Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-15
speech Of Wyndham Robertson, Esq,
u - sFEcLAL les BILL.

poets The nature OF both these important questions,
indeed hardly admitted Of thev being discussed WITHIN
more restricted limits and there is so much in the con-
sheraton of each which is common to both that t IS
perhaps best the whole TO consider them together
proceed, therefore 90 the consideration OF them IN
The best way may De able and briefly as can, con-
seuy With the Ineligible discussion OF the numerous
and important inquiries 20 which they give rise BON
bv wrongs aud uIure, done by the people or states
OF the ucu-,Iyeboidug States eliminating recently IN
the arccUu outrage the soil OF State, and on the
lives OF our citizens, az Harpers Ferry.
RELATIONS WITH NORTHERN srATEs.
To enable Us TO determine the course 1t beh's
as pursue il necessary that should survey care
fully u order that We may comprehend justly the nature
aud extent OF the grievances Of which We complain
These grievances be found mainly, in the breach
of Obligations in regard 20 slavery, assumed by the
States and people Of the North in adopting our
compact OF Union, and in their failure TO perform
towards the social and political duties they owe
us rs members OF a common government anu 0Olr
mon nationality DO care IN considering the reial'C
rights and duties of the North and the South IN respect
the institution Of slavery, TO 90 behind or beyond le
Constitute by which both North and South engaged 10
abide The right TO hold slaves dates from the hr7i re-
cords Of ume-is old the history Of man-as VIDE
spread as bis labiJatOns on the earth-haS oeeu
recognized by every form of goverument-has con-
sisted with every form of region-has the direct SANE
zion Of Chrisauy-and with all these sanctions, Is NO
more open question than the me-consecrated author
v tue parent the child that of the man over the
womlu-deCreCd by nature and Justified Tor Jhti "sNo'
and Justice by the blessings they have conferred On man
kind But 90 enough for the present purpose 10 ooSe'
shat the right to hold slaves claimed and eoyeu oy
every State of the Union the date OF the Cons
was directly recognized by that instrument ana iut a'
element of political poyer-was agreed 20 ne "'a'leu
ty provisions contained 10 10 for their SURRENDER III 'aes VI
escape and the repression Of Instruction oy tne ueue
raj Goverumeut-aud more than all that the riSaJ TO H.
crease their numbers bv of direct lmpoItauo"'s
soiemuiy guaranteed the south by the compact OF
Union, for period of twenty years
Thus sir in the beginning the r'snt TO ho'I slaves
was universally conceded and universally enjoyed by all
the States Of the Union.
Az LENGTH In Massachusetts, and not until 1926, in O
case where crippled slave had become 0urihensome 70
his owner &c was 8soaaoy discovered IN order that he
might he tlrova Or com The protection OF chat MASTER
chat slavery bad legally ceased in Massachusetts by the
operation of her Declaration OF Rights, made sixteen
wears before,
Thus commenced Sir. the Exodus of slavery from the
Mort. Day by ty aud year bv year. slavery eboed away
from i- uu-euI climate, and from be.i unproh,aoe Tor
i industry As slavery went Out cheap and wei.ca!cu-
lated philanthropy flowed u. Alter selling OF their slaves
TO southern purchasers tor fun consideration, or allowing
I- time for the accomplishment OF such arrangements,
he Northern States after another, proceeded 20
abolish institution which had been already parted WIN
tor a price and mos, humanc,y to emancpaJe negroes
,da, aad only been previously sold into slavery, but
blui-lei far away from their homes.
This process continued from the adoption Of the Con
stiutiou for almost thirty wears u about 1920 when
slavery practically ceased North Of Mason and Dixous
line During I'D. this time-ull these negotiations were
tl ly comp.etel-siaFe.a2or ana iFe -''oo. 'N Co-N
ed 90 work side bv side IN all the States in uuds,ur5ed
harmony aud concord No1 a "o'u o' l-co'' ','o-''S
between them was i- Het -ea'o N'-- W N'''N
WAS sounded. Communities with slavery, as LOUISIANA
and Arkansas aud without slavery, Indiana and Hill
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