Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-27

deaf ear to these stern responsiveness of the South
ern Democracy, and interpose his shield between
them and Walker, in that event we will not hesitate
to censure him as We have censured Robert j..
Walker II MIR. Buchanan means to repudinte those
objectionable acts" to which "Ths South" REFERS be
bas surely singular way of intimang his intentions.
The Presidents message, we presume will enable US
to decide positively whether our Deghbor will boldly
declare war against the Administration, or not.
IS NEGRO SLAVERY A CLIMATIC INSTIT u
TION7
AS Abolitionsm has advanced by an increase of
its votaries, in the bodness Of it's designs and in its
actual encroachrnents upon the rights of the South,
the subject Of slavery has been investigated with ad
donal energy and interest. And the result is that
those in our midst who we're once somewhat ikepti.
cal as to the moral ustne,s as we'll as the POLITICAL
social and industrial advantages of the institution
have had their doubts dspellsd and they who have
always cherished, defended and advocated It, have
furnished themselves with more facls and arguments
Ia support of it at each stage Of their investiga-
tons So that Dow instead Of confning themselves
to justification of negro slavery, the Southern peo
pie boldly defy it's enemies to present any system Of
society comparable to their own, in all the elements
Of happiness, prosperity and peace-n all that makes
nation great, government safe aud people conser
vative, intelligent and contented. The sentiment
against slavery is subsiding not only in the non
savehoding section of this country, but, if We mis-
take not, throughout the civilized world. 1t is based
upon morbid philanthropy in some individual in
stances but with the Abolition party of the North,
and with France and England it is founded in poi.
cal purposes, and in selfish Jealousy.
Intelligent and enterprisng men in the free
States, whose lives are devoted to money making, 10
the attainment of domestic happiness, and not to the
ambitious aims of politicians, are well aware that
their own interests are only injured by the agta
ton Of the slavery question, but also, should the abo
itionsts succeed in overthrowng the institutions Of
the South, that The falling edifce would catch and
crush all, whether without or within it. They )eel if
they do not see the necessity of slavery in the South.
ern States. And hence they hold on to the Union,
End contend for the rights of the South. The North
Is for the most part manufacturing and COM
msrcal sectoD and these business men are the repre-
sentatives Of the interess if not Of the political opin
ions of hundreds of thousands, who, like themselves,
are indirectly dependent upon the products Of the
South. Let the employee understand his interests
as well as the employer, and the demagogues of the
North will soon find that they can no longer climb
into Office upon the shoulders o! their dupes. Whe.
ther the masses of the free States are becoming more
enlightened In relation TO urnstitutions and especial
y in connection with their interests or to whatever
cause or causes tmsy be attrbuuted,ts evident from
the late elections, that Black Republicanism is tend
ing downward. And whether the governments OF
Great Britain and France have made the discovery
that negro slavery is far better in the West Indies
and much more in accordance with the laws OF ma.
ture and the rights of man every where the bond
age of unequal race; or whether they look upon the
United States government no longer with the hope
that it may yet prove failure, but now regard our
own prosperity as in great degree connected with
theirs through the mutual commercial relations OF the
great countries Of the world there is we think good
ground for the prophecy that in less than half CEN
tury If the Union lsss, the institution OF slavery IN
the Southern States Of this confederacy, will not on
ly have extended over and tranquilized countries
now torn with cvi! strife, but that it will also need
no other guarantees Of safety than IT'D own patent
evidences OF its utility.
IL
yond those lines Of latitude which divide cold eli
mates from warm. Not that We consider slavery like
delicate exotic which must Immediately sicken and
de- il it is transpanted to temperature single de-
gree warmer or colder than that of the soil to which It
is indigenous. But believing it to be an institution
adapted by the God Of nature, in hs mysterious reg
ulations Of the laws of the universe, TO climates ap
proximatng most closely to that of the Africans ma
tive land We think it performs its functions in an i'll
dustral point Of view, profably aud naturally
in warm than in cold countries. The very facts on
which We rely in defending the institution of slavery
also sustain this theory. We contend that the negro
is peculiarly suited to field labor in the South, in the
cultivation of tobacco cotton rice, sugar, &C. be-
cause he is endowed by nature With the capacity Of en-
during much greater degree of heat than the white
man; and by parity of reasoning must follow, that as
the climate becomes codeso negro labor is ess neces
sary and less lucrative, because the African energies
and faculties are less available on account of his ply
sica adaptation to different temperature. If this be
not go, why has slavery been obliterated in those
States of the Union lying North Of certain line OF
latitude, and not in those South OF i'll or It this IL
owing to any other cause, why 1t that it has not
beep abolished or that it has not died out ndiscr
uaey in disconnected portions of the country without
observing go distinct and regular line of demarca-
toni
We need not expect to extend the institution Of
slavery where nature does not direct it. Senteres
ever has been is now, asd will always be the great
motor of mankind at least in all such enterprises as the
establishment of social institutions. And unless me-
gro labor is better adapted to the culture OF certain
soil than white labor it is idle to expect that slavery
will be adopted in consideration OF its advantages
morally and politically. Even the enlightened peo.
pe OF this country are not educated to that point o.
the philosophy Of government yet. The South must
look Southwark for the expansion OF her institutions
There are empires in that direction magnificent in
extent and in the advantages Of geographical location
soil and climate over which Anglo o-Americanism
seems deatined to obtain controls and when that time
comes negro slavery is sure to follow in the foot
steps of constitutional liberty, as that daylight is
preceded by darkness.
THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON SAFELY LANDED
ON THE CAPITOL soUARE-A LABOR OF LOVE
POPULAR ENTHUSIASM.
About p. NJ. yesterday We were astonished TO
see the monster. boz, containing the bronze eques
trisn statue of Washington, moving brisky up the
heavy grade of ninth street, Mr.. j. R. Andersons
solid broadron wheel wagon drawn by the hands and
hearts of more than thousand Of our citizens, in
cluding all ages. The box, weighing nineteen tons.
was conveyed from the head of the dock along 18th
street to Mainland there, the horses showing
want of power the people took bodily possession
OF the immense case and, amidst joyous shoutings,
carried it up Main to 9th, along 9Th to Broad, along
Broad to lOth and thence through an opening in the
iron railing into it's proper place in front of the
Monument. 1t was grand and delightful spectacle,
a. the mountain box, drawn by hundreds of the
citizens, with agent McGloy and Capt Sam. Free.
man and Ensign Krischman, Of the Blues, with
their asg on the wagon in front, overcame all obsta.
clss and was safely landed amidst enthusiastic cheer.
iues. Only a few moments suficed for the crowd to