The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-23


tuheu iisd nG az slave Stsiet
Irppere1 SEQ an8 aT~u 6on han5al
% mutga8e, and Fteea as bic hsa gisgn
'nm poverty aBa 8.gresa inio peaHd
l~ hai ~ s. w. bad gwsn. H. tie
rafs - bad ss.ae lsf beyond them. And
forgetting aN tlss ilsey hsa gained irem
ths easpa,op nai,4ealIiy iilty lsh tl,at tise1
Bad rsihel le ilsn so had Their ac-
iuai ealH was lbas comparative boss
aaa ii.sn ilsy made. - uahy amoue ihem
aa@e iif csof8sHss misiakc of aituhuiIpg
ibts lo.-lhia comparative lsiiurc IN the
race q prosperity ~ tts common naiian-
atty
lt was 80 enormous mistake. fof tbs
failure nas 8ae - another cause North
and South euiett3uFau national existence
wAth elog ~ linlrauce common 10 both
ilse hiWinuncc. tbs misfortune ol slavery.
There eas undoubtedly, from the begin
biBg. q difference between the two Sec
tioa o ils country 10 he prevailing SEM
nmcAt and btlef concerning slavery
And upon as. slavery pressed more light.
ID. We nDl only felt i as an impeii.
lneni, bat we're sure that il was an evil
anl favored BY climate, and soi. and the
ualure 81 our productions, we gradually
but rapidly cast It Off
They were mol NJ favored. The inau-
engq Ci circumstances with rs operated 70
make the slave worthless, and lef ii fall
force The moral sentiment which demand
"a bis liberation With them this inilu-
oncC Of circumstances made him valuable,
aud soon very valuable, and conaicied
with ihis sentiment, aud oYcrcame il, and
~ length absolutely reversed H. And
thus this evil thing. this mischief. this mis-
fortune, was fastened upon them.
May ! itui cali Il q misfortune May
! not remember that the letters Of the
Slave clBiu tie master 10 The slaycf And
that wldte Hey held fast the negro in his
bondage, they accepted their own They
accepted il with all its disastrous conse-
qnenccs; al is effects upon their mate
rial interests upon their political and So
cill condition; upon their personal life !
upon their very souls. They accepted il
and more, for NJ length they came TO love
il. And now because they loSe il they
cannot sec that # Is The cause Of Tie inie-
iioriiy they dcplore, and therefore they
east al the blame Of this upon ourcommon
nationality.
| know. and thankful am that know,
that whni have said does not apply TO all
who live in the South. know there are
some, and hope there are many, even
among The owners Of slaves. who are not
led away by this dclusion; who do not
love the slavery Of their fellow men, nor
their own slavery and who find 10 the
duties which grow out Of this relation, cul-
ture aud nuirimcnt for the sense Of duty,
and for watchful kindness. And some
there must be among them who had hoped
that our national unity would exert q
healthy influence, and would gradually
make slavery less evil, less mischievous,
and finally remove il altogether in what
ever way might prove TO be the best.
Whatever may be now the sentiment
Of the South, We have al possible evidence
that there was no general, no prevailing
desire for disunion q short time since. The
incendiarics who kiudled the fire in the
dark corners. which had been skilfully pre-
pared for the TORCH have fed it with false
hoods and decisions unparalleled in the
history Of fraud. II they have succeeded
IN making the conilagraten general, they
have done so only by craft which lons
practice has made perfect, and an audac-
ily seldom recorded in the annals crime.
But their craft governs their audacity,and
they have never, 10 this day, at any point,
dared TO present the question OF rebellion
TO the decision OF an micttered popular
will. Assurcdly this fact has some signf-
icance. Assurcdly it justifes some hope,
that when these letters are broken and the
reign of terror ended, it will be found
that the breath Of liie is not wholly crushed
oul from the patriotism Of the South.
BE that as il may, NC have our own
work TO do. Through the influence Of
slavery in preparing the mind OF the South
for the falsehoods and abuses which have
been praeiieed upon il, and through the
niadduninS influence of these abuses, the
principle Of State Rights has been severed
from the principle Of National Unity, and
because so severed, has in its excess and
pcryersion produced treason and rebellion,
and thus these two principles instead Of
cooperating in a harmony which would
cause each to strengthen the other, are
now face TO face, at war.
At open war, now, for the first time and
for the last time.
For the first time, because He who or
deTs human events has not permitted this
conflict until our national unity has exist
cd long enough to give 10 that part Of the
nation which maintains il deep sense
that il Is tie source aud the safeguard Of
all our prosperity, and is worth all the
price we can pay for it, be that price what
il may and not until il had also given 10
that part Of the nation a vast superiority
Of power.
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