The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-03-06

whole. What will you put in your COM
promise That each State shall regulate
its own domestic institutions That is
spurious coin. After jeff Davis and other
Senators had left Congress, Mr.. Corwin q
Republican, proposed an amendment to the
Constitution providing that slavery should
not be interfered with by any amendment to
the Constitution hereafter. 1t passed Con.
sress by two thirds vote. and now waits
adoption by the Legislatures of three fouri hs
OF the States to become a part Of the Con-
s;iiution. If they wanted compromise TO
secure slavery from legislation. Why did
they not accept it
Has any slave State adopted the amend.
mentl Why did not jeff Davis urge Mis-
sissippi to adopt the amendment? II is
nesrly two years since i, passed Congress.
and not q seeded State has adopted the
guaranty. They did not wan, it. because
they wanted to get their rights-Southern
rights. Another case in point WAS the or
ganization OF the territories. In .he acts
organizing them. the territorial legislatures
Were prohibited from impairing the rights
OF the people. This prevented any action
against slavery in all the territory. then un-
organized, of the United States This
proves that they wanted to separate from
{
hal no desire for compromise, and had lost
faith in mans capabiiity to govern himself.
and desired to establish an aristocra,ic form
OF government.
In support of this Governor johnson re
! ferred to the Southern papers. the Richmond
Examiner. DeBpw's Review, and to the
utterances OF such men as Isham G Harris.
and the Rhetts and others. that they were
our masters. This pirs,ical King. jeff
Davis, to be my MASTER 1shsm g. Harris
to be my master? Instead of being my
master he should not be my slave. The
time has arrived in connection with the
down-frodden people Of the South, when
the tyrant's rod should be broken and the
captive sei free. Though Southern man l
am citizen OF The United States, and be-
cau>e a man lives a, the S,uth is no reason
why he should be opposed to any one at the
North.
B,rn and raised in the South, have
been a slave owner. having owned ten
slaves. l obtained nv Southern rights -
The rebels stole my negroes. turned my in
valid wife and children into the street, and
made my house barracks for 3" Butternuts''
TO lie sick in. That's my Southern rights,
aud it snch are the rights to be awarded US
when the Southern Confederscy is extended
over US, pray to be relieved from such
fate
Great ado has been made about NJ neproes
Let that be as 1t may, is that any reason
why We should oppose our Government,
and go croasing about and appealing TO a
squeamish sympathy 10 the country.
have lived among negroes. all my life, and
| am for this Government with slavery un-
der the Constitution as it is, if the Govern
men, can be saved. l am for the Govern
mtnt without negroes. and the constitution
as it is. l want 10 be understood on this
question. l am for the government OF my
fathers, if it is being carried out according
to the principles of the Constitution.
H. as the car OF State moves along. the
negroes gel in the way let them be crushed.
If they keep out Of the way lei them remain
wher- they are. l am for the Government
and all measures necessary to maintain it,
Is not this Government the giant embod-
ment of the principles of human liberty.
worth more than the institution Of slavery +?
1t is but the dust in the balance. Some
persons in the free States have an idea that
If King Cotton didn't rule, they cannot sell
a mule or bushel of corn, but this Gov.
ernment would go on were the cotton plant
lost to the world. And when you come to
think of it. that by raising little more
wool and fax and hemp cries of " that's
what's wanted You may withhold tho
article Of cotton from the markets Of the
world, and they would be supplied without
a ripple upon commercial waters, they will
go on with or without cotton. and whether
cotton or negroes continue in the United
States. the Government will continue to re.
main. l am for the Government of my
fathers with negroes | am for it without
T
nent destroyed l would see every negro
hack in Africa. disintegrated and bloted
out of space.
Then let us defend this great fabric of
human liberty. and the time will come
when this nation will be the great centre Of
the world. the great guiding star to other
nations in government, religion. science and
arts, the great centre from which an infiu.
ence and principle will radiate Is this not
worth battling for? Let us 60 on with the
great experiment OF Democracy.
The time has come ana is now upon us
when We are assured by Southern leaders
and their sy maihizsrs that We have an in.
stitution that is more powerful than the
government itsef When any institution,
whether banks or The aristocracy of wealth.
Dr. any other combination of capital. asserts |.
hat the government has no right to agitate
Is claims, and shakes it 10 its centre. then |
me government must put it down. n the
Institution Of slavery denies The government
he right of agitation. and seeks to over
.hrow IT. then the government has . clear
light 10 destroy it.
look upon these principles of free gov
eminent Is the powerful means of elevsting
mankind to big her state of civilization. l
ook upon our system Of religion - advanc-
ng man in his spiritual nature. And when
We go op, as il were, 10 these two parallel
ines Of progress, then We shall pass beyond
ha church aud political systems. and Ne
hall secure harmony, peace on earth and
rood will 10 all men," ,
l will holI to the government - the pal (
adium Of our liberties, and cling 70 II - i
he mariner cliogs to the last plank when
he waves are surging over him. II the J
government is to be overthrown, i do not