Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-24

EFEN1kGf AGEA8AA "a.
SLAVERY.
The tendency Of rsyolatsu IL to ~coBcentrste
en- a siagls issue. The Uaitea States Govern.
msnt which is as mach IA revolution agaiHsl her
own political stssdsrds as ths Confsdersts
GATES are aeainst false assumptions Of Pswer,
from having profssssdly ha2 Aansrsus issues,
shihboleths, perhaps, a5rs than isszos, has
gradually reduced the nuRber 70 enc, the enc,
which she eonceivea viii give her Che uess
available strength IN aspects Of general human
ity, aud eatsids cancellation; the Issue Of slsvsTy.
The Confs5ersts ststes being il r~evelution for
recognised pelilissl existence, vslaing independ-
ezss sbsve al things, OF Prsfogriag al thiaRs 20
~subjEgation, have been bTsashs By the instincts
Of patriotism, and the psyils Wick threaten
STATE existence, to the solitary, safabsorhing
fssHs Of pollacai Independence, being sppa-
rently wiling to give uP every ihing, OF is lose
sight Of everything, for The sake Of this,
While their spirit Of patriotism e1nnot Be
~eonmsnda& seo highly, particularly If efficiently
responded to ia sa.s, lis due te the consistency
aud digaIty Of principle, as sf political OF IA
tansl repxsadon, that We should not sbzndOn
Or negative 10 word even, tao causes and mo
lives Of he ssrsggle, in which these States have
embarked. While ie right ef salf ~FOFeTnmenL
or tks preservation Of The ssstes IS sovereign,
ed independent logical political entities Is the
grasd psstslsa Of he war, there sIo miner
Postulssss q accidents, political, and social, ne.
ssssEEy 10 maintain The first OF grand Psstuiste
Ia its integrity, and vial efficiency.
Lusng thsm, AID p-rsnineEt sRsRg them, is
African slavery, which vas treated, in sonEe Of
its aspects, il cur edition Of yesterday. We
had no intention CT deaiss, il that papeT, Of.
reViviRg the discussion e s subject which.
in tbs opinisn ef scas persons, IL SO fsz 4 fore
goze proposition. since the var, a to be " dead
and barred" rs. L was, If Fossibls, By the
reFelAtioR Of sems Of its asPsUss Of value, ss
eL and Political, to srrest 6 growing depend
srcy, Ehish thTestens 70 yield a vital QUESTION.
20 the outside pressure Of iHsidisas easUisIy,
backed BY the display 81 terror Of fOrzidsbls
power, in aspects AID effects britain fslmsz,
uErsdesned bysny ethical consideration. While
we esn sfs,d, fsE reasons stated yesterday, to
iasTsaso CT ~sEToBg!haE slavery, to the extent that
its power nay be weakened b the war, we
CsnESt Rfsrd to yield It. We cannat sFsrd ss
yield it, tof reasons Political and social, isdus-
trial and commercial
We Cannot afford to yisld It politically, fer he
IeasCn-llusrlted fSlly By eur past history
that it Is TIE conservative element Of free GOV
arHnsnt, kat which, upon sAs theory Of pshti.
cal equality a7asng the dominant or governing
classes, is Necessary to prevent tks Ts5ussion
Of iAs eomnundy 70 Sac political status OF
sndilaisd democracy, in which esusliiy Of
rights would Be lest, az the balo.-boz, By
pissing he rights Of properly IN the eoRlrolEae
bszds Of these who have re property; 81 to
proven. a social Eud, PsThAps, FeliisaI rovolu-
ton, which, by sussIdinssng the infed0r portion
OF tse dominant race 70 sorvIle or meEial posi-
ticn, veuli create an s.lgarchy Of social ard
political casio aE0ngst ourselves, and perhaps
Monarchy, or sstseaIey IN tho executive eevorn-
msnt The sxperins1t has been made IN lie
States Of tie Esrtk and West in tho effort t.
ksruoEiEs franchise and social R~osiHen, By
gssdcriEg social ofoss and political privileges
equipollsat, bst with what success, TIE Heeessity
70 thUfa Of Ills war may answer, when the df-
iusisn Of population, hy rssoFiEg existing So
oisi barriers il the saHsE, kcamss tie snly a.
t~erRsivs or suscsdsaeEw, fer social saSfics CT
sniSgaaicn ba.EoeR poverty and wealth, be-
tWssn labor snd capital.
The social value Of Afdcsa ala7ery is fouad
il is hunsniEBg End en1obliRg eTscts np51 tie
sUssgioT race. The vslue Of la!surs TO he domi-
Gaot race, AZ the huit Of slavery or sxed sub
o1diEstion Of class, ia furnishing opportunity
fer ths cultRre-iatslectusl, social and politi-
esl-aeeeassry &c govern, IS the suggestion Of 3
axiom to FLSTe; while TIE ennobling
sfast Of slayory Epsn tie character Of q peeple,
p~ersonsl, social, and political, Is affirmed by
BURKE with al tho scns5eucs Of an i~nsanctivsl
or ssifeyideht fsc; or proposition. These truths
being accepted, Z! Is hut too obvious, that while
ths condemnation Of a large part Of the while
population 70 servile er degraded Offices, woulG
greatly, Il not destroy, lhs higher espa.
cities Of the moral and inlelectusl nature, their
exenphon from tbem would elevate tbsHo IN the
scale Of dignity and cultare 70 the tue stssd-
ard Of intellectual, social and political rosponsi
DilEy.
The industrial vzlas Of slavery is apparent
troH The considerations, thst we aro destined 70
be mainly an tgriOUltursl people for generation,
aEs perhaps ages, and that from Our seogrsphi-
position, in tropical production must ~consist
our nsaus Ct tussistsrcc and wsalA. Tho con-
reliability Of agricultural labor is dsdacod fsn
she tee sppErOut fsot that such labor, 70 be ell
eisnt cannot Auelusss, ut msst partaks Of the
naTunsl e%quNbiHiY Of tho ssasona IS fxed By ma
tu7s, while he adaptation Of labor to climate IL
the selfeTidGHs s~s&Obing ct Hsturs herself II
apparently by the same effort, prosua
and Pfcduser. As in African sIaToIy We meet
tho ~ps1aneuns necessity for eou~ironsbIity IL
lsboT, vi also meet the dosirs fer adaPtsbiHty
a H%upPlyiss 70 tropical production tho requisite
isothsrmsl iabor.
As tEe ahsusoarncut O. tgoa.cal labor BIZ
szd ether ssuatrios, in the tropical
has had The eject CT rendering thsif
possessions HissEly vtluelees 20 shsn az
soIusaS Of production and supply, sueA viii be
sur industrial fate if We sbandon our presezf
'yz-;m of labor. And tbs England. knows ans
Known always, and heres her Posifon on
his war.
A was remarked b the learned eeorenistin
his pspsT published in Tuesdays Is,atiqssesT
% blot ont sanihern slavery, sua transfer tie
wealth Of tTopicsl p.cduciiOn to herself ibyeugh
lT AnhpodA empire ia Iudis, Englsad could
sel aford to give up alsvsTyin ths Bsrbadees, CT
oaiak tas Bsrhaaoos themselves in The Sea- TIE
Vulgar Pohacal icorselasts AID p~Topcgaudists O.
as UG.ed siAtss sre 50 blinded By the venem
4 tansiicisn' that they cannot ses--ibsrgh
hey have been tire and sgain warned in She
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