The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-09-21
The Slave Trade---Aid from an Unex-
pected Quarter.

It is true that as the African slave element
gives stability to free institutions and forms
the surest and only reliable basis of po-
Etical society, it should be the constant aim Of
Virginia to encourage every measure which
will perpetuate her present labor system; but
alas. how prone men are to forget the future
in grasping at the delusive promises Of the
present. And yet IN spite of this weakness
Of human nature, reason is asserting her sway,
and even from the Old Dominion we are
cheered by demonstrations in favor of the
great movement which if it could be carried
to its contamination, would, as sure as the
sun IS shining this bright, autumnal day, diff
fuse and strengthen the institution of slavery,
increase the wealth and resources of the South
restore the equilibrium of the sections, and
enable the weaker section once more to assert
her equality of number in the Federal coun-
ellis. :
What glorious consummation that would
be for the assailed South With new slave
States coming into the Union and taking their
stand in the Federal Legislature by the side
of those that are now trembling with deep
anxiety, but not with fear, we trust, for their
safety, she could bid defiance to her enemies
and maintain the constitution as it was given
to posterity-ac compact between free and equal
overeignties.-inallits purity and without the
erasure of single clause. Black Republican
anaticism might then wear out its patience
and expend its force against the solid an im-
penetrable citadel reared for its protection
But under the present system the South has
no power of expansion. Year after year, she
sees new free States coming into the Union
and swelling the proportions of the gigantic
organization already arrayed against her She
sees California, Kansas, Arizona and New Mex
leo, all gong in the same direction, and is pow
erless under the present system of Federal
policy to arrest the mighty current When
Texas was annexed it was provided that four
new States should be carved out of her boun-
daries; but the South dare not ask to have
the new. State divided, least the enemy cap
ture and eolonize part of one Of her own
sovereignties, for not content with appropria-
ting the Northern territories which are mt
adapted to slavery, he is planting his yictori-
GUS banners upon the very borders of the
Southernmost States
How cheering, then, to behold demonstra-
tons favorable to the movement which has for
its object the arrest of this of events,
from . quarter OF all others except the camp
of the abolitonists) the most unexpected, the
| old Dominion herself whose Golfers are oraan-
.,.l-e..,.., -
ing with the profits which the present slave
| trade monopoly gives her.
Tho s,Ilor;no ax.racts fynm the R;chms,,d
-. -, -
wing arc asii.''a1'' '''el'' a''" M hius-
trate our meaning.
| Mr.. Stephen a. Douglas, like all other
| Squatter Sovereigns and Black Republicans,
ayows himself uncompromisingiy opposed to
| the re-opening the African Slave Trade, at
any time and under any circumstances He
chooses to consider that the prohibition of that
traffic was indispensable to the adoption Of the
constitution, and is, therefore, one of the ba-
II
Lworthy man forgets the prohibition of negro
stealing was also one of the fundamentals Of
| that document. That it may be seen with
how much respect this fundamental is treat
ed, we publish the following, which is cop
i led BY one of the most respectable of the Phil
adeiphia papers, the Inquirer:
y HIere PILLOWS an seco,Ift Of 4 meetiny held
81 80, ~. ~. ...,s.. -
N oi'e y -. 800 e.s,es = se',,e A''s'
ures ior steanng saves nom me ooutnl .ii41
This i;seleses what was already notor;ons
| that there q : regular. svster,at;c organ;za,
t;os i, The Northern states for stesl;nc the
/ properly Of f5s people sfs he Seuth. This
organization has the undisguised sympathies
of the whole Northern people, and it has the
actual cooperation Of large masses of them.
Every successful depreciation 1t makes upon
the property Of the South is loudly applaud
ed. We suppose Mr.. Douglas himself will
not assert that this system Of robbery is not
m Migrant vioiauon OF tne compact OF union.
NOW, every inhactlon OF compact BY one OF
the parties TO u, releases the other party from
ats oostgat'o,ss. On TINS principle, re South
eTn people rare pcfJeet rsght TO tase redress
INTO tleir oaon haIds, ana % fens'e'lte them
SeseeS Jof Hso soose's @seEs " I'M
- "'y - r. 60
that Mr. Douglass position Is Correct. to-wit:
that the importation of Africans is substanti-
any iofoadden y tne oons.ituuon- Th's,
% :, ,s ~ an L. G,a,ss.
has the riqht to prohibit tteimportation. Ger
tain it is, that there is no obligation on that
60dy to prohibit ne Importation and nothing
. .s ~ !: s s'''s ''s ''asass "os-
The whole question is one Of policy; and in
view of the Northern political combinations
against our rights; $1,000 IL Karlp LIZ As
90 gu m IISn oTtT mo- no Tup So1rTg
ERN STATES NO MEASURE EVER
MADE SUCH ADVANCES IN P0PU-
Ian FAFons In IH ~! oa1 nEr sT TH1miI ne
THE LAST TWO YEARS. Its progress
has been rapid though silent, and its speed has
been augmented 6y the growing consicuon,
that it is essential to the existence OF lne
Southern States Of the Confederacy. ms
conviction Is strengthened by the iact' tnat ev-
cry Black Republican and every sympatnizer
OF Black Republicamsm IS On enemy 10 tne
measure
In addition to the foregoing extracts from
A. .d;tor;.l columns of 90 able and an infiu-
'-'e - S,-''. = 10. a,,;.;a IS a., p;oh-
entail an organ u PuDn' opin,On - 'Ie ..'o
mond Wing, we desire 10 eau specia as'en-
ton to the subjoined communication transfer
- s.o,,, the same paper. clearly showing the
i0o nun. s' = az. 60, ...t,,.as
unconstltuliohan.t s''s - $50
prohibiting the slave trace we oihsl HUN
the writer as to the .intention'' Of the trainers
e a., ,ors. TRITON. INIT we concur with him
u ING oe.'s -. s;a
IN the oplnlon - "
However, let him speak Tor himself, ana N sne
meantime let those who have beenin tina hab-
!. &c ;,,b;h;ng wisdom Mt the fountain Of the
!, -. :, rotlact. ss.zsft
hlchn.ohu y ''''' 80 -, -
FROM the Richmond Wig.
rh. ei.,. Trade and the Constitution.
NO Si "a
There is no doubt the writer q certain
clauses In the Constitution ap.eaaea 70 eve 70
Congress power 70 abolish the slave trade.
There is just as little ooaot' mat the eiainer
of the clause prohibiting the passage Oh law
for this purpose till 1875 supposed sns power
to prohibit was conferred by some olner cause.
There is still less doubt that. ait1ougn Win
some this intention 70 proniplI ola eAis.' a.,u
with others, the belief tnat me power |" III III
hibit was given was entersahso-ysh - se'e'
,,o.ner "a .ou feyyed bu ant or 8tUlc5eh6 t00TuS.