The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-17


thore pursuits which peculiarly hedted thsir helpless
cnnd1on And what has been the RESULT The instta-
h mas prospeIed beyond all the colonies that has ever
been planted From bong savages they 70 DO
cyi,ze.-from beng savages they have become CHRIS
tabs-irom beng savages they have become happy and
Content Was the like ever known Was colony under
such circumstances evr planted, and has any colony
bned nations Of tho earth 70 unite TO
plant such colonies they could not have sue
S Sc 'h COG planted y, ana "Sss%s ~, s IA
vahcement OF civilization beoref There ID not on tho
globe, and never has been and never will be, people
whose isbor did much towards human advancement
and refinement the Afrran labor. Look into the ph0
sophy OF IT, There man who can raise cotton, and
that u the African What does cotton dot heard
the ringing sound fail the other day from the lips of
senstor that cotton is king AMI felt the full force Of
thus mark would say IL is more than king 1t is the
power that desnies OF civilized
and tho negro nLn 10 the instrument that produces
. H. iApplause) te is God Aimighty's INSTRUMENT aud
he IA working in God Almghtys cause. What does cot
ton do for your II regulates the OF the United
States Keeps the ships and workshops Of America at
work II contributes three hundred millions OF dollars
year to the sustaining of the power u
the United States government the affairs Of which
longer sustained by in the Hold powerful navy
on the ocean, II IL not through ordnance, the Commits
sariat Department the Qaartermasters Department.
g,isteDing in tho sunlight. IL is not to these
that II Is given now to control the affairs
room Of the counting house who pursue their silent vo
cations OF cipherng making entries, and they the
parties who control the destnes Of the affairs OF ia
these days. And how stands slave labor with themf
Slave labor essential the basis Of their operations
1t is with the products Of slave labor that settle
balances with England every year. and 1t IL 10 this power
that looking with confidence here for the
ctscertratih OF the commerce Of the world. That
monopoly which belonged TO 1yrethat great trade
I which belonged Sidon and to Amsterdam, and
which belongs To England IL being transferred to
by certain Decree and if the Union holds will Oon be
concentrated in the OF the United States. This Is
wi at cotton would DO for us fanacism did not step
ard pervert the good designs of Providonce II keeps
ships employed puts all the earth under bonds to keep
the peace with the United states. loud applause) II
you had continuous fertilization reaching from the
tho psc6 h.p A
| would DO half potential the labor OF these
Arrears In commercial point OF view, anatona point
Of view IN religious point Of view, in philanthropc
point of view what is there in this that autho
iizos with Yet these people have advanced
AMI laid their unhaowed hands upon this institution OF
God Almighty and they say, are sinners tho curse
! Of God adheres To your garments, We VIII have no
fellowship with you. THIS ms been gong on On
another which will aiiudc TO, they determined
to break down this government they intend to force the
blessing Of liberty upon these people. IL Is idea.
This idea Of freeing the African Ia not II has been
tried before and what has been the result You have
England that great Power forward in the lays OF tbs
prosperity of her island possessions procaimng
the highways and byways that she struck from the
slaves the first island that ever made the
Giles which them them free. Yes, she
elevated the black to the Of freedom and
thus sought TO force upon you the belief that he is
brother ana your equal She paveto hin the finest isle
Of the ocean and what has been the result Of the expert
mentS Man has freed him and God has declared HIM to
be n slave, and the experiment OF freedom in this in
stance exhibits tho fact that instead OF bis improving he
goes down, down. down to the depth OF savagery and
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day wilderness and desert II did not stop them God
intended that the example should go further, and whom
! he instgated brethren at the North to an
Of humanity, when he turned their eyes away from
the burr ing of witches to the freeing Of the American
slave, what has been the caseY When those
liberated after a century Of close education have they
advanced in the school OF human civilization. They havo
not, hui have fallen sOn RS the ShsckeS or slavery
shaken from their arms-havs fallen through the
network Of society and gone down To the Abyss Of dega
daion hndng thoir out from the centre OF society
through three channels-those OF crime poverty and IN
sanity They have disappeared and ali the moral suastOn,
