The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
Though Southern Colonies were Opposed
to 10. America Yielded.

Though Southern Colonies were Opposed
to 10. America Yielded.
Tshau maintain that the southern people
have been a. true % these instincts as any por-
ton OF their race, and have made Tor tnem no
great sacrlHccs. that the southern iouled-
errcv grew out OF them, and only IN "a sub
sidiary degree in autagOulsm 90 amy ono 40
them: and / shall also maintain mat Ieiier-
son Davis is entitled tO stand in The fauthe-
on OF the worlds great m ID on "a pclcolAl NOT
[ less high than those erected for the Images
Of Hampton, sidney Cromwell Burke and
Chatham, OF the iutueflandi nnd washington
and Hamilton, Jefferson aud Adams, Mtdi-
son nd Franklin OF tho New World. VINO
however varying iu circumstances or lu per-
sOnality. were liberty leaders and represent
atives Of great people, great ideas, and great
deeds
SOUTHERN COLONIES AGAINST SLAVERY.
on what ground viii hc DE challenged Did
not the southern f0le show originally nn
aversion tO slavery moro maniiestly even
than those of the NOrihf south arolna pro-
tested against DO as early as 1877 and as late
as 1850, Georgia prohibited 10 Dy law. VIE
giula steruly set her face against 10 ana
/ levied tax Of ten dollars per head on every
negro o. prevent No.. They were an 0feifid-
den by the avarIco OF Engllfh merchants amt
the despOtism of English ministers 'uo as
you would Doe done by Is not vet the maxim
OF our race which will push on ou Us weaker
brethren that 30 Will not itself accept aud
thus slavery WIS thrust Ou Ne south. ou uu-
lnylted-nye, forbidden guest. Quickly did
the South stop the slave trade. Though tnr
Constitution forbade the Congress 90 prohibit
Do prior 90 lsUs, when that year came every
south nm state had itself prohibited 10, TIE
ginia leading the liAt. Whom Jeiiei son lnFls
was born WAS gone altogether save IN one
State, south Carolina, where it nad peen re-
yiycd under combination between large
planters OF the south and ship-OWncrs ANA
slave traders OF tho North,
Fine exhibition. TOO, Was That OF unsclnfn
southern patriotism when ln 1877, ny south
ern votes and Nlrgiula's generosity ana un-
der JenersOns lead the great northwestern
territory was given 20 the Union and Or
freedom.
AMERICA YIELDED TO SLAVERY
But the south yielded % slavery We arc
told. Yes. bat did NOT all America DO like
wiseg DO we not know that the Pilgrim
fathers enslavcd both the Indian and African
race. swapping young Indians for The more
d0cile blacks. lesf The red slave might escape
10 has native fOrestg
Listen % This appeal % Governor Win
ihrOp: "Mf EndicOtt and myself salute you
In the Lord Jesus. We have heard OF n de
vision OF women and children and would be-
glad Of shaic-vil., young woman on "a
girl and a boy II you think good
DO we not hear Winthrop himself recount
how the iequods were taken Through tAo
lOId's great mercy. Of whom the males were
sent 90 bermuda and The females distributed
through the bay towns Go bee employed ns
Il
OF King Philips war suffer % similar mte3 ls
10 not written that when one hundred and
] nlty Indians came yOluaiily into the iiym
Outn garrison they were nll sold into captlW
~ beyond the seas? Did not Downing Dee
clare 10 Winthrop "if upon ADJUST war the
I Lord should deliver them the Naragln-
sets We might easily have men, women and
children enough 90 exchange Tor MOOrs,
which Will De more gliniul pillugo 20 us than
we can conceive, ior DO not see how We cun
thrive until we get in a stock OF slaves suf-
icient 10 do all our business Were NOT
choice parcels OF negro boys and girls cOn-
signed 90 Boston from the indies and adYer.
tlscd ana sold 40 auction until after indie
pendence was doclared2 Was not the first
slaye-ship ln America lifted out by fhe
Pilgrim colony? Was not the first statute es-
tablishing slavery enacted ln Massachusetts
l In l04l. with certain comic cOmplcncu.
slyeness providing that there shOuli never
be any bond slavery unless DO be OF captiyes
taken in just war, OF OF such AS Willingly
sold themselves or were sold 10 them lid
not She United Colonies Of New England
constitute the first American Conledofacy
that recognized slavery. and was not the
/ first fugltlyD-slAYe law originated az thell
bidding2 All THIS is true. speak SLOWLY
I then. Oi mau Of the Nor h, against Tho South
ern slayc-oynefs, OF the southern chief. lest
sou cast down the images 81 your ancestors
and their spirits rise tO rcbuke you fOr tread
ing harsnly on their graves On days OF pub
lie festival when sou hold them up rs pat
i ,
cuscd OF passing the counterfeit coin 81 praise.
Disturb not too rudoly the memories az she
men who defended slavery, say uaught OI
moral ObliQulty lest the venerable images Of
Winthrop and Eudlcoit be torn nom the his
tOric pages Of the Pilgrim Land aud The
fathers Of plymouth Rock be cast into utter
darkness
EMBODIED IL THE CONSTITUTION.
When independence was declared a. phlla-
delpnla, in 1915. America was set a unit ia
the possession OF slaves. anc when The Con-
sutution OF 1857 was ordained The institution
slill existed ln every one Of the thirteen
states save Massachusetts, only. True its de-
cay had begun when Il was no longer profit
able. Dut every state united IN us recognition
In the Federal compact, and The very fabric
OF our representative government was built
upon II. as tnree-hlths of the slaves We're
counted In the basis OF representation in the
Congress Of the United States and property
in 10 was protected by rigid provisions re-
gtrd.ng the rendition OF fugitive slaves eS-
Gaping from one State 90 another
Thus embodied In the Constitution, thus
interviewer with the very integuments of
our political system, thus sustained by the
oath 10 support the Constitution, executed
by every public servant ana by the decisions
OF the supreme tribunals slavery was ratified
by the unanimous voice OF the nation. aud
was consocraled as AN American Institution
and as "a vested right hy the most solemn
pledge aud sanction that man can give.
Deny 10 Jefferson Davis entry % the Iemplo
OF Fame because be deieuded ilq cost out OF
II fifst the fathers of the republic. brand
with the mark OF condemnation the whole
people FROM whom he inherited tho obilga-
ton, and by whom was imposed upon him
tho oath 10 support their deed, America