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merous changes for the hFttef, allow me toni,
4 lnde ta,oae Other, though 1T not laast; the
gttattngs9ueatlons relhting< 10 cur peculiar
fnstttutaan - African @as =iff@exisfa
anaongHE us~-the proper skatns OF the negro III
o4E fdrm Of civilization: Iais saas III Asskssds.
ct Gauss Of the late sa.r4tus zsE p7esert
Union would split" ne Nas right, What
Was conjecture with him, isunw a realized
taet+ Rut whethar he fully yfcompre the
great truths upon which thst rock stood and
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znen at The time Of d< formation ef the eM Con
mature; = ted % - 's.zsuy . i !. 'fss ps:.e5 i
,osasay s,s ~ m eran q e., aysa 9ss "a T.;
With, but the general opinion of 10 msa of
that day was that. somehow or other IN the
order Of Providence, the institution Wnnld be
evaneseent and pass aWaY;; THIS idea though
prevailing idea at the time The Constitution,
1t is true, secured every essential guarantees to-
the institution while it should last and hence
no argument eau be Justly Used against the.
constitutional guarantees thus secured, be-
cause of the common sentiment OF the day
ghose tdsas, soaaeue,, ses7s ,ja:aaptenza1y yu,pgg
They rested upo7. tie assstmptfom Of The hgalitu
1 Qf races. This ms On error. It WIS eandy
foundation, and the idea of government
built npon + when The storm came and the
Chr ne.o Gogsrnnss,a.t i :1o4adsd 1po,a eraetv
the opposite ideas: its foundations ORE zaid, Ns
corner. ssone rests upon The great truth taat TIE
ncyT0sa not equal to khe sehteMnn Hat HEdue7y,
s'tbordsaaso,s 70 the superior raee = s ,aatgrdl
and n.ofM condition tAPplaasel lH.s, oar ,.en
seo4zd 6ased upon ibis great physieaz, ph1os,h3-
cal and n1oral truth. : This truth has been SLOW
In the process Of its development, Ike all
other truths IN the Various departmcnts of
science It has been so even amongt us.
well that this truth was; not generally
admitted even within: their day. The i
errors Of the past generation still elnng to
Many as late as =tWanfy years ago. Those at
tie North who still cling to these errors with
zeal above knowledge We justly denominafe
fanatics. AL fanaticism springs from an aber: /
ration Of the mind from . defect in reasoning.
It is species of insanity. One Of the most
striking charaeteristfca Of insanity, in many |
instances, isforming correct conclusions, from |
fancied or erroneous premises; so with the
Anti. Slavery fanatics; their conclusions are |
right If their premises are. They assume that |
the negro is equal, and hence conclude
that he is entitled to equal priv |
ileges- and rights with the white man. If !
their premises we're correct, their conclusions |
would be logical and just-but their paemises J
being wrong, their whole argument falls / /
recollect once of having heard gentleman /
from one Of the Northern States, Of great
power and ability, announce in the House Of
OF the South would be compelled, Ultimate
y, to yield upon this subject Of slavery; that
1t was as impossible to war successfully /
against q principle in politics. as it was
IN physics or mechanics. That the prin-
ciple would Ultimately prevail. That we in
warr ng against principle, q principle found
ed in nature, the principle Of the equality of |
man. The reply I made to him was, that upon /
his own grounds we should succeed, and that
he and his associates In their crusade against
our institutions would ultimately fail The
truth announced, that it was as impossible to
war successfully against . principle In politics
US well us in physics and mechanics, admit
ted, but told hin that It was he and those act
Ing with him who were warning against 3
principle They were attempting to nuke
things equal which the Creator had made IN
equal.
In the conflict tins far, SUCCESS has been on
our side, complete throughout the length and
breadth Of the Confederate States. It is upon
this, ns have stated, our social fabric ia firm
doubt the ultimate SUCCESS Of q full recognition
Of this principle throughout the civilized and
enlightened world
As I have stated, the truth of this principle
may be slow in development, as all truths are,
and ever have been, in the various branehea Of
nounced BY Gallileo--it was so with Adam
Smith and his principles Of political economy,
It was SO with Harvey, and his theorv of the
circulation Of the blood. It is stated that not
angle one Of the medical profession, living
at the time Of the announcement Of the truths
made BY him, admitted them. Now, they are
untyerallY acknowledged May, we not |
therefore look with confidence to the ulti- |
mate universal acknowled dgement Of the truths |
upon which Our system rests. It Is tie first !
government ever instituted upon principles
~ strict conformity to nature, and the ordina-
1on of Plovidence, in furnishing the materials
OF human society, Many Governments have |
been founded upon the principle of certain |
ciassess but the classes thus enslaved were of
the same race, and in violation Of the 1aws of |
nature: Our system commits no such viola
tion of natures laws. The negro by nature or
by the curse against Canaan, "a fitted for that
condition which he occupies in onr system. ]
The architect, in the construction Of buildings,
lays the foundation with the proper material n
the g1anite-theu comes the brick or the mar !
bic. The substratum Of our society is made Of |
the material fitted BY nature for It, and by ex- |
peEience We know that 1t is the best not only | ;
for the superior, but for the inferior race, that
it should be SO. It is, indeed, in conformity
with the Creator. Il is rot for as to inquire
into Me soiadom Of HIS ordinances orto question |
hem. For His own purposes he has nude one |
ace to differ from another, as He has made t
4 one star to differ from another in glory" Z
The great objects OF humanity are best at
aimed, when conformed to his laws and de- q
,rees, in the formation Of governments as t
sel IS IN all things else. Our Confederacy is '
oanded upon principles in strict conformity I
9sahy the first builders SIS become Tie CHEF q
t9'aass}e s5'a corner" in our new. .sdiaee ZAP q