The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-17
SoUTHERs VIEWS OF SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
from the Richmond Enquirer, July ST.
NEW SCHEME or ANrI-sLAvBRY OPERArIoSs-c


system Of aggressive agitation in tho Northern states
Indeed little reflection viii teach that this
slavery-a deduction Of pysoy1 reasoning which expe
rlence verines and confirms by ncoatsstbie results
Before Nbotonism began ITS offensive operations, the
sanction OF negro slavery. The truth Is our FORE
fathers Of the last generation so far from jusufying
and defending the institution on its merits, dis
claimed any responsibility for its origin, apoogzed
for lis existence on the plea of nab to abolish it,
and protested their desire 10 discover safe and
sufficient remedy for the imaginary evil Now all think
ing men IN the South persuaded that slavery the
normal condition OF the negro that Is justified by the
sanctions of Gods revealed well natural law that
il instrument OF Providence in working out the
teria and moral Developments Of civilization and that
It y q ~ise, salutary and benetcent Institution OF
Christian society The consequence of these pc vaing
and profound convictions throughout the South Is uni
verss and earnest determination to protect the legal
guarantees q slavery TO strengthen its basis defend
against attack and multiply it, securities, until having
accomplished It's appointed destiny II shall be replaced by
other agency OF progress and Development The
period of lbs natural dissolution will be foreshadowed by
unmsiaAeabe signs Of decay and the south will no more
10 resist the obvious decree OF Providence than
they think Of scqnescrg in the imDious schemes Of
men who would usurp the function of Providence,
This reversal Of Judgment and Of feeling in the South Ia
respect 20 slavery the result of the aggressive
agitation OF the abolitonists. Driven the alternative
OF either abandoning defending the institution the
South for the first time undertook to xplore its ounda
lions and to ascertain It's stability They discovered that
instead OF beng bered by the Of accident
and the interests Of men II reposed upon the solid and
mpregnable basis OF moral right and social expedency
But this not the only advantage which South de-
support waiting TO the Institution from its
inner strength supplied by very outside pres
The judgment OF already sanctioned the
teace OF slavery only AIRY that
interests and passions should be enlisted in its defence
BY their violence, their vuperstion, their contempt of
vested rights and constitutional guarantees, the abolition
lists have rallied all classe in the South to the vigorous
and jealous support Of slavery.
AZ soon as the South begins to appreciate its adyan
tage the abotonsts their mistake They want
TO repair their hnder and the obvious TO do is
withdraw that ex erra pressure WHICH braces and sun
hat ottQf kcapc
South in state OF vgiant invanerabie self defence.
And they would adopt this expedient their only object
was the extinction Of slavery, But they contemplate
other ends In the scheme OF the abotonsts the degra
dalton OF the South and the oppressive ascendency
North is the paramount aim Of all their operations They
will net abandon anti slavery agitation, though il OBJ
struet Their osensibe pupose because they would lose
their political power they will avail, the coursc OF
nature because II slavery t. doomed die of own
mortality. will expire without any shock to society
and will thus defeat their dabocal desire OF explosion
and ruin to the South.
Thwared and beaten In their plan Of external agta.
ton and aggressive attack upon slavery, the abolonss
have invented adopee another system OF opera
tons. which recommended their favor not only by
an appearance Of greater efficiency but by the promise
OF ACCOMPLISHING i's aim with every aggravation OF social
cistur baDce and sectional ruin This scheme which
tiers the erocious appe aboluonism with the bloody
prospect Of froternal struggle and de wasting desoa.
ton IN the South Is 70 iname feeling OF anagoa
ism BET ween the classes Of shareholders non
holders and thus parayze the arm of resistance to
The efforts Of tie abotonists are all directed ia
pursuance Of this pap OF attack and nsdous machi
nation. Their primary Gettch the
slave owners IRON the interests Of the South.
To this end their papers and speakers are
perpetually dealing out denuneiaticn against he
s'sayecclacy" In their upon the south they care
fully distinguish between the classes whom they would
oppose - extermira trg coufct The represent the
sAveho!dipg community as a small arstocratic and
tyranDeai olgarcby controlling public opinion, and sub
ordnatpg the government TO is exclusive interests 10
the non sisveholding ca's the dos troddep dis.
franchise and oppressed multitude they address nfam
matory arp-als 10 violence and disorder Antlc eating
the Of the paorage 81 TIE federal govern
mem ed IN m
division m the South They proclaim that in the event
OF the election OF Fremont tue Souta shall have is pro
tr.ou ed ex lusiyely among tie saveholder All the
operations Of the aboonists conducted in ,nis
spirit and with refer 10 the design OF building up
an anti slavery party m the bosom Of the south.
