances Of its passage then that
feeling has aresdy attained power that viii proba-
bly, be fatal to the continued existence OF the government
On the other hand the OF its principles will give
permanent repose 10 the country
While the bill yet pending before Congress the abo
huoDiss and others who sympathized with them, held
large meetings. and declared thai II 1t became law they
would raise money and hire bodies Of toto the
Territory and exclude slavery from H. hey accord
ingy formed societies. ard collected large OF money
Kansas Finding however that they defeated by the
settlers In the FIRST instance they continued forward
large bodies of aboonsts and other ruans armed with
riffs cannon, and the like weapons They IL be
their purpose take possession of and bold the Territory
by force without regard the laws passed by the leeisla
In pursuance OF his determination they have pre-
tended to form State constitution for themselves and
stimulated by their leaders in The Northeast declare 1t to
be their purpose resist the laws already that
Territory. The President therefore In accordance with
his duties prescribed in the constitution has taken the
necessary steps TO see that the laws enforced II is