Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-05-21
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9th days ot July $780, IN which be uniOlus lu"y MS
opinions OF the economical aud moral effects of the iu-
s,uuou Of slavery, and the legal and constitutional
rights OF Shareholders Il viii be seem from its perusal
1 Mr. Bell maintains in its full extent the Southern
doctrine on this subect-eyeu the doctrine Of the right
of protection 70 slave property in the territories. In
publishing these extracts the Rsrs says We call the
particular attention of our Democratic friends TO the
tracts we publish to day from the speech Of Mr. Be on
the Compromise Measures. We ask all Of them who are
candid 20 read these positions. The South now, it is
said should bury the old party distinctions. Here is a
Southern man. true to the South offered a candidate
for Che Presidency VIII not all friends of the South
sustain him. THIS ticket viii give peace to the country
ItviI protect the South If anybody more pro
slavery sentiments tban these be goes beyond us,
Here is what Mr.. Bell said;
.Tbe forbsarauce of the North to apply the Wimot
Prov-o loo New MeNicoI-A PROPOSITION So JUSTLY OBJ
>czrrr, TO- AND GIVING EISE MUCH ENCITEvENr At
ms Sorr-s concession Southern feelings wLch /
would not seek 90 deprecde, but IL only be regard
o. under an the crcUms auccs OF the case, mere
act 90 grace extended without the surrender Of any Of
/ the principles and positions OF the North
.I IS c0uteuded that the South is secured in the full
benefit OF he doctrine held boy Of the distiu
.lisbei champions OF It's rights who maintain that the
0n.ru i0u rEOTEu yIopEE that the tag Of tue Union
protect, ,be citizen IN the enjoyment OF bis rights Of
property OF every De crptoa recognized such in
of toe Sses on every and in every Territory OF th
mon. IBE sOyNINE-, or rUs GENERAL DOCTRINE HELD
| .S rus POINT ] THINK CANNOT WILL BE- QUESTIONED uR
.-raotsD; ASD rHE QUESTION RELATED 10 A TERRIFIC
/ .- -.rrtrFu AS OREGON WAS WHEN IHE JNTLu STATES
SAME 1910 POSSESSION OBJ IT, PROPERTY IN SLAVES WOULD
.F ENTITLED Io Ius FEUIFruo, ot IHE LAWS AND Coz
| -ruuru> UF rUr lNr.a STATES.
"Tht cause of freedom, u the south as well The
North Is wrapped zap IN che Constitution aud in the
.-.gn These once broken down. anarchy aud military
i,rot..m become our inheritance. We have arrived
n1.ut 1f time iu our history, which viii constitute an
aroch ,o which .lc future historian vi refer aud from
/ FsIugc the cause of our decline O. nation or Of u-
creased prosperity and grandeur. Sir mlu who loves
MS country 0u9 Boa, amy just pride in the rof'c
lion taa. Orr IS an American citizen, bN must desire that
hose ,,..s.ors should cease II Is not mere question
whether $500 shah preserve the Union The question
whether mutual trust aud c3aHisrc3 shat. continue %
.r.u... ana encourage mutual Effort ln promoting and
I...Ir.- common benefits; whether mutual hatred
md ... shah step .U .o check all progress 10 dis
tract ami CON found a Joint eudeavors for the common
welfare, i1 hue 20 entail upon the Country an the evils OF
s-3I... fs.orI That is the question And when YOU
preseu, that issue me- say 80 once, give eplra-
aoa give me di.luO0; give ue anything in preference
/ to Union sustained only hT power by constitutional.
/ aud .egaI ties, without confidence.
/ ~ I'M. mo-, 20 bee deluied Mr. President by the APP
5es- from le NORTH uro1 che subject Ofluman wrongs
/ tIi rhc violation ot human rights Were
-1-,..l rv .he South 90 impose the chains of scrvi-
-..s upon "a single human being uov free there IS no
l.r Tgr-t1 whom such POSITION would be more Tee
..... ,far to aFs.. Bat Sir humanity 70 the slave,
.. a-s chan -tca 90 the MASTER recommends The poll
. q DIVISION tsr FErFN-'rN into any new territory
7s1.sI 90 his condition. aud che reasons TOO obuoI,
| 3D. b. a..-gldcrs uot hy ,a' d. i,est intellect
As 90 the 30ille-, ~ ..u...ags Of ,b- institution Of
.1r.rr-nbarergr frcuz,d or fanatic priests or more
armed and rational d.vGes may p'each whatever they
nav affirm of Christian n-gcept-, OF moral and religion.
