Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-18

The object Of attack is tie institution Of slavery
Tie verv marrow Of tie ain Of L,NcoLSs WAR on the
South Is the overthrow of IT, Il is the translation Into
deeds Of she famous shiJ5oleth Of his elevation, 1.-The
ir7srress1,e conflict" Whether to pen it up to the
point Ct suGoca;ion, or to extirpate it by direct
abolition, STILL the aim aud the solution Of the "irre-
preside conflict" was to be- and 10 be only the ertine-
ton Of slarcy.
The p-e;e-ce that Secession" is the cause of this
a5li-us war is simply false States that have all along
resisted s,c.ssioawh.ch, bat yesterday ri c.ed scces
sion, to stand IT they could by tie Constitution and the
Union, with the Ncrb, aid the restored South to-day
accept f. as necessary to- aud in the name Of the Put
Ee Sess-acccp; upon tieri noasecediag States
,s so far they are ts Preferred war against ecssson
Could proof be conclusive, that Secession is not
and chat Slavery the aim and subject Of the strug
rles Il further proof were needed is it not furnished
bv the fact. that the secession Of the Confederate States
was secession as well from s other SLAVE States which
dslpproved H. which refused 90 with it. Of which
fs.. hurt, ard wronged, by IDS from He tree States
If mere secession were then the of this war; those
slave States, as common sufferers from it with the free
States. would make cause with them ogaiust it.
But. which Of these slave States will take part in this
test against the Confederate States Not one Secs
sion, then, IS not Tie offence.
Now, lie: both North and South understand, and medi-
tate tls truth in tie bagiau1g-and then, 20 their
drty, ske to God ard man. There no just on
earth, why the North and the South either States, or
p,op, should 6gbs each oheruor even cause Of umbrage
TO the North except such consequential merely,
Northern Interference in the Instance with Southern
slavery.
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81, the fires Of var between them Is PLATA enough On
the ground Of the powers Of the Government having fall
en- isto the hands o. sectional party inspired by SEN
timen Of sectional hosiiy Southern slavery, the
coded States went out Of the Ulion On the ground
alone of adequate guarantees being obtained that these
powers will not be used TO suassrve the purposes OF
that hostility the other slayehoding States is well
known. stay in il. To grant such, would be the
doom aud downfall of Black r ,publ.ctnism-grant-
ed by it. would be party suicide Hence, Lin
coin. aud bis Black Republican cohorts, led by Ard
rev. ard Curtin, and Dennison, fgh, for lfe,-ior
psrtv ascendlucy-for the spells Of Iace-!or the
sweets OF power When, yet, has the spirit of patriot
m proven victor the spiri. Of plrty But will the
people of the North who DO not sympathze with tLi'
pary-who did not aid its triumph-aud vii not share
the fruits of who lay PROSTATE indeed ard tramped
down. under the iron shod heel of its power-wiil they
engage in war with their Southern bre'hren-str.cken
down, ise hem and with them, in contest where the
very rights Of the South struck at, were the main
subject of the struggle in order uphold the very party
whose triumph IN that contest was triumph alike over
them, as over Us? will not believe it They will not
allow themselves 20 be thus far deceived as, on so false
and transparent preteNt that Of fighting for the
rights or the honor Of the North which are nethsr III
vaied or mpered-:o be deuded into the degradation
of merely fighting the ignO5e battles Of selfish and
SAVAGE Black RspubFcluism. K.