Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-08-28
The Principles OF sIave-boIaor..

On the 2Sth ofMay last an article appeared in |
the Richmond Examiner which contained an
exposition Of the fundamental principles upon
which the Southern Confederacy was establish
ed. The impUdent defiance Of the moral prin-
ciples Of the Christian world, the shameless in
humanity and impiety apparent IN this article,
have caused it TO be looked upon as an exlraor-
dinary, and probably an exceptional Illustration
of the corruption and insolence Of the South -
We propose, however, to show by n series of ex.
tracts from Southern authorities, that the doc
trines Of this article have been widely held and
are the expression of deliberate opinions
We reprint the most important part of the ar
ticle as an introduction to the extracts:
"rhe establishment Of the Confederacy is,
verify, distinct reaction against the whole
course OF the mistaken civilization of the age
Aud this is the true reason why we have been
left without the sympathy Of the nations until
we conquered that sympathy with the sharp
edge of our sword. For Liberty, Equality,
| Fraternity we have deliberately substituted
Slavery, Subordinaton and Government
Those social aud political problems which rack
and torture modern society we have undertaken
to solve for ourselves, in our own way, and upon
! our own principles. That among equals equal
i ity is right among those who are naturally une-
quail, equality is chaos; that there slave races
! born to serve master races born to govern
| Such are the fundamental principles which we
inherit from the ancient world, which we lifted
up in the face Of preserve generation that has
| forgotten the wisdom of its fathers; by those
principles we live, and in their defence we have
shown ourselves ready to die. Reverently we
4 feel that our Confederacy is a God-sent mission
ary TO the nations, with great truths to preach.
| We must speak them boldly; aud who hath ears
TO hear let him hear"
So far the Richmond Examiner To illustrate
the thesis Liberty VIC have deliberately subst-
tuted Slavery" We print
! AN ARGUMENT FOR WHITE SLAVERY.
tFrom Dc Bows Review, December, 1855
Our first proposition is, that Ian monopoly
! (or to express our idea more comprhensively and
accurately j that the power exercised by capital
over labor, begets and sustans civilization. Our
second: That property in human labor (Which
is property in man) is the only property. Our
third That the white race is the true and best
slaverace.
The Arab barb is as readily broken in, tanned
| and civilized as the white boy. A good deal OF
moral suason and little of the lash suffice to
break boys and colts. When broken they never
wish TO return to the wild state, like Indians
and tigers. Their natures are refined, and in
all respects superior to those ofwild animals and
! wild men. Submission to superiors to law, goy-
ernment and slavery variously modified, is nat
ural and agreeable to them. There are few
| vicious blooded horses and vicious white men,
who hate restraint, disobey masters and other
superors, violate rule and law, and commit
crimes. They, like wild animals, love lcent-
ious liberty, and are only fit for the plough the
| pententiary and the gallows. Mules and ne
groes are an intermediate class who can only
be hdf tamed domesticated, civilized, and en-
slaved.
To say the white race is not the true and best
slave race is to contradict all history and in eff
feet 20 assert that there is some superior race;
for that race that is most social, tame domestic,
skilful, educatable, and most readily submits to
government in all its usual forms, is certainly
the highest race. Nine-tenths of government
is slavery, even in (so-called) free societies.
Married women, children, sailors soldiers,
wards, apprentices etc, are not governed by law,
but by the will of superiors their persons are en-
slaved
Too much liberty is the great evil of our age
and the vindcation ofslavery the best corrective
of the spirit of lawless licentiousness that threat
ems to subvert society.