Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-22

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resis the policy that has enlnlina'ei IN hi'
leslai alton Of war against these teniede'
rate States,
In addition to the long continued aud
deep seated resentment felt by the South
ern States at the presisienI abuse OF the
nowers they had delegated TO the Congress
hr the purpose Of enriehing the manniac-
,uring aud shipping classes Of the North al
the expense Of the South, there has existed
for nearly half q eeniury another subject Of
diseord, Involving Interests Of such trans
cendent magnitude, as AT all times 10 ere
ate the apprehension In the minds OF many
devoted lovers OF the Union, that its Perma'
n,nea wa iuPosslble.
When ths several States delegsifl rlr-
tain naW,r. 10 ihe United States tpugrc's
a-lalg3 poyrpn ~ lhe iahorlpF population
consisted of At,i,m Slave hHpt. 90 intf
lie COLONIES BY the mulhsf cauRnf. IN
twelve, out OF uirleen States, negro 'la'e'
ny eIi5icl, and he risht of property IN
slaves Na. proietird by law. thus piopnr-
twas rtcugnitrl IN the Constitution, and
pIoNisi1n was malp against us loss hy
The escape Of the slaves. Tie increase IN
the number of slaves by further importation
from Africa was also secured by clause
forbidins Congress to prohibit tho slave
trade anterior 10 certain date and In nc
clause can there be found any delegation OF
power TO the Congress authorizing II In
any manner to legislate TO the prejudice,
dciriment of Encouragement OF the owners
of that species OF property, or excluding II
from the protection OF the government.
The climate and soil OF the Northern
States soon proved unpropilious to the con-
iinuance Of slave labor, whilst the con-
verse was the case at the South. Under
the unrestricted free intercourse between
the two sections, the Northern States con-
suited their own interests by selling their
slaves 10 the South, aud prohibiting SLAVE
nv withiip their limits. The South were
willing purchasers ofa properly suitable 10
their wants, and paid the price OF the nc-
auisiiion without harboring suspicion
that their quiet possession was TO be dis
turbcd by those. who were. inhibited, not
only by want of constitutional authority,
but by good faith as vendors, from disqni-
citing title emanating from themselves.
AS soon, however, as the Northern States
that prohibited African slavery within
their limits had reached a number sufii-
cicnt to give their representation n con-
trolling voice in the Congress, persistent
md organized system Of hostile measures
against the rights Of the owners of. slaves
in the Southern States was inaugurated,
md gradually extended. A continuous Sc
rics Of measures was devised and prosccu-
ied for the purpose of rendering insecure
thc tenure of property in slaves; fanatical
supplied with money by vol
untary subscriptions, were assiduously en-
yaged in exciting amongst the slaves
spirit of discomfort and revolt; means were
furnished for their escape from their own
,rs, and agents secretly employed to abb
scond; the constitutional provision for their
rendition to their owners was first eyaded,
hen openly dcnouncee as q violation Of
obligation and religious du-
ty; men were taught that it was merit to
slude, disobcy, and violently oppose the cx-
,cution of the laws enacted to secure the
performance of the promise contained in
the constitutional compact owners ofslaycs
;s.rc Iaobbcd and even In,p1rrosa in open.
lay, solely for applying to q magistrate
'or the arrest of fugitive slave; the dog
mas OF these voluntary organizations soon
obtained control of the elegisluturesof many
If the Northern States, and laws were pass
ID providing for the punishment by ruin
Jus fines and long continued Imprisonment
N jails and penitcntiaries, of citizens of
he Southern States, who should dare to
lsk aid of the oflica.s,s of the law for the re-
,ovcry of their property. Emboldened. by
success, the thcafsc of agitation and ag-
yression against the clearly expressed con-
stitutional rights of the Southern, States
was transferred to the Congress- Senator's
md Representatives were sent to the coin
non councils Of the ration, whose chiofti-
lie to this distinction consisted in the dis
play Of q spirit Of ultra ianaticisTn, and
whose business was, not 10 prouiotc, The,
,encrNl welfafn or ensure domestic team
luihiy,N but tolaWaken the hitterest ha
red ngainstthc clti2cns Of sister States BY
violent denuncia ion of their institutions;
hs tTahs@et{js1i al AyAls q iaidtp III p6wss
hcf delegated by the Constitution for tire
inl'pose Of i,dpairing the security Of prop
,rfy in slaves, and reducing those states
Hhltii held slaves, to 4 coalition Of inieri-
,riEy, aTinalii, d great pariy was orgalii-
IUd TOR the purpose Of ebtaiping the 9lEmlE.
strattoh of'tlit itq1vornmeiit wiiif,he a*ow-
a oHicai OF nsing itsEower lor The Total ex-
slave StNtgs Broin all paiPlo-
pation in tie bcnehts of the public do1
main, acauieedsb alltlis }Stascs Uncommon.
whether by conquest or purchase; of esnr-.
them entirely by States in which
slavery should bc prohibited; of thus rem
lcring the property in slaves so insecure
is to be comparatively worthless, and
hereby annihilating in effect property
worth thousands of millions Of dollars
This party, thus organized, succeeded in
he month of November last, in the election
fits candidate for the Presidency Of the
United States.
In the meantime, under the mild and
,enial climate of the Southern States, and
lie increasing care and attention for the
and comfort of the laboring
lass, directed alike by interest and hu-
nanity, the African slaves had augmented
n number from about 100000, at the date
If tho adoption of the constitutional COM
pact TO upwards of 100000 In moral
md social condition, they had been eleva-
ted from brutal savagcs into docilc, intel
ligent and civilized agricultural, laborers
and supplied not only with bodily COM
Forts but with careful religious instruction.
Under the supervision of "a superior race,
their labor had been so directed ns not
only to allow q gradual and marked ame-
lioration of their own condition, but to con-
rcrt hundreds of thousands of square miles
If the wilderness into cultivated lands,
lowered with a-prosperous people; towns
Ind cities had sprung into existence, and
Sad rapidly increased in wealth and spop-
ilation under the social system of the
,outh the white population of the South
sn slaveholding States had augmented
rom about l,250,000 at the date of the
doption of the Constitution, TO more than
,50O, 900 in 1860; and the productions of
De South in cotton, rice, sugar, and tobac-
d, for the fulldevclopmentand continuance
d which, the labor of African slaves was,
aud is, indispensable, had swollen to an
amount which formed nearly thrce-fourths
OF the exports of the whole United States,
and had become absolutely necessary TO the
wants of civilized man.
With interest of such overwhelming mag
nitude imperiled, the people Of the South
ern States were driven by the conduct of