Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-05-26

SOUTHERN WRONGS AND REMEDIES.


pubhcaus disngenuous it is must be regarded as an
authentic expose oftheir present principles aud views
Pronounced edhedrd IN the midst OF crisis (no' YET
passed) which threatens disruption oil the Union ar
fully contryed TO screen from odium that party and tna
leader whose Vaccinations and misdeeds have brought
the country to this caamous condition, and to secure
to them the power Of debating 'is Uhote policy Of me
government it must command public attention. nave
neither ability space 10 give 1t the analysis II ue-
serves Leaving that task to ADLER hands, wl some
further observations on this new web OF sophlstry.
have already noticed the disngenuOus intimaton that
the rTepressibe conflict TO be conhnedto the settle
ment Of the slavery question "a an for TIE territories
OHig The same perverted construction you VIII hhu
more distinctly attempted in the following sentence
know Of only one policy which 1t THE republican party has
adopted ayowed namely re sdsiHg os territories q ne
C4s4 Ss, possible by eon1laoa9I AH' A"'0' means
Now the oracle of Rochester had certainly exclu-
sye reference to the territories nor did it, so far as
remember propose exclude poly gamy. Opposition to
this religious Institution of their BRETHREN seems but
recently TO have become part of the republican creed.
While Mormon prOpagandsts' were roaming and roost-
lug in the territories-one eander TO a dozen geese
and the kindred yOares OF Free Love, like chartered Ii
bertines worshipping at her shrine in their native home
OF New England heard OF no anupoygamy nor anti
Free Love societies. They kept their eyes on that terri
Die aiar oil in the South which appeared short
y after the food and probably long before;-whIch
Noah aud Paul approached unternhed and Chrst himself
left unrebuked. IL this bugOear alone when roseu
the sensbiues of our modern prophet In addition TO
his emphatic anuuncation OF tue rrepressibe combat
which TO be waged against it, hear what he said
twelve years ago at Cleveland
slavery be abolished and you and can and must do
Did he to abolish it where it did then exist
Turn to the speech OF his coaborer Senator Wade, of
Ohio to a mass meeting Of Republicans, in 1853:
"The only salvation Of Tee Union be found in dvestng It
Of the faint OF slavery
Similar proofs classifying this version Of the policy
Of the Republicans may be found without NUMBER in the
avowals OF their leaders and associates
Is it just it may be asked hold Seward responsible
for what has been said or done by them? Most just
No Scihr socis. Not only So but is a settled prin
cipe that men associated for common purpose OF mis-
chief all responsible for the and admissions of
each other Most Of al does this responsibility attach to
the chief who leads them But his own declarations
than sufficient TO convict him of nsiucery, in
asserting that the "Ony policy of the Republicans ever
was or now is, TO exclude slavery-or poygamy, from
the territories. The conflict he predicted, repeat
TO abolish establish Sidyery throughout the Union.
Truly interpreted-to abolish slavery in the South-for
he well knew that the first thought wish OF establish
ing in the North entered the mind Of Southern
man. Thus Interpreted how absurd is it to talk of SOL
wing the great national issue" By ballots? What bal
lots. Not would the South offer upon either branch
Of the issue. They will never degu to tender accept
issue which hints doubt Of their sovereign right 10
regulate their domestic concerns. That right even
their arch enemy himself compelled 10 acknowledge
he says:
we the Nohernersl are excluded justly wisely content
sdy q from all political power aud resp visibility In your clpi
W States You are soyeens on the subject Of slavery We
on The same subject within our borders The whole sovereignty
boundaries your have your fifteen distinct paris We eighteen
parts equally distinct"
Here then a great national issue between the North
and the South, rather two issues-lst Shall slavery
be abolished at the South ID Shall it be established
the North To be tried by wager OF ballots, Meth
Of which either party cast vote As TO iasen
ing slavery upon the North the Southern peO
pie 0rmeuted by the mischieyoU itch of medding with
the internal affairs Of other States, the idea is too pre-
posterous for any serious notice. "The Higher Law
has evocably settled that Not the laws of man only but
those OF God must be changed before slavery negro sla
very az least can live in the cline where mOrmons sp
rtrlppers and aboitionists indigenous IL will
prosper there when shall nger till June the
valley OF the Mississippi and rice and tobacco, the cot
ton plant and the sugar cane, spring Spontaneously
the barren plains of Massachusetts and Connecticut
the White Mountains OF Vermont. No; The great ma
Oual issue be confined the terrific
res, TO be solved by suliages, The Ussawattomie
martyr right. His prophet meant gunpowder-not
ballots, but bullets. The senatorial version would
make it mean nothing.
