New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-28

laws aud cayernnieJ,s. must hare perceived that
certain ABSTRACT 81 iheSFeaic irutlss Whe1'ief u
civil or religious policy have been ana cae osis
xs;fh safety TO Tho ultimate ends of IA sScietss
and royerissxlens, be nnfolded by degrees ano III
;ssted IL every step, according 70 the aavance u
sanistv from Ill infancy, to higher caviizatsoh
| ma 4 more efilinhteRed COMPREHENSION sncH as
ss eIagalitv az natural rights and il5s
Fiahfs pf seifgovernment and freedom of Speeeh
and 0lsinion These general TRUTHS 81 oiSi tasy
cannot he successfully caItr at tlais uay,
vet rs tiicrshave been seldom auinitfed IN theit
length and breadth iii Thu practical operations 81
government, with Ssaecess some lawglyers nave
bean led 10 deny thai they are founded "a reason
and when these @se 70 any uIae oeel sae,
| denly embraced by HE controlling minds among
neopte: HE mfsfog aMsH has been that they We're
smiled H. xcess Withcnt due regard to the
actual condition 81 The people who were 70 be al
fscisa. ana hence tlAy have so far failed OF sue
cess ii some Of TIC NEST highly civilized nations of
Eurcla Rut ID il AsHe to the peint 70 refer to the
emancipation of tie slaves OF ST. Domngos one oil
the first explosive Effects of the sudden recognition
of the rights III mar w the French people. IL
would be dicult to demonstrate, at this day, that
the cause OF humanity or Of human progress has
been in the slightest degree promoted by the ano,
lton OF slavery IA that most fertile and beautiui
island.
II is, beiieye, now pretty well understood that
British statesmen committed error in the policy
Of West India emancipation, forced upon them .py
ianatisAl ieformers. They were driven 70 adopt
sentiment instead of practical truth, as the fouada-
ton af radical change in the social condition OF
pe0rle who were not prepared TO appreciate or
profit BIZ it. Even the reformation in religion ana
ohiifEh government which commenced some three
| centuries ago in the opinion OF many Of the most
nrofound enouirers has failed of that complete
success which ought to have attended q, TOR me
treason tlat the general truths and princpes upon
(which it was founded were applied in excess The
Ezealoua champions Of reform, IN throwing ASIDE az
which affect the senses, and in spirit
uazing too much there - reason TO beileve nave
stayed the progress of rational and substantial re-
form, and checked the spread Of restraints
upon the evil passions of men. But This IS a dell
cate subject, and must forbear.
" These examples may show that there are certain
abstract truths and principles which. however iil-
controrertible in themselves like every other good
thing may be and often are msconceived and
abused in their application 1t is the business of
statesmen TO apply them with safety, and to give
them the utmost influence and effect con-
sistent with the existing state of society The most
beautiful illustration Of this sentiment, and the
most striking example Of the superiority Of prac-
teal truth over theoretic axioms in the formation
Of government to be found in all history, and one
which claims the special attention of the people OF
this country at this moment was exhibited by our
ancestors when with their own recognition Of the
abstract truth Of tile equality of natural rights still
vibrating on their tongues, they yet fearessly set
their seals to d copeAant of union between the
States with an express recognition of African
slavery. say cypress recognition OF -dt1'iGafa
sareFy, because whatever the jesutical doctors of
the North may say, the clauses in the Constitution
relating To- The importation Of persons under such
circumstances and fixing the basis of direct taxes
and representation in Congress- Iatfirm, do amount
to an express recognition OF slavery.
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