Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-23

H. .-.s.ss5nt anu determ-
ined agitation in the free States of the ques-
ton of abolishing slavery in the South, be-
cause of the alleged "rrepressible conflict
between the forms OF labor in the two sec
tons, or in the false and misehievous cant of
the day, between freedom and slavery, that
forced collision Of arms ut last Sir, that
conflict was not confined TO the territories
1t was expressly proclaimed by its apostles
as between the States also, against the inst.
tution every where But, assuming the plat
forms Of the Republican party as the stand.
ard, and stating the case most strongly IN
favor Of that party, il was the refusal OF the
South to consent that slavery should be ex.
cluded from the Territories that led to the
continued agitation, North ami South, of that
question, and, finally, to disuuion and civil
war
Sir, will not be answered now by the old
clamor OF 'the aggresslons of the slave
power. That miserable specter, that unreal
mockery, has been exercised and expelled by
debt and taxation and blood. II that power
did govern this country for the sixty years
preceding this terrible revolution then the
sooner this Administration and Government
return to the principles and policy of South.
ern craftsmanship the better for the country
Judgment of the people But deny that il
was the slave power that governed for SO
many years, and so wisely and we'll" Ii wns
the Democratic party, and its principles and
policy, nodded and controlled, indeed largely
by Southern statesmen. Neither will / be
stopped by that other cry Of mingled fanati.
cism and hypocrisy about the sin and barbar.
ism Of African slavery Sir, / see more OF
barbarism and sin, thousand times, in the
continuance of this war, the dissolution of the
Union, the breaking up Of this Government
and the enslavement Of the white race by
debt and taxes and arbitrary power. The day
of fanatics and sophists and enthusiasts.
thank God, is gone al last and though the
age OF ehiyalry may not, the age of practical
stateEmanshlp is about to return
Sir, accept the language and intent OF
! tb1slndiana resolution 10 the full-s'that In
considering terms Of settlement we will look
tqnlyto the welfare, peace and safety Of the
4 white race, without reference 10 the effect
that settlement may have upon the condition
of the African" And when we have donA
this, my word for il, the safety, peace and
welfare Of the African, will have been best
secured. Sir, there is ffty-fold leas antislay.
cry sentiment to-day in the West than there
was two years ago; aud if this var be continu.
ed, there will be still less a year hence. Ths
people there begin, al last, to comprehend that
domestic slavery in the South is a question,
not Of morals, or religion, or humanity, but a
form of labor, perfectly compatible with the
dignity OF free white labor in the same com
,munity, and with national vigor, power and
prosperity, and especially with military
strength They have learned, or began to learn,
that the evils Of the system affect the master
alone, or the community and State in which
/ y exists and that we Of the free States par,
take Of all the material benefits of einAiitu.
ton, unmixed with any part Of its mischiefs.
They believe also in the subordination of-tha
negro race to the white where they both exist
together and that the condition OF snbordinh,
ain truth, the song was written in derision,
by British officer, and not by an American.