Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-08

SsWeirs Point Sunday informs u tnat tnefe va
a. that time abundant game in the Roads
not impossible, however, as we have received no
tdngs OF any Of the s.ers freek among the an
kse small fry that rough weather may have prevented
her attempting anything to this time. Commodore Tat
nal is in command, and nobody will doubt, that il mo-
thing is done il will be for lack Of vii nor daring.
wsrecevsd nothing additional yesterday from the
Peninsula Expectation is still tp:os Of great event
there.
Abolition the Inevitable Consequence OF Con.
quest. !
Though the universal splr. of resistance which AMI
mates couDtrymen renders any eIhOraou to its de-
fence unnecessary it may not be improper to show that
this resistance is not only Inspired by patriotism but vim
dcAsd by the consequences which must result from the
ultimate successes Of the enemy.
We DO not doubt the Yankees are divided by two
opiniOns-he one that slavery should be abolished and
the other that should be so far preserved as 10 fu
nsh the of paying R the debt incurred
n the prosecution of the war and also, to produce
those eIchangeAbe values upon which Yankee prosper
Ity has been founded
Both these opinions to US one. The total de-
sruction of slave labor would be insepArats from the
establishment Of Yankee rule in the South. Il COMPEL
eli 10 adop, the alternative should Infinitely prefer
the deportation Of the slaves to being enssved in COM
mon With them BY the supremacy Of Yankee masters
We can conceive of social condition so terrible ss
that of high-spirited people mixed in with millions of
free negroes backed and protected BY thieves fanatics
and aens Who wish drive CT the Of the soil
shat they may ej,y cheap labor and associations agree
able to them. And this would be inevitable.
- L. biah haya
voicethe presence Of thousands prompt TO encourage
aud protect the Il I'VE in any set Of dsObedienoe-Uoud
30 far destroy the value OF nominal slavery leave
the master ohsrgeAble with the iUhrm and helpless,
Shsl the male negroes would live in insOlsnt ideness
We are not without example Of the inevitable re-
taxation OF the bonds OF slavery from the interference of
an irresponsible Government
when the Parliament of Great Britain commenced to
Ampsr with tie great interests Of the Colony Of Jmacs
asserted by the friends Of gradual abolition that it
would BE- ,T c'ed without social disturbance.
The Assembly Of Jlmaci however, declared that an
iusurrecton OF the misguided slaves bad been by
the "uuceasng and unconstitutional interference with
tac soci, condition by ministers Of Stste-mcmbsrs OF
Parliament as well as BY the false and wicked reports
Of toe ADti-Slavery Society"
II cOr=0Q ltuCe OF tue Optu VI tuc
ration proposed in the slave code of JlmAic Viscount
dics, declared that the peace OF the Island placed
in extreme jeopardy and the slaves could scarcely
cape tie injection If th, opinions.
These opinions were the more dangerous, that the
slaves had been induced to believe that the Government
Of Great Britain "in their favor and opposed to
their owners"
The slaves were told tbs sllrs had received orders
not to make war upoa them.
The immediate result of tho insurrec:ion occaSioned
BY tn teachings, the destruction Of three or four
millions Of dollars Of property By Ere and plunde, and
tie lsr Of thousands OF the negroes BY The whittier
Toe Instruction quelled and the experiment OF abe
liion went o.
What the sesul The authority Of the master Al
an end the slave ceeed to labor, and became such
burthen that the master abandoned his estate and the
vau, Of landed property sank t, nothing The product
Of the and declined from 22 922 hhds sugar IN 1890
70 40 249 in 1851. The taxes assessed 10 lSiS were
sos 4sl-n 1852 .hey litls more than half Its
,rded by English traveller tha. scarcely
single sugar continues to be held by It's former
proprietor and that the fee simple of sugar estate b.
been bought for less than the cos, of the works erected
upon it.
The same authority adds that the Island became unfit
for the hsbils'os OF respectable white pecps. The
rich propstors emgAed and the poorer class Of
seers, herdsmen and mechanics, unable to them
selves aud fAmies, compelled to remain and resr
their children 10 this Of idleness and vice.
such would be the inevtablo consequences Of an az
tempt 10 continue slavery in the Southern States by vest
toe power to govern in a distant and irresponsible
C,ngress.
We usy notics the progress Of these two schools in
he march Of invasion The column Of the sboli ionist
Banks ,e res the mos; prominent ciEns of the Valley
and imprsOus them for not pei rirg themselves Forty
Of the principal inhabitants Of Alexandra have bee
treated in the same way At the same time the Keu-
lucky eo-qusroIs and the marsuders upon tho shores
of North Carolina pretend sacred regard for property
and private right.
Both the practical and fanatca sentiment OF the No III
agrees in the policy Of destroying every vsge Of the
social institution which distinguishes from themsel7'
Tho frat v1hcs 20 plant in place people who obey
and adore the Federal Government The second 70 sub
siitu.e their sys:lm of civI .tion for oa To great
en-. the humony between these parties is peffec'.-
Thus far they operate cordially in the common design
Of plumber and oppression. There may be some remen
slancs sglnst the mpocy OF destroying the source Of
the golden egg' but II would BIS mercensry, not
ciful interpolation The Consequences which We have
p,rtrayed would q ct every Southern man. woman and
child. Rch or poor, STAKEHOLDER or nouslivehOlder, all
are Interested alike in resisting invader who cones
with Are and sword overthrow all that Is dear 10 free
men, AL are alike interested In maintaining the right Of
every freeman choose bis government by vote,
instead Of having il imposed upon him By force. And
all may regard the consequence Of abolition inevitable
even the Government Of the North should erdeavor
to preserve slavery a Of rendering their con-
'ess more p Oit.blc.
The Virginia Kept Rack.
The sntj1iucd remarks Of al Intelligent coFrespon'
d,1t arc submitted with h, si.so- Whenever the peo-
pie urge matter which sccOrds With the dictates Of con
m n serss the authorities stake the STUDS" To ensure
IL Ia only for The