, 1859-12-08
22arcas i Griihu11e,


lHEltNI!Al /, uEtElDEk :, 1oo9
rnE "IMpENDxSG cRIs1s'' At
WASHINGTON.
Slavery progresses apace Ten years ago
tue Congress aad government OF the United
States authorized the publication Of the nation
Il census, from which Mr. Hinton r Helper
compi}ed a book which he called the Impend
ing C5;si* # II. South, 4 few years later
Congress authorized tho publication Of the
Works cf Thomas Jefferson from the original
in tho Department Of State, Of
which Mr. Jefferson was The first Secretary.
To-dsy the Democratic party in Congress arc
stark mad in ricw Of the appearance Of
compend Of the census tables taken from Mr.
Helpers book, coupled with few phrases
mainly taken from the Congressional edition
of Jedersous u Notes on Virginia the cir
culation Of which ccrtain prominent Republi-
cans hayo subscribed money, Wonders will
never cease.
The public will understand that there are
two editions OF H.lpcr's Impending Crisis
The osisina! work, IN octave o. several hun
dred pages bound ii cloth, aud Compend Of
much smaller proportions, III paper covers.
The Compcnd WAS prepared for general circu.
latiou at t!ftecu cents copy. 1t embraces
sufficient editing to make the figures intel
ligible. The bulk Of tho work, apart from the
tables is made up Of quotations from the writ
tags mad speeches Of eminent Southern statesmen
and diriics. Ar. Helper himself is native Of
the census tables Of the original work, with just
North Caroaina- Having bccu brought up in
the atmosphere Of slavery-lnving witnessed
the deplo7able influence Of the Institution on
both whites and blacks in his native State
his phrases are sometimes intemperate-per-
h1ps more so than &c should 11are made them,
having il view the usefulness Of tie work and
its applicability to tie minds among whom it
was designed to circulate. We speak Of this
merely az literary defect. But between the
two covers Of the volume there is nothing so
so1c1nn, nothing 50 ':inccndary' rs Chapter
XVIII in J.farson's Notes on Virginia, which
we quote Gron pages 4o3-ioi, Vol VII, Of the
congressional edition Aforesaid:
"Thssr tuE doa5:iess be an unhappy influence The
o: pco;e produced y the existence Of slavery
among rs. The Whole cor1n,r:c Lctwsen master and
s!ave perpetual e1rc&e II tue most bosterou. passions
and most trxoo.!s:a the part End de-.
grading Submissions the o:htr. Our children tee this
Aod learn to t4tc It: for nlan Il Initiative animal
Th qaaiy u ;c o! MI education In Him From hs
lie u h.. Le carnlnE 10 do what he others do
,rhjy
bis se:Eove fo- r.EAuu= tte!nempeau:c Of passion to-
wards Ills savs saoud always be sufficient one that LII
chds p1cscrs. Luz generally Ii not sufficient. The pa
Tt1s Hos Tire child looks on, tacLes Inc neanenta d
wE us shc airs In the circle Of smaller Aye1
Eives loe*e rein to The ~ors. Of ra aons and thu
nusied, educated and daily exercised ln tyrArny,
txrnot trt be Stamped by 1t WITH od!oua
pe-1lf1sei. Ta. mus be prodigy ~ho retain
hiz m.aues LTD mors uuiepyarca BY suc crcmstauees
And with ahdI sh"ad t< It 3uadr
who, rcr = half the citizens :husto tsape tts
rights Of She otr t1as bosc !oto despts and these
Into ence defrnys the morals Of tie ete part and the
7,a-ir II the Other, Fer the slave can h3vc
tnunis3 In tbs war4 ust be any other than that Ii
which be is Losa 10 livc and lator for ano.Ae.;
in which hs mnSt loek up tAc faculties o'
his r1:ure, contribute ~ IA. ns depends G.
h5 lndvdeal e.eavos3 tic esxnshmcnt Of the huns1
fsce Or e3sa la "ssn miserable ccndon the endte.l
generations socte ding so1u n With the morals Of tht
people, te;r Ain' u'o il ,t'r'v<a. For Ia eli
saie 1as1 Eilsho fos Lmtel! who make &noahe,
a1bo1 for him. This Is true tlat Of lie rroprlctora
Aavcs re:s ta :portou indeed scento l1bor
And raa TIT liberties Of ion be thought whez
have fenstd III! oafy Erm bas-a couytet!on IN tht
minds et the rc a: tic lIter1lca the git Of ud
Tha;r5 not te be sIoatcd tu: viii Ills wrath? In.
d4et In -. fs my ea4H'ry rhra r. d thnt Cod Is jaes
tlAts jus.ice ctcot tace focsts tai cansde1tnE
bef4. na.usr and nalura eaas only, rer"tton # s
shtt Of G'.4nt, t1tlaase ~ tit.aia a1uouE o.
BIZ events tsat It ua5 coue probable 'y
se7er~n<e The mighty Las aitbu,e which taxi
side ~ltL us!n Gu a contest. T.e x1y, hope, L
prrpa. Eff Under the eu*ert cf heaven. for
7aa. a= thst t= Is c'ro. In tie o:cr ct esen,s b
With te 0! tie ktev rahe. an ty their ex!ir
p1tlon.~
We repeat that in Helpers Compend tlers
is not u sentiment 70 fatally Objectionable
10 Southern society Us these words from
Thomas Jefferson, unless it be found in til.
speeches nrd writings Of other Vir
giuIa statesmen, from whom Mr. Helpc
quotes. 1u tho original impending crisi
there may have been suggestions Of mon
radical character, i've know nothing Of that
but in the Compsnd, which the Republicans
-of New York and other States have subsc1ibe<
to, and which tie Republican press have ver.
generally endorsed and recommended, there il
era1|y nothing which suggests insurrection
invasion, os any measures opposed to slavery
but the agency Of the ballot box.
The concerted movement in tile House o
Representatives, started By Clark Of Mis-
souri,. in which Mr.. Helpers book figure
30 largely, is precisely calculated to giv
it tremendous advertisement, aud t.
add tonfnld to its circulation aud influence ]
is not a violent presumption that Ar. Clark i
silent partner in the house whlcl, issues tn
compend, AID that lie will pocket large sum
by the extensive sales which will follow hi
movement,