New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-29
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE-THE SLAVE
TRADE.
From the charle,ton STANDARD, yOr.

The nrinciual feature of the Governors Message,
which we publish to-day, is the proposition to remove
Congressional lotions from The Atrc An saverado
and in this we think We see Tue GAVIN o. ne" era ~
Tie South has been in bondage. We have taken tue
feers of a foreign sentiment, aud II we have not hug
red them we have not dared TO strike them of. From
tie earliest records of political experience, we have
be 1T TO course of Gbnegation. We tancied our form
f society offensive to the tastes OF other peoples and
we shrunk from IFS assertions whenever they proposed
a che ok we submitted to it, We consented TO come
into Union with repre- sentaton oil only tdiee,nuh'
Of our latorng population; 10 consideration OF the
dseut OF other societies at the institution CT domestic
slavery We permitted the importation OF slaves TO De
rostrced IN consider alton OF getting another STATE
into the Union. We cOnseIted 10 an excursion nom
norton Of the common territory; we have confessed
evils If our system by submitting TO the abuse OF 1t;
We have Acknowledged the superiority OF Northern So
c, t. bv lending strength TO elevate IT. We nave
nut il forward ss the exponent OF American clViza-
ticu; We lave cUncuiIed IN the adoption OF policy
which gave to them the commercial wealth OF the
country what they wied we took for right whle VIC
lavdCd their tocety abused own; In tie face Ct
facts 10 the contIsTy, adlnited the efficiency and
orier bIe which did not exist. With every precept
of ex1 eri,uce the contrary, We have encouraged
even Our op orators Ia the task OF showing tnat we
have failed in competition win Inc Norm and indus
usly ber ding into shapes 10 be the least exacng and
oeIsiye we bad stood asd and elyglYen up 10 EN-
tie eloIits the power and the traditions Of the Union
Bot " Lie such has been our condition, the nature OF
South has risen up aeanft H. lheie mas nos been
room enough in abb egatlon and abasement for mag
ranin Ous ;eople. We have wanted loom for some
thing more. Slavery itself revolts sganst assumptions
10 It's prejudice. While we have ADM ted stagnatlon,
iLue has been progress; WINE we nave aan .Sea
ould have been disorder, there has been order and
or cruelty there Las been harmony and Ddnessi ana
oUgh nid and time-serving politicians nave rieu 70
Le ep the spirits under and with agta'ed nahus nave
covted il up in tie hope that it might sleep ute,
..tr 4 Ilaa enfA fharn
eiety-a higher and better than the one o which
have paid the tribute of our dolatry-have struggled
ainst the chains of mabinpatiop and the letters OF
opin,on Il. uttsIanees, however checked, have yet
fallen at nos upon the ear. and at last q voice has
come ON tie Capitol of South Carolina which breaks
the ipell 6nd will be reyerbeIated louder and louder
Oh alorg the land Will there a'e hills in the Southern
States 10 catch the echo.
SuIh i, the era of emancipation which we think has
daw ned upon the South. The measure OF reopenns
The slave trede may not be vital 10 our Interest.
Tho Ugh would be the better Of more labor, we can
DO without itbut never do our high office in
compel the recognition and acknowledgement of
own peculiar institution. II, in f,c', the trade were
IeopsIed, it would give opportunity 10 enterprise at
the South il would give civilization 10 other sayages
il would give labor 10 our re ources and millions TO the
". abb of this State. But II is chiefly lmporan for
tie reason that it VIII give to the south al opening
and an object Hthet) we have had no opening,
81 d patriotism itself has been eulogy OF society
III
ot ct un'ess that be one to propitiate the North We
have confessed their to be right by deprecat
ing their severity have striyen for the liberation OF
Slavery by ign, its distinctive features; aud we
have been content TO any exclusion from the prospects
Of ifs perpetuaon by slight CONCESSIONS 10 is Tempo
rary 1ecs sstes but to have something to ask upon
cur own part 10 rise TO the vigor OF living system,
10 feel that we have cause TO advance; that social
trust Las been committed to our keeping which we are
boUrd TO perpetuate; that are to be unhanded OF
ederal legislation not much for the reason that
il lults us as for the reason that there IL no |
rieit TO lay hand upon us--thls Is the
object that will give us manhood, and we will
our seps 10 the very bulSarks OF the Federal
GoytI1 men. it'll an ntIepday which, as outlaws we
have never felt. The South has been weak and 10 |
or because she has been upon the defensive,
81 it Is TO he doubted whether enduran ce i. equal
% Fiction; but, when also take the aggressive |
attitude ard stand before them their peer and equal
ley viii bend in supPlcst to for that very foI
sraI &c which have been content TO ask Of them.
Al il is the first ent in this direclon-tbe
j. I step to this TesDtthe ft official utterance Of
tiit Of Southern INDEPENDENCE, that we regard the
NJ. sstge Of Gov Adams the most important docu-
Ut III at has appeared in country since the period
i he Revolution
Il il s,ep vhicE viii never be receded from. The
south has already shown the purpose and the ability
q reward her champions; one Representative from |
south Caroline hes already found that in that way |
yIory les Others will make the same discovery; and
We believe that the tide Of events Will now ron On
with accumulated volume until the South shall be re
med Of Federal serytude or become the sovereign
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