and all the teachings of the Gospel all the sunday schools
and tract societies have been unable to stay their pro-
gress Go nto ails and hospitals and lunatc aaylums,
there you wi find confirmed what have already re-
fered TO ne the channels through which the depletion Of
this black element In society Ia wrought No. the hand
which He performed in bringing the lsraclites through
the Red Sea But these Northern wiser in th.s
generation than God they holer than the Divine One
who died Calvary and they to tell you that you
shall hberate these people or SHAH be damned ugh
teI) II has gone from step to another as you are
aware until now may besaid 10 have attained lis climax
But gentlemen il has been proclaimed that there
rrepressibe conflict and now come to tho gst OF tho
thing has been proclaimed that there rreprcssi
bic COZ dict between region country whore slavery
exists ana the region OF country where does not exist
and that there Is but issue that tho liberation
OF the slaves Parties have organized this
II split the churohes-- has separated nearly all tho
chrrhcs has gone 90 N regular progrsson sna now Ss
brngs down TO the point 10 which we are Immediately
Interested lyon the election Of Abraham Iancoln on
platform embodyng the avowal OF prinoipe which IL is
IN vain TO deny and still more vain TO disregard, these
people upou side upon tho avowed de-
cagation that slavery curse sim and must he abol-
| ished. They up with banners Haunting in the
winds with these declared principles upon them They
have consulted you they did condcscend ask
you what was your opinion upon the subject They
thought Of sufficient npcrtai 9, 10 ask opinions
upon tho subject. That leaven, which thTty-six
ago was small, has grown and increased until 1t
overwhei the lard, and stands forth giant IN its
mighty proportions II comes down from tho North
armed odI-o PIE TO seize upon all the power Of this
mighty coniedcracy. 10 be used against you The
declaration has been made, the principle has been
av0wcd, and then the organization IL being gotten
up 10 carry both into effect Why, gentlemen, J have
thought, COO knows, many a time that 1t easy
matter for man TO surrender his opinions To surrender
his posesions docs not cost man much tn surrender
his manhood and his hcnor--my God who endure
iE (lmineise applause) What Is II these Norlherners
ask OF you-you virginana They ask YOU to rccsive
printed upon your oreh ads the stigma the
intcrority They ask you To you wives aud little
oncs, you inferior 10 other peopeyou not their
equals Go you down To the lowest at the feast be
yoa tho equals OF hose Solons who repu
diaie the constitution. That is what they demand and
will have or they viii do another thing vrginans-they
will have your blood. Which will you gvey As God IL my
judge they hall have my blood 70 the last drop before
that monstrous iniquity. loud appause) IL
IL anything that you Gun doferY Gentlemen did not
come hero IN any spirit OF dctatop. know my posi-
ton ana have perfect conadoncc in my manhood
(Applause.) l am private citizen, who feels that
he equal TO other man ON tho face OF this earth
and VIII die 10 maintain u. Ommcnse sppIause.)
came hero spirit OF dictatlon. came here "a a
vmgilan 20 consult with you, and my lot In
with your lot, and what Virginia her wisdom may say
is right win abide by tAppause) Will you hug the
deuson 10 your bosom--wll you toll your constituency
in the highways aud byways slcep quietly the gorges
OF the mJhltain', IN the along ths
shore, that there Is peace when there is peacct
| VIII you do iG Cries of "No,o "No.n) You cannot
do it-you dare not do IL. Proclaim the truth the
people u the country and abide tho issue o their dec
IL there poHcc the uturcS IL there hope that
comes looming upf Let mo advert % few facts. There
some hero who were present at the Cincinnati
Convention when the President, Mr. Buchanan received
the nomination. was at Cincinnati that occasion,
aud did my beet TO secure his nominston. Mr. Bucha-
was a great md good man-a Statesman ol LARGE
pernce having served in public life not less than guar.
ter OF century TO the period OF his nation We
relics on his soundness and elected him whcreupcn
he brought around him a Cabino,-somc dread.
ul things have becn said about them--but,
gentlemen let me tell you that most OF them es.
aughtcr Look nj the facts they stand, with these
trusty servania whom b. put IA POSITION What did no
do IL would DO easier 10 denounco than defend but
viii defcnd the rght, and proclaim the truth wncre
am, Coo Is my Judge. What Did he dor He
formed abuses, he instituted reforms, he introduced
rigid system of esonomy and when II declared
you that the government o. the United States spend
ing ono hundred millions 81 dollars year. u could DO
u lcrrin IN fLH n.tr I'M D..laE