Democracy In Favor Of Slavery

Somo weeks since, we mentioned that our friend of the Kalamazoo Gazette, although a zealous Democrat, had serious doubts whether it were not desirable that a portion of mankind should be held, bought, and sold as property by those who might think it for their good to enslave them. Ho was fearful of the consequences of emancipation. We referredhim to some fifty State or nations in which slavery has been abolished, and asked him to point out a single instance in which it had not promoted the pecuniary, social, religious, political, and commercial interests of the whole peoolc. - The following is his reply, in which he merely advances his unsupported opinión in favor of the continuance of slavery. Let every one understand the doctrine of the Democratie party, which is. substantially, the freedom of all white people - the slavery of the colorea. But our friend goes further. We understand him to say that ignorance and incapacity for self management are the real reasons why the well iriformed and capable should hold the others as slaves. If this be so - if not color - but ignorance and degradation are sufficient pre-req uisites for enslaving men - we would suggest a scrutiny through the Democratie ranks, and see if the re be not many ignorant anddegraded persons who, according to his argument, should "be made into slaves, for their good, by the wise and knowingones of the party. Here is his his reply which we insert that our readers may see the little amount of argument that can be produced in behalf of the benefits of slavery. The pcople ofthefree states of this Uuion, as a whole, are acknowledged to be the, most intelligent, enterprising and ïndustriaus people in the worlcl - yetancholy to relateí the greater portion o them are scarcely able with all the pow ers they possess, to procure an honest anc decent livelihood, (we confess ourselves among the number,) and very many, especially in the eastern states, throw themselves entiroly on those sources which are provided by lavv for the maintenance of paupers. The slave population of the southern states, on the other hand, are acknowledged to be benightedly ignorant, indolent, and entirely unacquainted with self-managemeM. Who needs the spirit of prophecy to predict the miserable degradation and blight that would fall upon such beings, when set loose to take care of themselves. Society as it is constituted at present, is governed by the same principies which actúate the inhabitants of the great deep,the weak and unprotected are lawful prey for the rich and powerful. The laws of society cannot say that the rich shall seë that the poor are provided with employment, and that they shall have an adequate reward for their labor, without the possibility of being cheated, defrauded and devoured by the rapacity of their employers. Before God we believe that a ten-fold misery would be visited upon the blacks of the sotith, were the edict to go forth to-day proclaiming the connection dissolved betvveen them srelves and .their masters. Who would hire a negro when a white could be procured? For humanity's sake we conjure men to consider before they say to the slave "take care of yourself !" "Or Rev. Mr. Colver's second lecture on Odd Fellowship Was very largely attended. He spoke of the obligations of the order. One was to hail all secrets when cffered,& to keep them sacred when heard,without knowing what they should be. This interfered with church discipline. A brother Odd Fellow, who was also a brother cliurch-member, in church trials, would refuse to divulge the secrets imparted to him as an Odd Fèllow. Mr. C. adduced instances of this. He stated the Rev. Mr. Maffit, in a discoursedeliveredat the Odeon and pub.lished in "The Symbol," said that a favorite angel was the first Odd Fellow, Adam the second, ihat Enoch and Noah were Odd Fellows, and even put down the Lord Jesus Christ as an Odd Fellow. It is true, Mr. M. said, it was a play upon words, Odd Fellows; hut is it possible that a minister of the gospel in the 19th century will be guilty of such profanit)'?He mentioned, some of the tilles. - There was "Noble Grand," 'Vice Grand,' "Grand Sir," "Grand Chaplain," "Grand Master of Ceremonies' "Grand Herald," "all grand you see." He then spoke of the "Scarlet Degree," or "Priestly Order," the fifth degree as conferred in Boston, in which the candidate is made to personate Aaron, and receives a breastplateofthe Urim and Thummkn. This order was either in carnest or in jest. - If injest it was no light matter - if in earnest, it is a serious matter indeed.Gen. Jackson has come out with a letter to A. V. Brown, in favor of the annexation.of Texas. The latest rumors f rom Washington affirm that a treaty has actually been made by the President and Texan authorities, but the prospect of its passage by the Senate is so unfavorable it will not probably be presented. (L7= The papers contain the followinjr, which purport to be extracta from a letter of Col. Hamilton, the famous Texan agent and speculator. They show the grounds on which" Mr. Clay is stipported by the skveholders:I bdievc Mr. Clays ehction ís about as probable as any human evtnt, infuturity, can uM be. A vista, of renown will be openea to him, which has awaited the odministration of no previous President, since Ihat of the'fFather of our countr)" "If lie is able, by bis commanding influfjnce, TO ARREST IN CoNGrtESa, THR PORTRKTOÜS AGITATION OF THE SLAVK qDKSTIOjV, and to Jix the tariff, firmlxj, on the basis of the pinctplrs oj kis oten compromise, he will, in saving his country, have reaped his own horvest, abundant and fructifying now ond forever. I know no man wlio has more of the instrumental means to perform this high function than himaelf." 05a The fullowing iuetructions of tbe Legislature to our Congressional delegation. which wete maturely considered,may be there fore regarded os expressing the views of the Democratie party of this State on the Tariff: : Resolved, by the Senate oud House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That our Senators in Congress be inslructed, ond our Representatives be requested, to vote for such a modification of tbe present tariff as may be necessary to produce a sufficient ieve - nue for an económica! administration of the government, and will opérate as equally os may be upon the inlerests of the vanous sections of our comtnon country. Approved March 11, 1844.