Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-26

oursons Of white laborers, without the slaves to
neutraze their social tendencieaf and thus,
therefore, that she must certainly submit to be
abolitonized, aud when 10 abolitionized, that she
must surely be thrown of, to take her fortunes
with the abolition Statesf Will you say the
same 10 Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, North
Carona, and Tennessee viii you declare to
the State Of South Carolina that, IL the canker
Of democracy eats into her towns and citiesi II
her lighter landa are exposed her forms OF Gull
ture arc abandoned, she mist still submit TO i'll
To Texas, that 10 her imperial domain no other
slaves shall come than those she may extort from
cider States and that she must submit to be the
waste she is. else accept the the kind Of labor
that must demoralize the social nature OF the
State : Will you do this, and yet say that you
erect slavery and affirm it, and, In your minis
tations at its altar, own it as the true and only
source Of your authority individually, am
sure you will not | am too well assured Of
your intelligent perception Of the questions at
issue, and Of your devotion to the great cause
you have espoused, to entertain o doubt upen
that subject; but others may, end that | may
meet suggestions likely to arise, will task your
indulgence further.
Then why adopt this measure Is II that
Virginia aud the other Border States require i'll |
They may require il now, but is it certain they |
will continue to require III Virginia and the
rest have never yet regarded slavery as normal
slave rs property, but not slavery as relation.
They have treated il as q prohibition, but have
never yet esp0Rsed u. Their men Of intellect
have exhibited enlightened views upon this sub
ject, but their politicians who have hold the
public ear have ever presented II as a thing Of
dollars, and 10 be fought for, II need be, but not
to be cherished and perpesuated. And is it GER
tsin that when better opinions shall prevail;
that when they join, il they shall join, Slave
Republic, Republic to perpetuate the institution
when there shall be less indacement to sell their
slaves, and the assurance that when they shall
sell chem they will fall under the rule Of de-
mocracy tohicA must unit them for association in a
Slape CogJedcraey-the people Of these States
may not solicit an increase Of slaves? And Is 1t
policy to preclude the possibility Of such an iu-
crease But ndmit the change may never come
yet against all the evils to result from the slave
trade these States are competent to protect
themselves. The failure Of the General Govern
nient to preclude that trade by constitutional
provision by no means precludes them from such
prohibition. If they may never want them,
they may keep them out, without the application
ola Procrustean policy to all the other States Of
the Confederaey. It may be said that without
such general restriction tue value Of their slaves
will be diminished in the markets Of the West
They haze no right 10 ask that their slaves or am
Other products, shall be protected 10 unnatural yGiu
in hs markets Of the West. II they persist 10 re
garding the negro but as thing Of trade IN thinl
which they are too good to use, but only cal
produce for others uses--and join the GOnfede
racy, as Pennsylvania or Massachusetts might dl
not to support the structure, but to profit by it
it were as we'll they should not join, and we cal
find no interest in such association.
Is 1t that the Cotton States themselves requir
It. II so, each for itself may adopt the prohi
btion. But they do not. The political leader
Of the country are not ready for the proposition
as they were not ready for the measure Of seces
sion. Many leaders OF the South, many mon VIII
meet you in Convention, have been forced o tina
position by popular movement they had nevc
the political courage to direct; and so, perhaps
in any case the whole machinery Of society mus
start before the political hands upon the dia
plate can indicate its progress and 70 therefor
as this question is not moved--as the member
Of this Congress are charged to perfect the die
solution Of the old Government, but have nc
been Instructed as to this permanent reqnilitio
Of the new-they may be mistaken, as the
would have been mistaken, If by chance they ha
met six months ago and spoke upon the questo
Of secession. And they are mistaken, il, frol
any reference to popular feeling, they inaugural
the action now proposed. The people ofhe Co
ton States Waat labor; they know that whiies al
siaves cannot york together They have no thoug
Of abandoning their slaves that they may &
white labor; and they want slaves, therefor
and they lclH haze Menl-from the Seaboai
States, if the slave trade be not opened, and tn
cannot heartily embrace policy which, while
will tend to degrade the SeAboard States to I
condition Of democracy, iVRl compel them 10 ?
double and treble prices for their labor
1t may be ssid in this connection that, thou
the Cotton States might tolerate the slave trad
il would overstock the country and induce q xii
Of social sutFocation. II is one of the most gri
vous evils Of the time that men have persisted
legslahng on domestic slavery with what wou
seem to be an industrious misapprehension Of
requisites 1t is assumed that Il is ready to
plode while it is in an ordinary state Of mart
law, as perfect as that which, in times Of popu
outbreak, is the last aud surest provision for
curity and order. II is assumed that the ne(
is unit for mechanical employments, when
exhibits an initiative power Of manipulation u
surpassed by any other creature in the worl
and when, as q matter Of fact, we see him do
in the successful prosecution Of the trades O
are forced to know that he is not more genera
employed for reason of the higher prices offeI
for him by our zelda of cotton, Il is assuu
that he cannot endure the cold Of North
States, when he dies not more readily in Cant
than Domingo. and when the finest specimens
negro character and negro form to be met W
in the world are on the northern borders Of Ma
land and Missouri. 1t is assumed that whene
be comes in contact with free society we IN
quail before il, when it is evident that the au
ton which shall prevail is dependent on the au
ton which eau work the cheapest; and whel
is evident that with slaves at starvation price
slaves at prices to which they will be reduced
the question whether we shall give them up
feed them-at prices to which they will be
duced when the question comes whether Il
shall starve the hirelug or the hireling the sla
the system Of domestic slavery, guided alw
by It's best intelligence, directed always by
strietest economy, with few inyalids and few
eficients, underworld the world And Il