The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-29

inonehtu nhu hhhtttEeu lnto iFhs-
fame and eacriligious demolition OF her
image vas not followed by single poTleni.
re tuu aiill rolled on, In his career ot
measured majesty, gnd shone with his 0ns.
tomafy tplendor. No thunders peAlrd
forth, IN dselening tones, the dreadful
wfa h Ut outraged Scraps. No Hash OF
iiyid lightning burned the goddess soldier
10 cInders. Tho earth falled7io ayenFe the
intult, by reoling 90 and iro with the throes
of nm earthquake. Nature remained placid
iu hOr aspect aud continued to move respon.
siye q her laws. The Idol was demolished
nnd shattered into fragments. Its hollow
ness ana impotence were made msni'esi.
The i'sgmonia laid prone upon The " uaadi,
The soldier was unslathed, nor WAS his
after lus yexed by the furies and Nemesis.
propose 10 initiate the part OF the Roman
colder Ia domolshing the image OF Sernpii,
aud 20 SKATER to pieces the idol so devOu,ly
worshipled by "A largo portion OF The peo'
pla ~ the north AID to which Mr., Curtis
offers myr'h and irankinbenoo in 30 much
proiuslou.
Wendell Phillips could no, plead ignor-
ancc OF
ruE HISTORY oP TEE INTRODUCTION or
SLAVERY
iDto the American colonies Ia the seven
tesnth century, and that II was introduced
by tho plous descendants II the pilgrim
fathers
The Inhabitants OF Msssscs usetls and
| Rhode l.ligl were seaiaring and CONNER
ciol. maIo so By the bleaknes OF their eli
mg,o and the sleriliiy OF their soil; the
| people oi tho southern provinces we're agri-
cultural, hence New England msn and yes.
sells brought over Africans ana sold them
10 the men OF the southern PROVINCES. peck
citing enormous profits. The slave trade
fsfs ntF a hA haFfIq al ~
Of New Englard. They purchased
or kidnapped the negroes in Afric, brought
| them across the Atlantic and Fold them 20
the southern provinces. They throve and
grew rich by this traffic, and 80 long as IL
paid large profits thoy wero strangers to
airy Computations OF conscience" ~ to its
morality or righteousness.
| Slavery was introduced and established
by Law in New England. 1t vas not abol
| ished ia Massachusetts, until IL. II also
had legal existence and establishment 10
New York, Pennsylvania and Nav Jersey,
and was only abolished Ia IL.
There historical facts must have been well
known TO Wendell Phillips, unless ha was
wiltully and psrverseiy ignorant Of them.
These historical facts proved that New
England had borne the principal share. In
that che had '' enjoyed se a mo.
nopoly of the slnys trade; that she
had been enriched by the profits Of the
trade, aOd that she had established slavery
| within her own borders. The responsibility
OF New England was then greater than
that OF the south, suca she had been an
active agent, fetching hem from Africa Tor
the purpose OF nelllsg them to the southern
| provinces.
Tho Declaration Of Independence, drawn
| by Thomas Jefferson, a eouthsrn man,
makes H. one OF the grievances OF the colon
taa lak hpH i'm.
pc ted negroes into the colonies over their
circumstances and protests.
When the Federal constitution was
digesied and framed In 1857, George Mason,
! q slGve-owner, from the state of VrgiDi0,
introduced the clause interdicting tho slave
trade after the expiration OF twenty yenTs,
asd Ull the real opposition which IL 60.
countered ia the convention, came from
New England, which enjoyed monopoly
| OF the slave trade. and was disinclined 90
relinQuish ite profile.
Jefferson, in 1881. while In the legislature,
recommended the emancipation OF the
slaves in Virginia, and declared strong
anti.slsvsry sentiments in his Notes
at Virginia." published in 1857
George Mason, OF Virginia, con.
sidered slavery wrong; Patrick Henry
declared hs would not own
any more than he then owned Emanoips-
ton By last viii and testament was frequent
and common. Southern Christians, OF ali
denominations, would gladly have gotten
rid OF slavery-so also would majority OF
tha southern people; tho only obstacle was
what was to DO done with them after they
were liberated. That Yves ina only impedi.
ment 10 gradual emancipation. Tue de-
portation OF them to Africa was felt to be
out ot The question. Everything was NOV
ing on smOothly-not one note OF discord
was heard--not jar was felt in the working
ut the machinery Of the natl nal govern.
nent, the friction was 30 slight as 10 no inn
perceptble, and the general feeling in the
aouth was TO get rid OF slavery gradually.
The northern quakers, n this stage, un-
dertook u present anu.slavery petitions,
calling on congress, which had not ahred
OF auLhori,y to do so, tn abolish slavery.
This was resented as ofiiciousness. inter.
med ing, inEoleDce and dictation by the
southern men. These anti-slavery men
we're neither legally nor morally RESPONSE
BILE for the existence OF slavery in the south
ern states; they were no moro responsible
slavery in Cuba or Brazil, nor did
II concern them In the least degree.
Being thus WaDtonly assalled
with denuncistion and invective, the south.
ern people lot only felt IA just resentment
but their sentiments underwent an entire
ohanee respecting slavery, 90 that ffom
npclosists they became the defenders OF
Wanton attacks inevitably arouse feeling
OF sentiment, and resentment lends TO re-
sis.auce. Tho unjust and unprovoked at
taczs and aggressions upon slavery pre-
vented peacesble and gradual emancipation
and laid the train, which led to the sectional
war. When
WENDELL PHILLIPS ID ENTITLED HIMSELF WITH
THE ABOLITION FATTY,
lac fyincsd violence OF feeling aud vlrnlence
of language. IL bent bow ani sho. be- |
yond the most violent eboli.onlsto. BE
denounced the constitution OF the United
States ss league with death aud cove |
nert with bell" He demanded an "anti- |
slavery Bible and an auti'slsvery God, be. |
cause ID WAS as "plsin as pike staff " that
both the old and the new testament tolera,
ted and recognized slavery. He advocated
a dissolution Of the Union with his charac.
teristic violence. This language stamped
him az on incorrigtble fanatic and a
% WSo of wa. but Wiling snH d'' to s.cr %ss
Union, with its myriad Of glorious recol-
lections and brilliant hopes and present
blessings; willing TO dethrone the Bible and
God of Christianity because they CONTRA
dicted his dominant idea; willing to COM
NIT wholesale injustice and spoliation OF
men and women who were not morally
responsible for the real or imaginary evils
Of slavery; ready to confer 1.-The perilous
gilt of unconditional freedom on four
millions of ignorant and half civilized per.
sons. His one idea, like a tipsy Malay,
ran amuck OF everythi inc aud sought to ex-
puuge and destroy all that stood Ia its
path, reckless OF consequences.
When John Brown. IN o season Of pro. |
found peace, and In violation OF the coz. |
s,itutIon and laws OF the Union, and the |
precepis of Christianity, broke into Vir-
r,snia 'like thief IN the night" and ruff |
fisnly robber and murderer, to excite the |
slaves 10 insurrection and TO unchsin muir
der, rape. incendisrism, brutal lust, atroc- |
ity and destruction, the abolitionists en-
dorsed and approved bis fiendish purpose