, 1861-09-23

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Before tht breaking out Of thetgrest Pro-
had developed tn conversation their reliance
an slavery 10 carry them safely through the
ordeal which they invited. They counted
nom the start upon tho adhesion Of Ill who
en- put 406, 600 men in the aeld,"' said one! Of
the hkemoet OF them, without embracing
Is materially from the force employed 10 o1r
81 Agricultural Industry. Behind these 10000
avRite ccmbataAtA stand 4000.Q00 black
:" slaves, ne.rjy Ill produsers Of Wealth, xhe
"our ChiTshy Re fighting. We shall thus
X continually repair the zavage sud waste OF
uwH. Individuals must suffer but our Sec
" tiau, being SO prepondsratelJ sFicultural,
ucsn cRy On the WIZ throughout Lea OF tlf-
"teen Year,, and come out Of it richer aud
"more essentially indspendent than 1t noW u.
What have ne to fe1s"
AID if the slaves are to rem4iu doci1e and
obedient to their Masters, neithsr te.king nor
desiring liberty, the calculation Was probably
well grounded Hitherto, the s'sves on the
southern plantations have been :: truly the
base of the rebels military operations ~ the
worka at Manaesas Junction we're the bases Of
the rebel operations At Bull Run Slavery 70.
mentet the rebellion, msde it, and has ever
sustained it. Bu1 for slavery, 10 regiment
would have ever been mustered, no cannon
loaded, to resist the authsrity OF the United
Gran&e In the year 1851. Nobody pFeteois
that the rebels have any grievance, or suppose
| they have, apart from the subject OF slavery,
| which is jUEt Il much the g1oundTork Of this
| rebellion ae whisky *A5 that OF Westerz
Penne{lEenia during she Administration of
Gen. Washington.
| Congress Las enacted that Slaves employed
| II rebel eanps and in rebel forsidcations snail
| be forfeited ~ their ownels- No ose can
| reasonably dispute the Justice Of this act. The
| Federal Government ca1not recognize aud up
| held tie Ownership Of one nlaE hJ auothcr
employing his alleged slave in active further
| aneeof tie great rsbolnon But suppose thgt,
insrekd Of aeadlDg hfU into camp, the master
emnloyc lis ckattel in growing the grain By
which the Teket army il fed, or the cotton
rice, tobacco and sugar, which mas to be
pledged or sold to the rebel government as
The basi5 o. tn 1oas, il the siaEe my lees q
"contraband,' a1y less actively and eff tIsctivcl5
hellleD, th=n il h. were employed IN coz
Etructing earhwo1ks below Mem Orleans OF
grooming Gen. Beauregxre's horse at Fairfax
Court Ho7zc? Surely rot.
The questions hare stated arc er2inentlJ
pact1ca1 They ignore al considerations oi
philanthropy OF natural justice. The1 do not
concern 1hst may be due to the slave, bEt
Hhat is due to the country. Aud We say that
It will be found exceedingly difficult to pa,
down the alavebolder's Rebellion With ons
Ee1d ard Upno1u thelr S12yefy With the othe7
"Wt5 did you hsJonet that dog?" aasriiy
asked III officer Of soldier who had pianae
to the ground savage rnastif rao attacked
him why not striEe him with the butt O
your gun jnstead?" f. And 80 WIZ, p!as;
your honor replied Pat, if the t-ste h.d rnz
st me with his tail p" The etcrna1 fitness 0
things is not to be safs1y dlsregzrdea in per
ilous emergency. It Is our clear conviction
however, that the nati0n esnHot always stans
meek1y parryiHg the deadly tafuszs ct th'
Slave PoHer-iE will at last be compelled t:
return them in the vary temper in which they
are delivered. Slavery distinctly says to ta
Uniar, " Your life or minc!" and will have t;
be answered in the aame epirit, if her ASSAULT
are to be successfully resisted. Had this bee1
distinctly made known to The planters at th
outset, ne believe they would have put dow
the 7trieaess lawyers, discarded overBaers
bankrupt traders sad miscellaneous ae'er-de
!; weels who fomented and melted the rebellion
! were it clearly understood by them now, n
suspect th.t they would cali parley and 81
. tempt to settle our differences by negotiation
- Never, until the Fire Eaters comprehend thu
they are Put very much 1t riak by persisting i
!, their rebellion, viii they be likely to give