The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-12

Nv NtHFb Nh'HAt'h
TnE nc clsitca - nc war have at las. rec ate
the uesfp Question /, the pa 'c whste IL properly
lie ongs, All pissed It rom tlc rth 10 We u.h
Heretofore TIC s,ut'crn politicians hy Ito ,ii =
tho vast fci,r4l patronage, anl ly consImmaio
address, and llsy, have succeeded In SECURING an
apparent unsr'uty ia isv0r OF ne "poculi'r .uat-
tuition" in The slave s.a,cs The fiery d. ust 'ns
upon the ,uhIec, which filled Ne hall, = Consrc7s
aud aitstcd the North. ant attracted the attention
Of tie whole world, scarcely produced rrIlc %.
excitement ia no south. Any missiyius or
Alarm upon the subjec' found vent in Tie National
c. pi;al sni the free North, " ere he smoke,
ashcs and FIRE OF thc pen! up volcano found vent
and expression. Al ,hIs has boon chang 4, mi
the negro rather than hc slave question, now
threatens H. shake anu convulso The entire South
far more violently ,hsn 1t las hitherto dHLe the
North. The protest q srm,ns tho slaves has pre-
c'pitsted tie i.9ue, and d.J.ussions upon It now
rise high stOyc the an Of war aud battle. largo
porNOn Of tie message OF Jgff. DAVIS IL ueyu.,i
q IL. and bis position is in marked contrast with
the insolont and ,xtravasant onlrns 81 the Soul
| leaders which have cxcrtcd such powerful iu.
'lueuce IA disgusting aud sourin. tie rthcn
| mind }ainst tlIs peculiar " institution
| lie regards It in the light Of practical
! statcsmsnshir. and tells his confedorates that
.,he employment u negroes for militnr, purposes,
presents him in . two-fold capacity SO a cAa,tcl
in relation to ais master, and a. person u re ~
| ton u tie State. Ia taking him for n solier Il
will be necessary for the state 10 regnrd him "a a
person. and not a cha,tel, and give hin, biz free
dom either remotely oi immediately. Tins attitude
| . A. "a u, ..f LAT,
s.at,s" IL most remarkable. Il virtual surrel
der Of thc only .enablc grounds upon which slavery
can be maintained CT even exist The Southern
leaders have long ins.sted that slaves should l'
| regarded only chattel4, and no. a. men AMI al
the logis alton of the Slave States has been bH'c1
on this principle. All tho emerge Of tue Southern
leaders w,ge tevoicd 10 tn Lcrsiius Of tA.s wei
Gus policy upon thu national statute books-thu'
etcrniIng slsvc'y and rendering freedom an i'm
possibility for ever. Oncc admit that Tho negro "a
or may be "a pcrson," AMI und,r certain circ 'n
stances may be regarded Ia that ls.t b. tac state
aud the whole supors,ructuro Of avery iaI t. TIC
.iouLd Tho Richmond journals taLo this 10 'ica
and correct Wow of the ccnscquenccs n NJ. DAVIS
position. aud deuoun,e il as profess for 'aLoi
iiouizing the sou,h." They oiJect that 1t Is sur
icnior O, the position o the South, that the ucrr,
ssmorc chsl,el-a little higher than tie horse, bG
10 more q, for freedom, And therefore creature t.
IVA bought and sold ant uado t, work, carr
ani he wh.rpei Ike u horse. Thcy cUlran
iha, 1t places the South in tho wror; bottom
tho world on the negro question, aud surrender
I've social institution Tor which they took up arm
,g.us, thc old Iuion They ssoosni-c, With NJ
DAVIS, that II ths slave is nriAci, it VIII he uccc-