Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-07

49, II in This country W Si''''p'
III as. n-e used here against slavery hie e
nrsui @ n,ui,Ist III. institution OF property h'e
- - h;Uh,r law which condemns one c""'"
,hn other, and laws aud CONSTITUTIONS "' -, M
cnu nc nore protect tho one imam 'he "'n.' n,t =
80 su q ,I,nt this il veal; and contentp'ioie s''n
nc. ?n,,nd ;,srlr TO have been powerful eichien
in q late revolution in one OF the hlst S'es q" 80 ~
.ana Tho throbs and throcs III the bosom VI ~"
rnnean socety still show the Workings Vi luis P'
within. " ,., ,,orr,,ed humanity
h'o 's,,iy ara those of IDEAS. Everything teen'
-, mr,ssue that lhe next such war ~ EnroPe !,
mn. he, weeu The social and the lndvdla an
rov.rn,ncpts Those VIII" now seem 10 oe VI .rs,e,n
IL unou the overthrow OF The Sou'heLh. M ,Eo no
Gill inevitably inaugurste similar str'le VI nnsck
on, ~ Northern society aso, unless they nre IN.
I'D in time lie who sows false posltical 'I Iogon'.
,hi;o mind isipdoed sowing the field WIN u, II
teeth from which are 10 spring form !Ir;rd II i.
we sow the wind we must reap me ars attendant
trua M doubt that a great many evi's n Of nro
mnon. will not say caused by, the lnst'n"" Is
Marty lint are we. on that account l" .,ainst il
NOT the true answer .o.tho objection uIs.od Inv it,
that much more good than eVii Is p uor than they
that without it the poor would DC P;l;za,ion and
now are and men would return from ,rIJ crase IA
nov a. % , - d s,,.a of nature Man wou!u cSn "
he an intellectual industrious anu Pl'kiJ;o, IN the
TO become a nomade, iike me ,! H,o W in hnrd,s
Mains and wander about in iah''''e =; tbn IN. case
now, II lns oe ,ha o,her7 1.-THE white ana .lie
,i ~ armar;or and the inferior races :" , ' n
tnrc,her in close proximity, we s"p" III con secure
f,rda the only means yet dlsco'ei, Of 10Th races
IN. bappness and the improvement and deser,
W;hit :, ~. on. would either d'sappc'i or. ;l.
W "'u' II ~" Ill ex;erminate the DINER tHc (, ~.
lL ara ascribed 10 the institution VI i;,;on al
rrslIy from the disparity in the thus thrown
,La t,rn races which circumstances Ia a,,rpvs,e
t"etaar. To destroy that re',o" W. "a snch races
and not d..n:sh these e''IS o. same arguments must
were dwelling together. i"'
Win, more can be said ioi a.. GoVe'n ~ en-.
,,.t il does what, under the c'rcun.ss o. ,naie
csse is the best for ts peopie al a., favor Than
w. ar ibut il enables the people 10 prese;,e rya
,n,;nna, rxiet.aae, aud from time to Time 10
their condition :, ,,Ju,a r;,,bts nf m er i'm
An e,., ara their advantages aid ;!lese are often
= ,fances between differences OF gooo III u".',mo
-. .a,.,a,imes between good and efii anu r'o
,;n,o heye.n ell and evil. Politlca' re"spn 70
'n,nnsrntiye Misunderstanding, snbtraring' Ihul.y
iuy. dividing morally, not n:esGph.'""' u
ns::cely true moral denoInlna'ioh. ,,, ,,,
mn'""' III NOW TO the ground upon when t'ia
Sn,b.ru sIayeh;idsrs are attacked as ai "i'eni'ny
and zee how far these arguments may Dc nPp'euu ~.
otb.r social systems al:o. il1 census SHOWS lnh.
siayo property, like all other PROPERTY - n"eFu.s
Mar;hn,rJ end that majority of the whites - :Se
Southern States io not own slaves. upon th's SIc'i
dor foundation tho c,ia,2 of oligarchy - maze anu
urocairned Suppose that tis 1eisus hau p $3.50
tak en- "a 70 chow the number OF persona L. "e Neu
States who own mare than S5,OCO worm Oh pfuY".;
thew you'd probably constitute less proportion u
the entire gie population lnnS tie Shareholders, ~
compared with the MISUNDERSTANDING Rh!tes u 'ue
South. The number ot persons hoIdinS Hii i'''.;.
in real estate in this country IL estimated d on1
million and half the number h1d"R o. Nj
r. INA in property would probably be stl lees. men
Is a fac, a. that ia shown, how easy WIN IL De 10 de-
nonnce ,,,se capitalists as oigarchs May II not DC
said that the fatl power OF society IL w iEsse &c"
hands These ore TIC gieE who can esaoiish power
ZEE advocates, and WELD L!e Immense power WHICH
money gives. o.,,sI
me owner of the factory, who lives on III. >asGa
,erhaps gets az much of the proceeds HI all me "a
,orers who wC.: in il day by day and from morning
Until night The sniP-oyher, who sleeps quietly az
,ome, probably divides eGushy With all the men VINO
ail the ship and face the peri!s o re sea, Inns
hafue of oiigarchy may be made IN the one 1see as
II the o,u.r Doubtless il may be said truly, III &C.
epcc OF all this, .st without the laws which encour
,ee and protect ihs acLn2aton OF capital lhis 'as
rame work Of human society, with all ITS renhemeh
and civjlzation would disappear, ana tiia by SUCH
IN ey.ni millions of employnents by which human
beings subSst, Sogld be destroyed and along WIN
helm would perish thosS whom they enabled 10 ii's
1u, cannot arguments OF ts nStuIe be usch 10 reply
10 the charge South well as horth Il those things
only sss out Of the necessary constellation vi society
in one place, SO they do in the other.
