The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-12-03
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Mr.. Stewards speeches octscTcu uu'
ring the rcccn, political campaign IN
New York. arc attracting an unusual de-
.rce Of attention throughout the country
They arc pcrhaps the first speeclss OF
The kind which have found their way in
10 the Southern Journals. The novelty
Of the views expressed in them, the
strength with which they are cnio5eed'
and the position occupied by NF >cwaFd
a. ,bc leader Of the Frcesosl party give
.hcm an Importance which ;sey Would
40, Otherwise possess. He 10 Haaa q
high order Of iu,eilcc,, cool. calculating.
and unssrupuioas Tie rss; acton Of
the frccsoil party N seeking cc-aeina-
,ious aul fus',us. and It's in,urc acton
are clearly iciucd N 'hess speeches
The srs, anil asasi significant fact which
he announces Is that the Democratic party
r1gs, he oscr,brown. o. 10 use his own
language. permanently dlslciscd ffom
Inc control Of the Government and So
5ndIy. all those in the non.slsveholiing
whg have stood uy the fortunes g tbs
PARTY and who have maintained its prin'
,;ri,s inviola,e. must be brought under
INC crushing influence q abolition ma
levolcrac They are O. be treated as
the minions Of the slave power as
men who have sold themselves, and are
not to re irnstcd
With the Democratic party destroyed
tho doctrine Of State rights will be no
longer recognized in the administration
+ the Government, Ccntrallsm will fol
low, and with it, the advcn, of Black Re
publican misruc Slavery is to be abol.
ishod in the District Of Columbia, the
slave trade prohibited between the States,
the bred scott decision reversed, and
the Wimo, proyiso applied TO the ter.
titories In other words the whole pow.
er and patronage Of the Federal Govern
men, is to be placed in opposition to
slavery.
Mr. Seward starts on. with the falacy
that there is an aniagonism between
free and slav. labor, and tina, the prlnci-
pie which maintains the African IN bon
dagc, would suhjugatc portion OF the
white race. That African slavery is
therefore anti-ropublicau and against the
spirit Of the age Mr. Seward fcrge,s
that the African belongs to an inferior
race. and that the experience OF the
world has demonstrated his incapacity
for freedom and the incompatabiliiy Of
the white and black race existing III the
same soil as equals II is noted fact
that the white laborcr is better paid and
il more respected in the slave than IN the
free states. and that the tendency of AZ
rican slavery il to elevate the white
race.
There arc IN the slave States in the
vicinity &C four millions Of slaves. They
furnish the great staple which supplies
the Northern manufactures, and gives
free labor market for the fruits Of its
industry. They protect the country
against foreign wars, for no commercial
nation, while Cotton il King can At.
ford 10 70 10 war with us. These
Africans must he either free or slave.
Mr. Seward aims at their emancipation.
Emencipa,c them, and what then ? They
would no longer remain in the present
slave States, bat scatter over the whole
onion, aud as lfccmcn compete openly
with the white lahoror Arc Northern
frocmcn prepared for such "A policy az
this 7 Can they contemplate the influx
OF four millions Of Africans, who are 10
Are they prepared to surrender the cot
ton and sugar plantations If the South
to a like fate with those Of Jamaica, and
10 sacrifice the commercial advantages
and trade of the South y Would they
prefer. in word. the negro as vassal
or an eJualy
When this matter il discussed at the
Norh, as i, will be, Mr. Stewards doc
trnc Of the antagonism Of slave and free
labor will be entirely rcpudiatcd. 1t
will be found that the Northern people
have as mach interest in this question
az we of the South
Nor is slavery, as he afiirms hcmmcd
in; the battle fought, and he and his
minions triumphant When the cotton
lands Of Arkansas. Louisiana, and Texas
are filled TO overlooking when the slaves
have increased until they number eight,
twelve, or sixteen millions when the
free negroes in the non-slavcholding states
number a half million, and our northern
brethren" have become fully satiated
with the vagrancy and vagabondsm
which belong to the negro in that cond,-
tion--what them Does not Mr.. Seward
know that the people Of the North will
he as much interested in maintaining