The Portland daily press., 1863-04-13
Monday Morning. April I3, 1863.
From N. Cochin's az Abolition de rEsclavage.'
The Results Of Slavery.
ANCIENT AND MODERN SLAVERY.

ASCtESI AND MODEhN sLANEhN.
If 1t had been an evil destined to disappear
by degrees and according to the laws Of a
continued progress, slavery would doubtless
have been more cruel and more universal in
the earliest days of humanity; after few CEN
turtles il would have been seen to grow lighter
then finally to disappear. But this was not
the case. In the beginning it was confounded
with domestic service In the bosom of patriar-
chal, life. In proportion as society became en-
lightened and organized, slavery became or
ganized also; the longer it endured the hea-
vier grew It's weight, and the heather tribes
Of Africa and the heather slavetraders of the
New World invented cruelties and forged
chains which the ancients never knew. The
moderns have possessed more slaves than the
ancients, they have invented the slave trade,
slave trading, the prohibition OF emancipation
-odious refnements unknown to antiquity.
Far from decreasing, then, the evil is growing,
Is the movement of q falling body accelerates
through the invisible law of gravity.
SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Is ittrue that the policy of the North has
been continued and injudicious meddling
with the South?
Who, then, in 1920 obtained through the
Misssouri Compromise the cession of half the
country to slavery? Tine South. thanks to
John G. Calhoun, at that time minister of Pres
ident Monroe.
Slave law, which permits every functionary
In every State to be called upon to join In the
hunt for fugitive slaves? The South Who
sustained and insured the triumph, with res
pect TO Kansas and Nebraska OF the doctrine
of squatter sovereignty, which renders a med
ley Of immigrants free TO botch up constitu-
tion in which slavery Is embodied, and with
this paper in hand to force the gates of the
confederation? The South. Who, then, in
fine, has elected twelve Presidents out of
eighteen. together with almost all the high
functionaries, magistrates and ambassadors?
The South. Who, then, IL not the South, tri-
umphed In the election OF Mr.. Buchanan him
selfin 1855? The provocation did not come
from the North; and the South did not cease
10 rule until the elections of 1850.
SECESSION.
Either this Union has formed nation, in
which case il Is perpetual;
Or this Union is merely contract, in which
case it cannot be annulled except by the wish
Of all the parties;
Therefore, the separation violently decreed
by the South is without right.
THE PROPOSED SLAVE coNFEDERAcY.
Secession, which is without right and with
out reason, is also without efficacy. How
long will q confederacy exist which is founded
on the right OF secession-a confederacy in
the heart of which minority may demand a
new secessi0n? Tomorrow the slave trade
will be free, but the fight of slaves will be
free also Tomorrow the States will be sep
arated, but they will not be removed from each
other; they will be no longer united, but they
will be neighbors, obliged to live face to face
In peace or war.
Europe will dishonor herself,
should she open her arms without inquiry or
delay to this strange nation, the offspring of
slavery. Let her at least leave time to the
wise and patriotic citizens, whose efforts and
counsels are tending to unite again in the
same family the divided elements Of the Amer
ican people. Let her also leave time to do
justice to the mad and culpable attempt Of the
Southern States, which the North cannot bet
ter chastise than by sanctioning. Yes, let
them be left TO themselves, but without render
ing honors to their flag, without opening the
doors of Europe to their ambassadors, with
out adding their name after those of France
and Great Britain to the glorious list Of Illus
trious nations.
What! because two or three hundred thou
sand capitalists work three millions of kid
mapped, whipped, degraded beings, because
this scandal is advantageous to the culture of
cotton, sugar and tobacco, is this evident
crime, this ignoble profit, to be weighed in the
balance with the existence of the Constitution,
the honor Of great and youthful nation, the
love OF country and the progress of the hu-
merchants in human flesh. .and the republic
may settle 1t as it can" dare affirm, that of
all the Christian nations in the whole universe
there Is not one, unless it be the United States,
where such words could be spoken, or where
such words could obtain hearing. Imagine
a Liverpool merchant holding such language
in the English Parliament! fancy the black
smiths Of st. Etienne, or the farmers OF the
provinces, addressing such summons to the
French government! But how could one op-
pose 1t? Such an hypothesis is an insult. /
am well aware that each Of the United States
is a sovereign; they compose federation, and
the bond is more easily broken. l know, too,
that history presents memorable examples of
separation; our century offers none more ad-
mira5le than the emancipation of the United
States themselves; interests, fortunes, life,
were trifes when the companions of Washing
ton fought to repel injustice and secure coun-
try, name, rights and flag. To this magnan-
imous and disinterested separation what is
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