The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-04

a"s anu constitution by an invasion OF property guaran
tied by boh and attempted to cheat the world Of its APP
pause by unwaantabe exercise of power those
who were too weak to resist The Of these very
slaves we've sold by the government under the African
contract and TO its injustice ii only robbed the col
oniss of one half of their property and quidated the
other at the expense of the people of Great Britain who
paid the piper for the phlanthropiss dance The act
has no affinity with benevoence because it Is founded in
gross injustice and is equally devoid of magnanmity
and dsnteresedness since It was performed at the ex-
pense of the coloniesin fact it triumph of might
over right The heroes Of this feat of philanthropy made
no sacrifices at the shrine of their divinity Mr. Wber
force gained laures cheap dirt for he had no
plantations in Jamaica Mr. Pitt gained supporters
in Parliament and Mr. Buxton continued to brew his
beer with white slaves instead of black ones Looking to
the results of this famous triumph of humanity and to
the condition TO which it has reduced of the most
hourishing communities in the world think ii holds
out very formidable temptation for the people of the
South to follow the example.
may be further urged that all Europe with the excsp
ton of SPAIN has set the example of abolition. Nothing is
easy than the exercise of virtue which costs us
nothing, and requires neither sacrifice selfdenial
There black slaves in Christian Europe to emanc
pate The slaves all Of another color and here
fine opportunity to forward champions of human
freedom without relinquishing any of the prerogatves of
despotism ltw cunning expedient for reconcng the
white to bondage by exaggeratng the horrors of
black slavery and persuading him he free because he
could be sold slave "Comort yourself my friend
said cripple to another You have lost leg and
arm be sure but you have lost both you ought to
be very happy-by comparison"
If the preceding considerations are well grounded the
examples of European monarchs precedent for the peo
pie of the United States is it likely that it will be
followed here by voluntary sacrifice Of twelve fifteen
hundred millions Of property. Itremans them inquire
whether there is any probability the southern States
be forced into its REIMBURSEMENT by coercive legislation
To this there nsuperabe obstacles at least obstacles
insupeabe in the eyes of all considerable rejecting mer
The southern States not colonies like jamaica
rulers They are members of eonfederacy of States
conederacy Of States implies sovereignty in its members
and sovereignty carries with equality The members of
this confederation all equal when they entered into
the compact each surrendered equal portion of
sovereignty and each retained equal portion They
adopted constitution founded on this basis and we defy
any point clause in that which, either
directly indirectly nterferes with this great undament
al
know and hence one the indispensable prelminares
the success of their scheme is the overthrow of consu
ton which, while it continues force presents insuper
able barrier ..usag7sao So @f
There exists no constitutional right justify any such
violation of private property that contemplated by the
aboli,ioniss and no power to enforce it. Happily,
government strictly circumscrbed within the limits of
written constitution, free from all ambiguity any po
itical instrument devised by the wisdom Of
That it has been differently construed by different parties
is argument against its principles any than the
various interpretations of the Scriptures proof of their
not being the words of inspiration The government of
the United States when administered in strict conformity
with the provisions of the constitutions is incapable Of vo
lence usurpation, and act only in conformity to
that compact Within that sphere it is the strongest
under the sum- without that sphere the weakest The at
tempt to apply coerciye legislation to fifteen independent
States and eight millions of the hghsprited people
in the world all must would at provoke resistance
and resistance could only end in secession civil war;
All who in the least acquainted with the universal
feeling of the South and, indeed, all who look into the
great motives which govern the secret springs Of human
action and who the in which the people Of
that section every interference with this great domes
tic institution know that such attempts will always
be met by stern defiance and fearless resistance To them
this is no subject be played with at football pleasure
no theme for abstract dogmas pous defamation It
may be sport the people Of the North but it is death to
those of the South involves their property their peace
and their existence Abolition strikes equally the
of ALL If it absolutely deprive them Of their prop
ery rob them at least of portion and render the
rest source of anxiety and apprehension 1t their
Threshold ntrudes at their resdes dsturbs their domes
tic relations introduces ncendaries into the very bosom
of their families and points the knife of the slave the
heart Of the MASTER his wife and his children by teach
ing him that it ia not only his right but his duty, to
sort TO theft arson and murder to obtain his freedom
To prove that these among the resorted to
the aboonsts tocarry out their scheme ofunversa
cpaton we only refer to the repeae declarations
of their leaders the speeches Of Messrs Seward Sum-
ner Hale Chase Wade Wilson, and Giddings both in and
out of Congress- the declarations Of Beecher Parker
Phillips and Garrison to the wicked, blasphemous ha-
rangues at the Tabernacle in New York and to the dec
araions and proceedings Of the abolition societies in Eng
land and the United States being the echo of the
other If these are not the accredited organs Of abolition
principles where are they be found If they do not
express their senmen why they not publicly denied
If these are but the mad rawlings of extreme fanatics why
are they not disavowed by acts well professions
And why do those who pretend to dissent from these
extreme doctrines identify themselves with them in action
court their support and become joint aborers in the
cause? When these questions fairly met and satsac