Gazette and sentinel., 1860-12-15

j." tH' ~ FCrlIt!GAA CAM VI iuSSe IhlltT
Gays. but simply ami exclusively 10y u
regard = then material interests. Other
States, situated Ia Il more tropical cline
a.u having within tIie,T borders "A soil
adapted 90 The growth Of products
winch increase the happiness and aug
nHeAt tho wealth q. mankind. have re-
tanned slavery. because practical ex-
p~c.!cECe has demonstrated that il iI
useful, profitable, and essential. While,
however, the great idw Of necessity and
adaptaliun has controlled the operation
cd changes in the two systems Of labor,
We have not ignored tine moral and So
c!a. aspect Of the question. Men of iu-
Observation-Disclosures, mOralistS, and
staicsmen-lormcrly apol"gized for the
existence of slavery among lis on the
score Of memorable necessity, and
shrank from a defense Of their people
for its retention. But when Abolition
ism, emboldencd by increasing strength.
began TO attack our system of labor as
a sin and a crime, the moral and reli-
gious aspects Of the question became
The subjects of scrutiny, and the result
has been a complete vindication of our
Institution, and 4 correction of popular
errors concerning it. We have decided
to retain it, and believe that any other
people, similarly circumstanced, will be
benefited by it. The MISUNDERSTANDING
States got rid of it, and we did not COM
plain. They exercised their own iudg-
mCnt and gratiiied their own desires bv
that act. But these States not only de-
termincd that they would not have slav-
cry themselves, but they have also de-
cIarcd that no new sovereignty within
the sphere Of their influence shall have
it, and no new soil shall be worked by
It, although the inhabitants shall have
carried slaves, along with the other
members of their household, and other
property, to their new home, and shall
themselves desire the existence of the
institution. This is an intolerant and
intolerable assumption of powcr-an
avowal of q reckless resolve to disre-
gard the rights Of Southern citizens,
and to deprive us Of one ot the inner
and necessary privileges which at
tach to us as equals.
So long as such sentiments we're con-
fined to scattered, and u~ninl1uential, and
demcnted zealots in New England, they
excited no other feeling than cOntemp-
tuous commiseration, but they have
permeatcd the whole structure Of
social and industrial life in the nom
slaveholding States, and leavened the
mass. Their gradual propagation
has been evinced by the Legislation Of
States. Nearly every one OF them
have nullified the Fugitive Slave Law,
and enacted the most stringent penal
ties against assisting any master in re-
covering his slave. There are not more
two, Or at most, three Northern
think, that have not legislated
in some manner inimical to the clear
constitutional right of the slave owner
n this particular. The use of their
is denied for the Judgement Of
escaped slaves, and every officer and
is forbidden, under pain of pun
shmeut, heavier than that inflicted by
hem for sope heinous crimes, to aid or
in any in the capture of
JUr negroes, while the complete free
iom Of the slave from any danger from
arrest and detention is secured by Per-
;oual Liberty bills. They boast of an
lually depriving us Of that species of
property to the extent Of millions of dol
ars. Their citizens form combinations
o prevent the emigration Of Southern
'itizcns with their slaves, into the IN
and common domain of the
'ountry. The man who is now the Pres
dent elect of this Republic OF States,
las declared, at a recent date, that we
not remain as we have ever been,
slave and part free, but that the
conflict between the Northern and South.
I'm systems of labor must end with the
of slavery.
The election of Mr.. Lincoln by the
Northern people, the representative of
hese opinions, and the executor of such
Intentions as are for~eshadowed without
ambiguity by the public men and politi-
al bodies having affinity with him,
shows that the Northern mind is poison.
ID against us, and that it no longer re-
ipects our rights or their obligations
The large mai rites given in most of
hes Statesf for the Electors favorable tn
lr. Lincoln, is an evidence Of the uni
'ersality of this feeling of hostility to
,ur institutions, and of the depth to
which this delusion Of the popular mind
las penetrated. The wise ~counsels Of
he Fathers are forgotten rnnheeded-
he fratcrnal remonstranccs Of the South,
whether made by individual citizens, or
sovereign States, are disregarded--the
warning of one Of their own statesmen.
himself an ex-President, that the South