New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-05
NEW PUBLICATIVNS.
r,z,r pARoNs OF THE SOUTH.

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Tho character of the modern chiva!ry, az
yeoreseuted by the Shareholder 81 virginia ana
ssath Carolina, is depicted il this volume WIN
. brilliant bat by no means faitsrlng pencil.
without ipdulgiog in the fantastic and eStrav-
n,ant defamation which the theme sometimes
eons forth, tho author mas laid the foundation
Of his pOrtraitures in exact historical research,
mud wrought up the materials furnished by the
ssrdy Of facts into lively aud vigorous narra'
tge.
In bis view, the present conflict is not
transient ebulli,ion of sectional prejudice, but
var of principles, lying deep in the elements OF
h.mau nature. He is accordingly persuaded
shat there can be DO settlement OF the great
suestiops at issue except by the comP'e'e eA'
tnctioo Of tue system which Is no longer com
patible with the liberties or safety OF tue iahd'
Tue germ of toe contest is to De sought 10 Tue
VERY commencement Of oar colonial history.
Rut A short time before the landing OF the Pil.
grim fathers ct Plymouth, Dutch ship had
brought n cargo of negroes 70 Virginia; two
hostile elements were thus deposited on our
col; two rival social systems were established;
and the history of their mutual struggles has
been the distinctive history of the Republic
down TO the present moment.
The antsgoni.m was strengthened by the po-
Etieal relations of the cOnhIctiog systems. The
Puritans Of Massachusetts, belonged to The
brotherhood in England, who overturned the
throne Of Charles l., reared o Commonwealth
nmid the ruins of civil war, and applied re-
publican principles to the restraint of the royal
pserogatiye, and the legal establishments OF the
rights Of the subject. The Cavaliers OF Nir-
siuia were mostly gentlemen of fortune, y
connected with the nobility that drew the lance
10 favor Of the Stuarts, aud that yirulently re-
sistcd the spirit of reform, represented IN the
persops of Cromwell aud William of Orange.
The two parties that fill the page of English
history duriog the seventeenth century trans
ferred their quarrel to the rising empire of the
West, and under modified conditions, We are
now fighting for 4 gronder and more mo-
nentJu issue than that which baDished James
ii. and gave Dew dynasty to England.
The two anita gonisiic systems founc congenial soil
IN tue places where they were planted. Freedom
was cierl-he1 IN Mat sAcnheeitr, Was los-
tered III Virginia. There was moDensary enoit, II
u true, TO establish an alistocracy 10 the Pur, an
Colony; but il was found hostile to tie tenn er OF
the province IL is true, also tnst Slavery obtained
o temporary footing in this Colony, as in all the
other Colonies, and that the tlave-trhde formed AZ
imoortaut part o. g. eIIly commerce OF New-En.
gland. But it was ippcssibe that the sSs'em should
long survive iu opposition TO that intense love OF
freedom which was tie salt OF the otherwise
nnsavory character OF the PurlIaUs. AID IN the
face OF the institutions they founded and ma
tured To Massachusetts, belongs tue honor Of
having been the first Of tue States to abolish
negro Slavery by solemn judicial de, ision.
In Virginia. the bsleful plant Of despoIisni
became rooted deeper III her growing polity in tie
process OF timc. In the first instance, negroes were
eDslaved Oh the grouLd that they were beatheD; but
ss hey began TO be converted and Chrstlauized. 1t
beca.u,e Necessary 10 base tbeir seIvituce their
alleged inferioiIy a race. Having thus sabvered
shs liberties of tie negroes, toe Virginia planters
proceeded 10 curts the lights OF the other race sno
poor white men dlstIanChised by IN act Of the
Provincial Assembly
The political tendencies Of the two Colonies
were consistent with their antecedents. When
the civil war broke out in England, the red
cross was fured in Massachusetts, while Virgi-
MIA, with Maryland, adhered TO the King, aud
cursed the Rcubdheads who were prevailing
against him.
social improvement As early as 1G49, "the
freemen of Massachusetts-' 10 order that learn
ing may not he buried in the grave Of our
fAthers-enacted that every township should
maintain o school for reading aud writing, and
every town Of hundred hOusehOlders gram.
mar school, with teacher qualified to fit
youths for the University. This school Law
was adopted by TIE sister Colonies of New.
But in Virginia as late az 1871, Governor
Berkeley said--iD a report made to the Privy
Council thank God there are no free
schools nor printing and hope we shall not
have these hundred years; for learning has
brought disobedience and heIesy aud sects into
tie world, and printing has dlvulged them, and
hbels against the best Government. God keep
az from both . ,"
The development Of the slave power is clearly
traced by the author through its successive
steps, until it reached portentous hight in
the annexation Of Texas.
Thus the relative positions Of the two systems Of
society were changed.
Al the formation of the Union REPUBLICAN So
CITY was IN tie ascendaut-s It's ihtere Us gusrhn-
teeo by the supreme Law of the nation. Now,
DEsPoTIc SOCIETY was in the ascendant having tie
Government under it's control and pIostituiing I'LL
tbe energies VI tue Republc to the extension Of the
thghuDg curse OF human bondage.
Onee the States contiguous 10 those which had
Abolished Siavery-sil leu by the tterility aud is
witch the system eutails aud viewing across
the BORDER the lotary results of fieedOii-were