Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-15
The Spirit and Designs OF the Slave
Power.

The Spirit and Designs OF the Slave
Power.
De Bows Review is the literary, political and
commercial organ of our three hundred and
twenty FIVE thousand slave.masters. 1t is conduct
ed with ability though its style is often sophmorie
and turgid. The editor has genius for statistics
and is a profound student of their import. The
country is indebted to him for the valuable Com
pendium of the census of 1850. We apprehend
that he breads the advent of 1860 and its cen
sus 1t will be the death-knen of the Slave
Power.
We give some extracts from De Bow Is Review
for April, that our readers may not be in the
dark as to the designs of our present masters.
The Slave Power boldly declares its ultimatum-
to rule, or ruin: ..s. ID
'In vindicating negro slavery as one of the
established Institutions of the country, and in
aiding to perpetuate it and extend it into new
territories, you will strengthen the Union and
add to the prosperity of the North. Slavery has
ever been in reality the strongest, almost the
only bond of union between North and South. 1t
begets diversity of pursuits and of products, sup
plies markets, supports trade and manufactures,
occasions mutualty of dependence, and prevents
undue rivalry and competition between the two
sections. In its absence our pursuits and pro-
ducts would be similar, trade and intercourse
would cease, the one would furnish no market
to the other section, competition and rivalries
would arise, and a useless and cumbrous Union
would soon be dissolved. Slavery makes Eu-
rome dependent on us. We help greatly TO feed
hor nd 70 oph horc md
manufactures. Blot out negro slavery, and you
arrest the trade of the world, take away mems
breakfast snd supper, reduce their dinners, and
strip them of half their clothing"
The following from Mr.. De Bow is significant.
The revival Of the slave trade and the abandon
ment of the scheme of African Colonization in
Liberia are fit sequel to the violation of plight
cd faith in overthrowing the Missouri Compro-
mise. Fdcilis descensus Aperni !:
''In the January, 1857, number of the Review
we took occasion to dissent from the conclusions
of an article furnished for our pages by w. s.
Grayson, of Mississippi. The author has replied
occupy with the matter at this time. He says
that our position drives us to two things, and en-
ters into the proof of it, to wit: the re-opening
of the slave trade and the closing of the coloni-
zation movement. We admit, without printing
it, the argument in admitting the charge. If it
pleases, let us so be understood. We have not
the slightest objection if the position drives us
to that" @
There is, however, some trembling among our
masters asis confessed by a correspondent from
Abbeville, s. c., as follows:
81 think every man Of reflection must now see
that the institutions of the South are in prcca-
rious condition, and that all the moral and intel
lectual powers Of the Southern mind will be re-
quired to save ourselves from destruction"
The following choice extracts are from an ar
ticle on 1.-THE Conservative Principle:
'The Republican majority in the House OF
Representatives, and the large sectional vote
obtained by Fremont, are facts which, taken
alone, suffice to show that our Union is imperil-
ed.
1.-THE defence of Southern slavery involves,
necessarily, the defence of every existing human
institution, because they all alike assaied by
abolition as notifications of slavery itself. You
of the North cannot conquer them without ia
king issue with them. You cannot admit their
premises and deny their conclusions. If slavery
be wrong in principle, wrong in the abstract,
then all governmental institutions are wrong
and should be abolished. If negro slavery be
| wrong because it is slavery, then are marriage
and church government, and separate ownership
of lands, and parental authority equally wrong
| unless it be proved that white slavery, which
these institutions occasion, is free from the OBJ
iections which apply to ali other kinds of slav-
ery. Conservatives, North or South, have no
an inch Of ground to stand upon, unless they q
once boldly and distinctly take the position, tina
slavery in the abstract slavery in the general
slavery in principle, is right, natural, and neces
sary. Right, natural and necessary, because il
has been universal for there ia no so-called fire.,
| society in the world in which four iiths of tn,
people are not slaves, governed and controlled
not by mere law, but by the viii and ipse dizi
Of superiors; right also, because it is sancsione,
| alike by human and divine law.
The slavery principle is common ground, Of
| which conservatives, North and South, may com
bine, and from which they may assal abolition
and socialism, defend and preserve the Union
1 protect the sanctity Of marriage, secure priyat
! property, maintain parental authority, and CON
serve all other institutions"
'sThe defence of negro slavery as an excep
tional institution is the most absurdly untenabl
proposition that ever was maintained by man
Yet We are glad to hear men PROFOUND it, be
cause they are sure not to stop there. The ar
guments and facts that convince them Of th
propriety Of negro slavery win soon carry thel
| further, and they will find that slavery in ever
form Is right and necessary, as times, place, an
circumstances vary.
i The following extract shows that Souther
4 Conservatives not only mean to conserve slay,
y, but regard themselves as having work {
destruction on their hands. Horace Greeley an
our friendsin in oar own State At Council Bluf
viii take warning.
tJustices OF the peace, grand juries, petit j,
ries, and judges At the South, would find Ia
pretty soon oput down such presses Is the II
buns and the Eberator, 70 gag Parker an
Beeahef, negro Remond, and the wise wonel
. to cage OF to duck the bloomers.n
!. Mr. Do Bow thus comments upon the dsciiu