Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-12
Extracts frem the Hon. r.. y. Walkers
Pamphlet on Gradual Emane Ipa tien and
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When the rehellion is crushed, we ,booId
So Z zeal pacincauon, the close Of the war and
its seIPfnses. CORDIAL restoration of th. Unior
and Ieturn 81 fthatfrat.rnal feeling, which msrkrd
the f;st bali century Of our wonderfsl prcoress
enabling US, with one fourth Of cur present pop,
niAiien, 10 defy the wotld In sfms- To ersufe
these grest results, the policy Of the overn ment
must oe pJn eIe1T, HHvarsTtHg z, ind marked by
discriminating Justice and perfect csndor The
country ls IN, mminen' peril, and nothing bntthe
truth Will avail us Tss horth d.d tks Sosta
nsn sadsrs ard sdeA ether. The South rnust
know, that we realize the evident truth thst
slavery caused tie rebellion. Efforts were made
on ther questions to shake the Union hut ali
had proved mpotent In the past, as thew must In
toe future, unttt we were divided by slavery the
oaiy ISSUE competent to produce great rebellion
Nor VIII sngty denunclations Of the discordaat
elements OF slavery and abolition now save "a.
Tor tJi tie fact recurs that without savefv there
woaa have oeea no abolition, and. Consequent
ly, no secession" - hx
ard yet 4, was England that forced slavery
ppan the South against ia earnest protest. and
eoionfel acts vef'td by the British crown. Then,
during our colonial weaknes and Dependence
the Eass and queens, and parliaments OF Eng,
land, not only lesaiEsd and encouraged ths al.
rican slave trade, out gave charters aud rnonops
Iies fef the wretched trafRc. Then the Lords snd
noble ladies', the blood royal the merchant
Pttncsss and even the mltefed Pfcla;es Of Eng
land engaged most exte nsl ely In thts aecursed
coaimefce, and thousands Of de rich and noble
OF England enjoy now, by inheritance, fortunes
tnus eccumulNed. 1t was 10 these
our then infant, feeble, and de- pendent but nro
testing colonies Gf the south, most Of these slsv
we've e. ed by British avarice, and royal yetoev
on colonial acts o. fhe South prohibiting the
trafac. Most justly, then, did Mr. Jefferson. An
the original ofour Declaration Of fndepsndapce
announce tie terrible Nth ss follows. go =
" He has waged cruel war egeiDst human i,s>
ture itseh, violating its most sscred rights OF lie
and liberty in the persons OF distant people
who never offended MIN, captivating aad carry-
ing tnem into slavery IN another Eemisp pheEe, OF
TO incur miserable death In their trans portation
thl1ser. This pirstical warfare, the opprobIuuo
Of IsFIDEL powers, Is the warfare OF the cHsIs.
TIAN king Of Great Britain. Determined 10 Keen
open market where MEN should be bought and
soId be has prossituted his Negative for suppress
ing every legislative attempt to prohibit or res
Caln tois execTaole commsTce IN =
The nag OF England was then the lay of sla.
very and not Of slavery oHly, but OF the Airican
slave Trade; and wherever slavery row exIsts
England may look upon IL and say, mi, In the
work OF my hands, mine was the pftne on hIood
aad mine all tie anguish and dessair OF Centuries
Of bondage.
- rhis war, then, Is mainly the work Of Eng.
land She forced slavery here, and then corr.
Tasnesd and inaamei hire the anti slavery agi.
tSaoa, ssssiltlg the Constitution AID the Union.
arIeStng the progress Of manrmlssion in the
border states, and haaily culmnatn ng In the re-
. 5eiIlon- Here, tEen, In the routh are sisverv
ana IsoeIlion, branches OF that Upas tree, whose
seeds were planted in our soil by England
England, tnen, should never have reproach "a
us with slavery, The work was hers and her,
may YET be the dread EetiDutiDn OF avenginp iu,.-
flcs- Had the contest sue provoked in t2e Tfent
sKair then happened the result mis- hI ta We nee,
very different iron her expectations Ins,eadS,f
ruined country aud divided Ulion, aud God
save toe Ming played u1der tHe eros. OF II. George
IN Boston. New York and PhiladeIphia, she
might have heard the muse u Van kee Doodle ,
Hail Columbia and the S;ar Spang led Banney on
the heigets Of asbec, re ecGoed IN fisternal
chorus over the Union intended by God under
one gOvernm0nt, OF the valley OF the likes and
The -; Lawrence, Looking nearer home, she
might have beheld that bsnnEr whose stars sha
would have eXuBguiShed In blood Hoattn0 tri !.
umphantly, In uGion with the sharnrock- eve,
that glorious Ems raid ISLE hose generous he, "a
bsas With love ofthe nerIcan u nfou. ana whoss
olood, now as ever heretofore, IL pouted oa, ia
coPi0us ltbetions IN la defense. Iadeed, but Tor
the for6earanee of our Government, and the jud 2
meat and good seuss Of lord Lyons, the conflict
Il have stated that the SOU b must know What
course we intsad 10 pursue in regard 10 slavery.
