The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-11-06

Editors ress and Tribune.
Senator Douglas claims in all his
speeches that it does not CONGO him or
US whether slavery be voted up ur voted
down in the Territories. This is only
one Of the many false doctrines prvmul-
gated by the arch demagoguc.
Passing by the fact that slavery is .
national disgrace, aud thereto affects the
pride of every American, slavery in the
Territories and States affects the
whole United States, because it renders
the locality in which it exists insecure.
Slavery Is national weakness. On this
point let US quote little history for the
benefit of Judge Douglas, who seems sad
ly deficient in the knowledge of it.
During the fourth French aud Indian
war, Gov. Dinwiddie, of Virginia, replied
to call for assistance by saying: ave
dare not part with any of our white men
at any distance, as We have to keep a
watchul eye over our negro slaves"
In all the various troubles we have ex-
percnced since we became a nation, the
condition of the slave States has been a
source of continued alarm In 1898, We
were menaced with i war with France
Troops were voted, and Washington was
made Commander in Chief lie cnbra-
cet an early occasion to warn Govern
sncut Of its chief danger Writing to
the Secretary of State, he expresses the
conviction that the French would make q
descent in the Southern quarterrof the
Union: First, because it is the weak
est; second, because they viii expect,
from the tenor OF the debates in Con-
gress, to find more friends there; thirdly
because there can Je no doubt Of their
arm'ng oar oun negro stares against
US
lie writes to President Adams that
the French ought not to be allowed to
make such an establishment, "acquiring
thereby strength from the disaffectcd and
tie stares, ,ehom 4 haze no doutt they ,ctti
arm The same opinion WIS expressed
by Gen. Knox in letter to Washington,
written July %, 1898. He says: Their
black troops from the islands will be
made a powerful instrument in the in
VISION OF the Southern States, on the
we'll grounded expectation of exciting
the slaves to all the cnormities practiced
! by the negroes of the islands on their
former masters. A natural desire of
liberty, joined to the all-powerfu opera.
tlons OF ambition, would be irresistible in
the minds OF our negroes
Tie year previous, Otis, Of Massachu-
sets, depicted in Congress the horrors OF
such all event. A hostile invasion"
said he, "briDgins seeds of revolution
with it, might excite there in the South
war of the most dreadful kinda war
Of slaves against their masters thereby
cndangerins the union of the States 81
| dear to all, and the preservation OF which
| by the creation Of national character,
ought to be the great object Of all. -
Jefferson was imbued with similar frars
The horrors OF the ST. Domingo nassa.
ere were recent. lie wrote to friend
concerning his fears, remarking "that
| perhaps that massacre might prepare
tAelr minds for peaceable aceomnodd-
tiou between justice, policy, and necessl-
| ty." "lt something is not done,
and soon done, We shall be the murdercgs
| OF our own children"
In the Virginia Convention to act on
tthe question OF accepting or rejecting
the Constitution OF the United States,
| Gov. Randolph, speaking OF slavery, re
marked: Are We not weakened by the
population OF those whom we hold in
slavery! The day may COME when they
may make All Impression upon us -
| Gentlemen who have been long accus-
toned to the contemplation OF the sub
! Ject, think there Is cause Of alarm
the Southern States were more exposed
10 danger than the Northern States on
account of slavery. lie asked: "Wha
parts arc the most likely to staed in need
Of protectiont The weak parts, which
are the Southern States" Mr. Nicholas
said "Who Will be the most likely to
wan; the aid of tho mi!ita2 The South
cru States, Who are the most likely to
be called for? The Northern States. :"
The slave trade, says he, adds daily
to our weakness Geo. Mason sail ::
The augmentation Of slaves weakens
the States Patrick Henry said "sla-
very Is detes,ed-we feel its fatal effect,
daily"
During the debate in Congress, in
1907, on the abolition of the slave trade,
the danger of slavery to the Union was
chief topic. Early, of North Carolina,
said 1--WE of the South consider slavery
a dreadful evil" In 1906 he said -
"Rehectirg men apprehend inealculable
evils from it at some future day" Early
was an ardent Southern Rights man, not
outstanding the u,tsrance of these sell
tilnents. Holland, of North Carolina.
took the same view. Slavery said
he, "is generally considered a political
evil j"
In 1914, during the war with Great
Britain, Admiral Cochrane, then in CON-
mand OF the British blockading squadron
oft Chesapeake, issued proclamation ITO
persons DESTROYS of emisrating from the
United States addressed in fact to the
slaves. To such persons, with their
families, reception was offered on board
any OF the British ships of war, with
the choice of entering either the land or
naval service, or being sent as fire. SETTLERS
to the British Possessions ia North Ame-
RIGA, or the West Indies. There is rca-
son to believe that plan suggested by
some OF the British officers, for taking
possession Of the peninsula between Del
aware and the thoa. peake Bay and there
training black army; was only rejected
by the British, for tho reason, being
shareholders themselves, they did not
like to encourage insurrecticn elsewhere,
as it might lead to retaliation. La ease
of n fufira war with E,uI, md ,h,g> ,a