, 1864-09-24

In so-caslrd tree soc1etie4-- Married women. cuIa
si5ol: xs ,.PsaS' d
/ persons afc EnflATet."
The writer here not ouly justiaes the
slavery OF the black man, but ens-rs fnto 4
laeorcd argument to prove that the raite r1e
!; ts tic true ard bet 'zlaue race. Th.so doc.
trires were not uttered hy n irrtspon slb1s
| or obscure author, but werc Published 10 the
leading economical and coa.u4ercIa1 mag4'
| zine of the South, mud their whole t.aebin "a
| were 1rcquehtiy reiterated and enforced b1
other contributors. Tney may, therefore,
t be regarded ps fair expression Ut the philo.
j sophlcsl system Of the leaders Of the rebel.
. hon.
! Another writer In the same work speaks
! as followA:
*Thc real c1yilfzaNon Of ccnnt1y IL In ts s7ts.
! toc1ocy. The 1aasees ara moulded Into soldiers
and attlsaLe BY insc1ect, just as matter a-d the
. elements OF nature are made fnto telegrapbs aud
! s1tam cpefnee. The poor, who labor Ill day. ars
. tee tired At night to study books. Ii you make
them learned thef soon forget all That IL
! In the common transactions OF uk.. To make n
arislacrst1n the fnsure We must sacrifice a thou
ehpd pnuperR. Yet "e would By al means maze
thsna-1,aEe Them permanent, foo, by Laws of en-
t2il ara psnosenfts1e 1as3 The rshi toeovssn re-
/. inhete.t IN the great Eaass Ct manxlld. al
! CoycrnnrIt begtIs1 Nith EFurpatSon, and Is cou-
sopth easerta1ns 70 g1e.t dtslffe as uIfgersai
kufrnEe. Wherever Iul lefgners Estue ro1tkhtf in
iaFSe nu1abers, there uuiyersaI Suffrage will exi.t
: The central idea Of the platform Of priucl-
PITS thus Announced is eo1taiped in the pro-
poeit'on Tor "a cessation Of IaoEtinties, ~
, +; which involves the evacuation Of ali tie
States and Territories now recovered from
Tic control II tne rcbel authority, and the
ktte1npt at negptiation With the leaders,
i The clrcumstsnces Of the conflict give rice to
the qutEtsop, Would a cessation Of hpstillties
CT TEE part Of TIE Federal Government be
right and this question Immediately Etvoss
T1ee to another, What is the cause Of the
var: Let u question be fairly answered,
and The whole case may be easily decided. .
We propose TO view the question from a
practical and common eense Stand poiut as
= Rorkipg,ncn, rntuilaenced BY the peculiar
fCeas or teachings Of any class Of leaders,
The interests ct Worklngmen, IS clssa, Gre
to & few OF the leading exponenta~ of south
eIn ideas AID i4tsIesrs in order to dx4ue our
position. We hold that tho present War Is a
Ear Of Capitalization aud artstocracY hgalust
te11ghts and Interests Of The masses. It is
var Of capital against labor, IN tbs form Of
That this Is the truth We illustrate By quoting
Il writer In De Eoto's Zevtet, who wss the
philosophical teacher OF southern economy.
aud the advocate Of southern futeresE aud
institutions. The wriler usee the following
lang
clare, II the senee OF the American people, that
stsr fou ears Of failure to restore the Uulon by
the experiment o1 VIZ, Curing which under the prt-
than The Constitution. tha Constitution ttseif hss
eeSn 1eb r. e{ey Ra and pubs ibesy
teria! pfospesK Of the county essentially Impair
ed-axtsce humanity, Mbesry. and the pnbllc wci-
fare demand that INN atas <JoFzs b 17aJe for
CESSATION If hostHttks, wtA riex to an ulilr,ate
Convection of ajl the 6tates, or other pe2ca nte
means, to the end that At the earltest ptacsic.b:e
usmeIt, peace nay be restored on the basis oi the
fetcIai union OF the stateH.
This part Of the system follows legitlnae-
ly upon The Other. Hence, II the wnits ra.e
be tit beet and truest slave rae, and arls-
tocr.cy the op}y true index Of civilization, It
must follow that aristoepncy nay sdblue the
white nun TO s1Rvery. This will first be done
by laws OF "entai1 and Prlmogenitura," the
very fu1msof Old World a-istocracy which
DlloIs OF foreigners seek to avoid uuder
s4be free institutions Of our American Ubion.
VIII the Democratic working, OF the co1u-
t1y, 70 many OF whom have cope hers to es-
cape from the oppression Of the Old World
Institutions, vote Tor party that will direct
j. or indirectly transplant and erect these
ta1ne institutions on th= ruins OF popular
Abertye
The lar guape quoted corresponds vita that
OF John C. Calhoun, who Esld:%
t'Th1t re arc essentially sristacratic, c1u not
deny. but nc can ard do yield much 10 DEMOCRACY.
