Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-03

ces uealaHIs the Ultimate emancipation OF
all men, Whether that contamination
shall be allowed to take effect with nccdfrl
and wise precautions against sedaen change
and disaster, o. be hurried Oh by ,sfolencc
is all that remains for YOU g decide"
Thus, sir, it seems that We are to have
perpetual war-an iuternecine strife, Wazch
is to last until slavery is abolished every
where a war which if it Be not pcrpctnal
must as every man sees, last at least fer
centuries. Such are the vaticinatiMls ef
his prophetic inspirations; such is the
prospect which he holds out for our fu!are
"a government, as said, to be guided by
law higher than the Constitution which it
abandons; court to be reorganized, | sup
pose to minister to the passions and the
feelings Of the mob, and a state of things
Which is to entail upon US a perpetual civil
strife here at home.
Mr.. President, is this what that gentle
man calls progress? Is this the future
which be predicts fer us2 The great ltal-
ian poet when he Furnishes tie prophets N
bis he'll, turns their faces behind instead
OF before, and compels shefn to walk back
ward fer the residt.e Of time. lt'scens to
ne that our prophet must have received the
sentence before his time. The Occaaa3
and the Utopias, which figure in political
fiction were organized for peace, 5sut this
Senator condemns bis imaginary Republic
to eternal war.
But with your permission, Mr. Presi
dent, | will follow his history little furth-
/ T., tA}1o III Il a..
have already ales;satai 81 are about :sbol-
ishing slavery" FElis Is ta>rccescilc Is to
that catastrophe which, with SO little emo
ton, he predicts for us. This too is said
10 the face Of the fact that the French Gov
erument has really revived the African
slave trade itself Such, at least, Is the
opinion Of the Englisl pcoslc End the En-
glish Governments. # you compare their
present mode Of supplying their colonies
with African labor with that older ono
which was called the slave trade, | think it
will be found that the comparison will be in
favor Of what is denominatcd slavery, for
that does at least afford the slave the pro-
lection of interest watch is given to him by
the master who owns ilinl
9ksss, too is said in the face Ct The fact
that the British Gosrgnfacest, cycr since ITS
emancipation Of slavery by name, has un-
der its system g C Aa,nnronticeslip and o.
Cody labor, been sabjecting the inferior
to the superior race, so as to enable the
latter to command a servitude scarcely more
voluntary than the form, and probably not
as advantageous to the laborcr himself
But, sir, John Bull has seen vision lately
which may well cause him to pause in his
path, and to ponder over IFS Trespeats fol
the future. He has seen the mighty shades
Of Akbar and Of Aucngzebc coming like
Hecuba, ssfrom the gates Of darkness and
the recesses of the dead" to haunt the mar
bic halls Of the pal aces Of The Great No
gul, for the psrpese Of sekindling, if posi-
BILE, some latent spark Of massaood in the
hearts of their degenerate successors and
to challenge the stranger for the cause o.
his presence In what were once the high
seats Of Oriental power. lie feels that it
was an avcnging Nemesis which, on TIE
hundreath anniversary Of the battle o.
Plassy that gave hin India, proclaimed
that saturnalia Of bleel and Of crime which
spared neither the strength af man, nor the
purity OF woman, nog the iuneecncc of child.
hood. He now knows that in the settle
ment of nations, they may reckon in day
for tie accumulated avongs Of a century -
Tic feels that these doetsincs of che abstract
( equality Of all men, whatever may be their
condition or color, are absolutely incompat-
/ ible with that subordination of the inferior
to the superior race, upon which depend his
power and his empire. He must sec how
useless was the sacrifice of the West Indi;
colonies amongst the pehIast jewels Of the
British Crown. He must feel, too, that
the course Of sentimental legislation, in
1 which he has been engaged Of late, is fast
sapping the foundation Of the fabric Of pow
er which he raised in the lusty strength o.
his manhood. He may be too proud to own
his error; but depend upon It he will ap-
ply the proper remedy lie will resume
bis empire in India, but It vill he on the
imPeriisl action, garoere satJcctas, q eeeIal-
lare .superlos. lie will crush out the lasI
spark of.resistance under the armed heel Of
the ecnaueror ; ans swhcn more than hun
dred millions of people placed rneser his ab-
solute rule and control, when they wig hole
their lives, their property, and all that is
dear and sacred in the rights of man under
his arbitrary will, he will hardly have tie
faee 80 stand before the world again te
preach against African slavery.
/ Sir, Of the two, .prcfer to see him as lie
used te be, surly, dominccring, if you will
but truthful, honest, and brave rather than
in that more modern part Of philanthropit
professions and paritanio rr<s.asases which
he enacts SO poorly. | know that his bullets
are hard to stand; but if am to have his
opposition. let me meet him rather in open
and manly encounter than receive him as
the II. st who wears fac gown and tn,
robes merely to conceal the coat Of mail thai
lies within. But he viii have to stzip him
Of his robes; the philstincs arc upon him, anl
the. day is coming,I fear, which will try his
strength to the utmost Although, We Of
! the South have muen to esls1lain of at his
hands, yet, sir, [ wish him we'll through
with that day; for cannot but feel tina,
with him would fall the last hope Of regular
liberty in the Old World
I Nor Mr.. President, 10 ] read the signs
of the times in regard 10 sentiment at home,
as they are read by the Senator from New
York. [ believe that even here, reaction
is going on. 1t is said that our population,
by natural law, is to gravitate to the equa-
tor. It is believed that !, manifest destiny