Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-10-10
tFsom tho Now York Times.
The Slavery Issue.

nltraIets at the South meet the issues OF
the pending canvass. They Insist upon
making II turn on the Intrinsic eharac-
Ter OF Slavery as a social institution. -
They boldly proclaim that slavery ID
right that Il II justified by tho Laws OF
God and man.--that II IL blessing 10
the country and the world. and that Il IL
the duty OF our Federal Government TO
promote its extension and render Il per-
ptuaI. The Richmond Enquirer and
Eramiger.--the two leading organs Of
this Southern sentiment, declare that
Slavery Ie the natu al. moral and only
frightnl condition OF the iaboripe CLASSES
everywhere.-of whites as well as
bIaeks,-that free society Ia failure,
and that sooner or later The experiment
OF free lnbor must bo everywh here aban-
doned. and Southern Slavery become
the model and example for the whole
world. They scout the sentiment OF
lae early fathers ol tho Republic, that
Slavery IL an evll--that Il deprcsses In
duslry, ImpovcrIshcs the soil. degrades
labor, aud Injuries fatally the society In
which Il takes root. They have ceased
10 look for means OF PEACEFULLY remov.
Ing Il. On the contrary, they proclaim
their determination 10 iorIliy II, TO build
u up. to extend IA. 10 make II tho cen.
trail interest and institution Of tho eoun.
tfy, and to make every thing else ,-com.
Inefce, manufacturers, agriculture, edu.
cation, morals and religion. secondary
and subordinate TO II. II they can do
th's rndor aud by the Federal Union.
they are wlIIlngto remun In the Union.
II not. they threaten to seeede, and TO
from new Coufederacy, OF which
Slavery shall DO the corner stone.
They fre already calling for alliances
and negotiations looking 20 this end
They are already scheming for Cuba
BY purchase or conquest. They are
thre itenlrg Mckee with stlll further
dlmem oerment. They are projecting
treaties with Brazil. with Spain, with
Russia even, 10 obtain aid and support
In thelr determination 10 erect vast
Slave Empire on the Western contIn.
ent. The gigantic conspiracy by which
they are now seeking to possess them
selves Of that vast territory lying west
Of the Mississippi - territory larger
than The old thIrteea States, large
enough. II planted with Slavery, to give
them control Of the Union for centu.
W 10 cone,-Is but the initial step oi
their grand design. l
What but insanity 1.-The insanity that
predicts and preeedes destruction, ,-can
prompt such schemes as thessl These
men can know nothing Of the age In
which they lIye,--noihIng OF the lnhu-
ences by which they are surrounded,--
nothing of the Influences by which they
confront aud which they must encoun-
ter, In the prosecution Of their designs.
They forget that Slavery everywhere
and always has been the growth of bar.
barism, THAT Il has receded before civ
ilizatior, and that II has always disap-
pesred before the light and power Of
Christianity. They might as we'll hope
TO stop the sun In lis course as thus to
turn back the dial which marks the
progress Of the race.
The conscience Of the great mass OF
the people OF this coun.ry-North and
Soutl,-tells them that Slavery is an
evil.-that II Is founded on Injustice
that IL curses all classes who are i'm
pIcit In i, and that the steady, constant,
untiring endeavor Of all should be to
take measures for its ultimate and
peaceful removal. The people Of the
Free States are unanimous in this con-
viction. Whatever ether opinions may
be uttered by individuals here and there
U ,der the pressure OF party necessities
or OF pecuniary interest, there Is no
man in the Free States who will con-
sent, in the last resort, to the practical
establishment and recognition of the
doctrine that Sl'vers Is blessing
that IL Is the rightful condition Of socle.
ty, and the laboring class everywhere
should be slaves.
The political party now dominant at
the South. and aiming at domination in
the Union, proclaim this startling aud
revolving doctrine. They seek to give
1t practical effect. by extending this
"blessing" into Kansas, into all free ter
ritory. into the Free States even. and
by making its law the law OF the whole
Republic. They must abandon the at.
tempt, or they must perish in It. What
ever Temporary success they may seem
to meet, whatever triumphs they may
schieve in Cong ess or in Kansas, taey
canrot remain Ultimate coaquerors in
such war. There Is point beyond
which FREEDOM will not be pushed
Where that point is, we as yet do not
know. But the Slave Power Is resolved
to find II. A few years more Of its pol
icy-another Administration like that
which is just expiring-a bold push for
Cuba, like the present prsh for Kansas,
and the South will find spirit reused
that will pay little heed to constitutions,
or vested rights, or peculiar institutions
Of any sort. The events Of the last
two years have done more to create a
spirit of hostility TO Slavery than the
events Of dozen years pre- evlous. This
sentiment is still held in check. IL is
still held subordinate to the hope oi
peace and harmony. The present Re-
publican movement Is dil ected quite as
much against the ultraism OF Abolition
as against the kindred ultraism of Sia-
very. II il eds, the thunder cloud
may be dispersed. A timely check may
be given to the aggressions of Slavery
which will prevent the occasion for
more direct collision.
The Slave Oligarchy at the South
seems blind to all these portsnts. 1t il
rushing with heudlong fury upon issues
which 1t should rather make any con-
cevable sacrifice to evade. 1t is in
truth lar more deeply interested in the
electijn of Fremont, and in the estab
lishmen. OF the conservative policy he
will inaagurate, than is the North The
North has wealth, population. and the
power TO protect its own interests, in
the last resort; and it will, beyond all
question, do so. Ii is not at all disturb
ed by the menaces Of the South, nor in
the least distrustful oil its ability to
maintain its rights. In all the past its
supreme devotion to the Uuion has led
to concessions which merit far higher
appreciation than has been accorded to
them. 1t is still disposed to be a. peace
with Slavery,--to leave it, with all its
"blessings" and all it's evils, to those
who are afflicted with L. But 1t will
never consent TO its enthronement on
the ruins of the Republic, nor will per-