Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-06

other residents Of these regions cannot be passed over
rs utilities. They possess III existence aud rights,
and u certain position, as well as the shareholders, ana
they are a part of tic SouIh as much IA The slave
holders"
In the fourth place it says, "neither is it to be con-
coded that the scheme of forced or bonded labor.
which the Shareholders have adopted, is an institu-
ton Of the Southern States; IL Is only n custom or
usage of Southern society, which the laws OF the
State permit, and to a very small extent regulate, but
which the laws do not ordain either rs su element OF
political life, or a. a part of the public administra-
ton" ut is an entirely domestic status or re-
| ls,ion, q mode of existence in which individuals stand
10 each other, like a partnership, or like n contract
for labor, or like an incorporation for special private
purposes" : = "In giving themselves out as Mc
Southern Skatcs,' the shareholders commit the same
mistake, which has been made by aspiring classes in
ali ,pas. and if they do not refrain must encounter
The same destipy."' . 'For they may rest as.
.ured, tina, the good sense OF the people, South as
| we'll as North, will soon discern, II II mas not discern
ed already, that thry are neither a geographical diri'
SION Of me country, nor a pmhiic authority Of The com
try, but only a class Of citizens residing IN particular
paris"
In the fifth place it says, 'our Federal Constitution
recognises peculiar relations, subsisting between tht
inhabitants of certain States OF this Union, 6nt a
kROps nothing Of siarery as property az man"
80 far is il from regarding any Men as c'iattels, tina
it expressly excludes that idea. Knowing human be
| ing. only as persons, it is impossible that it should
huu oc iipPOityf W. ''V WV hA'hS 'iN N''S
TALLY Incompatible; so that the Constitution, in choos
ing one Of these ideas, necessarily rejects the other
Ii refers to certain persons h,id Ia Ssrrict,' and IL
certain inhabitants NOT FREE thar il, not politically
citizens; but II nowhere refers to 'Si1rcs' a. such, nor
TO any class Of men as property.' ' Not being
constitutional nor international, slavery is then local
or municipal" " . : .But being local !, has no riphl
in the Territories. In refusing i, admittance there,
you simply refuse to give universal validity 10 a pri
vate and peculiar usage. you ]iptrings no riyht of an,
1 Mate. nor OF fS Tlp0DIc m - SIry, Won, .v- "a
those who are SO unfortunate rs to live where slavery
is tolerated las to others that as people, as member,
OF a community, as citizens of a State, they may q
where they please; but as shareholders. as a peculia,
class, they uW not be rccoguized there"
In the sixth place. it goes into statistics showing
that whereas, only 93,.s9 natives OF free States in
habit the Southwestern States Of Missouri, Arkan
sas, Mississippi, Louisiana, a7d Texas, there ar
J56, $40 natives of slave States who inhabit IN,
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi
gan and Wisconsin, in order to prove more clearly
that the late and present political contest. was and /
not a contest between the North and the South, BIZ
between slavery" and .':freedom."
Finally it concludes thus: Tine wsr between tn,
two principles of labor, tree labor and slave labor,
in our civilization, Is now fairly engaged. As tn
smoke of the present battle clears away and exposes
the condition of the field, As the merits of the req
issue emerge more and more into light, as the ute
groundlessness Of this cry, about the equality Of tn.
Ststss, becomes more apparent, rs the masses Of th,
ihS S'PlO " AlCtC FbhI Nv az tI-I NC bC
ginning TO discern, the incompatiblilry of slavery ex
tension with their own interests-ihs great s-niimen
of liberty, which is the deepest and most imposing
sentiment OF the American heart, must acquire q
more prevailing weight sin the state Of
opinion now, as compared with thut Of only four
years ago, We possess the evidences ri Il vast revo-
luton. The public mind has been purified Of many
political superstitions, and the public heart beafs
quicker to the call of freedom. The nature Of ,hal
contest which the propagandists OF slavery hav,
forced upon us, is every where mpre accurately esti
mated. Ii il seen to BIZ a contest between property
on the one hand, and popular freedom On the other
in which, the single sristOcratic element Of our socie
ty is pitted against its democratic and progressive
civilization"
II you will observe the political articles in the
limited States Magazine of New York, another
monthly review, with O hundred thousand subscri-
bers, i'll the interest Of the ''Rsdicsl Democracy
You will find the came ideas eet forth and the same
efforts made to array, in solid mass, the day laboring
improperly classes Of the North. las well ~ those VI
the South,) against the property holders of the slave
holding States. The tone Of the partizsn press Of
the North might be received "cum gran0 sails" bu;
when grave periodicals, such as those referred TO, de-
liberstely, i'll their pride of strength, tell You that
The interest of the Northern leboring millions is OPP
posed to the slayeholding interest, aEd that the single
aristucratic element in our society, t. be found asso'
ciuted with the shareholders Of the South, must be
put under the heel, ey;erminate6 aud abolished il
my epstle, the historian may prepare To write upor
nented before he destroyed. PYTHON.