Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-09-10

borders, and there was discovered Bachan-
an to wonder how any other doctrine had
ever found currency.
In word, nothing could withstand the
slave power, as it was engineered by the ex.
tremists of the South. The great evil of the
institution is its responsibility. While it
may be made in the hands Of good men. An
instrument Of mercy to a feeber race, with
reckless politicians it has no attribute but
that Of power,-power which may be WELD
ed in the interests of the vilest and most
reckless ambition.
Not content with its numerous victories,
other Of greater magnitude, and which in
volyed the surrender Of the established con-
victions of the civilized world, were contem-
plated The Slave Trade must no longer be
regarded as an offensc in the nostrils of phil
anthropy. This omnivorous and cmnitibu-
lus power would drink up the ocean, having
gorged itself with the solid ground.
The "Bedford Democrat" published in
LJcr1y Va, in its issue of June Goth, 1857
says:
"The most serious objection to revival of
of the Slave Trade is, without doubt, the
prejudice existing against it. Prejudice we
say, for it is prejudice, and not the result OF
reason. The Trade has been denounced as
Piracy. Its barbarities have been expatiated
upon. School boys have learned to read 1t
| with holy horror, and men have not Invested
| themselves of the ideas learned when chill
dren. The cruelties of the passage as de-
scribed to us generally by Abolitionsts, have
made the blood run cold and we falsely, look
at these cruelties as nseparably connected
with the transfer of slaves from Africa to
America. We must rid ourselves of this
prejudice if VIC wish ever to have sound opn-
ions upon the subject"
But it would not sa tsfy to await patiently
the attainment Of this diabolcal design,
through the customary means of bullying and
threats of dissolution Of the Union, not to
mention the subduins of contumacious North
ern Senators by the bludgeon and notwith-
standing the law declaring the act piracy,
one cargo of slaves, if not more, was actually
brought from Africa and boldly distributed
through the South. Anything that slavery
could make profitable it could make moral
and just. 1t had, indeed, grown into an in
satiabIe monster, feeding upon laws, both
human and divine, as reckessly as an OK
cats straw. Not the black man alone, but
the nation had got a task master and, free
in name, we had become the most servie
people under the sun.
1t is apparent, therefore, that either slavery
or the government must 60 down. The two
are aptagonistic in their very nature, and the
hour has struck when one or the other must
begin to die. Who can hesitate to give up
Slavery The gentlest death, that one which
will convulse society the least, is by Eman-
cipation, after the manner indicated by the
President And if the people are wise in
time, they will adopt this method, and there
by promote their own interests and contri-
butte towards the removal of the chief cause
of national disruption. ..
We have no doubt that, purged Of slavery,
Maryland would Immediately enter upon a
career of prosperity which would, in very
brief period, greatly enhance the value OF all
real property throughout the State. Com
| merce would taketn herself new wings, in
dustry would gather new energies from the
thou sands that would flock in upon us to en-
Joy and improve our natural advantages OF
position and climate, and we should no long
or read with blush Of the rapid march to
wealth and greatness of the old but less IA
vorably located Northern States.