But while in breath we are now told that the one
only policy adopted avOwed by the Republicans in re-
spect slavery territorial and all right regulate
affairs is disayowed, vet they must discuss them.
ave cannot accept your systsm Of capital ethics"
That exactly the notion Of the sage philosopher
John Brown
ave mus indeed mutually discuss both systems All the world
discusses all systems Especially u-t discuss them, since
have decide, nation which ought to ngran
ou the new and future states"
But can t be said truly tina: the discussion is confined
by the Republicans TO the States Territories? DO
they discuss it with the view and design TO eugratt
their system of capital and ethics on the old States well
the ones, O the SOuthg They cannot force IL up
on us il is admitted by pixies votes But they
may discuss system; sap it, if they can by argument
~ complain he saws, that they discourse BOLDLY
aud sanction books designed to advocate emancipation
NO-Our complaint IS that they sanction books that
I as
Helpers; aud such papers Greeleys aud Weeds and
| Bryants, and such speeches as Stewards, aud Wades
/ aud Abraham Lincolus; and such sermons Parkers
and Beechers ami Cheeyers But we must not complain
"sury hardly expect the Federal Government the
political parties 70 maintain censorship Of the Of debate
According to his ethics is lawful to do indirectly
/ what it is unlawful 10 DO directly. They cannot put
down slavery in the South by lawful means. They con
fess ID subject which have exclusive sore.
reign D5ser But they must discuss 10. they must utter
aud publish arguments TO effect prohibited obect-one
which the discuers we'll know only be- and which
among them desire and intend shall be- accomplished by
unlawful and murderOus means. Witness the recent
/ fortunate and bloody occurrence. Truly, they do not
accept system OF ethics. They 60 bOw-shot beyond
the religious Jesuit of old he only sanctioned unlawful
means provided the end was holy but no means what
ever to accomplish uuhoiy design however lawful
those means might be for all lawful purposes.
alt the theory OF our system that error Of opinion nav Ia all
cases safely be tolerated. where reason lei free to combat it,
In all cases; all sorts Of opinions; you must discuss
them with those your duty and superior wisdom may
quire you instruct well with those who Justly
gard your lectures insulting and dangerous Your
TEN Of ethics must be obtruded upon usLOyeoy ethics
Browns ethics reute the ethics OF Saint Paul and
Socrates aud Washington Speech and the Press must
be free Northern MOrmous and Freelovers and other
moraists may propagate their iceutiuous crecds and
play their fantastic tricks in open day FIJI your parlors
| and bed rooms with foul writings aud obscene pictures
TO debauch your wives your and your daughters
Bgand and cutthroats may prepare their hellbroth,
and call up by their Internal ineantatons black spirits
aud white, TO feast the flesh and blood OF the South
the theory as speech and the press must be Free
error NAV all be safely tolerated where reason
is left free to combat it, Speech and the press
free legally morally, to incite TO vice crime Alb
opinions indeed however absurd honestly entertain
ed and not designed TO effect practical mischief
OF offence But to the liberty asked by the Black Re-
pubicans-ths demanded in Congress by Blake of Ohio
for every human being eons and madmon course ncu
ded of the South, devoted are to distractions
positively demur We have much faith in our orators but
could not trust Patrick Henry hmseif he were living
10 persuade those exceptional men OF Senator Seward
whose earnest convictions, set them TO aiming rifles and
pixies at bosoms-of their error in the midst of their
midnight Onsllughs by dint Of argument Reason can
only convince the rational Error PUSHES ahead aud strikes
as she flies Reason follows in time witness the blow
but too late TO heal it. Our lives and those Of wives
and children stake perilous to be hazirded in
Difference to the theories Of the slgest philosopher En-
has been coubated by since the days Of
Cain aud Abel Have crimes and foles ceased or d.
minshed Reason was free to combat error while our
Northern brethren burning witches. Even now in
this most enlightened era Of the worlds progress" the
votares of error like Northern voters ounumber their
adversares by vast aud increasing majority and new