But fellow ditiZens, il under the sanction OF some
supposed state of the public opinion OF the world
which has no legul form Of expression, II under Inc
Of some law written only III the breasts
If those who claim to reveal it, those institutions
which ate guaranteed and recognized by the Constr
tuition and lava >: the Government ordained by So
,ietv can b. overthropi.. how can any Government
be safe or any Constitution re secured and protected
otherwise than by force! m:gn. have inquired how
the public opinion of the world 10 "scerta'neo when
IA csid to prescribe the existence Of slavery, bet
rhoaSs rather to examine into tho alleged law, to see
f il NAV ,oi amply to institutions other than these oi
the South. say might inquire how ms pnhHc
ounion is acetanrd H,.ch ID said ~ outlaw uS, he
cause il is notorous that siag has been recognized
as legal by the world, during IA. TIA largest portion
CT is history. A. far back ~ human tTa:tiis &"
is to ba found There is not nation of antiquity ns
far rs Iave accounts OF them which did mol toe-
rate il; there ID ot nation III Europe when uid not
Iay the foundation OF is civilization III c0erceu labor
or involuntary servituie. The time is comparatively
recent since il existed almost everywhere unler le
favor Of tha law. The strongest maize oil Europe
ain maintains il. The Constitution OF tho United
States rccognizec IT, the laws of nearly half the States
establish it, aud the highest Judicial tribunals IN te
land acknowledge tL:s laS to be valid.
If such sanctions ~ these cGG6C! secure property
and institutions, how it to be done Ut -! Under TIE
forms of iag7 But what IL this law when hus 1Ier-
rules constitutions and human governmental IL ID
lay whiih ordains that ieu cannot h"u properly 10
man. ard "a n consequence FGoscrioes Involuntary
servitude. Fellow-ciiizens, what " properly IN man.
and what involuntary eeryl!udei properly lisy OF
absolute or limited-t may be in fee nr for term OF
vsors In practice one man may hold pro-
ner,y i'm the services Of another tor lie, rs In
the law of slavery; for term OF years az IN
An apprenticeshp; or for months weeks, days ana
hours, in the case OF dolnes.ics. or nnsc ,.,
Il no man. except in the cases OF those llVlng on
capital, who does not cell to another a
nronerty in his service. This is servitude, and IT
constrained by the necessities ct poverty, II Il hs
z INV aTvn M q
much involuntary IN u IT were forced oy any ".en
nh vsical necessity The svils which are ascrlbed TO
nm. form of this servitude common to them oil,
and 40 claimed to be by this socialist sect OF whom
have spoken =. a. - c,l
,rhere slavery exists do they not also occur when
sv.r a man is forced by his necessity to Sell his labor
in the highest MARKET Arc many revolving instances
to he found of the submission By one man OF MS
wife to another in the one case GO ihHy nor MS" DC
chr in the other! Whatever evils are as2.lbed 10 IN
voluntary servude in the one caae can be- ana haVe
been ascrbed 10 the other. Shall we for this reason
nrocan that no man shall be allowed to sell his labor
or give right of property in his services 10 anolher
To 40 you'd be to destroy more tnan nun ths s
value of Labor: 10 rob millions of human beings oil
the means Of subsistence and TO dissolve AL human
society Now why these evils or any evils exist II
masses my metaphysics to GaseTinine why II was
ordained that man should live by lie sweat OF hs
brow. or why the primeval curse was pronGanrei /
cannot satisfactorily explain. Tho most we can Go
is to make the best of the necessities which they I'LL
These considerations justify the social system OF
the South as we'll as that Of the North. In the South
we refer proudly to the fact that the negro race mas
improved more under our patronage than III any
,,hur situation in which they have ever been p)see'
Our system Of organization has made the improve,
,nent OF both races compatible with the peace and
harmony of society. The co-exsteuce upon the same
soil of two races which differ so much ill physical or
ranization and of which the one is inferior to the
Other is undoubtedly attended by some evils; but
these evils are mtgated and not increased by estab.
fishing this relation of slavery between them. Inc
evils which are so often attributed to this institution,
arc for the most part be ascrbed to the natural dis
parity of the races and the fact that they are thrown
together TO struggle for subsistence on the same soil
Fellow citizens, | have been thus particular in en-
deavoring to show that the application OF these prn'
cples would DO revolutionary IN any system oil socie'
ty, because firmly believe, that if they should serve
their turn in one case, they will soon alterward he
nsad ns tha weannns in general war upon the nsti