The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-09-09
SLAVERY,

article 10 which alludo, ID the snswer
TO communication from ga true South
ernor" published in your paper law
weeks since. The wliter OF this article Is
very little in the habit Of writing for
newspaper but feeling that the whole
argument Of "Verilas" is untenable and
contrary to the teachings and spirit Of
all law, human and divine, have con-
cuded TO notice some OF his arguments.
The text of "Vertas" is, "EXtremes
meet and upon this he bases all his ar
gument and from this deduces all his con-
illusions, Without entering upon dig
cusSion of the conslilutionality or non.
consttuionalily Of the law prohibiting
the African slave trade, | will notice The
position OF Veritas lhal"a true Southern
er" and the aboli,oniss, by their res.
pectivc courses and policy, are alike
! for dissolution. SO far as the aboli.
ZIONIST is concerned agree with Veritas
that if his views are engralted upon
the country and carried out, the result
must inevitably be disunion;'tho aboIi.
ZIONIST is SO reckless as to disregard the
constitution and confess his disregard,
and claim TO be supported by "highef
law Admitting that the constitution
of the United States does recognize the
institution Of slavery, but insists that the
institution is an immoral and degraded
one, and therefore must be aboljs shed, and
from this train, Of reasoning the aboli'
ZIONIST is a distnionist.
On the other side the Southern rights
man claims that the institution is moral.
Iy, politically and socially right and
that it is ordained Of God. Such is always
the doctrine Of the true Southern man,
in this he meets with opposition in tho
wild abolition moralist, unsupported by
any authority save the heated, whirlng
brain OF the emancipation monomanac.
The Soulhrn Rights man goes still fur.
| lher and says to "lanaic North, -
slavery is a right guaranteed TO me by
| the constitution, ii is a part and parcel
Of the articles Of coparlncrshjp under
which the several originally -and now
in sense. independenl states live, and
have political existence, " hen these
states me. to thin. snl Consult together
about a confederation. lh.s institution
was one OF the subjects ofserouS thought,
reflection AMI discussion in that palrl.
otjc aud lacneI body representing the
colonies. and finally that deIiberative
and deep thinking body adopted Tor the
people of the whole Union--who sane
TONED il--a compact recognizing in
Iellcr and spirit the institution Of slavery
then it become a partof the contract o.
the Union. 1t was and is one Of the chains
that brought US together, and forms a very |
important link in the tie Of our political |
CO existence, it was and ia a condition in |
the articles of union and copartnership |
between the States, and all the true South. |
ern man wants is the execution OF thai con.
tract, he wants nothing more, he will have
nothing less. Oh, but says Veriias this de.
mand on the part of the South may leod
TO disunioD. | do not know how that
may be, but for one | am ready to say if
demand or the enforcement of my con.
slitulional rights leads to disunion, let it
lead there. If the South is 10 be denied
the privileges and rights Of freemen and
that too when those rights ale in aliena.
bly, vested in them by contract by their
fathers. Then let us cease to be con.
sttuent Of that government which
refuses the contract. If the doctrine Of
submission thus taught to and sought 10
be impressed upon the South be the true
one, no one has security even in Ten.
nessee against the hand of the plunderer.
If we must submit to gross and pal pable
wrong because resistance might or even
would produce division, then by the
same mode Of reasoning, the owners Of
all kinds of estates mus, never open their
lips or raise an arm against the tfess.
passer upon his rights, but submit to it,
and allow him TO take it, and convert to
his own use, although the laws OF God
and man afford him plain, unembarrass.
I'd remedy, he must not claim protection I
under these laws, because he thereby 9
-uns great risk Of producing division I
md i'll will ia the community in which I