Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-02-05

'''S VI tights Ot SIaFellulutrS
in the South, result from these convictions and doubts
conspre to render thorough examination of this
subject not only pre-eminenty interesting, bu tho
highest duty OF every citizen who exercises tho cleo
tive franchise, and especially of every statesman,
both of tho North and the South
II African slavery is necessarily moral social and
political evil; if the institution is necessarily curse
to the STAKEHOLDER and the slave then. of course, We
owe It TO ourselves to the slave, TO the country and
to God, to dispense with it Gs soon rs possible. lit
is not necessarily evil but is made such either by
an abuse OF the slave or by political agitation, then
we should seek to correct these wrongs-nward JUS
tice to the slave and henceforth, resardthe personal
and political rights Of the STAKEHOLDER.
II the Bible does really sanction slavery, then il
cannot, absractly, be wrong. If it furnishes laws
for the protection and government Of the institution
then the conduct of shareholders, and their neighbor-
ing nonslavehoders, should be regulated thereby
What enquiry 80 interesting ! whit subject more do.
serving OF investigation, ut this uncturc, than that Of
Domestic Slavery, the agitation OF which now threat
| ens the destruction of our Government What s
better calculated TO allay that excitement than in
vestigaton which shall result in clearly eciting the
Law Of God, thus making the path Of the Christian
and the true patriot plain that it Cannot be msta-
ken7 What greater service can tho patriotic citizen
perform than that placing clearly before the public
mind the Divine and constitutional laws which relate
to this matter. So President Shannon probably
thought, and believing that he could do something
for the State and country which have become his
adopted home he devoted the designed for
recreation to this object. Of course those whose
l,v haa .I
him. The candid have or will, if opportunity pre-
sen,s examine his arguments and concede to them
the merits they find in them. Those who neither
fear God nor regard men, will continue to rail. The
dishonest abolitionst, tho politician whose party
principles cannot stand the test of truth, and the
denacogue whose creed is opposed to giving mcritcd
honors or offices any other than natives, have and
will continue to exert all their energies to destroy the
reputation Of the man whose pen and whole influence,
operate effectually against them. Fortunately
there are those who have done and will do him jus.
! ,cc. The Abolition press OF the Free States, the
Free.so press of our own State, and the know-No-
things generally, will make war upon him, upon his
political doctrines and upon his political and moral
ethics Blu, have TO believe that the press
of the far South where il is removed, mainly, from
Freeso influences, and from the circle in which
move few political aspirants whose upward course
is impcded by the sound pro.slavery teachings OF
President Shannon, will do him justice and this our
expectation, is beginning TO be realized. Two nUti
ces of President Shannon's address have recently
come to hand, and we think them worthy of place
in the Journal. They show the estimation in which
his address will be held by intelligent men in the
South, and by ALL we think, who will examine it
thoroughly and for the purpose: only OF arriving at
| correct conclusions.
| The following is from the Memphis (Tenn.) Eagle
and Enquirer formerly Whig.l
cas- ADDRESS delivered before the Pro.Savery Con-
! ven,ion of the State Of Missouri held i'll Lexington.
july l3th, 1855. IN Domestic Slavery, b. President
James Shannon. ."-Publishcd by order Of the Con-
vemtion.
A few days since this address, in pamphlet form,
was presented to US by our highly esteemed friend,
Col. Geo. IL. Young, of Waverly, Miss, and after
having read it carefully, we unhesatingly pronounce
it of the best productions OF tue KIND that We
have seen ,. CO..
assembled at Jackson in October, lSi9 and sad TO
have been written by Judge Sharkey,-the pamphlet
Of DR.. Van Ervie OF Washington, rcpubIished III a
series of numbers III the Southern Standard issued
from this Office last year, and this address oi irsstl'
shannon, comprise the leading and most important
Investigations Of this character nnd in our Judgment
comprehend and conclude the whole argument III be-
half of the proprety, justice and humanity ot negro
slavery. ~
We have frequently suggested TINT negro slavery
should be regarded and maintained by US, aS aoso-
lu,ely right in the nature of things that, III other
words, state of servtudc is the natural condition. "'
the race, and especially when rendered towards 'e
Caucasian family Aud we are pleased 10 !hd' th''
in addition to most powerful scrIptural and cnlsil'u
,one arguments, President Shannon argues tie SUD
iect upon this ground-the abstract justice ana h"'
| manty of the system. ,,.,.- :,
~ L.. ,l,,l nrla
our readers but its length t! pages prevents us from
doing so We extract the following passnse from IT.,
| as specimens of its power, clcnrness and spirit
We omit the extracts. Here again is notice by
another Southern paper:
ADDRESS on DOMESTIC SLAvrRY.-We received
some DAYS ago from Col. George II Young, pamplI-
| let copy Of All address delivered by the Reverend
lame. Shannon President of the University of Mis-.
souri, before the Pro-Savery Convention OF the State
of Missouri. held in Lexington, July l5ih, 1879, on
| Domestic Slavery Ii Is decidedly one "i the best
productions of the kind that we have ever met with
In style and language, it speaks the scholar in bold
ness of thought, and devotion to principle. in search
ing analysis i'll clearness and vIgor ct argument II
| evinces the patriot and Statesman.
The Rev. President examines the subject IN all It's
| important bearings. He is arguing against the at
tempt to abolish domestic slavery in this country
| He shows it to be positively npossolc "ld morally
| wrong even it could be done. lie brings the most
convincing facts from the Bible to establish his posi-
ton and upon every point his argument seems 10 us
perfectly clear and satisfactory. But we have not
the time or space to 60 into any thing like an anay
sis OF this very able production. There ls boldness
in the stvle an honest opcn straight forward mode
Of expression united with scahng rebuEe and with
eriny satire, which will not fail TO strike the recder
with admiration The author is u Baptist minister
we believe, and native OF Ireland. In what bright
cnrtrast does this Protestant mnster-this natural
led citizen, stand to those three thousand Protestant
funa,cal, abolition ministers of New England, VIII"
Illuminated their anathemas against the Kansas Me-
tl;mGs of delipbt and admiration aud return sin
cere thanks to Col. Young for t. copy OF it.