Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-26
NO. H..

L reeton of its best intelligence, there is no oth
n form Of human labor that can stand 0rainst !
and il will build itself home and erect for itsel
y at some point within the present limits Of u
I Southern States, structure of imperial poNe
aud grandeur glorious Confederacy Of State
that will stand aloft and serene for ages amid lh
+ anarchy Of democracies that will yield aroun
it,
But Il may be that 10 Mis end another rssolaito
may be necessary. 1t may be apprehended tha
this contest between democracy and slavery i
not yet over. 1t is certain that both forms O
society exist within the limits Of Virginia; ant
there whether we perceive the fact or na, ID,
war already RACES. In that State there are about
5OO,OOO slaves to about l,00O,0OO whites; and a
az least as many SLAVES masters are necessary q
ne constitution Of siaVe society," about 500, 600 OF
Tue white population are in legitimate relation
TO the slaves, and the rest are in excess Like
an excess of alkali or neid in chemical expert
ments, they are undxed in the social compound
without legitimate connexion with the slave.
they are 10 competition with him. They cousti-
tute not part Of slave society but democratic
society. In so far rs there is this eonnexiou. the
State is slave; in so far as there it is not is demo-
cratic; and as States speak only from their So
elal condition. as interests, not intellect, deter
mine their political action il is thus that Virginia
has been undecided-.that she does not truly know
whether she is of the north or south in this great
movement. Her people are individually noble.
brave, and patriotic, and they will strike
Tor the South in resistance TO pl,veisal
aggression; but her political action is. at pres-
ent, paralyzed by this unnatural contest and AZ
causes OF disintegration may continue--must
continue, II the slave trade be not re-opened-
as there Will still be market at the South for
her slayes-as there will still be pauper labor
from abroad to supply their places and moro
abundant from industrial diasolutions at the
North, and the one race must increase as tho
other is dlminished-it is to be feared that thprs
the slave must ultimately fall aud that this rroat
State must loso the institution, and bend mar
proud spirit to the yoke Of another democratic
triumph. In Maryland Missouri, Kentucky. and
even tennessee and North Carolina, the same
facts exist, with chances of the like result.
And even in this State [south oarolina1 the
ultimate result is not determined. The slave
condition here would seem to be established
Ihere IS here an excess of one hundred and
twenty thousand slaves, and here is fairly exbi-
oitea the normal nature Of the institution. The
omcers OF the State are slave-owners and the
Of slave-oWners. In their publio
tets they exhibit the Consciousness Of n sunerior
POSITION. Without unusual individual nbilitv.
hey exhibit the elevation Of tone and comm.
ure Of public sentiments proper to mnster
lass. There is no appeal to the mass, for there
= -N %Assoo ~ nIBNdA " tutEt are no 0emhU0-
'ues, ior there is no popuace to breed them:
Judges are not forced upon the stumps governors
re not dragged before the public; and when
mere is cause TO act upon the fortunes Of our
oolal institution, there is perhaps an unusunf
eadlness to meet ii. The large majority Of our
eople are in legitimate connection with the in
nlnhon-in legitimate dependence on tho slave
nd It we're to be supposed that here at least the
Yssem Of slave society would be permanent and
haWn
en has commenced. In our larger towns il
lst begins to be apparent Within ten years
ast as many as ten thousand slaves have been
raWn away from Charleston by the attractive
rices Of the West and labOrers from abroad
ave come to take their places These laborerg
aye every disposition to work above tho slave.
ad Y there were opportunity would be glad to
Q 80 but without such opportunity they come
, competition with him thev are neeessarilv
asstiye to the contact. Already there Is the
opposition to exclude him from the trades.
ON public works, from drays, and the tables Of
'tels, be Is even now excluded to a great ex-
ht And when enterprises at the North are
oxen up whom more laborers are thrown from
lpoymonti when they shall come in greater
lmbers to the South they will still more in-
ease the tendency to exclusion; they will
'esuon the right Of masters TO employ their
lyes in any works that they NAV wish for
ey will invoke the aid Of legislation; they viii
9 the elective franchise to that end they NAV
luire the power to determine municipal cleo
ms they will inexorably use il; and thus this
Fn Of Charleston, at tho very heart Of slavery,
y become fortress Of democratic power
linst it, sit is in Charleaton, SO also ieit
q less extent in the interior towns.
Nor is it only in the towns the tendency an.
pears. The slaves, from lighter lands within
I, state, nave been drawn agay for years for
iher prices in the West They are now being
lWn away from rice culture Thousands ara
4 from rice fields every year. None are
ught to them. They have already been
Wn from the culture Of indigo and all manu-
turing employments. They arc YET retained
cotton and the culture incident to cotton. but
Almost every negro offered in our market Is
Tor by the West the drain is likely to con-
le. 1t is probable that more abundant pau
laoor may pour in, it is to be feared that
n in this State, the purest in its slave condl-
l. democracy may gain o foothold, and that
also the contest fur existence may be waqed
Ween them.
Z thus appears that the contest il not ended ,eiM
iss0intion Of the Union, and hat fAe AGENTS Of
contest shH erists lDithia the limits of ne
thern States. The causes that have coniribu-
to the defeat Of slavery still occur; our
res are still drawn off by higher prices to the
st. There is still foreign pauper labor ready
supply their place. Maryland, Virginia,
itueky, Missouri, possibly Tennessee and
IN Uarolina, may lose their slaves, as New
k Pennsylvania and New Jersey have done
that condition they must recopmence the
test. There is no avoiding that necessity
systems cannot mix; and thus 1t is that
'ery, like the Thraoian horse returning from
field Of victory still bears a master on his
k : and haUiag aehisped one repoiUiion 10 escape
oeracy at The NORTH, il must sdU oehispe another
'enpe atMe South. That it will ultimately
mph none can doubt. 1t Jpul become re-
med and vndieatod, and the only question
to be determined is shall there be another
'lution TO that end Il is net necessary
cry within the Seceding States at least is now
nclpated If men put forward as its agents
? lnlrepidity ts'realiza the fact aud act upon
Il is free 70 choose its constitution and its
~, and you and others ore now elected to
high Office of that determination. II you
elect slavery avow it and affirm IT,; not as
xisting fact, but as living principle Of social
u, and assert its right, not to federation only
to extension and to political recognition
ng the nations Of the earth. Ii, in short,
shall own slavery US the source 0f your au-
ity, and act for it, and erect as you ure com
toned to erect, not only Southern, but a
e Republic, the work will be accomplished.
sc States intending to espouse and perpetu-
hc institution will enter your Confedernrv
G that do not, will not Your Republic will
'eluire the pruning process Of another reyo.
n; but poised upon its institutions, will
> on to career Of greatness aud Of glory
proaohed by any other alton in the world.
i II you shall not; if you shall commence
norng slavery, or shall be conieui to edge
by indireetion; if you shall exhibit caro-
or Republic, respect but for democracy;
Il shall stipulate for the federation Of Slavery
exciting evil by admitting assumptions to
'ludlce aud restrictions to its power and
'ess' you renaugurate the blunder Of 1889;
sill combine States, whether true or not, to
~ you will have no tests Of faith; some