The Constitutional., 1860-08-25
NO. i


that great and radical changes in the framework
of Society. involving the relations Of twelve mi
lions of men, will not wait on the abiding ofau
impatient philanthropy They can only be brought
about in the lapse of time, by the steady opera
Ihon of physical economical, and moral causes
Have those, who rebuke the South for the corr
! tinuance of slavery, considered that neither thS
present generation nor the preceding one IS re-
| sponsibe for its existcnccl The African slavs
trade was prohibited by Act Of Congress hity-ons
wears ago; and many years earlier by the separate
southern States The entire colored population
with the exception, perhaps, of a few hundred.
sureptitiously introduced is native to the soi'.
Their ancestors were conveyed from Africa in the
ships of Old England and New Engisnd. They
now number between three and four r'iliions.
Has any person. Of any party or opinion pro-
posed. in sober earnest, practical method OF
Wholesale emancipation believe most persons
in all parts of the country, are Of opinion mas
free labor is steadily gaining ground. IL wouid
in my judgment have already prevailed IN the wv"
northern tiers Of the slaveholding States had ~
advances not been unlIsppily retarded by the iri'
totinp agi.ations of the day. But has any person.
whose opinion is entitled to the slightest respect
ever undertaken to sketch out the details "i
plan for effecting the change at once BY any
lec;s,ative measure that could be adopted Con-
slider only, pray you, that it would be to ask the
South to give up one thousand millions OF prop
e erty, which she holds by title satisfactory TO
herself. as the first step Then estimate the cost
Of an adequate outfit for the self support Of thn
: renect on the de-
: rsnrement of the entire industrial system of the
South, and all the branches of commerce and
manufactures that depend on its great saplesi
then the necessity of comforting equal political
privileges on the emancpa;ed race who being free
5 would be content with nothing less, if anything
J less were consistent with our political system
then the consequent organization of two greni po-
litcal parties on the basis Of color, and the eter-
= nal feud which would rage between them; and
finally the overflow into tpc free States OF vast
\ multitude of needy and helpless cmigrants, who'
: being excluded from many of them (and among
others from Kansas,) would prove doubiy bur
, densom,. where they are admitted. Should IRE,
a cir. with all our sympathy for the colorcd
c race (and l do sincerely sympothze with
!, them, and to all whom chance throws in my
+ way. | have through Hf- extended all iha
Il relief and assistance i'll my power, give
II a very cordial reception to two or three hundred
thousand destitute cnancipated slaves Docs
not every candid man sco that every one OF thcse
steps presents difficulties of the most formidable
cbaractcr-dificultie for which, far az
6 know, no man aud no party has proposed soiu
ton! And is it, sir for the attainmt mt OF Objects
so manifestly impracticablc pursued, too ny the
bloody pathways of treason and murder, that wo
will allow the stupcndous evil which now threat
= ens us. TO como uron the country Shall we
= permit this curiously compacted body polite tho
incest adjustment of human WISDOM to 90 10
" picccs7 VIII we blast this beautiful symmetric
., farm. psralyzc this powerful arm of public
strength; smitc with mbccilty this great Ma
tional Intellect? Where sir, o where viii I'D
-. the flag of the United States Where our rap
idIv increasing influence in the family OF nations
Already they are rejoicing in our divisions. Tho
= last foreign journal which have read, in com
y mcrtinc upon the event at Hurpcr's Ferry, dwelli
unon il rs something that "will compel us q
=. keep the peace with the powers of Europe ahq
a that means to take the law from them in our IN
a.. tcrnational relations
meant to have spoken of the wreck of thd
: MAGNIFICENT and mutually beneficial commerce.
Ia intercourse which now exists between the produf
49,. ing and manufacturing Statcs;-oi the hos''1
: tariffs in time of peace and the habitualy rectl
r;np border wars, by which it will be annihllated
g meant to have said word Of the Navy OF N
- United states; and the rich Inheritance OF Il
n liaf
,r,, memory of our Fathcrs--of those happy da4
a. ,ybch the men er the North and South STOOD !.
getber for the country, hard fought heldi
\. ,,hep the South sent her Washington to Mass
=, chusetts. and New England sent her Greene
o.t Carona--is all this forgotten us all the cou]
sci that we two have shared" all the joint labo
- TO found this great Rcpublc;-s this all Tor got
and will we permit this last great experiment
:. tonf,dcrat. Rcpublicanism, to become prob'1
and a by,-word to the Nations 4! No, iellow-cI
zens. no, n thousand times no! This glord}
- Union shall not perish! Precious legacy OF I
Fathers. il shall go down, honorcd and cherlsif
one ~ our children Generations unborn Shall EN- i
tho il privileges as we have done. and II VIC lea
49, tbr,n moor in all besides, We VIII transmit
,..I thcm the boundess wealth of its blessings!
~ STRONG ARGUMENT ". STRONG BUTTEHn
Yor- "Why is It my son, that when you drop u
the bread and butter it is always the buitcrcd
"'H downl" u
IN 81 don't know. 1t hadn't ort"r, had IL
the strongest side ought to be up, and this Is
'''u strongest butter ! ever SEEN
"a "TIush up it's some of yonr arnts eh"rnn
'h' .Did she clnun It the great lazy thing"
80 "What, yorr aunt"
can "No TIM. here butter. To make that poorfl
the woman cluln it, when is strong enough to "a
.cdy &c,
been "Hush, Zcb, I've eat great deal worse ny,
o'" most aIstoclatc hous's.'
H. 10 "Wcn, people Of rank ought I" c"t IT.
- To ..yy-bv n.oulc of rank 2" n