The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-02-21

the king answered them th sat' 8 And
his highest displeasure t a,a' upon pain Of
ted %Phari nas oe respect obst, Of
IN Ieaa,! o. virginia to pride th franklin
set.,ng nee single slave that ban myself in
iaau on .ny coasts while thy laws p oa. to
trahc whereby so many hupdr sS continue
sands are dragged into slayerr 't ts OF thou
tailed on tnelr posterity.n "A co.. :iat Is en-
OF tins subject" said Patrick He rnlO? Us view
"gives gloomy prospect to fr ,.ly In 177S,
In the same year George Mason n.u times"
Legislature of Virginia: aTbo I 1n to the
partial Providence may avenge ~ o ,aws Of in
upon our posterity." In yirsini Oua injustice
Continental Congress, Jeferson I'D, ana IN the
proval OF Edmund Pendleton h m,.n The ap-
slave-trade as piracy; and ha' SSranded the
stone of America; "All men a ane Corner
equal, with an unalienable right I to created
On the first organization of temnO,n noerty.'
ernments for the Continental domp.;af! gov
son, but for the default of New Ipraaa .' 1eifer-
in 1884, have consecrated every nart w would :,
territory to freedom. In the f km' OF that
the national Constitution, Virginia A'a aa Of
by part of New England, vaiplv st imposed
to abolish the slave-trade at once and Fsusegled
and when the ordinance of 17s7 ma ,O'eVer;
duced by Nathan Dane, without t Ha' INTRO
prohibiting slavery, it was through te I,aase
vorable disposition ofVirginia and tbs 81. Sen Ia
that the clause of Jefferson was restored soul1
the whole Northwestern TerritorvNa1II anu N
territory that then belonged to the n. II, Tue
was reserved for the labor of freemen
DESPAIR OF THE MEN OF THE REyo,rr
The hope prevailed in Virginia that .h
abolition of the slave trade would brinau ;,le
it the gradual abolition of slavery bHSi . ,h
expectation was doomed to dsappo;ntmamn e
In supporting incipisnt measures for ama"
cipation, Jefferson encountered d;ff,c, ,.l-
greater than he could overcome and .ae'
vain wrestlings, fireworks that broke f,Oa, =
him, " I tremble for my country, when v ra
fleet that God is just, that his Justice came,
sleep forever" were words of despair II Was
the desire of Washingtons heart that V;r ra'
MIA should remove slavery by public act.
and as the prospects OF a general emancina,
ton grew more and more dim, he, in utter t
hopelessness of the action of the State did
all that he could by bequeathing freedom IN
his own slaves. Good and true men had
from the days of 1915, thought of colonizinT
the negro in the home of his ancestors Bnt
the idea of colonization was thought to in.
crease the difficulty of emancipation; and in
spite of strong support, while it accomplish
ed much good for Africa, it proved imprac-
ticable as remedy at home. Madison, who
in early life disliked slavery so much that he
wished ito depend as little as possible on
the labor of slaves" Madison, who held that
where slavery exists" the republican theory
becomes fallaciOus;" Madison, who in the
last years ofhis life would not consent to the
annexation of Texas, lest his countrymen
should fill it with slavery; Madison, who
said "slavery is the greatest evil under
which the nation labors, portentous evil, an
evil-moral, political, and economical "a
sad blot on our free country" went mourn
fully into old age with the cherries words:
mo satisfactory plan has yet been devised
for taking out the STAIN"
NEW VIEWS ON SLAVERY.
The men of the Revolution passed away
A new generation sprang up, impatient that
an institution to which they chung should
be condemned as inhuman, unwise, and un-
just; in the throes of discomfort at the self
reproach of their fathers, and blinded by the
lustre of wealth to be acquired by the cul
ture of new staple, they devised the theory
that slavery, which they would not abolish
was not evil, but good. They turned on the
friends of colonization, and confidently de
manded, "Why take black men from civil
ized and Christian country, where their Ia.
| Dor is source of immense gain and powel
| to control the markets of the world, and seni
them to land of ignorance, idolatry, and in
dolence, which was the home of their fore
fathers, but not theirs2 Slavery is bless
ing. Were they not in their ancestral lane
naked, scarcely lifted above brutes, ignoran
of the course of the sun, controlled by ma
ture? And in their new abode, have the!
not been taught to know the difference b,
the seasons, to plough, and plant, and reap
to drive oxen, to tame the horse, to exchange
their scanty dialect for the richest Of all thu
languages among men, and the stupid ador
alton of follies for the purest religionl Ant
since slaveryis good for the blacks, it is goot
for their masters, bringing opulence and thu
opportunity of educating race The slave
ry of the black is good in ITSELF he shall
serve the white man forever And nature
which better understood the quality of fleet
ing interest and passion, laughed as it caugh
the echo: man" and foreverw
SLAVERY AT HOME.
A regular development of pretensions fol
lowed the new declaration with logical con
sistency. Under the old declaration ever.
one of the States had retained, each for it
self, the right of manumitting all slaves b.
an ordinary act oflegislation; now, the pow
er of the people over servitude through thel
Legislatures was curtailed, and the privileg
| ed class was swift in imposing legal and con
stitutional distractions on the people them
selves. The power of emancipation was nal
rowed or taken away. The slave might no
be disquieted by education. There remaine'
an unconfessed consciousness that the sys
| tenn of bondage was wrong, and restles
memory that it was at variance with the tru
American tradition; its safety was therefor
to be secured by political organization. Tn
| generation that made the Constitution tool
care for the predominance of freedom in Con
gress, by the ordinance of Jefferson the nev
school aspired to secure for slavery an equal
| ity of votes in the Senate; and while 1t hint
| ed atan organic act<that should concede .
the collective South veto power on nation
al legislation, it assumed that each State sep
arate had the right to revise and nullify law
of the United States, according to the dlscre
ton of its Judgment.
| SLAVERY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS.
I The new theory hung as bias on the foI
eign relations of the country there could b
no recognition of Hayti, nor even OF tn
American colony of Liberia; and the worn
was given to understand that the establish
ment ofFree labor in Cuba would be rea
son for wrestling that island from SPAIN.
Territories were annexed; Louisiana, Florl
da, Texas, half of Mexico slavery must nav