But not only the SouIh, but our fTieuds and enc.
miles, and a u tAs Oovd must also knew, tnat the
AMERICAN UNION SMALL EVER ss pIsMExsKRxp.
II Is The great cItadeI OF self government entru,t
ed TO our charge by Providence, ana we will de.
fend u aSalnst all asIci!a until our last % an
has fallen. The lakes can never be separated
from the Gulf, NOT tue Eastern from the Western
ocean. Above ell, the valley Of ths
Mississippi was ordained by God as the residences
Of united people. Over every acre Of its soil
must forever HAT the banner Of the Union and
all its waters, ss they roll on together 70 the
GulG, proclaim, that what God has ioined to-
gether, man shall never pu! asunderl No line
OF latitude or Longitude shal ever separate the
mouth from the center or sources OF the Missis-
sipPl. No, ali the waters OF the imperial river
fr0m their mountain springs and chrystal foun
tsias, shall ever dow IN comRin2 ling currents 70
th5 Gulf, uniting evermOre IN one undivided
people Err
And who will dare erect the feeble barrier,
ducs from either ocean, the lakes, or the Gulf OF
persuade her 70 hold thesS essential rig hts aad
interests, by the wretched tenure Of the will OF
any seceding STATE. No line but one Of blood, OF
m.htuy desPotIsms and perpetual war, can ever
seParste this great valley. The ides Is saotilese
II 10 The raving Of a maniac. Separstion 10 death
Disunion IL suicide liz the SoutR presents the
issue that tie Union or slavery must perish, the
result Is not doubtful. The Union viii ssiII live
1. 10 written on the scroll Of Destiny by The hinge,
OF God, thst neither principalities nor powers
sesa shall eteci is overthrow, nor .DalI the gates oi
''These slaves, In but small numbers, were
brought from theIr tropical African homes to the
colder NO IN, where their la0ors were unproft.
aOle, but 10 the South, and sgainat their earnest
protest, forced upon them 1t was not the South
that engaged In the African slave trade. IL wal
not the South that brought slavery into America
No, II was forced upon the South, against theiI
,.'s, sa,,S malay ~ hnsiand, but paruy' also by
"Whereyer the vote of the people OF any STATE
Of the North has been taken On this question, Il
has been uniformly for the exclusion CT the free
negro race. la the midst Of the excitement OF The
slavery question In Kansas, when the Republi.
cans acsed aiOce upon the question OF the adoption
Of thEir ceIeosated TopCka Constitution, they
sdbmitted the free-negrO question TO a distinci
vote OF The people, wno, bY an rwhelming
majority, Votcd for their exclusion. Ihe recenl
similar Overwhelming yCts, TO the same effect, ol
the people of Illinois, - another clear Of the
present sentiment of the nation. That sentimen,
Is tn!s hat the ne 10, I'll hough to be regarded q,
ma1, and treated with humanity, belongs, a
they believe, 10 an inferior race, communion Il
association with whom is Dot desired by ths
whites. Those who regard the Elavery question
a. the only ihe principal dincuiiy, are greatl,
mistaken 1hs ssgTo Question Is lar deeper
u not slavery, a IncTe polid al Institution, tha
is sustained IN the south, but the greater Q aes
tion Of the intermingling and eq qdaIty Of faces
la this aspect, Il 10 lar more q question of Iacs
thaa Of slavery II, a. among me Greeks and
Romans, the wnite RAGS were 1nsiaved here, tht
Institution would instantly disappear. Among
tue maaY miIllons OF The p, pUIaIiUI Of The south
less Inin teatn are slavsnolisrs. Why, then, II
iJ, that the non slaveholoing Masses there sappor
the insCttnuoal IL ts the instncI ths sentiment
the Prslsdlee, N you please, cf race, almost uni
versa and uBalteTaole. lt 10 the fear that IL tns
slaves Of south enancinaIed NON