Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1861-02-15
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The eorts of certain. class OF ppllt l am
at the siith to gstup ppnlaA feeling favor
able to tis so called erpproslise says inc!
New Yoils L,s,g goos, make St necessary to-
enlighte the on.he subject, and thus
if possible, save from gross blursier
Of trustSng to a contfiyance that, in the ma
turs ofgthings must tterly8 fail
solve the existing ties he supreme
Court, b It's hlr .'lss
tice Tax has decided that ibis Is g Rspifsb=l
lie Of men based 5on great vital
and Il smental prineip of quality and
fherefors everywhere n thin Federal ulis-
dfction, Aaneric citizens Unjust have the5
same ef person and whsth-.
er the latter be y
groes or so=called slave properly. or q any:
other kids Of property
Southern men do nctask that the Federal
5oyern1Ient shall esta1tisA what; BY Elis=
nonier, s. called slayerg Here is no such
thing known in the legisl4tioa of this 5cSnti-
nent. For do.they ask for any laws or pro-
vision bgiug made in advancefor the pro:ec-
ton of this species of property. They si;np-
ly dematld that the South sha' = have the same
chance spr emigration, tos expansion, for the
prosperity of their people, and therefore,
wherever the flag of tic 44tion- floats all
Americ4n citizens shall have;the same pro-
lection. They viii always emigrate With
their so5called slaves to Territories south OF
Sc 3d. for the simple reason fhat it is their
interesttt., do So: and doubtleEs, in every in
stance, 5he local Legislature, without the slight
est necessity or interference hf the Federal
Government, willmake the necessary prGvis-
ion and extend the necessary protection to
this peculiar species of property. How SIM
I pie, just, legal and constitutional this demand!
| Low consistent and logical, ihdeed how abb
solutelys unavoidable frepl thG premises laid
down BIZ the Chief Justice, Chat this isa Re-
public Of white men, aud the negro no part
er portion of our political Bsociety. But
party exists iu our midst.tha dissent utterly
from tile premises of Judge fancy, and de-
| MES in toto that this is a government OF white
men. On the contary, it assumes that white
men and negroes are all theisame, with thp
! same natural rights, &C., and instead Of the
bred Ssott decision, bases itself on the de-
cision of the British Lord Mansfield, in the
celebrated Somerset easel 1t holds thai
social sabofdlnation or slavery" of the ne
gro is d State stitutior, or the result of
municipal legislation, and except in the clause
forretuf ning persons escaping from service"
the ':slave" and his master stand on equal
ground the instant they are beyond State
boundaries, and therefore, il the Territories
of the federation, they are Equally entitled
to,the same right, or as its writer's say, sim
partial Freedom"
But hs a question of policy, they propose
to go aEtep further. They profess to believe
social shbordination of negroes such a tremen-
dous evil, or that an industrious and Froduc-
tive nesro is so damaging to kociety, that they
are notiwilling to trust tue people Of the Ter
ritories. who, in; the ssisndness and ignorance
of theiE own true interests, Fnay possibly, as
in New Mexico, provide forthe :" slave prop
erty" Of American citizens, and compel the
negro f. labor, Or in other words to remain!
g slaveP Furthermore, they profess to be-
| lieve il the sound opinion Of the civilized
worldf which declares it degrading and dis
gracefi for Americans TO refuse to equalize
or associate with negroes, and therefore they
| desire to inaugurate policy that shall tbol-
ish thd legafsupremacy of che white man, as
the British have done in Jaalaica &c, and
in the process of time they thus hope to get
rid of that great national evil and disgrace
which European monarehists assure them, we
now suffer from, when holding negroes in a
! subordinate position. Ph4y seem to know
that I'll people of the South utterly ignorant
of tha negro and their Owl true interests,
and indy unconscious of the disgrace lof
keepi4 Samboia subordinate social posi-
ton, Harmonizing with thu nature God has
given1h him, would not permit them toipnfPrl
the fads Of g freedom, or + run the Repqb-
lican ticket in. their midst, aud therefore nom
mated their candidates and trusted their
'tcauss to the North aloAe. Owing to q
tigicity of causes. a minority of northern
voters have decided intheEt favor, and they
now propose to take possess Jon of the govern
ment and toplqce it on the de Of tsfFesdoraa;;''
i to pei up the negro population of the South,
and titus finally bring aboqE the extinction Of
q slaysry, or the abolition Of white spprem-
acy aid g impartial freed9Gl for negroes.
4 Su4h is the issue before the country. The
i South simply demands thai this govafpment
shall remainsa goyernmeB of white men,
with EQUAL rights of all tilss citizens 5within
Fedeisl jjurisdietiies Republielars as
sumesahat negroes hive .n3furally the same
rightsl as white men and tliisy propose to in
auguthte a policy that shall finally SECURE to
thenthe same g impartial freedom