The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-08

There Is an important historical iact,
bearing upon the question before US, which
| would commend 10 the candid consilcra.
ton 81 educated men, among our oppO-
ucnts II Is this. that from the beginning
OF history, all nations which have held rank
~ leading commercial powers, have had
their tropical az semi tropical co!onic. m
Iossesaions. the labor whereof WAS scrvic
and the abOrers an inferior dark race, d.
rcc,cd au1 controlled by The viii and mind
Of white men. To Giil up tho circle Of
commercial prosperity, it seems there must
be- this variety IN unity combining north
south. cas-, and vest, consisting Of free white
labor where il lIOuTlslfs in temperate
climcs. aph forced dark labor IN the ,ropics.
II we would continue H. grow ia power
IA a commercial nation We must accept The
teachings Of all history, and the conditions
of al cxpcrcnrc, as oar law our rule ~
action
10 convince yourselves tina, have stated
a great political fact you have only To- look
INTO the conn crcial history Of the world.
When WA the period Of Athrnian glory and
power History answers, il was when the
.EQcan, mtropical colonies, with those
Of Sicily and Asia Minor were indi@puta-
lily Grecian possessions.
When were tho Catthagcnians in the
highest Of their commercial grandeur! iIIs
tory answers again, it was when they bcid
undispu,ed possession Of their semi'tropcal
l.yban and slave worked possessions Of
Africa aud the Mediterranean And com
ing b. the commercial nations Of modern
iim.~, and Ink M i6aii II tie ORTIZ II iii
supremacy. does no, this law apply to them
also! History answers IA the Affirmative
and cites the commercial experience Of the
Portuguese. the Spanish, the Dutch, The
French and the English and asserts the
fact that just in proportion IA these nations
have gained or Lost tropical or ml|tropical
possessions, worked by the serviIc labor ola
dark and inferior race Just in that proper.
ton have they risen or fallen in commercial
importance among the nations Of the earth.
This Is no theory, no doctrine but his,ori.
cal fact
rus HISTORICAL fAcr AID oun sorrn.
This law Of commercial power, il jus, u
applicable to our own country ~ any other
The Southern States are our scmi.tropical
possessions There, the labor Of the inferior
negro race, il directed by the superior intel.
lcct OF the white man, on better system Of
scryilr labor, more humane system, than
has ever existed in any other commercial
nation OF course | admit, that there are
gross abuses IN southern slavery that there
are reforms which ought to he made in the
system. let good men everywhere, North
aud South. work iof reform. but not tor de-
struc,ion OF II great necessity, bccausc Of
incidental wrong. The COOL man will
everywhere do his work in accordance with
conscience humanity and the Law oi God
Fanatics only, attempt to rlsc superior Ia
Divine Law to build up for Themselves
tower Of Babel. with all its bcwl,lcrmcu, at
though, and confusion Of tongues.
1871, "a rNaIA>p's SOUTH
At this moment England Is threatened
with the loss Of her tropical and scmi.,ropl
cal India. the rich kohinoor Jewel OF her
crown lndn IA her" South India Is her
rich slaychodlng country. containing ! TO-
900 900 Of scrvilr laborcrs, whom 10y an in
noccnt fiction "l philology, tnglishmen call
" free. II Is conceded Ga all sides that the
loss of India, will sink that great nation 10
The rank ot IN interior power Therefor II
is, tina, We ol America, warmly sympa'hihc
with England and pray Tor her safe deliver.
anca from the present terrible Scpoy rch"l-
lion. This ia not II war of Epgland against
Russia OF any other friendly nation Of oar
own orip,ual blood, in which We might hc
against her. hu, II is IL warof r.,crs in which
our only natural place - on her side
lsy the ,lno shr comes out ol this stryIlc
war may W. not hope that loyal English
men will learn thcucctorth 10 withhold their
interference IN our political affairs. and
CEASE their Cuhab,tation with our abe.
li,ionists. whom they have 80 long been mus
my anl mltonlng ior sacrifice in the war
nl dissolution, expected by them, Ia take
place ,,tw,cn -, Noais ..h, SIS .i,,.ti,
From which all national men pray Good
Lord deliver US
WHY ,NL sL,t EiioLnkRs wt,kGpf
WHY. is 1t our duty to dcnouucc southern
slavery ~ an institution in its very essence
evil and wchcd: did the holding OF NJ.
gro slaves make Arlington, Jefferson. or
jackson wicked men "Bu, am not AN
aholllioni~t, SAYS u Republican. Then, why
loin IN the clamor against the South -
II the experience Of the last quarter OF
century. in the West India Islands in 81,
Domingo and Jamaica shows the madness ri
abolition, why keep up I'll clamor against
Southern Shareholders? The slave cmanci-
ration party nscd TO be almost exclusively
made up OF Southern Shareholders, OF the
Statesmen and Christians Of the South. 49,
They were ready 10 make any sacrifice for
the sake of a principle, a. they did IN the
LAYS Of the Revolution They emancipa,sSl
Us an experiment irom 1850 to 1850. 200,
900 negro slaves. They ~n, some To l.b>
ria. some 70 llay,i others otnc irc States,
prcvnlNl with guardians, outfits, lands AMI
money. Thus have the Shareholders sIent
money enough in the work of negro slave
emancipation to buy up the whole Black
Republic Of the North including its strong.