Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-17
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TEE RICHMOND ENQUIRER,
FRIDAY NoHN:NG, Ap1rL -, 1887.
BRowNsoN'S VIEWS OF sLAyENy AeA1,
HY RJTCHsE, 4. DISSAyANT

KY III 'tHiR. & DCSStYANT.
FRIDAY MORNING. apxTT, ,s35.
BROWNSOS'S VIEWS OF SLAVERY AGAIN.
Iu oommen;ing on the January number CT this Re.
v!ew we took occasion to erpru.. our suroris, tia,
Nj. B!0Hnscn should have ranysd himself on the
side Of the Back Republican hosts in hcir cor..o.
"ersy With the South aud So1:Esru rzuls Brown.
sou returns ~ !!io Charge n his Aprl uutrter aud
il an article 0! characteristic vim aud ingenuity,
maintains his consistency on the question Of slavery
sad anti slavery. rs boasts OF having erj,yed the
friendship OF Calhoun and Of several Of the NOR.
eminent Statesmen OF the slavehodng States, Will.
protesting never 10 nave admired slavery or 10 have
wished lie coutiauarce! W. have Browuson's woro
only for this. u Is very probable.
ite in3enious tortuosty cf :his distinguished wri
ter Is admirably displayed In tie April src!ei and
We can out adrs tho tact 0! tho asue casast while
10 farnees 80 ere compsilo1 to condemn the article
Ills argumsut, briefly Slammed up s this Slavery ia
purely State lLati;u,ion. Congrs:. ms no right 10
Interfere with IT, ehsr exieui or to prevent s ex
tension. The condition OF slavery being an shnor.
mai condition aud contrary 10 the law Of nature, !;
Can have no legal existence In territory and should
not receive the support Or protection Of tho Federal
Government On Ihs one hand, or Incur its disepprc
val or oensure on the Other!
II these doctrines be rece:red all true, tbs 10.
eyabls consequence will bs 10 nom in and restric;
the srsa of slavery aud sls,s institutions to the pre-
sent limits OF the slave Stassi and efectuay 10 Pro-
hi6il It's extension beyond them, either into othe!
States of the Union or iu:o tho ENTHUSIASTICALLY
the property ot al. the States and pcopo u the
Uuiou This wsu!d DO Playing hnely ln'o the hard.
Of Garrison, G.es!-y anc tho rest. They would ass
NO grsater boon-Do higher grant thac tnis. And
thus far the moot ultra }! the ultra school Of biaci
Republicans have expected no more Surely, with
such sentiments as the,o, Ir. Brownsoc mus! have
carefully KEEP, them ou: Of view TO win :hs sPprova
and secure The feut.bp Of the great South CaroiDs
| siatesman.
But Mr.. Brown,ons opinions are bu. nswiJ
aedged. They curry upon their face the evidenc,
OF recent origin and they are the result, We may
hope, Of tho impulse Of momenary eXoismeat la:he'
! than OF calm and deliberate thought. Brownron:
| temperament aud previous career, give token ths
he is liable to such nouvn,ary impulses, and sobe
secoud though. vii! Get hin rShs on thsse via
, questions.
Take his argument as he presents il, and its essen
tial point carries With I, tie evidence Of m own fai
lacy. II slavery bs an abnormal condition OF bu
rnanity, and contrary TO ,ts law OF nature" as h
maintains then ha. the world been on. Of Joint from
its beginning until now. History furnishes us witt
no people race in which slavery has not existed IL
some OF its modifc.,Ions. Every quarter Of tb,
| of haGc HI. n.e(
II. quota Of examples sufficient to satisiy the mot.
!ncret ulous Of its eIissRcs. Even in ths heart o
the very city from which the Quarterly beams III
b.ngnant light and civ'zlng rays, lis ediio
| may 6ud arnod; numosrles. illustrations ol the III
voluntary subsctior OF one large part OF his race II
ths ohsr II, ther slavery De abnormal, II hss beer
universal! Aud if tho attempt 10 exclude il, in th'
form Of AFrioiu sssvtu1s, frVIR this territories ss
succeed, i: will exs, there in another and perhaps
worse form. Bur sa"srY is Tot, never bss been anc
nGvar viii bc, u.dlr cera!a RESTRICTIONS, contrary (:
! the law Of pa,urs. Iii, now, s;way- has been and
! will a,weYs be, c1asi,te1! viii :hat law To- keep nei
in s,avery, long a: iasir :ue:!,! civilization an:
tslf inc .p.city .:G care o themselves stall Ter
der u more 5uin.ne - re..u ihea tnus ;hGn 10 Gel
tEscl f:ee. And VIA ;a!s sa;a CT ..nsa "-isi',
is ID ii.sf O. absolsi.y rsht 10 ksep Asrcau slave
in bondage, and hod them as properly Ia The tersi
tories, az u either Of ihs orisEs! ;h!:ser Sia.sd.
n.owpson, too, hu. aI;osetnsr mi.sppreheni1d tn.
force Of bis 233itop as an ui:fa SGea rish.s acvo
cate, wheu be argues IN supper: ci i"s noo.e1:sH
uiou Of this property institution He f1ree;s o'
seems 20 .orgs., that the Eessl:s oe rho rights CT
EsS Yorker outside of his State, i. Q: shnrd he iat
same with the rights Of ;hs v'rS'oiap, ana no more
| And i: will di,oovsr no Little cune's Of perspicac:'j
20: 20 perceive r.. he !aS c! the Cnion is not any
ris. squa which, IL The sane breath, allows ID;
Yankee 70 take his notions Of every KIDD into IT,;
common territory, aud prohibits. the V:rginuu from
carrying his slaves This would DO e1uaty With {
vengeance.
Bro.nsou i, alike at fault when he e.'em2:e TO Ge
Cue :hs negro'e position as "being a m.n, hu:nst
SOUL" aud, therefore, endowed yths laws ofnatu',
! With all The rights OF a rk;.s m7s." lie Is nnques
tion.bly man and 4 human soui but II dcea not ne
necessarily follow that because b. 's either or both
be has by the lava Of nature or OF natures God ons
io,a of the rights Of any other than negro. W.
could, BY course OF reasoning as logical "a Nr
Brovnson's deduee King Ponpey's Claim to The SOW
ereig1ty oil trea Drltain!
Mr. B:ownson is equally 10 error 10 asserting thai
Il is the municipal lap which creates the distinction
between the white aud TIE black racs and dstsro'ne'
their inequality. While It Is true that there ' di'
linction srisng from the municipal Jaw. 1t Ia ast
true tha: antecsde to it and above Ii and beyond II!
there existed essential differences which had deer
mined, and would have determined, Independently o.
all muuicpal law. the relative status OF tho negro ir
the social system.
We .b.ll no. stop to undertake. the defence OF toe
Supreme Court decision in tho Dreo eco't case Inc
opinions Of the court in that case VIII % shery pup
lished and will amply vindicste the wisdom OF int
court We havo no fear that Greeley or brownsoi
shall prove Themselves better eIpounders OF the
Constitution than Chief Justice Taney and bis con
federates.