Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-02-01

transferred as merchandise to a foreigner, he Is
usually benefited by escaping from a master VINO
will eat him in times of scarcity TO one who treats
him with more lenity and often with kindness
Erypt was the seat of the earliest civilization known
to man. and the Egyptians held the negro as
slave but were not able to civiiZe his race; though
subsequently, in contact with the Carthagenians,
Romans and Saraccns, he still remained savage
and a slave.
In the West Indies, and in other portions of Ame-
RIGA where they form independent communities, not
wthStanding the advantages they had from the
teachings Of white men, and their great powers OF
imitation, they to be returning to their orlSi-
nal savage state When we turn to the free ne
grocs of the United States what shall say of them?
WHY northern as well as southern men, and even
Canadians characterize them the most worthless
of the human race. Formerly the AbolltlonlStS as
cribed their degradation to the want of political and
social privileges. But during the middle ages, IN
Europe the Jews were not only without political
privileges but were as a class, odouS and severely
prosecuted yet they were, nevertheless, intelligent,
energetic, and wealthy. In point Of fact, in some
portions of the northern States the negro has been
made pet of, and but for his native intcriorlty,
must have thriTcn and even become distinguished
On the other hand it is indsputabe fact that the
four million negroes who held in slavery in the
South, when their condition is considered with re-
ference to their physical wcll-being and comfort,
their prod lctivencsS as laborerS their intelligence,
morality, and religion stand superior to any other
portion of their race. While the free negroes in the
North, with fresh acceSsions from abroad, diminish
in numbers the slaves of the South increase rap
idly as the white race and, upon the whole, per-
hapS, add as much to the wealth Of the country in
which they are located any equal number OF Ia
borerS in the world
What the abolitioniStS hare to do is to find or,
create negro community which is superior to that
of the slaves of the South. When they shall have
done this they will have laid some grounds for their
appeals in behalf of emancipation. Hitherto they
have enlisted the sympathieS and feelings of the
North by falsely assuming that the negro and white
man have in all respects the same nature. Let the
inequality which the Creator has made be rccognz-
cl, and their system falls to the ground.
But the abolitionStS sometimes say tn t, even if
it be true that the negro inferior for that reason,
namely, on account of his Weakness he ought not
to be cnSlaved. Does this Oaing apply to chill
dren? The average of human life is less than forty
years, and how can you Justify depriying human
beings of liberty for than half that time? If
children were the equals of adults it would he
wrong to control them. 1t is simply because they
are inferior that JUSTIFY their subsection to the
will of others. Upon these principles the negro,
being as compared with the white man, always a
child is benefited by the control to which he is
subjected.
When pressed on these points by an array of
facts, the aboltionsts fall back on the opinions of
Mr. Jefferson and others OF the last century. But
since their day the sciences have made prodigiouS
advance and in all that relates to the pcculiaritieS
az distinctions that exist between the different
races Of mer, there has BEEN the greatest progress
Of any. In fac, 1t is science which has almost
grown up in our day and it has made such strides
to have taken possession of the intellect of Amer
ca. Already there are hundreds who have adopted
the doctrine TO who believed it ten years ago
1t is only necessary for the true TO take it up
boldly and press it home and the abJlitioniSts can
be routed throughout the North
The shrewder anti,slavcry men, however, seeing
that they cannot make longer successful fight for
the negro affirm that their objection to slavery is
not on his account but for the sake of the white
men, and that they and the South are injured by
the institution and that people for that
wanting in Enterprise and industry To that
argument have this to say in reply Where, Mr..
President, in all history was it known that one ma
ton strongly under the influence of benevo-
cncc, as to cause 1t to make upon another
" to compel the nation attacked to become more en-
tcrprising and prosperous: Who has invaded Spain
or Turkey to compel the Spaniards or Turks to be-
come more industrious ana thrifty: Will any one
graycly pretend that this tOrren, of fanaticiSm in
the North has other origin except desire to
compel the people of the South to be more indus
trouS and to take better of their own interest
and be more attentive to their own business? The
idea is preposterouS | have do doubt but that
Misrepresentation these points have contributed
to strengthen the anti-slavery party. But sir, is
this point? With wi H. Mr. Pfcsi lent to
wound the Sensibties of any one, or to CLAIM SUI
pcrorty for my section let us, nevertheless, look
at of the principal facts. One of the best
tests of the prosperity of country and its healthy
condition is the progress of its population. Com
pare the population of the fifteen Slavcholding
States with that of all the free States as shown by
the census of 1910 and of 1850 the last decade as
certaincd. If we deduct from both sections the
foreign Cmgrant population, which is accidental
increment it will be found that the slaveholding
States have increased much faster in population than
the free States.
Again, sir, fair estimate Of the wealth of the
two sections will show that the citizens Of the South
States rich per heid think in fact rich
than those of the free States 1t was also shown
by Mr.. Branch a colleague of minc some two years
ago that Of the old Atlantic States the SlavehOlding
Ind more miles of railroad in proportion to their
white population than the free States. There are
other evidences of our material wealth. to which |
will presently advert On the score of morals, it
may be said that VIC have fewer criminals and pau
pcrS, and, proportionally, church accommodations
for larger number Of members.
1t is said however that any one who merely looks
at the two sections will see the inferiority of the
southern system But you must remember that
our population is extended over territory of nine
hundred thousand miles in extent while many of the
| northern States have dense population 1t is the
tendency of agricultural people, with unlimi,
ted area, to extend itself rapidly at first while com
MERGE and manufactures concentrate population
Tried by this standard, any of dozen monarch
les which passed through during the past summer
has the advantage of any portion of the Union Even
in Italy oppressed as it has been for ages in its ag
ricultura landscape can bring to shame the best cul
tivated State of New England. According to the
logic of the Abolitionsts these States ought to be
placed under the dominion of the House of Austria
| or the Pope of Rome The entire State of Massa-
chusctts is not larger than of the congressional
districts of North Carolina. Where a million of
! people are brought.wthin small area, the eye Of
an observer rests on many habitatons and fields
In time the whole Union, if filled with people, may
be superior to the best cultivated parts of Europe
but now, the inhabitants of sparsely- settled
/ dStrictS Inv and ILL