, 1860-01-31
BOLDLY PROCLAIMED.

Mr. Carles O'ConoT is one Of the brightest
Of tho shining lights Of modern Democracy
1Iis sl2ac!: ut the so-callcl Union Meeting in
New York, wherein lie boldly and defiantIy
took tile ground that slavery il the :;o.p,alcnn
dition Of considerable share Of tile human
family, has. iu all tho South n,s,l a,uong Tic
simou-rus of the North, been adopted as
Textbook of Democratic DOCTRINE; and few
Of the most outsroken Of tie Democratic jour
uals have o the strength q! his treason 10 MI
humanity, nominated him as SAT-. .con-
seryatiyc," national candidate for the Pres
idcncy. The orator, in tile Lennon case, now
before tue New York Court Of Appeals, takcs
:tuotllcr step forward and cs,mnlends himself
ancw 10 the confidence Of the Democracy, hy
sucll utteranccs as these. which We take ut
random IRON his plea for the right Of tile
South to plant lier own l,cal laws aud estab-
lisl Slavery i'll the FREQ States:
Lord Mansfield said in Son.ersett's case, .sTle
state Slavery is Of such nature that it IL inca
pablc of beins introduced On any reason, moral
or political, but only l'y pos;tise luz" and uc-
sr' pLi',Sn has been in rapturcs with him ercr
since. Nevertheless il was a bald i1lconscqueu-
tsa} tr.lisu,.
The pride Of Office, the pride Of learning and
au ostentatous vanity. rather than any tentitr-
ness for the rights aud epjoymcnts Of tic lowv,
dictated tic loose dcclan,a1ion by which lie in.
stalled himself as the champion Of negro enau~
cipation.
Blackstone, repeating :he idle speech Of 9th.
ers upon the subject, tells us that the ln OF na-
tHrt is binding a!l over Tie globe; and that
no human laws are OF amy validity it contrary
oit.
TIL: law ofneture is in every judicial sense, =
mere figure of speech, III state If nature If
the existence OF human beings in such Il state
t,ay be supposed. there is no lsw. The rru-
dcnsias resolves Of an individual for lis own
government, do not conle uudcr the denou,ina-
tion Of TAR.
The judicial department has no right to dc.
clare negro slavery to he contrary to the law Of
nature, or HnHora!, Or unjust, or 10 tnkc any
measures or introduce eay rGley for its sun
preston founded OH any such ideas.
No civilized State on earth can maintain this
absolute out!uwrv Of negro slavery; for in some
Of its f"ru1s slavery l,as c2isiedin oil ages and
uo 1aw.itcr Of paramount nuthoFity has cycr
condemned ii.
The proposition ;a==.. freedom is tho general
rule and slavcry the local exception, has no
foundation In any just view Of the law Us u
science.
Negroes, a!orc ani uEs'ded by the suardian-
ship Ut another race, caunot su.tain j civilized
social state.
white racc to its compensation for the mental
toll Of governing and guiding the negro la.
borcr.
Whatever others nay do, no American Judge
can pronounce ~lare property IN exception 10
This rule upon tho general t;19und t'.at slavery
Is INN or,l or unjust: fry -imts'a' .ia.e"
tory1rd I as h<ihy fire. Jra:s any moral taint
,raicA could a; ct its ai,us to l<yat r<eoaaitio.
dadrrottrtio., 20 long as any stat@ !" tie Lt"i1a
shall uphold il.
Thus the sham Democratic party pro crosses.
With Mr. Douglas Scdilion Law in lt'sce. aud
with Nr; O'Couor's Interpretation Of the ri gifts
which Slavery enjoys. and the disabilities
which Freedom suffers, under the Constitution,
this foolisl. thing called Liberty. whether for
white G. llack: would bc utterly impossible,
for what Cardinal Grsul.e np,ued that mis-
c!,ieyous animal, tho people," Vt. 0conor's
I acllings, though in advance Of the admitted
creed Of the Democracy Of the North, exactly
coincide with the everyday doctrines Of that
party in tho South, and as logical dsdue-
zion from recognised premises, they are such
as every Democrat must sooner or later accept
Trade With Liberia.
The Journal Of Commerce, Of 14ti December,
mentions that it il Just fifty ycars since the
first shipment of coilcc fiom Brazil was landed
iu New 1o:l.
- This is the first year Of shipment Of coffee
and sugar from Libera to Nex York. We hope
i may steadily increase, and:1ilat ifty years
hence uur it:pRrt Of these two articles from