The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-19

X HERALD, THURSDAY,
and 70 oonnns the Justification OF slavery 70 thaa
the whole weight Of prone ssthory for we read Of
negro savery In ancient times. = - Slavery, black
Nature has made tho weak il mind or body slayss
- Tho wise and virtuous, the brave, the strong n
mind and body, s.s born 2 :, son@ u..9 .,
saddles on their backs and others booted and spurrsd
The reins, the bit and he spur Lie and liberty are
not inalienable The Dsclaraton Of Independence
uberanty false and sborescently fallacous d
All the doctrines Of this book are supported by
ne great organs of the democracy Of the South
the Richmond Examiner and Richmond Enquirer.
Listen to the Richmond Enquirer
Until recently the defence Of slavery has abored under
great dif1culties because It's apo!ogsts-tor they
merely apologisis-toOk half way ground They confined
the defence OF slavery negro slavery thereby
giving up the slavery principle admitting other forms
Bible and Of the history practices ana experience msn
kind Human experience, showing the universal success
ofshve society and the universal failure of free society
was unavaing to them, because they precluded
be wrong The defence Of mere negro slavery involved
ern States justified the holding Of white men in slavery
provided that through the mother they descended
a,toes, according 70 their theory wronguly held
In slavery. .a ..rtt -
Inc line OF defence, however changed now, and the
North completely cornered and dumb oyster The
South now maintains that slavery right natural and
ce,sary shows that all divine and almost all human
authority justices The South further charges that the
little experiment Of free society in Western Europe has
been, nom the beginning, cruel failure, and that symp
more Obvious bs neUroos he our ..vss .r M
they arc only ut 10 labor not to direcye the principle
slavery is in itself right and does not depend on de
from the Richmond Examiner.l
TINS agitation has produced one happy effect, q least
and character OF great institution and TO correct many
false Impressions that even we had entertained 10 relation
10 it. Many in the South once believed that
and political evil That folly and deluson gone. w,
see nov in s true light, and regard most sal,
and stable basis for free institutions the world II
tween labor and capital, which makes SO difficult 10 es
Absh and maintain free institutions all wealthy and
not exist.
We desire to place on record this testimony of
Southern men IN regard to the institution Of slavery
and its tendencies; and having done this, we would
sion or disunion Mr. Leake says It Is the right OF
Virginia to withdraw from the Union "the instant
she thinks proper to do So" And Mr.. Gartrell of
Georgia, exclams;-%such is the right Of Virginia
Strange doctrine this; and strange government
or nation, allegiance to which is not q matter of
duty but convenience; and which may be dissolved
At pleasure; And If Virginia and New York and
pennSylvania may secede at pleasure. it follows
that 1llineis possesses similar right under the con-
stitution. And what then1 Illinois extends from
the mouth Of the Ohio to Lake Michigan, ernbrac.
Gulf Of MEXICO to Canada; and in the winter
season cuts of efiectually and entirely the inter
course with the Atlantic Of the States Of Missouri
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and the whole north.
Of the Ohio. In other words, Illinois extends from
81 deg to AZ deg north including fifty miles of the
shore Of Lake Michigan; and In the winter season
there is no means Of Intercourse with the north
0io nm IN rail- al ~ Aaw~
north and the Atlantic, save through this
State. From the Gulf Of Mexico to our
Northern boundary, are embraced nineteen de-
south Of Illinois Now upose tbsf = the ss ssarc ase
Of this absurd claim Of Alright to withdraw nom the
Union, Illinois should withdraw and establish with
In her boundaries despotism. prohibiting the cit
| territories. What would become Of the great
Northwest? Missouri following her example and
acting IN concert with her, could shut out
Union from oil intercourse with the Atlantic.
And Uis zoe are grdrely told by the groom up boys
| acho sputter nonsense on the floor Of Congress- Is
according to the constitution and the conditions
The mishap, the folly and the absurdity of this
whole doctrine of secession and peaceable dis
union of the sonfederacy, is SO perfectly manifest
to every sensible man that il Is almost
| Neither the great West and Northwest, mol
| the Nsrth, the East or the Centre-and
least Of all the South and Southwest-are to con
tre the future Of this great republic. And our CON
viction s, that whatever changes may take place in
our form OF government, for centuries at least, we
shall continue TO be one people. And this for the
both the West and the Northwest, lea through the
Atlantic States and along the great rivers emptying
int the CULTS of Mexico and 81. Lawrence. Who
dare close these avenues against the millions des-
tined to occupy that great region forever devoted
to freedom by the ordinance Of 1857, even II It were
constitutional SO to do? Not the East and the Cen
tre strong they are; and certainly not the South
,cith cdnker in its bosom tohich places II at the
| mercy of such n,ddnlen as Broom and his hand
fd Of fanatics, to frighten her from her proprie-
y Nor does the power or the right to do this great
| wrong exist anywhere We are nation one and in
Invisible under the constitution and Union and ale
glance is due by us to the general government pre-
cisely as It 10 due by the people of France or Eng
land to their respective government. Like them,
zoe haze the right Of revolution; but zoe haze no
right pedceably to secede or destroy the govern.
come from tohdt quarter II may, toiU be punished
| accordingly. And our friends Of the East and the
West-the North and the South--those on the
Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, and ct the North
| east and on the Gulf of Mexico, may as well make
| up their minds that we are all parties to q com.
pact in which we have taken each other as man
takes his wife, "for richer for poorerforb better for
worse; and we must try to be just and conciiating
| to each other, and strive TO live in peace--never
loNng sight Of the fact, that any and every refrdc.
tory member of the confederdCy that attempts dis
union, sciu most certainly, be tchipped into sub
| lection.
| John Bell Nominated for President in
| Tenn essees
| MEETING OF 7HI 0PPOeTTION nNBBns OF TIE TEN.
| NEGeW LE0I6LAIURE. II. tr
From the Nashville Wing, Jan. 12]
nessse Esssssrs assembled . ths senate chamber %
last evening Though the weather quite mclsmens
The entire dsAegation, with two exoeptons, was
| present and participated IN the proceedings.
nthusia.m, Ssrvor and earnesness characterized he
action Of the meeting We have not time or space II
this late hour 10 note at length the stirring Incidents Of
the occasion. 6uco 70 gay that every participant In
this the primary movement In the great contest Of this
year evnced The true SPIRIT and hat the whole body gave
glorious earnest, manifestation Of zeal for the struggle
which Tennessee Is resolved 70 make in behalf Of national
| conservative, Union prhciples- ~ NJ lttT :
The Hon. W. l. Martin, Of Wilson, was called 10 The
chair and the opposition editorial corps acted a Score.