The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-03-22
1.-THE TRUTH Of HISTORY

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Republic, and Washington was a stakeholder.
So was jefferson, SO was Madison, and SO
were nearly all the leaders in the movements
which secured our independence Of British
rule. The founders Of the government were
nearly all owners Of slaves, and slavery ex-
listed throughout the thirteen colonies. lfthe
institution had been regarded as an "evil'
why did not Washington, Jefferson and Madi-
son liberate their slaves Because the laws
Of the land permitted an evil, was no justi6.
cation Of their participation in it. The fact
is, that slavery was act looked upon as an
evil.
Mr.. Wolfe says that jefferson believed that
he had "a mission from God to establish
universal liberty in our land 1t is amusing
to see that quotation from one holding such
views as Mr.. Wolfe does. politicalsehoOl
he adheres to generally regarded Jefferson as
an is,Jidel. We donotknow that Mr., Jefferson
ever claimed to hold any such mission, and if
he did, universal liberty meant the liberty Of
white men. Mr.. Jefferson always held that
the negro was inferior to the white man, men
tally aud physically, and so expressed himself
frequently. In his Notes on Virginia, that
idea is advanced, and surprise is expressed
that scientific comparison of the two races
had not been made Besides, he held slaves,
and had he included them in his mission to
establish universal liberty, he must have been
a consummate hypocrite.
There were persons in these days who re-
garded the servitads OF colored people as
against the laws Of nature and revolving, but
they were comparatively few. Atterward
there was feeling in the South that slay'
cry ought not to exist, which sentiment was
arrested by the abolition movements in the
North. In all the Southern States indiyidu'
ais were preparing for the freedom of the
negro raee-for the gradual extinction of the
institution Of slavery. 1t was only when sud
den and forcible abolition OF slavery was agi-
tated at the North that the South was aroused,
and maintained under the laws the right TO
hold slaves. But, we are getting too Tar on
with our subject Mr. "oiie, very properly
TOR his side OF the question, touches very
lightly upon the early history OF the move
ments which eliminated IN the hansas war
and finally in the late sectional war. But a
little OF the history oil the aooliuon party VIM
serve to enable the reader TO more iully
comprehend the Kansas troubles, ana supply
many deficiencies IN Mr. wolfe summary
and correct some Of his inaccuracies
Negro slavery was introduced into this
country by Northern people, and the slave
trade was almost wholly carried on by them
When it was aseertained, by experience, that
slavery was not profitable in the North, the
people there ceased to keep them, but the
kidnapping and importation was not stopped,
for ready market for the captives was found
in the South, where the climate was adapted
to their condition and where they we're prof.
table to the planters. The Ordinance of 1887,
alluded to by Mr.. Wolfe, limiting the bounds
of slavery, and the constitutional limitation
to negro importation, needs little explana
ton. As we have said, the slave trade was
inaugurated by the people of the North, and
if the Institution of slavery was so abhorrent
as Mr. Wolfe seems to think, why was not the
introduction Of slaves prohibited at once2
| Why vas the date Of the limit TO importation
fixed in the eonstitption eighteen years after
the adoption of that instrument? The very
year that Ordinance spoken of by Mr.. Wolfe
was passed, the Northern States roted against
the immediate abolition Of the slave trade,
Phsy did not want slaves themselves, because
they ~ees useless to them, aud because they
regarded them as inferior beings, as tho laws
of the times, and even at much later periods,
will attest. They we're profitable to New
England kidnappers and New England COM
merce, and had ready sale in the South
and hence they did not want the business
stopped. It is true that the first negroes
brought to this country were brought to Vir-
ginia in the early part Of the 18th century, by
the Dutch, but the importation stopped there,
aud it was nearly fifty years after that the
New Englanders ially established the oasl'
ness ms Is part o. Inc history Mr. "oiie
on'iilea' ana we mention y sHoni negroes
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explain VINO sowea tue seea Of alseora when
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blood
Inc aooht'on sentiments o. the NORM were
received from England. Inc monarchieal
parry IN 'hal country soogn. 70 impress .ne
worklpg classes there WIN the blessings oil a
monarchy, py contrasting their condition with
the slaves Of this country under republican
form OF government. They speceededi and
succeeded, too, in forming societies among
them to aid IN abolishing slavery here. Eng
land had two objects IN this. First, TO satisfy
her own subjects with their condition; and
secondly, to get up luminosity between the
North and South, which would lead to dis
ruption Of the government. When England
psid 500, 100000 to free the negroes in the
West Indies, SiF Robert Peel said sit was the
best investment ever Hiaae for the overthrow
Of republican institutions in Ameries.
New England Fcderalists, after striving for
eighteen years for dissolution Of the Union,
as we have fully shown in former articles, dis
banded. England, AFTER her failure in the
Henry mission, knowing that there was aa
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