The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-09-08


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ient degree, 1nefhars irsnons;hje sl;ke an,i Iii
have ebunlsneI II lsot alteeeyh1nl edeouate, e.
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an the time beenKrovina richer and more popsi.
lous and prosperoue. n was not unnatural that
We should disregard .warnihgs Of wllxt We we're
assured by HIGH though Interested authorities,
always were distant, improbable and even vision
afy dangers. II cannot be denied that the Affi-
can races among Us are abject, although their
condition, and even their presence here, are due
not to their win or fault, bus toionr own. and
that they have direct interest," In the question Of
slavery How natural has IL been 70 assume that
the motive Of those Who have protested Against
the extension Of slavery, was IN u,,hatursl sym
pathy with the negro, instead .of what i really
mss Oeea. coAcefn ior the welfare OF the white
man. !. There ars lev, Indeed, who ever realized
that Tie whole human race suffers somewhat Ia
the aif1icssons and caiamisies which befall the
hulnbless and most despieed of its members W.
The argument, though demanding the most dis
passicuste catnness and Kindness has too often
been conducfed win anger and broken'ont IN VI
Olence. ~ s.a9t LUIS
moreover, alatms o aisunscn were sounded,
and strange political invsntions like The floating
n'e snips go. uowh ING 2. lawrence, Dy the Pc
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~ 1..,n'ns .u'Plecslcaonlty IN Wnat was tnougnt
mas.e. = 'n1ns.ence' Q lose such genial com.
p ar Asa.u, = isass, present peace and
ss :seu e w.tn some partial guarantees and
ova..ssvns y lteeao'n were from Tune 70 time
o'. az ~ - oo.oEroslhse VINO mad the right
g VINO hc presumption, g 10y with the certain
o. beng held responsible for casting imputa-
IONS 81 Dad falth upon our southern brethren,
that these compromises would, when their inter
ests should demand II, be disavowed and broken!
W Other nations. We have assumed, are jealous Of
our growing greatness They have censured us
perhaps with unjust asperity, for our apostacy in
favor Of slavery. How natural and even patri
otic has it been on our part to manifest bv per
sistence, our contempt and defiance ri snc;i in.
terested and hostile animadyersious. Besides
though slavery is indeed nov practically q Local
and peculiar ipstitpti0n OF the South, II was no,
long ago, the habit and practice Of tie whole
American people. Il Is only TWENTY-FIVE wear,
since our British brethren, abolished slavery il
their colonies, and only half q century since We
or any European nation interdicted the African
slave trade. Scarcely three generations have
passed away, since the subject OF tile wrongful
ress Of slavery first engaged the consideration
Of mank;nl. n
ydd ahd / indeed understand now very well
how it is that slavery iii the territories Of the
United States is left Open BY the U6usiitutionto
our utlncst peaceful opposition, while within Tie
slaye States it Is entrenched behind local consti.
tutions beyond the reach of external LEGISLATION.
But the subject is complex one, and lie great
masses Of the people TO whom it has only been
reccniy EreseRtad, and doubtlcssly often pre-.
scented under iasorable circua,stgase might well
desire time for It's careful and deliberata txani.
nation: .st9at
Il seems bold suggestion to say, that great