The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-02-11
Slavery.
\ succinct History Of IL, Risc and Down
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NV ~ lt'N lh 'f.l affNE ~ Wv NfNtltIlil'l"i
Anne lm'n' rroh,htr. slavery IN the var .nus
STATES ami ferr.tofits virtually .c1uinAtos ,tr,s.
gle u at has i.ng divided individuals C1riies All
sss'. AMI whi~h resfly proved 'atal N n. uio1.
Tie quoetion II nos rcegstcd to thc people
.ouon' and viii aeon 10 prcseltcd n them for
adoption or re'ecton A. tEc-c can te no doubt II
The hn'l tcs-t 10 Is soarcci, premature 90 con-rat-
u.Ne he r., pie snd the nAton on thc prospective
diNrTc.rsuec ~ the ctio' liF.prh,ng 'lcrcai In
our politics aud history. slavery was subject IT
debate long he Or the existence n our Coastu.
ton and sg,C ei al the re- suons n our eolpuIs',
State aud ,serA history. The ..rcst civil war IN
which f. has precirtsed US raises 10 nov i.sic.
but = siuI'y The result ofsscnc!cs, tho Hcsunn's
Of which r1av be traced scs to tho e,r.irr sta lca
OF our colonial history.
slavery vas Introduced upon our contncn. s11n
hNer n- discovery, aud spreal rapidly In the
Spanish Poriufuesc, Dutcn and frrn,h dercnd-
eucicS where II formed mos, mcr,uyc traffic 4
wA net transferred 10 our country until about tHc
war 1000, aud was adopted by 10th Pur'snS and
Cavaliers by the " England a. vel a. the South.
orn sts'cs,ns ue.~s n supplying the deficiency o.
labor, the want Of which retarded the pro.r. srd
growth VI tho young colonies II was thor, fore
readily sdoptci by the colon fts and bat few pro-
tests wore made agarr u The only c1copto1
occurs IN Georgis the founder of which, Geuoral
JANA ooLtraoErr. adopted .undamcnt% clause
in tue Constitution proh'b.ungu Tie colonis.
surrounded on all sides by slavery, as'-
t.tef for the repeal 81 this clause, bat
did not succeed until 1853. wien General
OatErHpErs returned W Eurorc, surrendered n 3,
chArtr To the crown, and the management dcvo'v-
od on the colouittA who soon remove tho INFO
dlmeutS 10 the c1istcnce Il slavery. In tie colo
nieH north d The james River the insitt ou never
took any DO hold, hrt Il rapidly eytcu 'cd m V r.
ginia and south Csrol'ra. In tho lcac,W dis'ur-
sIous u Al preceded tic revolution tho claims nj our
| iorcfsthers Tor tho enjoyment Of TIE natural
rights ~ r-lS'overnreut and freedom }c-an h.
| affect their views ON the morally and policy -
holding human hciugs in honda 9 runYAs Ivr.
FELsos, the great founder II American D,rnocra $.
in ut famous catalogue ~ grievances drawn ur iu
order ~ justly the Colunis's IN tie eyes NJ no
world IN taking M arms azNnst the mother ,ouu-
try, chArrci II a. n serious o'cncc Ggulus' thc
Krs ~ England, that hc hal introduced anil GU
Outraged human slavery IN Ito colonies M dcunucc
| oi the wishes o the public.
burny the evolutionary war slavery was m
element " weakness. Tho colonies M which o.
| mOst Aboundcd were unable to furnish thor uuosta
OF troops 30 the pair OF armies on tine trouns, ts
ass sned by them, that II would he dangerous 10
IN AthW tuf WING llfn WHO were netesRArN 90
bold the slave population Ia check A. ,he lose
| 90 the WAT thc Question ot slavery Vas the 90 81
dihculty In the oryau ration of thc NV & nst tu-
ton, which IA IN fact compromise between con.
nctiug Interests upon tina; subject IL was A.,r-.i,
after loug debate, mat the slsye op"latiou y4, T.,
form basis of thrrc.ffihs Of tho yoner,sg,iN lc.
| gslAton, and that fugitive slave should be pee
stored. II was also pr, y.dei tlAt The importation
81 slaves a. ould ceAso At tue expiration ul tWcutv
years.
