The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-12-06

State whose most profitable business is
the int nal Slave Trade! In whose hi th
ways coffles of human chatilcs, chained
and manacled, are frequently seen! And
the Seal and the cofflrs arc both looked
upon 10y other chattleS, constantly exposed
/, the same fate What if some Vrzny,
or Nat Turner should be growing up II
mong those apparently quiet spectators p
1t is in no spirit Of taunt or of cxnltation,
tia, | ask this question. | never think of
it but with anxiety, sadness and syinpa'hy
| know that q slavrhoding community
ncccSsarially lives in the mi'lst of gunpow
der: and, in this age, Sp,rks of free tho't
are fl,ng IN every direction. Yon can.
not qurnch the frs Of free Thoughts and
human sympathy by any process If cum
ming or force; bat there is method by
which you can ef.ctually wet the gun.
powder. ENGLAND has already tried 1t,
with safety and success. Would that you
could bc persuaded to set aside the prcju
dccs Of cducalion, and caudidIy examine
the actual working ot that eypc' m"nt!-
Virginia is so richly endowed by nature
that Free Institutions alone are wanting
to render hci the most prosperous and
powerful Of the States.
In your letter you suggested that such
q scheme as Captain Browns Is the natur.
Al result Of the opinions with which ]
sympahiz'. Even If thought this to be
Il corrccl statement, though should deep.
~ regret it, could not dIaw the conclusion
! that humanity ought TO be siif d, aud
truth struck dumb, for fear that long sue
cesStul despotism might b. endangered 10y
tn ir utterauce. But the fact is, you mis-
/ take the source Of this strange outbreak.
! No abolition argument or dcnuncatlons,
! howevcr earnestly, loudly, or harshly pro
claimed, would have produced that result.
/ 1t was the lrgit mate conS"qu nee oi th'
'nrnual, and C instantly increasing aggrc
| siOus OF the slave Power The Slavr
| Star"s, ~ their n"sperate ell rt u sustain
n bad and dang rouS institution, have en-
! cinachel more aud inp,e upon the liberties
! of the Frne ~tat"s. Our Inherent love
and order, and orr sup",-titipns attach
m NJ t. t." Union, vou nav" mistaken for
/ cowa' ilc f.; aud lsray nave yoa let slip an
oppor unity to add in ut to aggression.
III" manifested opposition to SIayny be
gau with the irrtu,nS aud pamphlets of q
fw r>lutrrr,tcd ucn and women, who
hp od their mn,enerts upon pur ~ moral
;!rI religious gr"und- hut '""rr Nr''tU
,n,iun> were mct with storm # rag', with
tar uid tcnrL, is. irrkIaDs, drmoli h Il
nuu,e>. and ota,r Il, ii cations OF LNuch
! law. When The dust ~ the ntlvt began
e. ,ub>Iic Il ittr, tnelr uu.uhrr~ "er' 'o'nd
toe great; increased 10y rh" rdDr's to cx
trlmuutn them. They have become IN
Influence in the State too important to b"
o,rlIookrd toy >hrcwd c.cua'ors. P"llti
cal cconon It's began to hook at the SUI ct
from lower point Of virw. They us'd
lh-Ir luiiitIc, t. deWun~lrate thr, S!av ~
rs "A "a,t,fu system AM that tn" Free
: atcs were taX"d, to an enormous extent,
10 sustain an institution winch. at heat,
two third~ of them abhorrcd. The forty
mlihun, or more. of dollars. expended IN
hunting Fugitive Slaves IN F!nuidi, naicr
the name ol the Semlnol. War. ajdnCed aS
one itrm in proof, to which many more
were added. AT last politicians were COM
/ prlrod to take some action ou the sul j"ct.
|, soon became known To all the pcoolc that
the Slave States had always managed to
hold in their hands the political power of
the Uuun, ani that whIie they constituted
only ole third of the white population o!
these States, they held more than two.thrls
of all the lucrative, and once honorable
offices; an indlgnIty TO which none tut "a
suhjugatcd people had ever bcfnc submit
ted. The kuowlc.ig" also bccame general
ly diti'usrd, that wnle the Southern states
o,caed their Democracy at home, AMI voted
for them, they also systematically 6r5ed
the uomina,Iy Democratic party at the
North, with the o ces alrolty kept AZ their
disposal.
Through these, and other instrumental.
tiles, the sentiment. Of the original Garrl
Sonlan Abotionsjs became very vi ".y
EXTENDED, in forms more or less diluted. -
Bat hy far the more efficient co ltbpiols we
have ever bad hayo ben the Save States
then SEW By denying us the sacred
Right of Petition, they rouNcd the free spir
ii OF the Month, rs it never ull have
been reused by the loud trumpcL "t Gar.
ii>on or the soul animailn- NoSI' OF Phil
ips. They brought ouc great >lave, Daniel,
and, according to thcir e>tahli,h,d u>ag ,
pa,d hun no war,s Tor hi, labor By his
cs.opcralion, hey forced The Fugitive , We
Law upon u, in violation of all our In
maue instincts AMI all our principles OF
Justice. And what did thcy procure lol
the Abolitioni,ls by that aospouc process
\ deep and wide dctnslatiun Of slavery
,hrough the Free States, and the publca.
tion Of Uncle Toms Cabin. an clog cnt
ou burst of ora Indignation, "hoso ecno 5
waaeugd the world to look upon thci.
Shame.
By fllIihas,criug and fraud. they dismom.
bored Mexico. aud having thus obtained
the 50 of TuXa,, they trI,d to n,to ne" il
as "a Slave : ptcs injo the Union. Failing
to effect their purpose by constitutional
means, they accomplished It b. amost open
aud parabIc violation Of tn" Constitution,
and 10y obtaining the votes Of Senator, on
false pretruSrs.
soon aferwarl, Southern, Slave Ad.
n, ulstrallon cel.dto the pow 'lfu monarchy
of Great Britain several hundred thousands
of SQUARE NIL :, tnal must have been maj
into Free States. To- waIch that sam" AL
mulstrntJon had dcclarrl that tn Unite
States had AN inquest ,nablc rjght;' AMI
then they Inrnel uron the weak republic
OF Mexico, and. in ord ir to make NOR