The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-09
AbOlifiOniSt
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sence OF argument, and removes the n
cessity and fatigue of proving propos
ton. 1t is good word when properl
used a man may be an Abolitioni,
when he is Jealous for the removal Z
evils of any kind. 1t is good as apple
to drunkenness or profanity-but it ha
no Specification when applied to slavery
That great nuisance is already abated
The slave owners have left far benin,
them the emancipators of the North.
This word has often been uniustly an
Piled to the editor of this paper. W,
never deserved it. Always devoted tc
the cause of order, we never felt that Wa
could justly assail what the law protect
ed. But things have changed. SLAYER,
is abolished by its own friends. The
slave owner in his mad attempt to de
stroy the North, has only DESTROYED him.
self. There is no parallel case in histo.
rIy where the very cause for which a war
is undertaken, becomes, in the progress
OF events, the most fatal enemy to itself.
we have seen the scorpion when sur
rounded by enemies and unable to escape.
bury Its fangs in lis own body and sting
itself to death. So has slavery acted
not, however, by compulsion, but yolun-
iariiy We never raised hand against
1T; no word of any Catholic editor asssil-
ed 1T so long as it would be unjust and
Illegal to do so-hut na1s Al = --'oervr--
dead Lz-.sre act of its admirers-we will
not consent to see its body fostering on
the highways. Let it be buried out of
sight forever. Let it rest with all its
horrors in the grave-let its memory
fade from the recollection of men. 1t
was an outrage against humanity, such
as the history of no other people could
exhibit. There was something manly
in the old custom of reducing to slavery
him whose sword had been beaten down
by stronger arm on the battle field;
there was show Of justice in reducing
to bQndn1a- 4k1a -~---eE fiot
pay his creditor, but for American slave
ry there was no excuse! 1t was mon
strous crime-from the seizure of the
African in his own land, to the moment
of his death, when his body was wasted
by toll, rather than disease, to uphold
the luxury of master
Well, it has fallen, and we are called
abolitionists because we refuse our con-
sent to its resuscitation We are proud
of being So under circumstances so cred
table to 5asss the pied a5e dnsa%e and viii bear
the stigma joyfully through life, and car
RI it into eternity with honor. We strug-
gle in holy cause.-The cause of reli-
gion and the human race. We maintain
the sanctity of the marriage tie-the f.
deity of the husband and wife to each
other; we maintain the cause of justice,
denying the right of any man to anoth-
er's labor, without his consent or COM
pensasion. We maintain the right of
parents to the disposal Of their children,
and to no man, through the exercise of
his own power as master, shall deprive
human beings of instructions in the
Christian religion, and of the means to
save their souls Can any man be
Catholic-a believer in the Christian
faith-and consider the question other
wise?
With tie long and shining list of
names, from the earliest period of Chris
tianity to the present day, of Popes, Con-
fessors and Doctors to sustain our posi-
tion, we cannot be driven from our
ground-ur rather we should say, the
ground maintained by the Catholic
Church in every age of her existence. If
the question of American slavery was to
be submitted tomorrow to a general
council of the church, the institution
would perish-sunk deeper than ever
plummet sounded. The voices in its fa-
vor would be as few and small as those
which hesitated to speak out boldly with
Catholic faith, when the doctrin4eet Af fesaa the
1t is monstrous that cause so just as
human liberty, should be assailed as it is
at the present day, without show OF
reason to defend the aggression. We
have never yet seen an argument which
could raise doubt as to the propriety
of suppressing aid abolishing American
slavery-much less of restoring the thing
to life. Notwithstanding this, a crowd of
thoughtless men, filed to the utmost ca
pacity of the heart with prejudices the
most insane, cry out day and night
against any one who dares to say word
in favor of its suppression. The very
men who would profit most by the re-
moval of slavery-the white working
men. whom the slave power has shut out
from the cotton and sugar fields OF the
OOuIu-dIc liz 1OuNScs e1hA -
their support of slavery. Who has ever
seen white laboring man with bale oi
cotton or hogshead of sugar of his OWL
raising? No one. 1t is impossible sc
long as slavery exists. He may dig OF
levee, or drive mule team, or sweeI
the wharves of. Southern town, bu
there his ambition must stop. The lanC
belongs, or belonged. to the aristocracy
and however generous, accomplished
refined and hospitable that aristocrac.
might have been, the poor white lahore
must contemplate from afar the eleganc
! in which he can never participate. Their
) is, then, no reason on earth why b
r should clamor for the restoration G
: slavery. We can readily understand tn
3 strong sympathy which binds the nobil
ty of England and France to the Confedt
racy. It is natural-the result OF tn