, 1859-07-19

- 4I2e94A4i A1AA Aef A"*~" =
or THE SLAVE Trade =,
"There Il. no reason, cries Uemocrau' .
onrnal Of the North, (which can be oFougn' b
i forward far a revival Of the Infamous -Aln- =
u gsssn ssn Stare Trade. The proposition 70 re-
{. open ,at traffic would drive the Democratic {
q pa.ty to cer1ain defeat, end would cover with
" ;neffaceab1e disgrace these vic, should en-
.sdoorse it," The game language was held IN
regard, 10 the repeal Of tue Missouri
catupromisa,, for the purpose Of extend
iuK slavery; but though the country
b.assd with indignation when that bad
act was conaummated, the .nen who most
Asrcely and continually denounced that measure
r en- first broached, arc Row its most abject
apologists a;,d most trucu]ent defenders. But
let US sec what the ingenuity Of Southern
politicians will invent to Justify what they de-
sire, and to whit serrility tie North will de-
scend IN cxcusing what the South demanas'
1t vail be said,
let The South de mauds the repeal Of the
laws prohibiting the Slave Trade, not because
ahe necessarily desires that trade to be re-estab-
lished !, but, becanse, MS they now stand on the |
STATUTE book, they arc reprosch to the insti'
tutions Of portion Of tho country, which
should be removed by common CONSENT and
out Of proper regard for State Equallty-the
doctrine newly broached. This was the argu-
. ment used in favor Of the repeal Of the Mis-
sour Compsomise, and proved but too po-
tent, as we all know.
"a. To tho niggerlcss Of the planting States
this argument viii bo applied: "You want
=. cheaper labor. White men DO not like, and
!, cannot bear, to work in the fields. Al that
satands in tl.a.wsy of your entrance into the
ranks os tho aristoerscy, is the lack of niggers
Reduce the price Of men By large importations
to $3.50 each, and after q little you may Own
as maay rs you choose. Ono ut first then two,
and in duo time all that you wish for. You
can secure MI this by going with us md aiding
in wiping of the odious inhibitionl" As the
niggerless in the South, in proportion to the
slave-holderai arc IS twenty to one, that appea'
will1ot be made in vain Men educated
through all their lives to believe in the right
fu1ness and necessity Of serri1e labor, and
whose highest ambition ia the ownership ol
gangs Of field hands and suficlency Of houss.
servants cannot all resist this which gTatifes
at once their pride, cupidity and Southern lore
Of ease.
3. Such as msy be troubled with consclen.
tious scruplcs in regard to man.stea1ing will
1o dealt with rs follows: "The Slave Trade r
the great Christiauizing and humanizing traffic
Of the age. It is a direct and unmistaEeab!c
agency Of tie Divine Wisdom for tic regenera-
tion Of the world. See, VIC take these igno-
rant, 1,euighted, heather creatures, who do
nothing in their native land but eat dates and
lie in the shade, who have ncver heard Of Our
blessed woucn.whipping religion, who are mol
aware Of their lost and abandoned condition +;
we bring them here, or such Of them rs do not
die by tho way, put them under Christian it,
struction while VIC fog them occasionally to
mike them work; and thus VIC fls 'en for q
Lie Of bliss in the world to cometr% Ingenious
Southern digincs will impress this view upcr
their heartzs wien they preach. They vii
enforce it By texts from a dead and imperative
ceremonial law, By which they now prove til,
god1iness Of slare.brecding. Northern meI
Ike Rev. Nehemiah Adams will chart IN III
cord; and before the country suspects tht
progress which has been made, the popula
theological and political crceds will affirm tia
the whito nan WHO las not got ut least ,
dozcn Of the ebony images Of Lis Maker, 70
pious and godIy training is M infidel and 81
enemy Of his kind. This cheap. easy md con
venicnt method Of serving God, getting none.
and gratifying lust will he too well adopted t
the temper Of the age which worships Heare
in such way as not to offend tbs devil, nj
to he seized upon as the excuse and justifc:
ton Of the enormous Atheism which our Soutf
ern neighbors propose to establish.
These arguments, p;onsly reiterated aoe
the manner Of the public speakers Of the sout1
in Congress and out; dressed up, tricked OIL
in the l,ighlalulin strains Of Southern journal
enforced and illustrated by scriptural text
will suffice for all the South except only IL
slave-brecdiug class. This latter, confined
tue upper s1sve 6tatea, may rebel; but Il
members Of tint highly respectable body Of Il
American asistocracy are too few to be troubl
sone. They win be speedily silenced by his
ing ut them tho epithet =" -Abo!itionist !" whi
they hare 50 braye}y and 50 often hurled
us. There remains then, only tho North
1onyince We shall now have rcasons
plenty us blackberries. 6hipbuilders will
told that the Slave Trade will revive CO.
1nerce; the Cottonocracy Of New York. b
ton and Philadelphia, that it will increase t
consumption and sale Of imported mercht
disc and American manufactures, and tl
foster and extend American industry; Nor
sru farmers will be sure to hear that
will increase the demand for their corn q
bacon; and Noabern Artisans that more SUI
mills and cotton gins, pigger-shoes and sls
whips win be demanded. We shall be t
that Cot on is King; and that We must exte
its dominion, and become the producers for
world; that our national greatness depe1
upon our success Of tho "long staple;" tt
conscience being in one scale and money 6
power ID the other, VIC must permit cousciel
to pick the team; and that the Onion in d
gs must be preserved. Tho Irish who
now, as they have always been, the 2oua'
ofthe Democracy, having nobody below tn
in tie social sca1e, will be g1atiaed to see
day approaching il which they will not be
~ mud sils" Of society any longer. They !
be informed that instead Of remaining tie
wants Of servants, they may become mast
that they have only to stick BY the Democr
with their old faithfulncss and they may Ii
a"nagur" apiece to carry thcl Cd, black bo
dig trenches clean streets, OF act as host
willis they smoke their pipes in tie shn'
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