The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-04-22


has complete CONTROL of the Democratic oroapi-
zatlon Of the country And, to the shame and
everlasting disgrace of portion of that party in
the NORTH, 1T seems willing, for the sake of the
few miserable crumbs which NAV fall from, the
table OF its master, to bow down and do its i'm
perious bidding Talk of "Northern fanati
cism Be it so. Something NAV we'll be mar
doned to the spirit OF Liberty; but for the spirit
which would carry Slavery into Territory
wrested from the people of the free States bv =
breach of plighted faith, against the earnest re-
monstrance of an overwhelming majority of
the people of that Territory, and at the ex
Pense of every principle of truth, honor, ius-
tice, and fair-dealing, among men, nothing can
be said by way of excuse or palliation Il is
gross, outrageous, impudent, and unmiti-
gated wrong. And it is series of aggressions
such as this which has driven the people of
the North where they are obliged to make
stand IN self-detence, or see all those principles
which are dear to freemsn,. and which they have
always been taught to cherish and revere, for
ever repudiated and trampled under foot And
by the blessing OF God, we will defend ourselves
and resist this great wrong. And if for this the
Union Is to be destroyed, for one cannot help
it Life is not 80 dear, nor peace SO sweet nor
the Union so sacred, as to be purchased at the
expense of chains and slavery" and the humili-
alton of an entire people, in whose veins yet
III
on Bunker's Hill
Sir, ,he origin of this notification party, and
this d union sentiment at the South, lies deeper
than tie Slavery question. 1t had its rise from
other fuses, and the Slavery question has only
been s. lied upon, in the language of Mr. Calhoun.
TO "Jose the issue" upon the people of the North
The representatives of the same party, which in
1882 attempted notification on account of the
tariff, today threaten to dissolve the Union if
az 70 rasAa II N
know ,ut that there has always been a disuniop
party the South, but it never fairly showed ;ts
head Ill about 1880. As have intimated. the
tariff ,ollcy was then the ostensible cause of
grlevs, ce, and it is not little remarkable that
the V, man who did more than all others at
the nth in favor of the policy of a PROTECTIVE
tariff ID 1916, in fifteen years afterwards under
took u break up the Confederacy because of the
very policy which he had helped to inaugurate
The ostensihle cause then, as have said, was
the taTtfi at other periods since that time, and
now Is Slavery, But one leading reason then,
and now, as believe, ia, a secret discomfort ON
the part of portion Of the South, at some
tancied inequality in the working of the Federal
government by which, as is supposed, the North
nave gained some undue advantage over the
South 1t is seen that, while the North is stead
lily advancing in population, in wealth and in
telligence, and in everything that marks the pro.
gress OF great and prosperous people, the South
is on the retrograde-her ,snds run 10 waste
ner population comparatively diminishing, and
ner commerce destroyed; and this state of
things q portion of her people are insane enough
to suppose results from some unequal WORKING of
the Federal machinery, and they see no remedy
Dut "a the bursting asgndsr of the fraterna
bonds which hsye so long united the South
with the korthl Sir, the cause of this apparent
decay Of The South may be looked for nearer home
A population OF ignorant anthrifty slaves. who,
according to the honorahle Senator from South
Carolina, have no aspirations, is not a founda-
ton on which to build the material industry
OF nation; nor is it in the midst of such a
community that manufactures and the mechanic
arts Will flourish, or that agriculture will be best
developed Slaves cannot build ships: nor sail
nor navigate them when they are built If then,
ha1WHhstanoIng the comparative barrenness of
ner soil and the rigor of her climate. the North
mas continued to prosper, whilst decay and death
are stamped upon the once fertile fields of the
Sa9s s Is d not jh an RSs adj
FREE hABoR, which, Notwithstanding the con-
tempt in which such labor is held at the South,
