Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-02


and that the eItirc,ion Of nsgroslavsry is their
chief object Special attention is called TO TIE FACT that
emancipation a. contemplated BY the North, 10 not
SYNONYMOUS with the abolition Of negro slsvsry.-
Il simply means the apprentice system OF bondage, and
the driving system of labor The primary ot'ct Of the
North sinos 1872 and the more especially since 1850,
has been the po<esion Of the lands Of the South.
They have always known that the land would
csrryeyerytbpe else with -negroee, climate and pr6
ductiOns cotton, tobacco, rice and sugar. To ettiin
the lands. who 90 blind not to perceive s proprs.
tors mus, be sIerminatsd or who can fail to under
stand that every one at the South mbued with the spr
Il of freedom has already subjected himself In the est
nation of the North npsrdonabyto death a. traitor,
and that in every instance cond,cadon will fellow the
execution, What otherwise vas the tenor Of all the
letters taken at Manassas, What otherwise is the mean.
ing Of the recent debates in the Federal Congress p
what otherwise the siEnhs.tion Of Trumbuis speech
declaring death to traitors and his bill OF total and univert
al confcsdont What otherwise has been meant BY the
Tribune the Times the Evening Journal, the Post and
every other leading organ Of Black Rpubcanism, for
years past in the stereotyped assertion, that the PRO
"pristors of tho S0uk must Be bottsd out eass IN
"trsst contributing the only remaining ariitoeratie a..
nsnt in american society :" and 50 far a. the abo.
on Of negro slavery Is concerned have not the Gsner-
ais Of the Northern armies been instructed BY new ar
cls Of war, to take and hold our saves' Has not the
Northern Congress reinforced among thsir own pso
pe the fugitive savs law thereby preventing the escape
Of any Of the slaves Of the South received captured
BY their armies Have no. petitions Of cepsure been
presented to this Congress against every member who
~ 10 District
Columba-and has not the bill tself been ri sctsd in
Senate % these things Look like sincerity Of IL
senton in the line of freedom TO the slavssi Mol In
the light Of the facts the conclusion Unavoidable that
the lands Of the Sou b. the basis which every OH
de crpon Of property thsse ress constitute the main
object Of the avarioous greed Of the North without which
the would never have been proclaimed, and that
they be made the rich reward Of the sodsry and
the Government at Waihingor, in payment Of the dues
claimed by the fst and In liquidation Of the enormous
expenditures Of the last Whsn In this connection, the
past designs Of Black R.publicanism considered, H
they we're meant to be accomplished By political sson,
and tie supremacy OF the North In the late Unsn and
the late Government Of the United Slater the positions
assumed cannot b: questioned that they have drawn
the sword against US. In Auch $780, We thus endeav-
ored 10 unve before the South the scheme Of policy
solved upon by William II. sewsrd-tho aokno ~l.dssd
chief Of the party-in conjunction with bis own anoi
;ious purposes.
"Prssumins the Union to continue, the thoughtfsl
qucsioner Of cannot doub, that in ten year,
1.-THE North viii hold sscsonay, the requisite corsttu'
tioDa number Of a;es Senators and Represent
ITO enable them to propose and adopt amendments to
"ths Constitution as they m,y please and VILLAIN
H. Seward sub,tantiated the leader of Blick Re.
publcansm, will leave no means untred necessary 10
" the ends Of bis daring ambition, The army will b.
enlarged the navy viii be increased new Offices viii
be created and counlloss millions will be expended
All the Departments and Power, OF the Government Of
the UsitOd States will yield to bis authority The So.
preme Court will be his subssrvient instrument the
Congress will bow at his feet the work Of rseonstrue
ton will begin aud an imperial system will arise.
ia respect to negro slavery, bis first step will be,
hrough an amond'd Constitution and obsdient Con-
'gress 10 harmonic, system of mental labor with
that Of Europe in order 10 avoid further European anita
gonisn In accomplishing this result he will proceed lot
Tin the line Of abolition but 10 the line Of Rnaneipa.
"tiOH and Apprmtieahip, after the manner Of Great
Britain and France but avoiding the foles arst
United BY those Governments. nov acknowledged by
themselves, aud which will be made presently to sp
pear He kai already visited hoIs Governments and
held special irtuvissI vh hs Prims Minister of N.
''O.e and The BmprOr Of tie Othr, upon ths HIjcel-
"The whole assuiAting process devised by him will be
simple and certain Perverting tina. clause Of the Goa
"Iaiuton declaring that private prep~ty ,hs! not be
'tSksH for public Eis uioat jt eOmpsnsatiCB." Con-
gress will declare the value Of the slaves remaining to
"ihe South, and the Government through lie agents.
will take possession Of them transferring itself the
orginal right of property resident 10 their late
"And masters and thus will tcipation be initiated
This being dooe the negroes will be told that they be-.
long to the Government having been bought for price,
Sut that aer serving the Government ten years. pay
bset their purchase money, they shall be free and qua
and thur viii the apprentices system be esi.oshed Ia
tai. Manner tie odious terms Of slave and slavery not
"racogniI, ID In the Constitution 40 the language tf
I" Black Repubcani.m are - be bloted out from the
page of history giving place to the nlder EXPIRES
"son Of service and serYitude, aud the national escu.
"chson TO be redeemed from the foul stain our fore.
" fathers suffered to Asoi It."
"For those OF party ndispos.d to accept enamel
"paton 10 the place Of abolition this acute political
srategst, whoss mind is by means wholly devoid
OF s..ssmausAip, will draw iWo-iOld answer from the
striking and adnouitory statistics set forth in Black
woods Magazine and hcCuoch. Geographical D!ctior.
cary associated with the immediate and total abolish.
"nent OF negro sllysry 10 H,yt Guiana and Jamaica,
"by tho Governments Of France and Grea. Britain
rst the answer to the utter dsuctiveness Of such
"a procedure to the shipping and manufacturing inter
tests Of the Horth through the loss of Southern pro
ducts that would instantly follow and second, the
swer as to the mode these statistics eaoh Of robbiDg
the Southern planters Of their lands and transferring
their estates TO Northern capitalists to be afterwards
worked with the very negroes lately belonging to the
"pauters, now Apprentices in the hands Of the Gtv-
"errnsnt. He we'll remembers that in 1889, Eve years
"p ior to the act of the National Convection Of France
passed in the midsi Of the wild Humanitarian Juror and
"remors,lsss class rsvsnges Of that day, bsraus the
Q A. Il, ,ba F,snoL ,oloniaa Havu srnoriad In