The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-19
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.5Vli s99a PetyTe JffReIlF oTg VIII t hgs5T
and disenthralled r, We vRhall yet be,
hold her as Washington and 3 efleTsoh
and the host Of her great statesmen
to their wIrfitg ivdScs and efBheA
pleading free and prosperous Com
monwealth. The lesson they endeavor-
ed, to ipculcate Was rejected for the time
c1htfft5 beTekffftdAft last tsfife' hdiftss
of the bitter taskmaster-EXper
Virginia has repented in ashes and
blood for her reflection OF the counsels
of her best and wisestAnen 6
From the-tom15 Of Mount Vernon the
Father Of his Co1ntfy testifes against
the culprit who this day stands arraign-
ed before the CIVILIZED world for the
most heinons crime Of treason, with its
attending consequences.
- To Robert Morris, April8 18th, 1856,
Washington, speaking Of Slavery, writes
u can only say that there Is not a. man
living who wishes more sincerely than
do tg SEGA plan a6epk1s fpFytie aboli-
ton Of Il But there IS only one proper
and efectual mode by which it can be
accomplished, and that is by legislative
frage viii Is Nil kedeEbswanting ?
In letter to John r. Mercer, dated
September 9, 1856, General Washington
saySSiIka3 amoBgs,gg III lg4hss to see
s5S,6 pan adopted Jy 1e3iA SlG5e7g IN this
country may be abolished Jy Lai0.
90 This was subsequent 10 the failure bf
,Jefferson's ordinance which prohibited
Slavery iFomralLteFgibo tory then belong
ing to the United States or thereafter
TO be acquired, bat previous to the pas
sage. OF the ordinance, Of. LIS +. which
lbrohibited sylaveEg. in. the tpTriteIy khen
belonging to the United States Wash
ingtOn was clearly in favor Of l0iiCr{al
Emancipation lie did not wish to seelit
confined st5 single stat9s,' but extended
over the whole country, as his lettdrs
to Lafayette and. other evidence suffi-
GENTLY prove.
Jefferson his Notes on Virginia,
says There must, doubtless, be an jim
happy influence on the minds of Our
people produced. by the existence .of
Slavery among us Tho whole com
merce between master and Slave Isl a
continued exercise os tho most boist kr-
Gus passions-the most unremittihg
despotisnT or the one.part and degrd d.
ing submission on the other. \,
With the morals of the people their in
dustry is also destroyed for himself
who can make another labor for him.
This is so. true, that of the .praprietors
of slaves Nerv small proportion, in
deed, dr6ever seen to labor And can
the liberties of a nation be thought Sc
cure when we have removed their only
firm basis-a conviction in the minds
Of the people thatstAeir Liberties are of
TIE gif OF God 7fthat they are not to be
violated but with His wrath ?"
Madison hoped that "by expressing
a National disapprobation of the slaEe
trade, we may destroy it Slavery and
our S51srily ffdt ihe il6bect8t ever
attendant on a country filled with
slaves" And in the Federal Convdn-
ton, alive 10 the Inconsistency of the
slave system with the fundamental
principles Of the revolution, he sate
oTRaIoge stts ery.sdYigb II IL lldD1thchn
theory becomes still more fallacious;"
and further, that 1T is wrong to admit
into. the FgpsdtRtigR tbe9ka tbas there
can be property IN man.
Those who so tenaciously maintain
that they have rights of property i'm
slaves recognized by the Constitution
of the United States, will find by tRis
that the peculiarly Of the phraseology
used i'm the article of the Constitution
relative to persons held to service lor
labor, was by no meansaccideHtaL 1t
was the deliberate Sntentiom of tho
trainers of that Instrument TO destroy
slavery by prohibiting tie slave TRADE
and thereby casting national reproach
upon IT. and to- limit ltile property iof
the master to 'the rlainl1;to service or
labor State laws and customs have
thwarted, this, inteptioR-fthe gigantic
evil sa perineaIedthe, body polite and.
fastened itself upon the apparent in-i
terests Of the people, that 'increaselof
appetite had grown with what it fed
on" but yet there is the languageio f
the Constitution as adopted, and Mali-
son reason for so adopting it, to be
interpreted according to the plain
meaning and intent thereof 10y people
who no longer fear 20 thinker speAk
on this once prohibited topic.
Uporftitsi, ttssioif 6f Eshe rights of
property in slaves, we have more Nir-
ginia evidence in the Legislative de-
bates Of 1881, from which we, have hl--
!, adF,extraesen And we take, ocSa-
sion again to let the Interested speak
because we know their voices will be
more potential than our own uponl a
subject which was TO them of such vi tai
Importance, land where no .suspicionl of
thirst for political isrdy.ln1emeIit' q nm
weaken The, v.laasiis5 nf what they says
John A. Chandler, of Norfolk county
in the House of Delegates Of .Yir6iAisl;
on the 18th of January, 1882, among sti
other things. said theslolfoWing, viz:
at is adipitseyf ny all who have adj
dressed thu House that Slavery il a
e3rse ana IAN increasing one That u
: has been destructive 90 the lives of dur
citizens, history with uneuing truth
win record That its future increase
will create commotiop. cannot be
doubted Sc -
'The time, then, sir, has arrived VIXEN
the sqiss popuG applies, and every con
= siderationi. of iiat1iotisr1. isautIifes -iis TO
art npon i'll bis. .prinnipIe, this fan
'sia9nental- fringipf e---t -saiefys'of the
people-embreees oe:ollx. the present
race, but p0sterity alse. =, The gentleman
from Brunswick, will yre'rt force and
elaqnen6e, has insisteastliaa the master
has property. notonly- IA TIE female;
slave bat in The issue qd iiyipigDt And.
sir, we have an interest not only in our
own welfare, but.in. that of our poster
ity Weare bound 10 legislate for them
aswen az iof ourselves Z.
'.'sNHiIst saysL:UIr BIZ sF Righis2'
THAT man has certain inalienable
rights, of which, when he enters into
society, he. cannot, 10y any cpmpact. de-
sfHv@fiss SSolkstg hsnrps The 1eiiiey-
ment of life and liberty, with the means
of acquiring and possessing property
and OF pursuing and obtaining happi-
Nos and safety. Has Slavery interfered
with our nseansof enjoying Eis H6c1ty
3Y5iwoffiy Happiness and sgfcfgf Look Iat
southatqpionv, Zig fSr@r is written
In IErrfirs 81 bfDUD upon the floors OF
/. El;,:..t unhappy -.telstfy.4- gndef elese
s;rrri,ls "a, ssS rs; noi ls9llifetinto
rsuLf 81 soslt ancesters 70 .iniizot ibis