Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-30
THE oD1uM OF ABoLIrIoNIsM

THE 0DIUM OF AB0LITIONISM.
I 1t is favorite weapon with the tories who
hate liberty, and the wretches who adore sla-
very, to attack all who are in favor of suppress
sing the rebellion witt the sharp edge OF the
sword, and the full power of the law. as .4b-
otttoaiStsi If man avows his horror at the
system which degrades an already inferior
race, be low the level of the brutes, be is de-
nounced as ss.Abolitionist,'' - and this term in
Democratic parlance, is esteemed as fixing
| upon those against whom it is used, the most
wlthering odium. Blu, in order to show what
is really the design of the system which the
.86oftiOnis S desire to abolish, and in order to
prove, too, that the sy stem of human slavery
is not confined only to the African either in
Southern theory or practice, We submit the
following argument for white slavery, from
De BooC's Southern Rsuietc, for December, 1858.
The Southern Rerieuc is the great exponent. of
Southern sentiment, opinion and conviction
on the subject of slavery. 1t represents the
idea $50 to write) of the system, and is per
haps better acquainted with the objects and
purposes Of those who believe in the ssdivine
origin OF system OF human slavery than any
We submit its views as follows
''Our drst PROPOSE ton is, that land mouop-
oily, COR to express our idea more comprehen-
siyeiy and accurately that the power exercis-
ed by capital over labor, begets and sustainS
CIVILIZATION. Our second That property in
human LABOR (Which IS property in man) is the
only property. Our third That the white
race is the true and best slave race.
''Iiie Arab barb is as readily broken in
fam NJ cit-itf 4 ,I,x, l..
deal cf moral suasiOn and little OF the lash
suffice TO break boys aud colts. When broken
they never wish to return to the wild state
ike Indians and tigers. Their natures are
refined and in all respects superior to those of
Wild animals and Wild men. Submission to
snperiOrs, to law, government, and slavery
variouSly modified, Is natural and agreeable
to them. There are few vicious blooded
horses and vicious white men, who hate res
traint, disobey masters and other superiors,
violate rules and law, and commit crimes
They, like Wild animals, love licentious lber-
ty, and are only fit for the plough, the peni-
tentiary and the gallOws. Mules and negroes
are an intermediate class, who can only be halt
tanned, domesticated, civilized, and enslaved.
$40 say that the white race is not the true
and best slave race is to contradict all history,
and IN effect to assert that there is some supe-
rIor race for that race that is most social,
tame, domestic, skillfui educatable, and lost
SubluitS 10 government III all iIS uSual
forms. is certainly the highest race. Nine
tenths OF government is slavery, even in $50.
called) free-societes. Married women, chill
dred, sailors, soldiers, wards, apprentices,
etc, are not governed by law, but by the will
OF superiors, their persons are ensiaved.
Too much liberty is the great evil of our
age. and the vindcation of slavery the best
corrective of the spirit of awless lscentious-
ness that threatens to subvert soc iety.''
- in, ,laIn he E
slaCery as it is enforced and upheld in the reUoH-
ed Stctes, CONCENTRATES EVENTUALLY THE en-
sLAvEMENT OF THE WHITE WELL AS THE
BLACK MAN. This is the system which the
Democratic leaders deem it fiendish. radical
and unconditional to abolish, and this is also
the system which Mr.. Justice Woodward con-
siderS has ssnatural rights" and that those
who uphold it have the right to employ in its
defence '.whateyer means OF protection they
possess or can command" What white labor
ing man can vote for candidate holding the
doctrine that the white man is only fit for
state of slavery while he remains in condition
to labor for his own living and the living of
his family This is a question which must
come up at the approaching election. No
role for George " Wood,card ,cihout
directly Uoiing for system Of white stauery.
Mrs. Smikes says the reason why children