Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-26

We might easily have men, women. AMI
children enough to exchange for Moors
which will be more gainful piIlage 10 n,
than we can conceive. for do not see how
we can thrive until We get in stock q
slaves sufficient TO do all our business,
girls consigned to Boston from the indies
and advertised and sold at auction until
after Independence was declaredl Wa
not tho first slaye-sbip in America fitted
out by the Pilgrim Colony? Was not tbs
first statue establishing slavery enacted N
Massachusetts, IN 1851. with q certain comic
comprchensiveness providing that there
should never DO any bond slavery unless
IL be of captives taken IN Just war. or a
such as willingly sold themselves or were
sold 20 them? Did not the United Colo.
MES OF New England constitute the fr..
American Confectionery that recognizel
slavery: and was not the first fugitive.
slave law originated at their biddinyI All
this is true. Speak slowly, then. o. nan
Of the North, against the southern slave.
owners, or the southern Chief, lest you ca.
down the images OF your ANCESTOR aud
their spirits rise 10 rebuke YOU for trcadin,
harsbly on their graves. On days Of pubic
| festival when you hold them mp as pattern.
of patriotism. take care lest you b. accu.,I
| of passing the counterfeit coin Of praise.
Disturb not too rudely the memories Of tis
men who defended slavery; say naughf 4
moral obliQuity. lest the venerable images
OF Winthrop and Endicott be torn from ia
historic pages Of the Pilgrim Land aut tie
fathers Of Plymouth Rock DO east mo
utter darkness.
UNITY or AMERICA ~ SLAVERY WHY fVDr-
ygSDRNCR WAS DEcLARsD AND THz ooNsr.
TUITION ORDAINED.
When Independence was declared A
Philadelphia, in 1916. America wa- yei
| unit in the possession OF slaves. and when
| the Constitution Of 1887 was ordained Tia
| institution still existed m every one of ,le
| thirteen States save Massachnytts 0aIg.
True its decay had begun when n wn. no
| longer profitable. but every state unifel n
| its recognition in tho Federal compact. .nl
| tho very fabric OF our representative Gov.
eminent was built upon II. a. three tfth~ II
| the slaves were counted IN the basis ~ fe.
presentation ia the Congress Of the nitel
| States, and property in Il was protected ly
rigid provisions regarding the rendition 2
| fugitive slaves escaping from one State -
another.
Thus embodied in the Cousti,u'ion. TIM,
interviewer with the very mtcgument. 7
our political system, thus sustained by tls
oath 10 support the Constitution. executed
| by every public servant and by tho dec.
| sons Of the supreme tribunals. SLAYER, VA
ratified by the unanimous voice OF the M.
| ton. and was consecratcd as an American
institution and as a vested right bg tho
most solemn plsdge and sanction that man
can give.
DENY to Jefferson Davis entry 20 ihe
| Temple of Fame because b. defended ~
! Cast out of II first the father. oi tho -
public. Brand with the mark Of cond. 20.
nation the whole people Rom whom be- in.
| herited the Obligation. and by whom WA
imposed upon him tho oath b. support their
deed. America must PROSTATE herself 10
sackcloth and ashes, repent her history,
and revile her creators and her being 20
she can call recreant the man of 1861 Vh9
defended the heritage and promise OF d D..
ton,
LINCOLN AND SLAVERY" CHARITY To ALL
There Is a statue in Washington city 4
| him who uttered tho words charity -
ALI. malice to none.p and he Is roprcseutel
| in the act of breaking the manaclcs OF a
slave.
Suppose shere were carved on It's pedes-
tai the words: DO the southern people
really entertain fears that Republican
Administration would directly or ini.-
rectly interfere With tho slaves or Win
them about their slaves"
| THE South would be IN no more danger
| in this respect than IL was IN the days VI!
| Washington"
This was hls utterance December y. l.9O.
| after South Carolina had seeded.
| Carve again:
II have no purpose directly or indirectly
| TO interfere with the institution OF slavery
| in the States where u now exists. believe
| | have no lawful right 10 do s.. and have
no inelination 10 do So" These are tho
words of his inaugural address March A.
1861.
Carve yet again:
" Pesoicfd, That this war is not wagod
upon our part with any purpose ot over
| throwing or interfering with tho nights ~
established institutions OF these state.
] but To defend and maintain the supremacy
| of the Constitution and TO preserve iAs
IJnion.n ThlsresolutiOn Congress paf'ei
and be signed it after the first battle %.
| Manassas.
81 did not at any time say was in farr
| Of negro suffrage. declared against l',
| | am not in favor at negro citizenship.
This opinion be never changed
| These things show IN the light a. events
| the emancipation proclamation, the recon
struction acts. the black suffrage. the au-
archy that reigned-that the south Ien Il
| truly the signs OF the irrepresslhlc cuuDi g.
! They show further that by tho rsh'
|
| defended IN oyorthrowing The institute D
| which he pledged himself 10 guard Ilhe
| Washington, and with 10 the Consiiiuuon
| which he had sworn ITO defend and mann
tain" And II jefferson DAVIS tpp'nird I'd
the sword and need the mantle 0i clauiy
To cover him. where would lincoln fiu
unless the right OF revolution ttfetrh. Il
that mantle wide. and great peop'
wrapped HIM in its mighty folds
DECAY or SLAVERY IN TUX NORTH AND ono7 70
n THz soCru DUE TO NATURAL AID h.f
MORAL CAUSES.
A. time wore on the homogeneous oriff
OF the American people cfaus td- u was
not conscience but climate aud SOIL whicii
effected this change, ~ rather the in-tnc,
oi aversion 10 bondage rose mp lh IT'D"
North Just in proportion rs tAe temptation
of interest subsided
The inhospltablo soil % Nv Lnslan
repealed tho pursuits OF a-ucuiiur, ani
compelled a. those OF comm,rce aud i.e
mechanic arts. Ia these tle rude labor ~
the untutoIed African Va 1upfoNNt
aud the harsh climate wa uncNisenM I'D
the children OF the Dark Continent iph
lated from Is burning suns o. thee iil-'
shores. Slavery there vls an eh'h. 4
did not pay. and it, root soon de-.
like the roots OF troplc plant ia tue ~
| tlc zone.
In the fertile plantat pa ~ the sunny
South there was employment Tor ne
skilled labor OF the African. and und.f .
genial skies he found htting bone. ,l'' r
natural causes elected ban from the N'.'.
aud propelled hin southward and A' -
institution of slavery docayed ~ nor
latitudea it thriyed and prospered in '.'
southern cline.
Tho demand Tor labor in the North y Is
rapidly supplied by new acce-sions oi +.
ropeans. and as the population in'fca
their opinions were moulded By ihr
Of the society which absorbed aud a,-
lated them az they came whilo -.
other hand the presence Of masses ~ TIA
men in the South. and the reliance ll
them for labor. repealed IN both socih. B..
economical aspects the European in
grants who eagerly sought for homes a.
employment in the New World. Nor. ilh'
this. northern Manufacturer wanted
tariffs to secure high prices
their products In southern markets, q
southern farmers wanted low tafihs II
they might buy cleaply tfe long t if
peared that two opposing ciUiifAil,n' %
alongside of each Othor m the lh
States: and while tho roof OF con
Government was over both OF them. \
covered household divided esainst +