, 1859-10-26
prcss Trihuttt


THE pATRIAHCuAL TENURE.
Coy. Wise made speech in Richmond, On
;atu.day last. Arucpg otlter things be is re-
'orted rs having aail: This Kansas ruffian
BROWN made n great mistake as to tho dis
position Of tho slaves to tiy 10 bis standard.
. The Abohtionists cannot comprehend that
they. arc held among US by patriarcl.al
tenure" a.:
This reminds ono Of tho boy who w1listled
n passing through the graveyard, to keep his
,ourage up. The Shareholders have cyeu
ess confidence in the "patriarchal tenure"
,:hun the Abolitionists" Probably no man
IN all Virginia was more scared lest the "pat-
riarchal tenure" would give way, than the
ralorous and windy Wise. If tic s'ares arc
80 attached to their masters by bonds Of lovc
and devotion; that no Abolition synlpatlizcrs
can shake their affection or weaken their al-
legiaucc, why in the uane Of common sense.
are their masters eternally in dread Of scrvi1c
vi; is tue South flied with
white patrols7 Why does every STAKEHOLDER
20 armed 10 the teeth; and why is lis house
an arsenal Of deadly weapons Of dcfeuze?
Why decs tic rustic Of every bush send
n thrill through him? Why are the
blacks watched so closely and suspicious
u? Why hayc the slave breeders so little
confidence in tho ratriarchal tenure? II Gor.
Nise is to bo believed, how camc the whole
Slate Of Virginia to be panic stricken and him
self thrown into Mysteries Of fright upon the
news Of the wretched tuaeute at Harper's Fer
r.. Crazy Brown and his sixteen lunatics were
maguiticd into 700 "slavcs who had risen
against thciI mas,ers!" And there was not
Shareholder in all the South but Gelt dread
least his OWL Slaves would also strike for
their liberty. The ''ratriarchnl tenure may
answer asn rhetorical flourish to round Off a
grandiloquent period; but the Shareholders
feel iu their innost hearts that it is weaker
than rope Of sand. Their trust is reposed,
not in the attachment Of the slaves to their
bondage, Int in the efficacy Of rifles and dreyol-
vers, aud in Northern bayonets and sabrcs.
It's part Of tho Lesson impressed upon The
minds Of the Slaves, tlla. should they attempt
to sever their bonds, tue mighty North would
comc down on them like an avalanche and
crush them.
Governor Wise and his fcllow slave breed
ers plnoe infinitely more reliance upon the
strong arm Of Federal power and Northern
regiments than On their patriarchial tenure, to
quell similar insurrcction. In proof Of this
need wo other evidence than their own late
conduct? When it was supposed that the
"aiggcrs'' were getting loose at Harper's
Ferry, their first act was 10 rush to Uucle
Sam and implore linn to fly to tho rescue Of
the patria.chs! Tic love Of the slave for lis
chains is Il huge, unnatural lie. and tie da ly
lives Of the whole slave holding fraternity
bear continual testimony against the assump.
ton.
Thomas Jefferson, himselra yirginian, de-
clared TINT .'thc whole commerce between
'snasteE aud slave is a perpetual exercise Of
the most boisterous passions, tue most unre.
Uniting dcspolism on the one part, and dc.
:sgrading submission On tho other tremble
"for my country, when I reflect that God is
'just-that Lis justice cannot sleep forever
What comment upon tue patriarcll:l system
Tho Harper Ferry slaves saw the mad folly oi
making the attempt to regain tllcir liberty, aud
hatflhc sense and prudence 10 remain quiet, and
refuse to run into the jaws Of certain destruction
Tlis is the extent Of tic patriarc'.al tenure and
no more.
But spnnosc , w,r shon,d ,,r.,,,, mt In,
tween ,h;s country mn, c,c,+ pr;,,;, ,,o,
muc1. reverence @, affection would tle slavos
Of yireinio Or anv o,hcr s,aro st,ta c,,;h;t e.,
tho pa.r;arch,l insti,ut;one Int tbem hon,
TINT nu aro,v or Canadian f,.;,;xcc and Voc,
India ftec colorpd sold;ors },ad landed Mt Sor
folk, Charleston, Mobile or Savannah and pro
claimcl freedom, aud offered them nrmy II
achieve il, how mauy of tie fur millions O
slaves would decline the onoor.upitr. or rctuse
to obey Tie summons TO strike and l,o f,cc !
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