Is at once the pride and glory of the free States
And, Mr.. Chairman, have not the people of
the North just cause for alarm when they see the
systematic attempt of leading statesmen to de-
bauch the p96liS sentiment of the country upon
th4s question OF LABOR, which forms the very sub
stratum of society in the free StatesP And, in
passing, cannot help referring to some of the
sentiments which have been put forth in the
eoNrss OF this debate on this subject. They have
been quoted repeatedly before, but desire to
emoody them in my remarks, that the honest
Woodworking, intelligent men of the old Granite
State, may see in what estimation they are held
by those who are striving tor day to push Slavery
into the Territory which so recently belonged to
them and to their free Institutions
quote, first from speech of Hon. Andrew
Johnson, Of Tennessee recently delivered in the
Senate, and which listened to myself:
"when you form community out ofirdi RITUALS they
commence the work OF production and ply 81
cal and as society moves a. through ime ind some
higher 3aees not care whether YOU cali il slavery
sersitude the tchO has mental Offices 10 srforp IS
ne slars OF ne Ssrpant care moi ehstr he 'O O!aek
serviiude or slavery grows out OF organic structure
OF man. All the talk hear in deprec alton of Slavery
is IDLE and great Ros.on OF it mere twaddle Slavery
exists s an Ingredient Of society growing out OF mans
enIal ana physical and the only question
for US to discuss is what kind of Slavery shall have
Wa YOU hars 'ehite black Sar1y! Shall be volunta
W or involuntary ,"
Also, from the speech of Gov. Hammond, of
South Carolina, delivered in the Senate on the |
4th of the present month, IS follows
In all social sys,etas there be a class do the
menla duties 70 perform the drudgery of life, that
GLASS SECURING but low order Of intellect and but ii tie
skill It's requisites are vlgor docilty, fidelity Such
sdSs hdye tcOuld hare that OST
vhieh leads progress eirilEation, and reesnt II
The rery Of society and o pOsaI govern
n'e't and you might as well ateIar 20 build house in
air. as to build either the one or the other except
this nit<d-SH
aThe s-sayor ola New York said yesterday, that the
whole world had abolished Slavery. Aye the name but
mol the singi nl the of the earth abolish
that God only do il when he repeats the fat the
poor ye ays have with you for ne man ,ko aces b
daily kbor, and scarcely res that and Seho has 10 par
out ms abor IA The market and ske he bsSf he GET for
H. hort your achos lass Of n1onuai laJorsys and opsr-
aires cal NHku
are bla 81 gyPfssr ard inferior They
ha2py so9en, una, prng, and utterly Incapable, from
lttile, ua Weakness, TO give any trouble by
their pirauons Yours Ichs Of your race yos
ere oTOsers Of one blood They Equals ~ ot4Ta!
sotss do ots We girs tae11 no political
pouer Yours do cote and ksSng ti MAJORITY. they the
dfPOsil ,nes Of AZ sOps 2O''Hsd! fO'eer.
III. sand, MIR. Chairman, that the evil which |
men lives after them, but the good is often |
intertyA with their bones" Sir, these senti- |
mena. striking as they do at the very foundation
of the true sources of wealth and greatness of
nation, ,wil live laAs after their authors shall
have psssad from earth, and the good they may |
Asve.done shall be forgotten.
And,fsir, these are not the sentiments of OBJ |
having but little influence, but they |
are the, sentiments of leading Democrats "-of
men, without whose active aid and cooperation |
land of others holding the same sentiments) the |
present so-called Democratic organization |
could not hold together a single day.
SIR with us at the North we have no "class !
which leads progress, civilization, and refine
ment," as contradistinguished from .nose who
we want none. We hold that society
so constituted ia fslse ana aristocratc state of
society, and we sepsdate it. 1t is no part of true
Democracy. Ali classes of our people are obliged
90 work--and yet they are capable of leading in
" progress, in civilization, and refinement" From
the earliest period of youth, they are taught that
industry is one of the highest virtues--that labor
is honorable, and idleness disreputable We have
no aristocratic class born to luxury and ease,
and who subsist upon the unpaid toll of an in