Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-10

lions of slaves IN the Unlieu Diates
Ii transported to the land oi thel
fathers, they would initiate their pa
rental vices of indolenee aud bar0a
rism, and accomplish no good lei
themselves or the world. But h'rt
two millions out Of the four and :
half, by compulsory labor, suPpor'
their own children, which Is but
natural duty; in addition they ciothf
and feed themselves, while they art
comfortably lodged and cared ioi
, in sickness; and in their consumptions
/ they stimulate the graln-gro@ing
and stock-raising districts, and let
in stream Of prosperity upon
them. The poor and the rich alike
The production Of their labor also
furnishes the means OF subsistence
for 100000 of our Northern pop
ulation in the manufacture OF cotton,
shoes. aud blankets-- making the
New England hiis echo with the rum
bling Of machinery. The mannlac-
turas then, rushing from the mills
and shops, swell he tide Of oar com
mercial aud mercantile prosperity, and
a, the same time making large Con-
tributions TO build Up our Schools
Cole ges, Universities, and Chris
,ian Missions throughout the weird.
The result Of our slave labor does
not stop here. 1t furnishes the
means of subsistence to 4 UO0.0Od
in Great Britain, and to as many
more in other European nations {
Thus our 100000 of Slave la
bqr+rs are not only blessing our own
country, but the world And 10.
addition to all they have the Gospel
preached TO them, and stand as good
IA chance for Heaven, as any OF their
brethren in their Ea,iye country.
Therefor, / take it we all feel a
deep and vital interest in the result
Of the question. Our more South
EN- States are more deeply and vital
" Impressed with It's importance than
we are. Having four or FIVE slaves
TO orr one their stake is so much
the gre.,tr, Th' ir fathers before
them were yexed and annoyed IN the,
enjoy yment of lheirprope1iy by North
ern fanatics. The same veSau' n
has pursued them With increasing
aagra,atiou and virulerce. They
have been roweleG with the Internal
probe of faualicism-iretted with
the plots, insnbordinaiion, and iosur-
rection OF. their slaves and re-
proached, insulied, and slandered,
until every ribald epithet now falls
upon their laceratea stnsibili,ies
Like drops of fire. They are be-
ginning 10 conclude that theirs is
bot -purgaterial existence in the
Union, They are beginning TO des-
pair ef the constitutional guaranty
Of domestic .tranqniiity.' They
btlir We that The government. which
was designed to protect their lives
and property, is about 10 tall iato
the hands Of traitors to their consti-
tutiopal rights They believe that
the imminent perilof their rights US
tifes any extremity Of self defence
eApd their unsubmissive chivalfy is
towering, like pyramid Of granite,
before the approaching tide OF the
..irr prcssible conflict"
Now th4tl have stated the issue,
its magnitude, and cnr common ln'
terest in if, and also glanced at the
cloud witch is rolling up in the
Southern sky, lei Us not forget that
there is more portentous one roll
/ ips up in the Northern sky. ADd
now that we stasd upon the middle
ieround, and before our composure
has lost its balance, with clearer
eve we may watch the progress Q
the meeting clouds. and exert oul
wisdom to avert the disaster OF the
tthreateued collision. M
.su 1,atus turn to the North. 1t wal
There that The agitation of the slave
~ eassfiou commenced. 1t was in
nnuuratee in 1890. by the introduc
tion Of an abolaian petition int
Congress, invoking all its Constltu
z tional popers GsE the emancipation 0
i the slaves. Congress, promptly an
with remarkable unauimity, ignore
|, its right 10 interfere with the sublecl
The original idea was emancipation OF
and. at first, perhaps, was founde
r in a motive Of phiiauthrophy. Br
! philanthropy soon became aiiecte
! with fana,ic;sm. Fanaticlsm bf
/ nursed the original idea with earsi'
! husbandrye 1t soon ! DsiI.%s plead. eE
g. iotherw
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