The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-07-20

so the weaker races NAV ne destined to
perish or to fall beneath the subsection
and tuteIage of the superior races of the
world.
With no people on earth is this policy
OF expansion more necessary than with
the people Of the southern States. BY
the combination Of the labor Of the Cau-
caslan and the African, the richest portions
Of the world can alone be cultivated
Have all their lavish beauty and fertility
been created only to be wastes the home
of wild beasts or wilder men? And shall
we, in whose hands have been deposited
the labor and power by which they can
be made instrumental to mans necessities
and the most important and glorious por-
tions of the earth, abandon the high mis-,
sion imposed upon us, and leave them to
& savage steri|ityl If we do, it NAV be
with us in !his as in other perversions of
the proper nature of things. That which
would have been our strength may be
come Our weakness Pen, up and con
fined within compulsory limits, the labor
Of the two races may become valueIess,
and the proportions between them posi-.
bly, be so disturbed as to lead 10 insur.
rectIons-northeIn intervention and final
emancipation. This certainly is the be.
nevolent end contemplated by our north
ern brethren in seeking TO prevent the
expansion Of the South. Shall we submit
to be single amongst all civilized people
in the world, in our inability to expand
| answer-uol If in all other things our
union with the North vas uncomfortable
| would break IL on this one pretension
alone. Expansion shal, be the law of the
| South, as Of the North. We are Of the
| dominant Caucasian race, and will per
form our part in civiliziug the world and
bringing into beneti cent subjection and
cultivation its most productive regions Of
sun and beauty. The broad expaGse Of
the tropics on this continent lies stretching
for thirty degrees on both sides Of the
Equator for our civil conquest and posses
sion. Shall we not occupy itl ShaI, not
Japhct and Ham 90 ont together and
take their portion Of the inheritance ot
the earth I: Let the North colonze the
colder regions, where the white man can
labor advantageously in the fields for the
productions Of nature. We, with the Af
rican, will possess the rest. Nor need we
ask them, or any other people, to make
good our title.
Ill these things are so, why snoulu W,
have any anxie,les about the perpetuit,
OF African slavery in the South 1t i
of God, and cannot ne overthrown." w,
hear such an argument for naction an,
submission to northern interference ever,
day. Institutions may be everlasting
yet may they be changed or abolished il
different ages and different localities. Po
liticaI liberty NAV never die ont in th,
world, yet does it not leave people, who
become unworthy of it by their inditfer
ence, ignorance or corruption! If Iibert,
may be lost to n people, why not slavery
: And have we not on this continent proof
enough that slavery may be abolished
: amongst people What advantage
what blessing is there of Gods bestow
ment that man has not abused and lost
From Paradise to his last destiny, wha
is the history OF the human family, ind
vlduaIIy or collectively, but a history O
advantages neglected-benefts despise
blessings abused and forfeited ? Til
man who talks Of any blessing or inst
tuhon beng eternal amongst a people,
a shallow neophyte in morals and a char
latan in politics. He is ignorant Of tn
Bible. He sets aside experience and hi
tory, ard builds his policy on the loos
sands of his own weak conceits or weak
er resolutions. We all know that to pre-
serve our personal integrity and virtu,
requires continual watchfuness, stern sell
denial, and often the most courapeou
suffering. Is itnot the same with nation:
which are but the aggregate of individu
ais, with the same morals and motive
for their governance IL you woult
have free government, you must max
it so. II you would have it continue t
!. be free, you must watch and labor for il
"A fnyou would maintain your institutions
skvith world prejudiced or in arms agains
them, you must erect barrier of glitter
!. ing steel, or of more eifuigent courag
and energy for their protection. Tn
r'fman who talks Of his rights, as a reaso
D for his inactiyity-or of the nature {
L things as q Justification Of his submissio
to their perversion and destruction-is a
faithless to himself AS D others. He
unfit to be the custodary Of any right
: or a minister in carrying ont the glorioU
order Of events designed for the huma
e happiness and power. In the fierce strus
3 gle of this lcentious world. there is bu
,. one instrumentality by which, in 90,
ernment like ours, Of conflicting Interest
!, and passions, the eternal proclivity to OF
t preston and despotism can be ayertet
s 1t is not in vain. appeals for justice.
d is not in vainer submission to wrong
IS 1t is not in an august augmentation,
O which we call up unaided Nature herse
is to substantiAte our rights, that our salv
q ton can be secured. We must act. "
: must resist.
d Gentlemen, we have before us no
a, raging on the continent Of Europe,
d bloody contest for the Independence
q nationalities. The worlds space is L
large for its occupation by one organic
b ton of people, The variety Of langusg 2
/ al. Il