Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-02-01

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thousand wears ago. in the climate best suited to his
constitution, be was savage and o slave. In ms
own country he stands in the same category WIN
ivory. dates, and other tropical productions. II
transferred as merchandise, to foreigner, he is
usually benefited by escaping from master VINO
will eat him in times of scarcity to one who treats
him with more lenity and often with kindness
Egypt was the seat Of the earliest civilization known
to man, and the Egyptians held the negro as
slave but were not able to cvilize his races though
subsequently, in contact with the Carthagenans
Romans, and Saracens, he still renamed savage
and slave.
In The West Indies, and in other portions OF Anne
RIGA where they form Independent communities, not
withstanding the advantages they had from the
teachings of white men, and their great powers OF
imitation they seem to be returning to their orgi
nal savage state. When We turn to the free ne.
groes of the United States what shall say OF them!
Why northern as well as southern men, and even
Canadians, characterize them as the most worthless
Of the human race. Formerly the Abolitiohists as
cribed their degradation to the want OF political and
social privileges But during the middle ages, in
Europe, the Jews were not only without political
privileges, but were as class odious and severely
prosecuted, yet they were, nevertheless, Intelligent
energetic and wealthy. In point Of fact, in some
portions of the northern States the negro has been
made pet of, and but for his native inferiority,
On the other hand it is indsputabe fact that the
four million negroes who held in slavery in the
South. when their condition is considered with re-
ference to their physical well-being and comfort,
their productiveness laborers, their intelligence,
morality, and religion stand superior to any other
portion of their While the free negroes IN the
North with fresh accessions from abroad, diminish
in numbers the slaves of the South increase as rap
idly as the white race and, upon the whole, per-
haps, add as much to the wealth of the country in
which they are located as any equal number OF Ia
borers in the world
What the abotionists have to do is to find or,
create negro community which is superior to that
of the slaves of the South. When they shall have
done this they will have laid some grounds for their
appeals in behalf of emancipation Hitherto they
have enlisted the sympathies and feelings of the
man have in all respects the same nature Let the
inequality which the Creator has made be recogniz
Cd, and their system falls to the ground.
But the abolitionists sometimes say that even if
it be true that the negro is Inferior for that reason
namely, on account Of his weakness, he ought not
to be enslaved Does this reasoning apply to chill
dren? The average of human life is less than forty
years, and how can you justify depriving human
beings of liberty for more than half that time? If
children were the equals of adults it would be
wrong to control them. 1t is simply because they
are inferior that we justify their subsection to the
will of others. Upon these principles the negro,
being, as compared with the white man, always
child, is benefited by the control to which he is
subjected.
When pressed on these points by an array of
facts the abolonists fall back on the opinions Of
Mr.. Jefferson and others of the last century. But
since their day the sciences have made prodigious
advance and in all that relates to the peculiaritics
ard distinctions that exist between the different
Of men, there has been the greatest progress
of any. In fact it is science which has almost
grown up in our day, and it has made such strides
to have taken possession of the intellect of Amer
lea. Already there are hundreds who have adopted
the doctrine to one who believed it ten years ago
1t is only necessary for the true to take it up
boldly, and press it home and the abolitionists can
be routed throughout the North
The shrewder anti-slavery men, however, seeing
that they cannot make longer successful fight for
the negro affirm that their objection to slavery is
not on his account but for the sake of the white
men, and that they and the South are injured by
the institution and that our people for that rea
wanting in Enterprise and industry. To that
argument have this to say in reply. Where, Mr..
President, in all history was it known that one
ton was so strongly under the influence of benevo-
ence as to cause it to make war upon another mere
ly to compel the nation attacked to become more
terprising and prosperous? Who has invaded Spain
or Turkey to compel the Spanarls or Turks to be-
come more industrious and thrifty? Will any one
gravely pretend that this torrent of fanaticsm in
the North has other origin except desire to
compel the people of the South to be more indus
trous, and to take better Of their own interest
and be moro attentive to their own business? The
idea is preposterous. l have do doubt but that
Misrepresentation on these points have contributed
to strengthen the anti-slavery party But, sir, is
there any difficulty in making a complete defense
| on this point? With no wish, Mr.. Presi lent, to
wound the sensibilities of any one, to claim su
periority for my section, let us, nevertheless look
at some of the principal facts. One of the best
tests of the prosperity of country and its healthy
condition is the progress of its population. Com
pare the population of the fifteen slaveholding
States with that of all the free States as shown by
the census of 1910 and of $780, the last decade
certaned If We deduct from both sections the
foreign emigrant population which is an accidental
increment it will be found that the saveholdng
States have increased much faster in population than
the free States
Again. sir, fair estimate of the wealth of the
two sections will show that the citizens of the South
ern States are as rich per head think in fact rich
er than those of the free States 1t was also shown
by Mr. Branch, colleague of mine, some two years
ago. that of the old Atlantic States the saveholding
had more miles of railroad in proportion to their
| white population than the free States. There are
other evidences of our material wealth, to which
Will pIcSehIiy dufeIt Ou inc score Oh uOTdlS,
may be said that we have fewer criminals and pau
pers, and, proportionally, church accommodations
for larger number of members.
1t is said, however, that any who merely looks
at the two sections will see the inferorty of the
southern system. But you must remember that
our population is extended over territory of nine
hundred thousand miles in extent while many of the
northern States have dense population It is the
tendency of an agricultural people, with unlimi
ted area to extend itself rapidly at first while com
Tried by this standard, any one of dozen monarch
les which passed through, during the past summer
has the advantage of any portion Of the Union Even
inIaly, oppressed as has been for ages in its ag
rcultura landscape bring to shame the best cul
tivated State of New England According to thu
logic Of the Abotionists, these States ought to b.
placed under the dominion of the House Of Austris
or the Pope Of Rome. The entire State. Of Massa
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