, 1874-06-15

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understanding Of It, tl,oy would hase ndontol t.
l. ia morally cotlait, that tlioy Woul1 not.
[slavery mud Anli>slavory, p. 22p, otel Nor can
wo, without oi,arging tho EronteBt deception on
yiounly refused to make provision for raclaim;;
ting fugitive slayos, bo'ioyo tl"t they intended
to do tho aanlo thing In covert md fraudulent
nasshor. 10 suppuuo TINT Franklin and Hantil-
ton. md otl,olA Of Ako Anti t.slnvory professions
could liavo n!lxnd tllDsr signatures to B.cli
Constitution, mid advocated it's adoption ia to
impoach the plucerity Of tl,oir professions.
1t waa not Until six yoatH aftor tho drifting Of
tho Constitution, mud four ycarn after 1t had gono
Into operation, TINT
WIS enacted by CoNgrcsn. lis language roacn1-
blos tiut Of tli0 constitutional proviaioN,-
no direct mention Of siavcs, s,-yot ta 40 construct
az eeao 5 ~ 5 'ets ets % q oseote sxa M t ahss @
Joalall Quincy iofondod tllo fugitive, md denied
tie authority Of tho law Of CongronB, md Of tho
magiatruto 1lnder It. While lo vas speaking, q
confusion md loud nolso interrupted him, and
tho alleged Binve passed. out mud cscarod. The
B1avo-1na.tpr Attempted prosecution Of Quincy,
but nothing waB done nbont it. For lnatly yours
afterwards, owncrH Of fugitive Blavos no|don II
ever, maho uBo ut It, or attempted 1t. What d
contrast to tho scoueH Of tho iato Antt-Slayory
struggle!
IN THE CHURCHES AND snNrsrnY,
Northern and Southern, the moral del'lsion WAS
equnlly apparent aud wonderful. Strong con-
domination OF Slavery through dolay OF church,
discipline, soon became c!,ronic tolerance. Tho
Justification Of tisitlvolyod apoogioB for prcsont
snvchottling, procodont for fnsliro apoogsoa
inRuring, ut lensth, Biblical dcfensos, or equally
ruoAriAllan apathy More OF tlis in tho sequel.
FURTHER ACTION or TIE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
It WINS not Htrango that, during Developments
OF ,noral del.lsion like tlloae. tho Shareholders
should bo making rnpid Rtrltlcs townrd obtaining
absolute control Of tho National Government,
nf fof{va
lug tho Savo-rowor. This was aeen In the
declaration Of war against Great Brtai', In 1S12 Mt
the dletatlon of John G. Calhoun, ostonsibly for
a9na waaS avo%sS osSfs to 0t pos r'ay ynn is sos4a s
commerce md humble New Englaud,--
a policy into which the pacifio nnd tlmil rroHi-
don't Afnlfson WIS reluctantly driven. Tllonce-
forward tho pulitical economy OF the country,
undor all tho fluctuations OF pertioB mud succesh-
iyo Administrntions. vas mainly shaped by Cal.
houn, Us might beBt accommodate tho South aud
ombarlasB the North. It was for National
Bank when tic South wanted to borrow North
Cru capital. but against 1t when It helped NORTH
ern capitalists to collect, payment from the
or unconstitutional, at convenience. So like
wise OF the High Tariffs and tbs repeal Of thoni.
Calhoun dictated the High Tariu Of 1916, to
transfer Northern capital to manufactures nnd
increase tho demand for cotton; but, finding
tho North prospecting md tho South compara-
tivoly impoverished (under its B!aye.Inbor Hyg~
tem). he demanded in 1883 repeal OF lis own
Tariff, as an oppression no longer to DO boruo
Seemingly capricious and inconsistent aB wns
NIL this, it was true, btcady, aud constant to The
nnrenitting war. Of slave-labor nsainst froe
lAbor, under tle long prutractei dictatorship Of
Calhoun.
Among tho curly exercises Of slayeho1ing
supremacy IN tho interests and for teo aseran-
dizenlont OF "tl,o peculiar institution. - was it's
non-fnferconrso with Hayti, and refuaal to nc
knowledge its independence; its invasion Of
fort Of blacas, arspectca OF ontieing and pro-
tcctlng fugitive slaves; and, finally, tho pur-
chase OF Florida ut national cxponHa OF
S5,000.000. and threat by tic shareholders OF
GaorEa, that. if not secured By treaty. it should
be tskeu By force! This treaty was mado III 1S1v,
ultdor President Monroe
Advances toward supremacy like these could
not full to attract gonernl attention, excite
aarm, and propRro tile minds Of rcilcctng men
for u coming struggle. Divine Providence, it,
tho moanttmo. WAS raising up pionoor to Anti
b!nyery agitation,-in the person Of Dcnja,r,iu
Lnndy, II heroic Quaker, Of whose life rad H.
bors memoir will be preuentod BY eno.ler laud