The dispos ion Of The immense territory coded
by the seVcra| States h. the General Government,
WAS the next cal ny topc ~ q -cur-.uL. NJ
| Jefferson Introduced RESOLUTION, that slavery
| should he forever prohihlted IA the new country
| This policy Wah All pied so for ~ rclafet 10 no
| country north of the Ohio, which now cpnst tutrs
| the " - States n Ohio, IND sns w .consu, | -
| hpois sud chlEan Tue resolutions restr.c i.,,
u south ot ioe onio, IN the country which now
forms tie s...,s OF Astsma, Tennessee Ani Ms-
sAs pp, were lost by apslc vote IN the ne'rssAfy
| majority o. two-thirds Tie want ~ l..or IN IN.
| diana subsequently induced the eat'v settlers 10
| petition Congress for temporary rerc.l OF he
restrictive clause on slavery, tut ituyuI succste.
| The acquisition OF Louisiana had III Ell ~ OF
greatly enarginS tho area md pov'r Of the ins..
| tIuon which VAS now tecou.ng ium,nsclv iruft.
| slAe In tho southern States by the invention -
| whtncy's Cotton Giu This Inversion eusnl>i {.
! single man W perform more work Va separsnng
| the seeds from the cotton fabric, nan ,oulu he
! formerly tectei by hundred within Me samo
| gwen period.
| FROM this time slavery which was lieuy 4 :.
ID IN the SouIb aud ut,Ene sn Important issue IN
| nat Opa politics.. TIE admission Of ssouri A. A
ssNr safe " AS resisted by . Is1wortul partv AMI
| seriously threatened the stability OF the Union fl
| WAS npAily Adgniitct uv conn rurnise effected b,
Mr.. Henry Clay IN 1920 ny this measure Missouri
was adullIted Hs slave state, and ~ the territory
| north Of the hue OF thirty s,N OcgryoA forty min
utes, now comprising the states Of kAuhas, Nelra,.
Ia, Minnesota and the adjoining tcrlito-cs very
| was prohibipd Tho struggle upon thus sub. !
gave impulse g. POLITICAL parties. the Influence If
| which still remains, Mr. Ca Auuu t,,k ueN grounds
u the eject thHts'ayorywas s.ennsl, Just anu pr
per, aud backed HIS the ~ by tAe a., r,1n OF lie
states rights principle Of Which Andrew Jacks N
| became the musi vehement opponent. The lat, T
| finally trlunpued aud tempo tiy suppressed sic
| REASONABLE nulih, alton doCuine A. sustained hy
| Nj Calhoun backed by SCUM Carohls,
ART The NJ ssouri agitation, stoA4on and col
! onl2aAou SO ctes began 10 spring up, tie latter
under the suspces Of some Of the lcadli. SoutAern
| statesmen. BIt Lese we're mere rppleA upou the
! surface until the period ot the McN., ~ war, when
the scqu siuuu OF IeNss, and her simi.s Oh IS /.
slave ate, once more prcclptateI the slave q los
ton upon tie country. rue famous "M .mot
IruNIst' Tor iIdins slavery III ANY territory sc-
quIred NOM Mexico, was introduced in Con- r, IS
| Ia llust ls4i. II was carried IN the House hy a
near! EeograplitHI vote t4e u4e ulUrs truL4 she
nee states NuLug m ihNur Of H. aid those from Il {
slave sL'tcs N oppos uun, The resolution, how %
ever was lost % me Senate, aud Texas WAS sutse.
quchlly aAuu Ivd AL Il tAs blaze vi military glory.
lie question OF slavery again came up ~ Con-
greeS IN ISIS upon tie question Of restricting IL IN
tne new y-a.qWrtd teri torres OF New Mexico an
| California, lie agltAuon was fuauv s,tlel, in
| lSou by anolher COMPROMISE, elected as in the
case Of Missouri, BY M CLAY This measure sd.
mitted California then knocking for admission a.
iree s'a'e enc PROVIDED fer tie admission Of four