The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-09-12

| III tIiC ~ IA4Ou. 1 ne Sidh cry VI lIG hIfICdH
race formed from the beginning The most
important and dangerous Of the differen.
ces. The Constitution was compact oi
compromises, and in no instance more
wise y or generously so than in relation to
the institution of slavery. And had the
several states of the Union abided in their
| politics by that necessary and masnani-
nous spirit of compromise, the Union wo'd
now be undisturbed, and ancient harmony
and prosperity would reign where civil ar
RACES. .-
Fanaticism Is the bane of harmony. l,
has disturbed many states and overturned
many governments. 1t is one ofthe most
| difficult social evils to deal with. It is a
growth OF prosperity and yet gains str'cth
under persecution. T. often appeals to the
most generous prejudices of humanity it
often wears the garb of religion and moral
ity; it has wonderful powers of proseIyt
ism; 1t has great capacity to make wrong
look like night, and to check errors in the
robes of truth 1t is Fl terrible apostle of
eVii. Dlscord follows its lead, and revoIu
ton too often Is the end Of its career.
Unfortunately, amongst many clements
Of good and greatness, fanaticism em,orat.
ed to this country. From time to time it
has played its part in marring the record
of civil and religious liberty in American
History. 1t has, from time to time. sent
forth various heretical dosnas of politics.
1t has asserted a higher law, in recent me-
morable words, sought to do in the name
of God what could not be done in the
name of the Constitution.
1t finally found employment fatal to the
peace OF the country in political abolition.
lhe north had rid itself of the incubus Of
slavery. The north was as responsible for
slavery IN the south, as the south itself is.
but fanatlclsm became offended with south
ern slavery; and overlooking home evils
and home reforms, it devoted itself 10 the
discussion of the evils of African slavery,
ciamorlnS against its criminaIty and urg-
Ing It's abolition. 1t disregarded the Con
stltu:lon and denounced its guarantees Of
The rights Of slavery as compact of sin
and shame. Many of its teachers openly
advocated disunion, and many more pro~
claimed an irrepressibe conflict between
the domestic systems of the north aud the
SOUTH arguing that the states of the Union
must become all free or all slave
These dangerous and revolutionary doc
trines have always been combatted by the
democratic party. The democracy has no
apology to make for southern slavery
We regard 1t as great social evil. But
We regard 1t as misfortune, not crime.
The crime is IN the presence of the African
race upon the continent. That is crime
of the past, not of the present. AID even
in the past, it was less the crime of the
south, than Of those who grew rich in the
slave trade and who now camor for the
abolition Of slavery which they themselves
planted. We hold this country to he the
possession of the white race, and this gov
eminent to be instituted by white men for
white men. We commisserate the condi
ton of the slave but we are unwilling to
violate the constitution on his behalf, or TO
disturb society by emancipating four mill,
ions of an inferior race in land possessed
by a superior race. 1t is tie sin ofhistorv
that the African race is here once here
in great numbers. the proper condition Of
the African was subsection in some form to
the whites. Equality was impossible
Nature has made social equality impossi-
bic without fatally SHINING against her
laws, and without social equality political
equality is impossible. Nature never plac.
ed the races together when brought to,
gether, the selvitule of the inferior is the
best condition for both races, necessary
evil resulting from the violation of natural
law IN bringing them together.
But fanaticsm did hot so see It. Fa-
naticlsfn At the north, unembarrassed by
the presence of slavery, did not see slavery
as necessary evil, but only as an abstract
wrong. 1t could make no allowance for
the condition Of the south, and had no tol>
Grafton for the compromises of the consti-
tuition or the safeguards which it extended
to the institutions of the south.
For long time the abolition party was
weak political minority; but it was from
the beginning an energetic aud dangerous
apostle Of unconstitutional, doctrines AID
of sectional jealousies and distrusts.
As long ago as 1897, the warrior
statesman, Andrew jackson, in his farewell
address, warned US againstit He quoted
the warnings Of Washington and said !:
The lesson contained in this invaluable
legacy of Washington to his countrvnen.
should be cherished in the heart of every
citizen TO the latest generation, and per
maps at 10 period of time could they he
more usefully remembered than at the
present moment. For when we look upoD
the scenes which are passing around us.
and dwell upon the pages Of his parting
address his paternsI counsels wou!d seem
to lie not merely the offspring of wisdom
and foresight, but the voice of prophecy,
tore-telling events, and warning US Of the
evil to come. The federal
constitution was then regarded tv him as
an experiment. = The trial
has been made. 1t Las succeeded beyond
the nroudest hopes of those who framed
It, Every quarter of this widely exten led
nation has felt its Iessiugs and shared in
the general prosperity produced by its
adoption. But amid this general prosper
ity and splendid success, the dangers Of
which be " armed rs, are becoming every
day more evident, and the signs of evil