niles and rasuous1..s- whatever Interpretation OF The
l.v of altsre or Of Almighty God they may announce
i-.vt doctrines or theories C. the equality Of human
r-at= end OF the various races OF m1uami diversified
-tl.v are ty comp, X'ou, 10y physical formation ami
mental development tbe disciples OF traEscpudcutal
red uf8uv Sind NAV hold or teach. however they NAV
o-marr, upon ibis hypothesis, and declare 10 TO bee
/ violation OF the aN OF nature oy any one race, with
4steyer superiority of mental OF physical. faculties they
mas be erduei 20 sal agate those of inferior race
| ND make them the Instruments OF improvement and
.rsiorllor in their condition and l that of their
masters and co.qleroys in carrying to-aard the great
work Of c.yi.iZtou-uut we We shall be- enlightened by
-.veatiou from higher source than themselves mus.
claim the privilege OF Interpreting the hv Of nature
| 1v what / see revealed in the history Of mankind
| rom the earliest period of recorded time uuconta-
| fctcd bv Divine authority. / mus interpret that
law according to the prominent facts connected
with ths subject they have stood out IN the past and
AS bev stand out before az this day Looking through
Oh. ewes of history have seen slavery or Involuntary
s-yude the instrument aud handmade OF Hiudoo Eyp-
.rr A.svritu Jewish Greek and Roman civilization !
rve seen the institution recognized by the heocrac 90
verumeu- OF the jews the chosen teposit3es of the
/ Word OF Lite: bv Democratic Athens and Republican
Rome / have seen, upon the overthrow OF Roman CIV
raou by the savage bordes Of the North that these
nov masters Western Europe and their successors
adopted and continued 10 uphold the same institution
r various notifications adapted 10 the chan gi1g con
Ior of both slave and MASTER and still under an ad-
r.rcing ,., ritou, until comparatively recent period
see the sam. Institution tolerated and maintained in
.H ID oil
British India at this moment boNiug the neck under "a
system of Quasi slavery But above all have here
1 fi continent aud IN these United States the orgi-
nh rl. of the soil -ubiued-sOme Of them reduced to
seyerv others expelled driven out-and the remnant
@ held in sabOrd1atou; and all this under interpre-
op of the law of nature which holds good at this day
among our Northern b.ethren; and l have yet in IT,
serve chat great fact 70 which have already alluded
rse l lions Of the African race, whose labor IS subject
.o tle Wiz of masters, under such circumstances that
-L.i- condition cannot be changed, though their
f,-s should win it without destruction alike 10 the in
forests and welfare of both master and slave. These
s-s the lights by which read aud understand the law Of
nature.
Now SIR permit me 10 say few words upon the effect
of ths institution upon the country which toerates it,
To the great fact TO which have than once au-
sa4 coroined with the system Of equal laws which our
ancestors brought with chem 20 these shores, and which
tlev perfected aud consolidated the Revolution, and
bv The adoption OF the present form of Union we are n-
3abte3hc world !, iulgbtej-fOr that other great phe
uouenou the history Of the rise and progress Of ma
lions In an its bearings not vet fully comprehended by
Bs nations Of the Old World by ourselves; and
which will IN an future time, be the study aud admira-
ton o. the historian aud the philosopher. mean not
The f5uriu. OF Republic these shores, so recently
the abode only Of savage and nOmadic tribes; but its
smazirr growth and deyelopment-is magicIke spring
from small beginnings rising by single effort
bv one elastic bound all the attributes OF first rate
. Power. a great Republican Empre-abe not only TO
maintain It's rights Of sovereignty aud independence, by
land ana sea- against hostile world, but az the same
time by is example, shaking 70 their foundations the
ds>Uotc Powers OF the earth great Incorporation OF
freedom dispensing IFS blessings TO all mankind. The
E5ei birth Of Minerva eapng in full panoply from the
head OF Jovc If a truth, and fiction would scarcely
De- more wonderful greater MYSTERY, without the clue
chic african slagerg furnishes for the solution Of II.
Sir making ali due allowance for American enterprise
aud the energies Of free labor under such system OF
government as We enjoy doub. whether the power and
baf ber present extraordinary proportions but for this
So much rrui'e I iHstittoH Of SLAVERY. sir your rich
and varied commerce. external aud internal; your navi
cation. YOUR commercial marine the nursery OF the mil
itrv your ample revenues the public credit your man-
u.actures your rich populOu and splendid cities-a all
g,4g trace 10 this institution 10 their iCsl-priRg
Their prsten. ,gantir r5poriioa,-nourshed and built
up 10 their present amazing height aud grandeur by the
great staples OF the Souththe products Of slave labor
Yet slavery, in every form 10 which it has existed
from the primitive period OF organized socety-irom Its
earliest and patarchal form this time, in every quar-
ter OF the globe-and all Is results the magnificent
rssiifs Of frcaa siasery "a The United States de-
cared 20 be against the law Of Though contrib
usiHg N AHndred 00giOas Jor1as and MODES through
psrt2d Of Thousands II years. 20 the GRsiioraoR Of The
adti0R Of aasktad generally though sometimes a6Us