Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

ruinous to all the Southern States east and north
of Mississippi. 1t is ASSUMED tina, we want labor
aud iUr whatf To make u,ure cotton, so that the
price may be reduced Tor the benefit of the East.
era and European manufacturer and the consumer
Of cotton goods. The rich alluyial soils Of Missis.
si2pi, LouiSisns aud Texas will remunerate the
PLANTER tor his capital and labor better at five cents
per pound for cDttIu than the lands OF South Car
ulina at ten cents, hecanSe IN the West tho same
labor will produce double the quantity. Now, il
Africans erc introduced in such numbers as TO en-.
able every man to buy a slave, what num6er of
bales will be annually prod uced by this increased
labor? The average crops no are about o,OUU,OOU
bales and the price for a few years has averaged
ton cents a mound the supply keeps lace very
nearly with tho demand. il the increased LABOR
would make / 500. 900 bales, to what price would
it descend Would ii command five cents ? and
if not, What district in South Carolina could afford
to grow cotton at that price
4 If the Northern or English manufacturer were nd
~vooating this scheme | could understand it;but Why
Southern planters should be urged TO adopt a poll.
cy which Is to deprecilte their productions ior the
bene6 Of the consumers is to me inconprehensi.
bic.
\ few years since, when We wero opposing the
Wiimot pr0viso, one Of the dangers most to be ap.
pretended, we were told that our slave population
Sould sooa become 50 numerous by natural increase
that they would become valueless. Now that
event is sought to be fastened by pouring upon US
q horde Of wild Africans.
Look to the effect i. is to have on our slaves
themselves. Win you not be placing the instru-
ments Of insubordil nation and rebellion upon every
plantation Oar present slave population has
been for several generations reaching that point OF
civilization aud subOrdination which they have att
tanned they have learned from their very infancy
that the white msu is their superior, and that his
word and his will is their supreme law nor are
they FESTIVE aud impatient under his domination
All fears of Instruction have vanished. and we
sleep in toe assurance Of perfect security in the
denssst slave districts. How was 1t a hundred
wears ago Go to your statute. book, and you will
find that for the purpose of preventing or promptly
quelling instruction among the slaves, many of
whom at that time were recently from the wilds oil
Africa, that every white male inhabitant was re-
ouired to carry with him his firearms and a GER
Tain number of cartridges under a penalty. Do
vou desire to see such q state Of affairs revived in
this country If you do not. keep from contact
with cur slaves those fierce savages who have
known nothing but war and rapine, an! who
will not quietly brook the restraints which our Sc
curity would require us to impose on them.
The argument d~ippantly repeated by its advo'
oates that it will better the. physical and moral con-
ditior OF the African to transplant him here as a
slave does not satisfy my mind that ii would be Just
or right. Are we to constitute ourselves tho judg-
es of what will improve the condition OF other
nations, and proceed to execute that Judgement
without their CONSENT? II the argument Is worth
anything for the African, would it not apply equai'
~ 10 the huTODS1U buQ u oshtl ! Nv" ihahJ
Of the sons aad daughters OF Europe and Asia
would be elevated 10 their moral and physical con-
4dition it they were transplanted, even as slaves. 10
this country ? Could they be numbered by less
than the hundreds of millions? Would it be right
to consulate ourselves their judges, and then be-
come the executioners of our judgement, to make
them slaves? Away with such doctrines and prin.
ciples! They have no foundation in humanity,
philosophy morality or religion.
| now proceed to consider the power and purpose
Of the Democratic party to aphold the Constitution
and preserve the Union. l was gratifed to see that
Senator Hammond, in his late speech, declared
that he did not perceive the signiicancy OF the
term States. Rights Democrats" and National
b Democrats at the present time. The organization
of the party is upon certain declared principles
they are general, and address themselves 20 the
confidence of men who subscribe to those princi
pies residing in all sections and if the party 4
designated as the National Democracy" 1t is be
cause its tenets are not restricted to any section
but embrace the whole Union and not because any
of its principles are centralizing or consolidating
1t has vutlived the Wing party, the Know nothing
party, and trust it will survive the Republican
party. Ny observation teaches me that those in
South who are most bitter in their denunciation Of
the National Democracy" as they are pleased to
designate it are either Know,Nothings or per Sc
disunionists; and as | have no principles in common
with either Of them l have for years been content
10 receive their structures and animadversions with
patient pleasure.
! say to you, follow citizens, that the Democrat
&c party is cntitled to your cordial sympathy as
we'll as your Jealous support. 1t is the only ex
ponent Of the principles you have cherished Tor
many long years, and is the only party willing and
able to maintain your rights in th'
Union. When It is defeated or disinte
grated, you must choose between a submis
sion to sectional fanatical domination and dissolu
ton Of the existing Government. Its principle
have received the sanction of my judgement from
my earliest manhood. and stree 1852 have acte'
in full harmony and fellowship in its organization
and why? There had been in 1850 and 1851, II
most Of the Southern States, a contest betwee
what is called the States Rights and Union partie
growing out Of the passage OF tae compromis
measures. 1t resulted in a determination on 81
part Of the South to acquiesce in it; and whe
the Convention met at Baltimore in June, 1862,
nominate candidates for the Presidency and VIC
Presidency. | found there as a spectator, an
not a delegated both wings OF the Democracy-th
State Rights and Union. They affiliated in ma
ing the nominations, and both heartily united
adopting a platform Of principles. The contest
80 and 81 had revived into a living issue the o.
States Rights doctrines Of 90 and go. Excel
perhaps 10 Virginia and South Carolina preVio'
to that time they had nearly become obsolete. =
The States, Rights men insisted that these resol'
tons should be incorporated in the platform, ar
become a vital article in the Democratic creed.
was unanimously conceded, and the resolution
of '98 and '99-the very corner stone, the Aighe
exposition Of States Ri1hts-was Incorporated
the platform. 1t made the Democratic creed pc
feet, and from that moment | determined upon
hearty and cordial a~fhliation with the party in j
Organization. In 1856, atCincinnati, these principle
were re adopted, and the Democracy from Matt
60 Texas, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, al
pledged in The most solemn manner to the suppo
and biaintainance of the ~strictest rendering OF Il
States-R Rights doctrines. Every man, therefore,
that f nth mnst affiliate with the Democracy if /
expects aid in enforcing his views on the admin
giraiipn of the Government. The Democratic part.
IL it continues true to its creed and principles,
as good a States-Rights party as | desire to a
.~s)ciate with. l go further: no man can BE q Der
,oera. standing on thai platform who is not a State
Rights man. With these undeniable facts befo
Us. does nnt the assumption of q few persons
The South that they are par excellence the State
Rights democrats rest upon II marrow basis? II
,taud between the two wings was buried At Bal
more in 1852 by all uniting on a common platforl
thel treaty of amiiy was reafirmed Mt Cincinnati
12SE and ia IL Uonl faith in eitbar nf thn firm