This is nur sectional policy; wc are from necessity
thrown upon and tolrmniy welded 10 that psrty,
however it msy occasionally clash with our fee!.
ings, Tor the ctHssnn8tloo Of cur Interests It Ia
through ouz aHi1s,iar with that party In the Mid.
hen ne ceate tbas to control this patiou, thro1sh
a Elsjotpted Democracy. or zng material Obstacle
IN that party which rhall tend 70 throw us ont OF
1hat rue and con112< re shall then resort to The
It may b. urged tbat these E1tnesses are
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ago, and the present actors are not RESPONSE
bic for their views. But this objection is in
velid, because the whole course >of
politics, and efen religious, teaching, have
been forced by thu leaders Into this channel
for many years It iG the Southern ldes--bY
rpirits who, In obedience to their own eys-
teu, that minority should rn1e, have OBJ
tainGd such complete mastery oyer the pep-
PIE THIS Southern idea Of an arIstocfacy
and an oltg1fcby Is noH In conflict With the
Northern idea OF aemocrauc Institutions and
popular rights. To illustrate this fact By tie
testimony Of q recent witness, and orc who
may be said to speak almost By authority. we
aEE you to consider the following dec1a1a-
tiouA, Contained In an article published in tue
Southern L:ttra7g -MdszngAr, s leading literary
naagazine, iseucd in Richmond, and bearing
entitled"The Great Danger Of the Confede-
racy," rcmarke as fo1lowAr - =
.That benign institution Of slavery, which 1t is
now the pride and glory Of the South to nse1be to
the conception Of Divinity: xna Ehich this war
and uudauntcd resolution or her sons, the great
element Of power IN the CunfcderAcy, WILL nroye,
shores Of list clsss of population devoted to me
utal puranitx, smother bnlwark against the en-
fcrpsrhmentot thsss tendencies to democracy
which basa been the FnnoorA's box Of dlstuteRra-
ttcu and xnin to all republics"
In this passage We have aingu1arIy COM
prehcnsiFe summing up of the whole con-
troyersy, together With the assuranc1 that
The South ID to be practically closed, as far
as possible against the Introduction Of for.
eignsts. Is it not a. arrogant: b.suapticn
that go vast q territory d these leaders
clatn, amounting to one million and half Of
equaze r11ce-fittJ tines as large as Ireland
! and four times az large as the whole oi
France and Germany united-shopld be claa-
| cd to the working men Of The world, who
1on1d delve In Its mines. Bridge ita riyera
and arch its mountain peaks, with the bold
+! ICES ard creative genius OF their lrrc labor
! Yer, says this writer:
! "lst us seek at once to eradicate every yes
!! tigc OF rae tcal democracy, every feature tend
! ing TO make ours popular government,
!. making it subject only to the iotelngent and
i Ylr1uoua, and ihose who are interested 1n its
! successful sdmtnint1at1on.n e.,
| What, We may ask our adopted fellow cit
izeDsras to be the policy Of these leaders TO.
! wards those foreigners who may possibly
| find home in the Confederaeyy Let this
; author, whose ink Il scarcely DRY ans 7er
/ The question:
"No foreigner Who comes among us alter
I the struggle IL oyer should ever enjoy the
| elective franchise. II We caunst cheek the
i epIesd over our territory of that spawn OF
| isnerauce and crime, whick Rows In endless
! 1eaue from the prisons ard dens Of corrup-
! ton in the mart, OF Europe, we can at 1east
! shut cut its caEkertng effects from the y1-
! tails OF our body polilic.n
! VIII the hundreds Of Thousands Of men
| who have landed on our shores to seek the
privileges and blessings Of Democratic gov.
! er1mtnt, bllndly pota for a.party which tells
| fben in ADVANCE that they are to be denied
! tie immunilies OF citizeHship. and that the
! avenues, OF progress, ere to be shut against
them? -,
! 70 use the emphatic declaration Of tit
! ea1ne writer. in Ggingle sentence, we hold II
to be true, ns The witness tells Us, that
-sttbe South is now engaged In death
struggle With radical democrscy-";
We accept the issue reluctantly, and with
heavy hearts that v must; hut for the snks
Of freedom, for humanity, and fer the world
md we declare that our nation IL now en-.
gneed in death Struggle Of deMocsac.
against aristocracy and de5pptasm. We shal
STAND by tie Government, and By the Union
aud shall willingly sae al their enemiet
/ oYerth1osn, whether foreign Or domestic