The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-24

from that, and there sf,t enoughin the world
to supply the manufactures even in the North
Then strike out thisirticle Of cotton, with
which shivcring humahsy is enabled to clothe
itself abundantIY with 5dscency and cheapness
and cease to copsulne tic seven hundred and
fifty thousand bales in your factories in the
North, and thereby dcstpy the Investments fol
that purpose, oy Which You are enabled tc
make profits and pay ;Nlgcs to the. thousand:
dependent on them, and:sshat becomes OF the
power, the prosperity, ths respectability ofyoul
Statesl Your conmcrcdgonc, your ships de
cayed. your industry paalyzcd, your people
unemployed, or, if enplosed at all, pressed to
the maximum ofIabor Nth the minimum OF
wages, and thus dcprivedsoftlic means ofpro-
curing the necessities and comforts Of life
cursed by fanaticism, anIchy and desoIation
comes upon you; ruin gr}5n gares over your
unhappy land-aad whyss Why 40 the anti
slavery party pursue a G9urse so remoIseless
and destructivcl Is it because slavery isa SIN
Sir, it does not concern them unders she provis,
ions Of our Constitution; they have naught to
do with it their nterme,dlmg sclf-rigllteons
and insuferablc; butiif ieerrsill, we are equally
concerned / meet thcfs upon the highest
ground. Why is it a sing Do you say it is
against the law of nature, which is the viii OF
Godl How do you get ast!ie will OF God IN
this particnlarl Do yongo to His revealed
wordf Then shy toyoni search the Scrip
turcs for they were writtenfor your instruction,
and if YOU pursue your inquiries IN spirit OF
truth, l have no doubt tlat yo''r philosophy
will be mcnded, and that your country and the
world will be greatly benefited by your con-
version.
Consider the ,tlcocracv cf tile Jews and the
institution of sla"ery undcrit; but do You take
refuge in the new dispensatonl. | say to you
again, search the Scrpturcs and among the
other numLerlcss good tliigs that you there
will find, l commend to yoIr consideration the
case of Oncsimus, in the hasds of the Apostle
Paul. But if you go outside Of the revealed
word, and say you look fol it'in the laws OF
nature, thcnI know of but one mode in moral
questions By which you cam farrive at it. God
wills the happiness Of mankind. Any human
institution or rluman action Sliich promotes the
happiness of mankind is In accordance with
His will, and receives His sanction. Thus the
question is narrowed between us: docs the
institution of slavery ii, theseStatcs destroy the
happiness of mankinde Yoir3cities rest on it;
it builds yonr factories; it freights your ships;
it whitens every sea with the;sals OF your COM
lncrcc-cmpIoys the idle, fssds the hungry,
clothes the naked. Conmerse, civilization and
Christianity go hand in hand, and their con-
Joint efforts receive their chief earthly impulse
from this reviled institution.
But yon say, II leave outiPf the consldcra,
ton the happiness of the race cnslaved.' by
no means. 1t is an important clement of the
moral argument. / point. yoti ito Eayti; |
point you to Jamaica; poiue to Iunis; l
point YOU among yourselves; sompare the con-
dition Of the freed negroes ,llSrally, mentally,
and physically, in those places with. the condl-
tion Of the Slaves here, an al. Sfaw your own
conclusions. In thc5gcnersll Narchsof human
progress then, no one interest humanity has
advanced more saFly tlalt5 lsSsltas,9e eg.s. Q
1t 4ssood the test OF every Erial In spite
of the. efforts of the anti.sayery jparty, so we'll
calculated to rctard its Improvements it has
gone on improving and to IMPROVE, until its
mission and its ends shall be a Ecomplshed. Its
mission j: to subduc the ulbrbkcn regions of
the warm and fertile South. Its end is the
happiness and civilizations OF the human race,
including the race Of the slave, in NIL respects
But, perhaps, some Senator, as have heard
alrcadyeappcals to his own heart for testimony.
ow, Mr.. President, for the impulses Of the
human heart rightly instructed and educated
| have great respect; but wctnrc told that the
humon honrt is ''clccritfnl abOto oll t)inWs and
desperately wicked" and when it suffers itscy
to be driven 10 and fro by tie whirlwind Of
passions, surely it is the most unwise and un-
safe of all guides.
History and experience prove that the negro
has nowhere been found fit. Tor any degree of
civil liberty. His own good, as well as the
good of the world, requires that he should be
guided and restrained. Yet the anti-slavery
party weakly and wickedly attempt to force
emancipation upon us.
But, Mr.. President, itmayS seem strange that
n Senator from the South should seem to adyo-
cate the interests ofthe North. This requires
explanation. The truth is good for all sections,
and while I am not unwilling to contribute
facts and arguments that May enable all to
perform common duty, | have purpose be-
yond. desire to show the wickedncss and
madness and folly oflhe anti-slavery party. l
desire to point out its tcndel1cics to the people
of my section | desire to rc-assure the peo-
pie of the South Of its imprtgnablc power. |
desire to convince them of their capacity for
independence. Sir, am constrained, from
deep conviction, to say that, unless this mad
ness shall cease, the sooner sh. puts herself on
that reliance, the better for Ter, the better for
civil liberty, and the better fer mankind.
Sir, | have spoken alphabetically. I have
supposed that this party might be triumphant.
will say to the anti-slavcry party, "you cali
not abolish slavery no, not though You have
opened to you all the treasures of Exeter Hal" "
There is but one way by which YOU can abol-
ish slavery; that is to dcst'i ioy your factories,
burn your mills and cease e} e}nsuning the pro-
duet of slave labor; desolatcIvour country, and
with it, some other countries+ and thcn'you can
do it; but you have not the nerve to adopt
that course, and YOU cannot accomplish it in
any other way. Great Britain now cannot
make direct and destructive war upon our sys-
tenn of slavery. But You may do that which is
not so diastrous to lis, But equally fatal to you.
You may destroy our systclh Of Governments
and, my word for it,you vii She is not quite
ready at this time. 1t turns out that the com.
bincd production of free and slave labor is in,
sufficient for the supply OF the civilized world
The factories of Great Brlta in aud her whole
power and prosperity rest OF it, and she knows
it. She, therefore, cannot Strike at it until she
gets her own system Of savf fry fully developed
and then you may look for the blow 70 show
you that this is true, | vii ask my friend tc
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