Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-03-05
Slave Abolition 'Agitators." "

Notwil Standing tie severe rebuEe Civ
en- to the violent abolition agita'ors'' by
their signal defeat a. the lac Presiieniia
contest there are S i'll some few brain Graz
ed agitators lurking among llepeope. over
our country. who are continually harpihg
upon The old song OF slavery, wish no
seeming SPECIAL purpose either. except TO
aggTavaie the ci liens of the Southern
States by continually lacera,ing their feel
iags and pride to an unmerciful extent. and
in manner altogether unjus iliable. unrea
sonable and senseless. Now. we are as
strongly an i-slavery Ii sentiment. as any
other can be, but We are disposed 20 be
governed by right reason. in the consid-
era ion Of a subject which is Of so much
moment to those whose ial interests are
so immensely involved in the evil. We
live in a Free State, and have all the proper
affection and veneration for Liberty. to
which its sacred inspired principles ever
must command from "A purely patrio ic and
Freedom loving people. We have never
possessed any interest in such property rs
negro slaves, nor would we cnnsentt, be
Owners even slough they sh,ulI be be-
quei he'd 70 us by legacy. We abhor the
len of slave ownership. because hat we
were Free born. among Free people bu'
hen we know hat there are very many
ihousan IS among he ci iz.ns nf the South
ern S a'es VIII" are noble-milIei patriotic
Americans. AM fully sensible, too. 10 he
unnasuia al degsa lai,n # the negro, in his
hapleSs condition Of slavery. Bat those
same ci izens bel ~ il 4 nature of their
nativity. suffered 10 ci Gums anccs and
Influences which control tEeir advance and
progress in life, become reconciied TO, and
confirmed in opinion. that negro slavery is
jus:ifable, because thar 1t is essential to
the prosperity Of Safes in hot Southern
climates, where white labor could not en-
dure the necessary expos are for The cult
va.ion of the lands in that region. This
being with them a settled conviction, which
the past his ory cf the country has no!
disproved. they naturally claim the right
To oexercise their privilege. in common with
the citizens of other portions of the Union,
TO do in such manner. wi hin the limits of
their sphere Of action. as may be best cal.
culay"d to promote their happiness and ad-
vance their prosperity. Is there anything
wrong or Unreasonable in tlis? Should
hey ln.r have The same right anJ privilege
in tie Safes Of which they are na.ives, To
prosecute their energies. by means best
adaped to serve the multiplicity IF inter
esls in which hey are engaged. rs the cit-
zens of the North, IN the prosecution ofl
their various pursuits ef Industry, Com
merce and Manufactures. We speak, not
as the advocates of slavery, but as The ad
vocates Of equal Justice to- all--that one
portion of the citizens If oar States. should
enjoy their sovereign righis. as may best
accord with Il cir views of what is proper
and requisite for their welfare, equally, |
and with as much freedom of ac ION as the
ci.izens of another, and more favored por-
ton OF the American Union, in their gi- |
gantic strides of prosperous enterprise. If
we, at the North. are more favored and for
tunate than those at the South. let us study |
to be content with our favored condition,
and make ourselves harpy in the enjoyment
of it.
We have been led to the above remarks, |
from conviction Of duty we owe to our
readers-there are SO many subtle publica-
tions which come under their notice. taint- |
ed with fonat,cisns, upon the subject of
slavery, that we recommend that they
should ever cautiously guard against those
rank abpli ion statements SD freqrenil. ut
tered In those rabiI abolition slice;s scat
leredsbroalcast over the county they are
miscl.isvous IN their purpose, and cannot
f,il To prove greatly detrimental tostbe
peaceful continuance of our beloved Union.
Our paper isneu.ral, we are conservative in
principle, and would 10 God that all The
American people were governed more by
those considerations for the general good.