New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-17
No one cou,d pretcnd that there was

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slaves who might escape into Carolina or Goorsia, or
h,d my dse 10 enter into reciprocal engagements TO
end Nor could any one graycly nsst that the pro
Wis "a for The mutual rendition o! slaves was essential
II the completeness Of the Federal pact The old Con
federation had known nothing Ike IT. yet 10 assc (
ed that tie want Of IN Interstate Fugitive Slave Law
ues among tie necessities or grievances which h8d i'm
PEELED The ss0mb NJ Of this Convention. But The in
sertiun Of slave catching clause in the Constitution
would uDdoub;ed hs regarded viii favor 10y the slave
bedding interest, and would strongly tend g. render the
new ruie work of government more acceptable 10 the
extreme South. 80. after one or two Unsuccessful at
Temps, Mr Butler finally gave 10 his proposition
shepe ia which Il proved acceptable to majority and
it adopted with slight apparent resistance or con
sideIoton.
In these latter days since tie radical injustice and In
iQuiJ Of slavehoding hse been more profoundly real
lied and generally appreciated, many subtle ara solno
u. attempts have been made ~ explain away tns mos
unfortunate prov sion for the that the Con'ep
ton wisely and vigorously excluded the terms Star. anu
SlaE6y lOm the Constitution; because" as MI MAJ
ison saws, "they did not choose to admits ihe rsh' VI
property in man" IL has been argued that tins proVl-
sion does not contemplate the rendition ofiugiuVcs rom
Slavery. but rather Of runaway apTrentees p,Isoi"
who having entered into cont acts for their own sp9r
have fcpud ated ser engagements and other suoh Jo'
nails. The records and "reminiscences of the CONVENTION
however utterly Ielate and dsspne pese VAN ana uie
pretenses IL shoer sbsurdty 10 contend tuat ooulh
Carolina IN the Convention was sbs0ibng! intent On eu
grating upon the Federal Constitution prO'.sph ~,
tho recaplue VI runaway apprentices, or any uhB VI
the sort What she meant was 10 e1tort fr"iI te hI
prt tensions Of majority. anxious for more perfect
Union concession OF authority % hunt iug I've slaves
In ANY part Of brood national area, ara teh! 70
d. sg tseirisnce back into perpetual pohuagc' 81 w.
Convention did not ~ gran. exactly tst 1t tffed
i'm very grave suljeg aud stopped 10 IN uhNoiih!
deception How much better 10 Incetthe Is ue brosly
and inaniuy say ing frankly to the slavehoideis Inns
provision ID contrary 10 equity END COCO conscience
hence We cannot obey H. 10 seize our ieil0"'mnh anu
thr.t him into ablOrred bondage may ID youre!es
be innocent in ours IL wOuldsbs crime. IT, toen you
ae az erie,ed in any case by rriusal or neglect 10
return ,Ou iugiuye>, make out your bi lot lheI ii
market and cal upon % for III payment II we
refuse IT, you viii then have real gr1s'ance " a"te-
tina nancy: tat We have deprived Jon OF what the
Constitution recognizes as your property, anu ua'c
failed b. make recon- psnse therefor. but you surely
car not blame US that, having been enlightened W. "
The immoi al nature of acis consented 10, or stPu
lated fr by on TAI hers unable longer T. commit
them Take property. If you think selves emu
tied 10 it, but al Ow US u be faithful 10 our cOhteuoS
OF duty aud The romp,ings OF hrinanlty
General Charles {. PiDckncy. in laying the Federal
Con,t uton before the Convention OF South Carolina
which sssembod January 10 l,se, loplss 9pon H. t'aae
speech which he dwet With reasonable and justin
able competency tie advantages secured 10 slavery
by the Constitutions and these, doubtless were among
tie considerations which secured its ratification by tat
dr by vote Oi ts 20 IL Cther Southerh stales nH!
havs been titus affected.
i The circumstances which frustrated the hopes Of
the friends of freedom, who anticipated the gradual
extinction Of Slavery after the close of the African
Slave Trade in 1903, ere set forth as follows;
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tolerated xstence, peremptOry closed as We have
SEEN on tie nrst day Of Jabuay loOs. This was The
perioe IRON which. according 70 tie fond antclpa,ohs
OF optmiss and quietss slavery N our country should
have conn enced it. dec derce and thence gone stehd
~ and surely ward to its ultimate ana early extinction
Aud these saDgulBe hoppe were uensuraoy Justified oy
the hinge history In n former ages ~ all ether
countries Slavery long it existed and fonrished
was Kept alive bj constant or free onsav Of
cspLvcs or by ImpOItatoGs of boEdInen. WLeneyer
that ensiavement that importation, ceased slavery bA
gan decline. The gratitude NJ masters 10 faithful. de-
lad In YF
borcd 10 them IN times Of peril or calamity or @ho mad
simply given the bsi Yeas If III ar yes 10 me eIsF.e
of their alth, hd been eocusl IN rednclhg, ny
manumiss0n. the aggregate number OF slaves mucn
faster tLhn il increased by tie pfrPOldelnhce o
births over deGts The chances Of war. OF Invasion.
