The national Republican., 1861-10-17

ZH Mr.. Russell, the London Times CORE
respondent, says, in one OF his recent letters
The Black Republicans, somehow or other.
are not considered 'genteel' They are noted
as Questionable and low, and II Is odd enough
10 zee men who are tobacco sugar, and ric.
planters, swelling with Indignation at the idea
Of being ruled by set of hungry lawyers aud
politicians, sprung from the very lowest condi.
lion in society. In a monarchy one might CON-
prehend this extreme disgust, but II seems out
of place here. However, though the law does
not create or define them, there are strong and
broad limits between the different GLASSES in
society, which, purely conventional as they
are, nevertheless are rigidly observed. All
men are equal, but 1t by no means follows that
the man who sells tobacco behind counter Is
equal to the man who Rrows tobacco for sale
on his estate. The North has got the taint of
commerce upon 1t the South, from its broad
fields Of profitable crops, worked by negroes,
turns up its refined nose at the smell If the
lucre, though not Indifferent to the thing It
self. ID
As one of my friends expressed IL, the
North may put what construction they please
upon the war, and shout for the Union as long
as they please we are determined never to be
ruled by set Of low-lived blackguards, and
(excuse the words) suffer our property to be
at the mercy Of the loafers in these ovsrgrown
towns. This is a par of gentlemen against utt
rule of sRobs' The snObs are not always beat
Ell In such battles, and, according TO one def
uitiqn Of that peculiar race it may not be easy
TO determine how far they may be distributed
on both sides." -
As Gen. Noell, Of Missouri, said last winter
the composition Of society in the cotton States
where the slavery system Is in full expansion
:. " essentially dristocrdtic" The leading mel
IN those States detsst freedom in every form
and are as ready 10 enslave whites as they are
10 cnslave blacks. What they really want is d
titled nobility, as in Cuba, crowned by mon
archy. Indeed, the whole system Of slavery, L
whatever extent it prevails anywhere in ,h
country, is an element wholly uncongenial will
our institutions, and will be the source of dis
quiets and disaffections 20 long as it exists.
How it is TO be dealt with as a nationl
matter, is larger question than We care, a
present, to discuss, but we shall not fail to urg
upon Congress the abolition of slavery in thi
District Of Columbia, and upon the people 0
Virginia and Mar yland, our immediate neigh
bors, the immense advantages TO themselves o
iStiuB hOW upOu tuc SiCWb VI uou. w uSuihS
ton, aud Kidding their States of an institution
which has proved nothing but curse to them.
So far, slavery is local question, and, as cii
zens OF this District, we intend to make it a
prominent subject Of discussion.
There is no finer portion of the United States
than the region upon the Chesapeake Bay.
taking everything into account climate, soil, and
geographical position upon navigabls waters
With the exception Of Baltimore, It has made
no appreciable progress in century in popu'
lation or wealth, and for no other reason than
the existence of the system Of negro slavery
The time has fully arrived wh:n that system
can be given up without shock to any in,
terest, free population being ready to flow In
and supply all demands for labor. Indeed, il
is doubtful If the fowing-in Of. such popula
ton can even be prevented II We should be
80 unwise as to desire TO prevent it, IT,