The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-05-08

be abolished by law
Mr.. Jefferson declared, in IVA:
"The abolition of domestic slavery is the greatest
ebect of desire in these colonies, where 1t was nn-
happiiy introduced IN their infant state
And at a later period of his life, as the re-
suit of mature experience, he says: -.
"Nothng ismore certainly written iathe book OF
fate than thst these people the neeroesl are 10 ne
free nor ~ il less CERTAIN that the two races, equally
free, cannct live in the same Government. Nature
habit opinion, have drawn indelibe lines oi distihc
ton between them. II is still in our power To direct
the process of emancipation and dportatioH and IN
such slow degree that the evil will wear Oh insen-
sbly and their place be, payi passu filled up by Tree
white abores. IT, on tho contrary 1T Is left to force
Itself human nature must shudder at the prospect
held up"
Patrick Henry adds his testimony, in n
letter dated January Is, 1893:
.Ibeleve n time will como when an opportunity
will he offered % abolish this amentabe Owl. Every
thing we can do Is TO improve It, Git happens IN to-
day if not let transmit 10 defendants, togeti
with our slaves, pity Tor their unhappy iot hhu
nm adherence for slavery If cannot iednce THIS
wished for reformation To practice, let treat The
unhappy victims with lenity. 1t is the iuftest ai-
vance We can make toward Jnstce H. Is a DEBT we
to the purity of onr religion, to show that ~ J.,
at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
And another eloquent and eccentric son Of
the Old Dominion John Rapdolph) says:
l gINe tn my slaves thelr freedom, 10 Whlcn my
conscience tell me they Justly entitled. IL has
long time been matter Of the deepest regret to me
that tho circumstances under which Inherited them
and the obstacles thrown in the way by the,laws OF
the land, have prevented my emancipating them III
lifetime, which Is my full intention TO do ia case
can accomplish it. ...'l !,r-s
And now, where would these men Of the
oldcn timo stand, if they were once. more in
the land they loved, and for which they ia
bored What fellowship would our modern
Democracy hold with Thomas Jeiieison?--
Where is the Democrat who dare ahnounee
as his political creed the sentiments Of Wash
ing.on? Who in the ranks of that organiza
,on dare repeat tho old republican doctrines
of n Madison, n Henry, and q Randoiph2--
What Democratic convention will enunciate
in its platform The great truths that onr ath-
ers blazoncd forth in the Declaration Of I1de-
pendeuce! i5ra1 -.l
Mr. Chairman, roue dare do it, except al
the sacrifice OF his party standing. The man
who stands up and avows his belief and con-
cuuenco in tho blood, baptized doctrines Of
our fathers, will very speedily find himseli
outside the Democratic organization. Tha,
party spusns the teachings OF sages and states.
men, rs heresies and distractions, and call.
the Declaration of independence "a string OF
gttcrsng generations" New lights guide
their footsteps; new counsels govern their
votes. -a"f -: r.
have quoted the Democratic doctrine as
expounded by Firginians Of the old school. -
Now, by way Of contrast, let mo quote the
doctrine O. modern Virginia Democracy On
tho 18th of January last, a gentleman Mr.
Smith who once filed the executive chair IL
the Old Dominion, and who is now, as fol
yeas past, an Influential Democrat, onthi'
floor was asked whether he repudiatod The
sentiments Of the evolutionary fathers on ths
subject Of African slavery. His reply WAS
Il will shy, however. in the ontset that the gen
oaSmnny Sf Mon 10 am me nEs me- ri spaote Ife
Sir many Of tko's sentiments Gfcourss Jrspndias de
risiye laughter from the kepuhll"ans) 1fdhg OF ikos
ssRmeat are dtse an phosCphy and HHsoras ia Jdet
Another Nlrgiuian at the other end of The
Capitol, Senator Mason, admitted few
days ago, that new standard of Democracy
/ had been erected; and he states the couclu
! sions to which the new faith brings its deci
/ pies:
''What meant 70 say the other day and what
think did saw was this: that because the agitation
by portion of the Union on the question of The
abolition OF slavery the minds OF She South had beet
/ brought more deeply ahd CONSIDERABLY To ponde
II; the MIND U! the SOUTH had Oeen brought bl
that agitation To .ouk further into the condition O
slavery and into the consequences thar resulted ro
it and satisfied that the mind OF the South hat
undergone change to this great exsent that it wa
almost the universal beefin the South, not onl!
that the condition of African bondage in their m ds
the best condition to which the African race haC
svci been subjected but TINT it had thn efect of en-
obng both nces, the ghite and the JlSch"
And another Virgiuian on tbs floor TMr
Pryor avows that the anti-slavery impulse
Of his State have been stiAed, and that th'
traditional ideas" Of his ancestors have beer
"contrnyeucd," with the fact, to use his owl
language:
discovered and demonstrated that negro slavery
instead Of being accidental evil, which me toler
nte merely for want OF practical remedy. is an ln
stitnion which exists III virtue ot the most essenta
human interests and the highest sanctions OF th
highest laws
l might multiply quotations and extrac'
OF undoubtod authority, TO show that the po
sition of the Democracy is n living denial O
the great truths and principles which under
lie the foundation of this Contederacy; bu
the fact will not DO disputed that it has chang
od its ground, and abandoned tho path of il
fathers because, while they deplored tho ex
istence of slavery as an evil, to be restricted
aud discouraged, modern Democracy is com
peeQ TO kuDScfUe 10 contrary uOctflHc
namely, that slavery in an institution to b.
fostered and encouraged as blessing to tn
black man as well as the white.
And now, having demonstrated that thi
party is false to tho impulses and convictions
which strengthened the faith and nerved thu
arm of our fathers, proceed 10 show that i
is also faithess to the obligations Of that Con
stiution which was the crowning glory an,
resnlt of their toll and suffering.
The second section of the fourth article G
that instrument declares that
"The citizens ofeath State shall be entitol TO a
the privileg mmunites Of citizens IN the sev
eTal States"
Here is a provision which guarantees to tn
citizen Of South Carolina the samo projection
when in Michigan, which the sovereignty o
: Michigan extends to her own citizens; ant
On the other haud, il entitled the travele
from the North to the "privieges and mmu
mites" which attach to Southern citizen un
der the shield of his own State sovereignty
1t is provision essential to the growing on
Of the comfy and good fellowship which shot
exist between confederated States. But boy