and still more # insurreon and civil convnlson had
OpaI ~ ID from time s lnfther 10 reduce the
number OF slayes. Even the heepious and immoral
connections between masters and their bnd"oneh 80
iaseps bic fiCm the erlstenc- OF ShYery tcbu'H
,rongy toward lie Ttsalt since II was seldom or
never 4 pu nbe save In vehollng Ameiica-il even
theleiU mater u send his own ohihien 10 the quo
ton block, and oonsign ID IN {" eternal ooidh-s n'lE
st. anseIs Quite Often the slave mother well Is her
child on ldren owed her emaICpGtlon 10 the Hnec
ton the remOrse the shane, Of Ter master and par
amour. so lolg as slaves were manly foreigners snu
barbeians often public enemies Of herce. strange a.
pect ana unint gbl speeca, there would palu any DC
little sympathy betwixt shem aud their ma1s; pnt
when children who lad grown up tog'ue!-rPt'g IN
deed from different cast g. bu stu members 81 Tue same
hOuse hold-amihaI T0m infancy. ana 10 some extent
paymates hold The r,ltIun. respectively OF nis
All
frequently b. reciprocal between them. icGd often
10 devotion the hnuu ara eihnc patton on the ON
en- IL was not vthout reason, therefore, TINT the
founders Of Republic and the frainer- Of our Consti
futon suppOs, hat they had provided fDr the sdl
but dsappe OF slavery by limiting Is area
on the one han aud providing If early Inhibition OF
the Slave rade on TIE other.
But the unexpected rest, ~ the plTcha OF 0usiana
and the invention Of the Cotton in were such a. 70
OF uaught al these calculations The former opened to
slsy holding settlement and culture vast domain OF
- Ia an ~ a. ] All lAFf I'll
to the rapidly and poiiiaby expanding podncuoh
OF Cotton; Tor Nhtnc!s invention had rendered ms
STAPLE fan renunei alive To ith producer tan any
rival which the South had ever, or has ever yel a.
tempted TO gov; Will the neatly simultaneous iBYcn
tons o. ila gicaycs AlkWiiglt and Otlefs. Whereby
applied to the propDis n machinery nimi
rally adapted ~ the fsbucG' ~ Cotton, secured The
oulyaols against all reasonable appr' hension OF per
menently giais,d market. As the prohibition was don
bed and oven quad upled, every lev years. 1t would
sometimes seem tai the deunft had been exceeded
and two or three CTtg, conn cia cOnynlsi1ns gave
warning that even the capac! Of Tie worlds steudf.
expanding markets could u everest mated and sur
pa sd by the producers Of Cotton aud IA various FAB
cs Bot Two years at most suced I, clear on the sur
plus 81. onL, tis sieedly growing mand W 30 the
The Eve millions Of alc produced by the nd stats
In lrsg-GJ were sd readily aud quickly tho one
million balfs produced 10 ls,s-j ann at considerably
hichrs prices per pound
But tke relatively igd climate and super6cially OK.
hau.t soi Il Aia yIIu Virginia, ard North Carolina
wherein the greater number of slaves were originally
bcliW 70 p Oily, or Og Az an aua pteu 10 Inc p oductoA
colt a. Wbcre0fssy labor My claimed, aud sucoeed
I'd IA substantially maintaining, monopoly. No other
on; door woI ao red such cons tant ana nearly uniform
enploymont FOR the description Of ltlor Throughout
tie geatr pat Of the South Wet blowing ior the cot.
ION crop may be commenced IN Jansaiy ~ be followed
directly by Planting this by wedding; and hardly las
the cultivation Of the crop been completed when the
picking Of the advanced bos may be commenced
and thus. with ginning. ofpn employs the whole force VI
the plantation nearly Or quite up " tAe commencement
Of tic Christmas holidays These being over, the pepa
ration Of the q Ids for piowing ia again commenced 50
TINT tharo Is WHOM tht Lnnds need htand lde