The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-07-17

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NO.. 80.
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Let every citizen. especially al non. slave
h.lders. read carefully the following extract
from the CincionaG Enquirer:
"Thr profectios ef scAite men agaisss
slacery does not practically eossiss N PRIs.
ciPLk, but n facts. They viii not, like ne
groes. cons@ut to be reduced 10 . state OF
boadags- ace had e@oae ~ race Of
our owa color. srisA tAs spirif sa ssbmn.
c. .paoie Of labor, 6sf ssstA0st ambition or
csle,1r,se, 1spsble. doeile asd feribie. here
rouia be foxnd no pyineipk sMgSesssly po.
sns to stasd an the paycf fAsir e~slosxmesf.
We would have our theories upon the sub
l-ct as rational as those that are founded up
on the misbehavior Of Ham and the maud
lin morality Of his exemplary parent. But
Zoe EIropeo American viii not be ensiaved
aay more than the native American. he
would kick against his bonds. become ,ur-
Heat. ,ncendiary aud desperate. He would
rise IN force upon his master, or overcome
him b, his superior Intelligence. He would
sfasa e. be coerced-woald combine for
reeelhon.'
Now let US take up the points Of this re-
msrkable paragraph: "a 9ay
There is no principle. no rule Of hight
and wrong. which seeps WAife men in this
country on, Of slavery! II is simply fact
that White men are not slaves. The reason
why ,cAtfe men are not slaves is that you
cannot enslave them; il you eos!d do II. 1t
would be eraeIy vi9M!
Slavery is all right; but il is based not on
justice but pO,0ey;; if you can enslave man.
do it! I, would not be safe .o,o to try to
make slaves Of sohne men; they would be
, turbulent and Desperate" aod raise insuI-
rectious
II G. = - .e 81;
men Humble. docile aud flexible" then
THERE WILL BE NO PRIN NCIPLE
SUFFICIENTLY POTENT TO STAND
IN THE WAY OF THEIR ENSLAVE-
MENT."
We think that we can sec the eyes of the
sturdy soldiers of Indiana. Ohio. Illinois,
Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan,
Pepnsy Ivania. Iowa and Kansas. sparkle aud
glow with indignation. ~ they read this
CONSERVATIVE" doctrine Of the Cincinnati
| Enquirer - the newspaper which few
months ago told the Ohio soldiers that their
wives were turning prostitutes while they
were off fighting for the Union. "WhAt !"
| the men will ask. ''are the advocates of
| slavery SO bold IS this, that they do not
hesitate to tell us that all which saves US
from slavery is that We are not quite ''hum-
bio, flexible and docile" enough? Il that
all he protection for our freedom: is that
all the guarantee which our children can
have against slavery, with lite whips. dung.
cons. letters and debaucheries. Must our
sons be whipped in the field BY 'rufian
overseer." while our wives and daughters
are debsuched before our eyes. by our
masiers?"
Yes, it is even So The "Conservative"
organ Of Ohio procsims il and other "Con-
tservative organs re- echo and applaud the
words.
Friends. in this contest against the slave
ol'garchy. you are lighting against class
which is seeking to enslave. not the negro
only. but the white mso. Every blow you
strike a, negro slavery, is . blow struck at
the olgarchy which is preparing its tolls
aud fet,ers for the limbs Of white men also.
The principle and eoul Of slavery is the
same borh as regards the white and black
race. I, is a matter Of force. Of violence.
1t is fagrsnt violation OF the first great
aud inal,enAbie right OF man. and he who
does no. respect this right 10 the negro. will
soon care but little for il in the Write man,
VINO may be plsced in hiso power. White
meu h ave been slaves in al countries. and in
ell ages Of the world They are now
Look at Turkey. The luxurious Mahome-
tans have their seraglios flled with besuti-
full G,prgian and Circassisn girls, who arc
the pu,sst blood ia the world. sym mmetricsl.
couril;, Intellectual, end surprisingly beau.
tifuI Who ever looked oo Powers cele.
bra,ed statue of the Greek Slave without
admirstioni And yet Il wss modelled from
a Greek maidso. exposed TO sale in the slave
market of the Layans. just - hundreds Of
mothers and daughters have been sold 10
Nashville and Memphis. by Forrsst. the
guerrilla. "a sAaa 's