The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-01-02

the oldest iuhabitant."
Last, not least, the new Constitution has
put at rest forerer all the agitsting questions
relating to our peculiar institution. African
Slavery As it exists among US. the proper
status Of the negro 10 our form of civiliza
ton. This ,cas the immediate cause Of the
late rupture and present reroiHtion Jetfer-
son, in MS forecast, bad anticipated tHis Is
the rock upon which the old Uoion would
spit He was right. What was conjec-
ture witt him is now q realized fact. But
whether he fully comprehended the great
truth upon which that rock sto0i aad stands
may be- doubted. The pyerail,ng ideas en-
feytatned 6q hun and naos If the leading
stat~xnseA at the lime q. ,he formation of the
old Oonstik~t.os rere Mnsfhe easiavsme1s
Of the dfricas ,cas IN v.ol.ti~n Of the iars
of Nature. Matn sOas ,crons in pri~ciple.
socially, morally. and poiiticaHy. 1t was
an evil they knew not well how to deal with !;
but the general opinion OF the men Of that
d,y WAS, that. somehow or other. iu the or.
der Of Providence. the institution would be
evanescent, and pass away. This idea.
though not incorporate 10 the Constituti N,
was the prevailing idea at that time. The
Constitution. il Is true, secured every es
sentiai guaranty TO the institution. while it
justly used against the Constitutional guar
antics thus secured. because Of the com
mon sentiment of the d.y. Those ideas,
ho,oever, acere fundonensally ,crong They
rested upon tie assumption Of the equafity
Of races This vas an error. 1t was
sandy toundstion aud the idea of gov
ernment built upon it-when the storm
came and tie wind blew, it fell
sour neU government IS fomnaed upon
eractly the oppos.te ideas; its Foundations
are laid. ITS corner stone rests. upon the
great truth that tie negro IS not equal to he
mhtte man; fhat sIacery. sub,rdiaation tn
the superior race. IS his natural and moral
eond.tt"n dppkaxse. THIS omr new
government IS the FIRST, ~ the history of the
Dorld based upon his great physical. phil
Osophicai, and moral truth.
This truth has been slow 10 the process
of its development, like Ill other truths in
the various departments of science. 1t is so
even amongst US. Many who hear me, per-
haps. can recolect well that this truth was
not generally admitted. even within their
day. The errors of the past generation still
clung to many as late as twenty years ago.
Those a. the North who still cling to these
errors with Zeal above knowledse we just
ly denomlnate fanatics. All tanalicism
springs ron an aberralion of the mind from
a defect in reasoning. 1t is a species of in-
sanity. One OF The IN ,st striking charac-
ferlstics OF insanity. IN many instances. is
forming correct cpnclu .ioas from fancied or
erroneous pre- nises. So with the ants.sla-
very fanatics their conclusions are right,
ii their premises are. Tney assans thai
the negro is equal. and hence conclude that
he is entitled 10 equal privileges aud rights
with the white man. Ii their premises
were correct, their conclusions would b.
logical and just but their premises being
wrong their whole argument fits. (
''In the conflict thus far. success has been
On our side complete throughout the length
md breadth of the Confederate States It's
lpon this. as .sve stated. our social fabric
s firmly planted; snd | cannot permit my
'elt to dDubt the ultimate success Of fnll
'-cognision of this principle thro ,gh,us the
civilized and emil yhtened world.
LAS have stated, the truth of this prin-
,ipe may be slnw in d, v-iopment, as all
rutns are and ever have bsen, in the vsri-
principles announced by Galileo it was so
with Alan Smith and his principles of polis.
cal economy; it was so with Harvey 10 his
IS said that not a single one Of the medical
profession. at the tine Of the announcement
" the truths made by him, admitted them
how they are universally Acknowledged -
Nav we not, therefore, look with confidence
o The ultimate universal ackno wledgment of
he truths upon which our system rests! Ii
3 the first government ever instituted upon
principles in strict conformity to Mature and
he. ordination of Providence in furnishing
he material of human society. Many gov
,rnments hav, been founded upon the prin-
.iples Of certain classes but the classes
hus enslaved were OF the same race and 10
Tiolalion Of the laws Of Nature. Our sys-
EN- commits no such violation of Naure's
avs. The nrgro, BY Nature. or by the
'urse against Canaan, is fitted for that con-
iiion which he occupies in our system.
The architect in the construction of build
pgs, lays the foundation with the proper
granite; then comes the
brick or marble. The substrs,um of our So
,iety is made Of the material fitted by Ma
ure for it.; and by experience we know
hat 1t is best not only for the superior, but
ne inferior race, that it should De So. 1t is
indeed in conformity with the Creator. l.
$ not safe for US to inquire into the wisdom
Il His ordinances. or to question them. For
His own purposes He has made one race to
liffer from another. IS one star differeth
rom another in glory. The great bj.cts
# humanity are best attained, when ce.n-
ormed to His laws and DEGREES in the for
nation of government vel as in all
hings else Our Con.ederacy is founded
m stric. conformity With those laws 7His
tone. Ulich aras rejected By the first bm.ld-
RS. has become the chief stone Of the corn
y in our se9 edJdter'
Thus far the declarations of the slavehol.
ling Confederacy.
On The other hand. the declarations of
he President and the Republican party, As
10 their intention to restore ..the Uuion as il
was," reg iire an explanation. It is the
doctrine of the Republican party, that
Freedom is national and Slavery sectional !
that the Constitution of the United States
was designed Tor the promotion of libsrty.
and not of slavery; that its trainers contem-
plated the gradual abolition Of slavery /:
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