The Washington union., 1857-04-23
WASHINGTON CITY.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1857.
DRIED SCOTT.

Douglass into temporary III not everlasting OBLIVION,
annihilated the Missouri Compromise, and almost
healed the wounds of bleeding Kansas His name
resounds in all the leading Journals of Europe, from
the Paris Consittioane to the London Times; and of
all the Scots past present and future, from Michael
Scott the magician to he Great Unknown, the great
bred is the most dreadful. No wonder the negro is
beginning to look down with contempt on the white
man. He certainly makes much greater noise in
the world just now, and the rights of man all
absorbed in those of the gentleman Of color.
When we come to consider the subject this
sumption of superiority the part Of the negro is
by no means surprising. Under the auspices of the
higher law, the descendants of the African slaves
in the United States constitute privileged order.
The leading dogma of the new wsystem Of ethics, and
that which constitutes the basis of the entire struc
ture is, that the condition Of slavery releases the
slave from all social moral political and religious ob
cations There are some propositions which, though
apparently based great abstract principles, are
of such monsrous and wicked absurdity as to be be-
yond the sphere Of reason argument, and whose
enormy can only be demonstrated by their practical
consequences. Such is the case with this abolition
dogma.
The slave being thus released from all obligations
of religion reason, and humanity becomes fere natu
re, and may be hunted at pleasure Being at perfect
liberty to prey on Others others have equal right
to prey on him and the master, being thus left to the
mercy of wild beasts in the shape of men, is iustif-
able in securing his own safety by dealing with
slaves as with horde of savages ignorant or re-
gardless of all those obligations imposed by the
laws of man or the laws of God. The rule works
both ways. If the condition of slavery releases the
slave from all obligations human and Divine. it equal
ly released the master, and he may treat him as
outlawed enemy who has forfeited all claim to the
Offices of humanity. Thus we may see the inevitable
result of the practical application of this reasonable
dogma. 1t places the two races-the master and the
slave-in the relative position of the civilized man
and the lawless savage and justifes him, under the
great law of sefpreservaton, in resorting to every
means of defence, even to the extent of extermi-
nation.
On the other hand the slave, being released from
all moral and legal restraints is no longer under any
obligation to any law, human Divine, and may rob,
murder, and set fire to his masters home without
violation of either. As to legal constitutional re-
straints, he is elevated far above these, and his
dition of slavery makes him the freest man in the
world, for he can do Just as he pleases If, under
the influence Of abolition inspiration lie feels an in
clnation enjoy the sweets Of starvation and liberty
amid the SHOWS of Canada, the hospitals and PEN
itentiaries of the northern States he may under the
sanction of the higher law steal his horse and ride
away trumphantly to the land of promise, where he
may live like gentleman without work, and die in
ditch. If his master ofiends him in any way, he is
perfectly justifable in poisoning him. his wife, and
his children or setting fire to his house. and burning
them all up to cnder. In short, if We fairly ana
lyze this portentous dogma, and look to the
quences to which il inevitably leads shall find it
saturated with all the ingredients of crime all the
stupendous evils which invariably result from releas
ing mankind from those wholesome restraints inn
posed by law, reason, justice, and humanity. Fine
times these for cufee and sambo!
Yet this is the new code of ethics preached from
the pulpit by thousandaye, three thousand
tongues and disseminated far and wide by timer
ant lecturers, ranting demagogues and Governor
Slade's peticoat missionaries lis it not fine moral
code to be propoundcd to ignorant, revengeful
race, who are thus taught that it is not only their
right but their duty to violate every law of the land
every obligation of humanity, and every prccept Of
the Gospel? Is it any wonder that, thus instructed
the negro is every day becoming more and more the
nveterae foe Of our and the ncendary of socie
ty, numbering his MASTER burning poisoning and
committing every outrage characteristic of the gnor
ant, delided and revengeful slave? He is only prac
tcally illustrating the great fundamental dogma Of
abolition, only carrying out the first principle Of the
higher law which exoneraes him from all moral, So
cial and religious obligations.
Nothing is more difficult than dealing with dog
ma 1t scorns all argument, and de6es all demonstra-
ton The dogmatist exclaims, al know am right.
am sure the thing so therefore it is So and there
is no use in arguing the question" None but Don
Quxotte would attack such windmill. Reasoning
is thrown away, and ridicue only kicking against the
pricks
Such is the case with the genuine unadultcrated,
thorough-going abolitionist Cased in the invune-
rabe armor Of selfconceit, and vain of that which
makes all rational men ashamed of their race, he
riots in the contempt Of his fcow-creatures, and
his highest ambition is to be despsed by all but his
fellow-laborers He places himself on level with
those lustrious martyrs Of yore who offered them
selves up as victims at the shrine Of truth and per-
suades himself he win become equally illusrious by
booo,,;no, tlo anostle of error While pereocutino