Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-04
THE COXsTITUTIoE-STATE RIGHTS
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SATURDAY MORNING, july q 1855
Cstihue aud Lincoln.

C6LlllnS auu 1AASOAA'
The character Of Caine is well known 70 every elAs-
.iesl scholar For nearly thousand years hi' uame
has beep reg ,rded as tue synonym OF unehasened an
hilton and private P,Oagscy. Cicero and Sallust have
porraved him in eolors ulf,dipg aud imPerishable-
We shall not review bis whole d cuss his gen
erl conduct Bad as lie wa be is entitled 10 Justice
Upon one great question be eSinced a torSeararee
Which Lincoln mghs vel have inflated.
DyrDg the reign Of The Emperor Chudius, census
of the population of the Roman Empire vas taken and
according TO this census the whole population amounted
N one hundred AID twenty millions Of Which number
s;1.y millions we're slaves. (GbOon.) Ca'iiine lived
one een,ury before the reign Of Caucius We re'er
b,t u, the time Of Catne and make liberal allowances
f errors in liking the above censcs, and also for In
crease Of popua.t,a by birth and by conquest during
the rye &c period, we may safely assume that du-
ring e lie # c ins the population Of the Roman
R.0usTc W. no than Coy:y milljns. II We est
mas, the urop-5Aou Of slaves high then as during
the rgo OF OlAuils thea twenty out OF the forty NIL
lions we're slaves; but IL We estimate the NUMBER Of
slaves as low as ten millions, this would leave slave
popul.don more than double the slave population y.
the Southern tOnfederaey.
These slaves were lot Of an uieriOrSace. They were
no, Africans, but white persons ma Of whom we're
a v, qualified for the exercise OF political rights as
their masters. large NUMBER re prisoners OF war,
mr. the d.soendlnt Of tho who had been captured
M.ny others had been RomIn CiGizent wao, becoming
involved m debt we're, that account, reduced 20
,aVery Both classes better fitted exercise toe
rghs of freemeu than the African slaves OF this eCun-
try The world would have had no cause Of astonsh-
ment If sumo Asprant for Supreme power had clare
sardsd the rights Of property, hoi ted |he flag OF NIB
erty equality aud fraternity" oh-red freedom 70 tue
Roman saves, and iuvo.ed them 70 rally around his
standard and thus save "ths uatioual hte As UGnne
VA, ambitious, and generally reg ,ried as entr5 un-
scrupulcu it might With confidence, have been aniei
p,tsi that he would promptly pursue this course
When Catilne failed to obtain the Ofieeof consul by
tbssuHrages Of the people, he organized conspiracy
for the overthrow Of the government de bad no Vee
ran lgions add no army Al his control we're his su9
porsers very numerous Or influential A"Te that he
Was suspected re let the city Of Rome 10 raise an army
and accomplish his purpose He paid court 10 the free
men of the Replbic and sought assistance from the Al
lobroges brave and wgrke rice, but he did not seek
to array the slaves against III If masters or invite them
20 his standard lie issued 10 proclamation OF emanei-
patton he uttered ABOUT liberty, and said moth
ing about The irrepressI:lo conflict btween freedom
and slavery" AtaOugl wan. OF troops md sensible
that many Of tie Roman saves we're gooa soldiers he
desired none of lhe II nc could not sue
coed By the effort, OF Jne, be di Lot cove
success. Wdle S.Luss Is no aduIer OF CaniGe, he
hAs the cAnoor sesoos, &C. tta', si'h Ugh great
many slaves AOeSed % V4,les s'aldlrO dered 10
unise wth BIS uOoys, he e, e ed tusr and their
cooperation. DsdLui s.,u aLe-, ne proved TO TIE
world that be had W desr7 ~ .ef.is OrviO
late the rights OF sayeuo.ce,s Upon Tins great gu
ton Of slavery, TIE eouuas. o; C.iIne ed for
beAranee and pa.rio which may 'e cause Lincoln
TO blush the eOutrasE.
About the year 1850, the a5oiaOniss Of New Eng
land commenced their conspiracy sgdnst the
tonA rights Of the Sollh LccOln watehedJhe gradual
expansion and development OF this conspiracy and in
due season, became an active and aJus member
Nominated for the Presidency by thc mics OF peace
ami the Union he chosen President In his inaugu
raj he prolessed great spees for the constitutional
rights Of the South ard dSclaed all desire or
ton TO Interfere with slavery in any OF the States The
dupliety Of this declaration has been amply demon
strated. To obtain power be played She demagogue
and in the exercise OF power he h4s played tire despoL
During the second Punic war Hannibal mAroLed his
army over the Alps aud remained three years in Italy
Who ever charged aim with seeking to strengthen his
army with Roman slaves, or arrayig them against their
uaastersg Waeu Napoleon invaded Ru sia the seris Of
fsred their AID in Wagus the agnAs their Emperor
Alexander Oa bis reJnrn from lis Rl-sAn expedition,
Napoleon bad long conversation with the Agbe De-
PradE aud on that occasion mentioned the fact and
stated taAl he positively refused the assistance OF the
Ssrs C4tiline did succ-ed in his conspiracy, Han
Riba did not conquer the Roman Republic, Napoleon
eoDq1sr Russia The l1gcAl Lincoln attributes the fail
d e Of each 10 their refusal emanspAte the slaves
di t1em, aud We them orders 10 ourn towns and de-
Tas.ae ,he la=d Aware that lie conquer the
s1ush .lh iberu troops be is endeavOring to do so
BY tn inst leD Jty OF slaves. TIE abolition Of
slavery, the devastation Of the South, and the
humiliation 6. is people are eagerly desired as the
highest proofs Of his pery and patriotism His deeds
viii darken many pages OF human history aud, when
eAtine has been forgotten Lincoln will be remembered
With adherence anu LEGISLATION.
A Yankee View of the Progress Of the War.
In RaPsrs Weekly of the 2O.h ult, appears the fol
loving passage;
al seams tbak there are some ueOole who think We