Every person who NJ all familiar with the temper o
the Southern PEOPLE and the character Of Southern
~, win at once pronounce this invention OF aboh
HoDism 10 be foolish and impracticabe IL revolt
ing IN principle and criminal In purpose. Is radca
mistake 70 assume any aniagoni-m OF interest between
the slave owner and the slave owner In truth
there ~ lot person 10 hundred throughout the
South who las not some immediate intercs, in slavery
for they who hire them and subsist upon
their labor There l. not person ten thousand who
does look forward to the day when be may hold
slaves h,rnsef There i 40, one person 10 . hundred
thousand who will not acknowledge himself the beueh-
cary Of negro aborso completely y slavery bound up
with the feelings and interests OF every class OF the
muny-so sodly does IL rest up,n a basis commensn-
rate with our social system
There u no class OF community stupid 10
that their liberties involved In the securities
OF slavery and not 20 know thai when the negroes
destitute o. generous prlcpe 10 need the spur Of pd
vdua interest 10 mpe them 10 the defence OF the rights
OF their seeten TWAS het the tea drinkers only who
participated In the Of independence. II i the
slave holder Only whom the abolitiouists encounter
their attack upon the common rights, honor and liberties
OF the South Patriot In this quarter OF the coneder
acy not gr0veiling iDstnct selfish interest II IL
impulse OF personal ndepen fence and
for the rights Of The Sae; and Il glove purely aud
brightly brawuy OF ihs poor as beneath the
velvet vcs,mtnts OF the rich.
But, Il the poor man in the south who owns no ne
EIuull any Ia n IN nlfa hun
70 slavery, b. will not look ong before he finds t.
Where on earth Is the working white respected
~ 70 The soutb Where else 90 BIZ labor and skill
msnd such high remuneratonS IL he pected in
the North, where be u reduced TO level with the free
negro in socia tan ding and political rights and where
he s condemned 70 any mental and degrading service
which hs master CHOOSES 70 impose him Is his
work worth more 10 the North where labor i The slave
OF capital where the excessive competition OF others
Tors himself leaves bimshardy enough 70 salts
~ The imptl aiivc wants o. nature How much higher
and better the condition Of the Aoorug white i 10
the south Will a. iron very supordcia obscrva
ton. and MAY BE- explained BY few very obvious
In the south the work which tayes only the physical
energies q our nature, and gives no play 70 thoughi
r ancy, oonnhea 70 the negro population.
they toll ard sweat under the heavy burdens
Of agricultural employment, leaving the mechani
the mental faculties, ard reward with a compeu
saton which mere energy 81 muscle can never cor
mand, 70 the exclusive cultivation Of white artisans. Al
the same time the presence Of the negro population
cupyng an inferior social position and excluded from po
htcaf privileges, mpsrts 10 the white aborer peculiar
OF personal pride and ndepend ence. Tie white
sborer Of The south standing upon legal level with the
richest man ID The community snd Car above the buk Of
the working population recogL1e1 and respected an
equa BY the most eminent pers0Ds, necessarily exhibits
dignity ~ character and an elevation of feeiisg found
among The sane class In no other social sys,enp He il
nc - dthcsnt sagacy not 70 i0resee that by TIE
aboitlon q slavery Nc vii iose these advantages, be
degraded nom be superior position TO level sth the
blsck lopustou, D. brought into competition with the
cheap labor u negroes, 90 be compelled 10 endure
the most wntrg tOl al ttsrvug prices There IL no
man IN the South 80 stupid understand that the
abolition 81 slavery will degrade the white laborer b. an
equality with The negro; and that conviction j. enough
apart nom any Influence Of high princ ole 10 rally ali
classics 20 the support q The institution
Bet, howcvt- invulnerabe BE- the - stem o. negro sia
very IN The South sgsinsf this OF sapN hore
IL way IN which may a. heve partial sucrcss pa
cent Developments show at some rersons IN
the south who are not loyal - H. nteress vvvna for
usbed delegates 10 the Black Republican Cor vrnti9n "A
10 hot few months sin that mnn driven from
Loudoun for uiterng insurrectonary language During
the past week, Wilson and Wade exungiy declared IN
the senate that they bad accompces in the bosom the
South. But IN every instance ~ wb any person the
hal al sd he