, 1874-06-15

WoF0 Under tho Administration Of Jo!ferEo!i. tho
attor bo;ng a pat measure thogh o aonna ,a
people wero no deHllonH Of tho pnrohnso tint tho
formally pf all amendment might hD wniyo1."
Sad record Of tho tloclining virtuo Of tho poo
pie" " md Of thet popular Chiof Magistrate, wlio
tim of Independence md tho ploaslng rrodlc-
ton OF n total unlalutration."
Eomarycl Tint this waB followed by thopnrollnHo
Of florida, under Atoi'roo. IN 1slo tho wrostny
mud, aftor o long deiay md controvclay, ita nj
1nAHion into tho Union, with Slavery, undcr
Ty1cr, lii 1916.
nunn's CONSPIRACY
for tho conqu0st Of Mexico alll Its union With
tho Slave States, III 1867, was, at bottom,
tic -Staveho1tling States. Though dofohted
ut the time, the nYnpnthy Of prominent slaro-
holding statesmen {boliovol to hayo boon in tho
roD suceoeded, by m iutontional law In tho In
dictinoit to HAve tio neck Of tho traitor; but
the project Of conqnori,g Mexico WA tloycr ro-
liuqnishod till our Into war ngalnht It; nor tho
Kindred project Of pro-Slayery. diH.lniou, until
tllo firing upon Fort Sumter mud tho cosn,nollco-
,nont Of lho Rebellion. The attompt ut nuiica-
tion by Calhoun, IN 1889, was but an iucl-
dental outburst Of tho Volcano. President Jnclt;
como III tho naino Of slaYory tho next time.
The promise to abolish
THE AFRICAN sIAvE-TRADE
found consistent witt, the interests Of alave-
holders 30 long as tho rantors on tho South
cru soaboard noedod additional supplies Of
slavos, ind could obtain them choalor direct
tho mora Nortllorly 5!avo States, thoy continued
TO do 10. and tlle practsco was winkel at by the
authorities. Municipal or Btnto cnuctments wore
sometimes rosortod to, for tito purpose Of legal
izing tue tenuro Of saya-proposty thus ncguirod.
nasivo nss'i" Arieans % fniboesed 1A'u s"a isne
tho stoa;ly roiasai Of our aovorn-
nlent to corporate with Great Britain and other
nations to tako oteosual measures for a',ppress
OF search, under limitations and restrictions, to
dotoct slaves. Thia WAS tho practical point,
Yet, whom tho Virginia s!ayo-bseelors with
their WORKOUT, slaycry-bghtod, soil, hid be-
Southern, market, md clainlod monopoly OF
tho tralllo, hor Representatives in Congroas,
growing eloquent OH tho iuiquity Of tho African
slaro'trale, demanded that It should DO declared
Minister made no domur, hut proposed tho
by our Senate, after tho troaty had
boen regularly drawn up and aiigncd in London.
The British Minister at Washington remou-
bound. urged tho ratification, suggesting,
naturally enough, that tho refusal would expose
us 'to the charge Of iEsincority respecting tho
great result Of the tilal suppression OF tho siayc,
IT, T., oea1, naios sor ions aeGs ta1iea
eme ,', eusy IN ar,a 4u sSIs
giving full security to slavos while on tho coast
or i Aer'ea, ana als4 ;p a1 Inc trS1o eaar'ca on
5ay's & yioT; aooao!pa GE History, p n, ss6,l: !;
whn,o ,nrno;a,,ao ~, ao,I nnt IL raa.r"t, 1
slave-lolding, 1t could not restrain from slayo-
trading. Tile attompt to prohibit Ills ono while
en,aa,,a,,tis s.nitt;oaS 1irnJnr "''o
~1,r ..;rnir.w co1 oN11er,ox soc,rrv
orcon1ca IN INK ,a afscr,r",;1s n,on1ai md
administered. furnished anothor sianitieant .ln.
sa1nn,n"nt ~ I'm ,nnrai roi;-;o,s a, ,sn,;,aoi
;a =, w nsu pu'ttant ~
Ifor1.i,,a an N,;lis a waa srn1 ,,;saio,,,u, ~
onarn Hon for ti,o hopef1t ~ fr;oor. ~ A f;no
mi as a nnhst;tnte for Abo1itinn n amnriro
onnirat I'm co,nroI MAN of Ho,,vinSa s r;.,i,t
~ i;"a i, ti,a 1a",,, ~ III L. i,;'t, nv
fnaa no a;t4,,, ,io nin,i,,o ,;n,s - ~, a n. ~
n,a 'tiu iu,,;ennho' r"ts T. % h,,no,itr Htress
mahiag s v{oInnno o
iole ao.o"a fe.n, a h.a aFns.s'
I;tin~ ."onis for tn roloroI nca,,,n All XII fh;.
nmax!S. + sonn boeamc IN III nIs ~ - a,nnn, ,
1,oldnrs and the;r ny;npnthizera' rcan;,,nf1 H.
n,;aain,,arv c,o;,nH fn et,lint tn cLyrc1,oa md
n,;,,;atcrs vat unntlino nut m ,n;as;nrnr;os
ronnn,n,o,,1;o u ~ tx ronnfo ~ +tn Montr a
thc tr,,o inntrmontalty for nhnlishinr Slayorv.
and In t1,o nroolo al tla Smith ns the l,cat mania
o1 aocnrinr SIayarv hv rnmoy,nr tin frsa nnn.
o ~ W caior liz ,r9st 9anta,a ,ao n,, vu ~
thc,r liz, ~ nonulotion ira Pras1ant ncnrv civ
l., 4,,a tn,n nn,,,o a51lroe. ;nas, on ~,
scass;tv s2 o" az to;r ro"nva1 frn,n ts w c,nn'
"s''5 trv es ~ do9raiaI nconia 1JA nma s'A11 na
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oar i,,,,,ior,nt ~ r;.orio ryoniI In ,,,,ss;am.
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nu nontors ~ ~ vuItv Vat pc ys ~ tl,a nas
trred o,sion tint oricfnaloi % the ,taemot 10
tusea uo.sn,u r11 stns enus y; nno astes "
t; otai - nartin,, 10 sao
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ealea anet INA any 81 imoln @ %eLo ai,a as teaaY eo
otesa t ns tnus 'au nuen uia'ta ~ poAla a
Win ca1s-wnp S ] mnus tho1e 'oroihenors t;a wose
70 .t;,,. haSo oeon psong!as ,o tn'a country;
VIII .o'f o"n ou,so out W.T. soerera