What The Slaveholders Say

Tliat the slaveholders huve more tli:m heir ust share of inflnence n governing the counry, is a face recognized al tlie SuuUi as well as ot the Nortli. Gtv. Hammond, of' South Carolina, in his letter in defeuco of elavery tlius referd to il : "As to education you will probably adinil lliat slnvcliulders liuull Imve more leisure foi mental culture ilian mu-t people. And I believe it ischnred agninst them tliat they are peculinrlv lond ofpotver. nnd runbitiousof'hoii ors. tt ' It is he so, as all the powersa n] hon ors o( this cixmtry are won mninly by intelIrc'ual giiperioriy, it iiiiL'lit be fairly presnmed ih it slaveholders wonld nol be n'-glectful of ediicatinn. In proof of the aO!iacy of this presoniption, I póirtt you in ttie facts, that dut prcsideiitial chair lias been ocenpied for forly four out of fifiy six years, by elnveholders; that another has bet-n tocen'Ay elecied lo fill it for fonr more. vtr an opponent whó was n ílavehohier also: onrt tht ín the fedenil of rices aml both btMtéei of Cnntrrfss, considirably more (han a due propon ion of thoseacknowledged to sland in the first rark, are from the Souiii. In this arena, the intellects of the free and slave Sia'cs meet in full and fair competition. Natnre must have oeen unusiiully boumifu] to us,or we have been ut )ea5t reasonably assidiious in the culiivatioe of sucli gifis a? bhe hae bo&towed - nnlesa indeed you refer our superiority to moial qualitif, which I am biho you will not. More vvea-thy we nrp no' : nor would mere wealtii avail in such rivulrv." What will our northern dmighfaces plead to this statement oí f ach? Will tliey admil thot they are inferior to t-laveholders in natuial endowmentp, in educution, or in ability? None of these are true. But the northern sving of each politica] pariy is under constant fiubjectior to the slaveholding portion; end the very h'rst lesson tatsght to a northern poiiticían is thal he must not displense the Slaveliolders, or they will go over to the other party. Henee the disposiiion of northern politicians to free ppecch and oction is held in constant check, and being polittcally educated lo act and ppeak under the supervisión of the slaveholders, they will never net like independent men till their connexion vvith elaveholders 6hall no longer exist.05 The State Journal savs of Gov. Seward's Leiier to the Cincinnati Convention, - "We commend toa careful perusal the excellent letter of Win. H. Sewarc! on our first page. It presen ts in a very clear liglit vhat nppears to us to be the plain duty of all friends of freedom at this crisis." The Journal, then goes for Suffrage tooolored persons, against the adtnission of new Slave States, for "demauding" the Abolition of Slavery in the Federal District,for suppressing the Interna] Slave Trade, amending the Constilution, and preventing the "twervïng of the Federal GovernmeHt "by the jnfluence of Slavery." All these are enumerated by Governor Sevvard, andendorsed by the Journal. So Ibr. so good. Iloware all these objects to be accomplished? liy electing more Whig Slavehomjers to ojjïcc? (t?5 Tlie N. Tiibtme says ut' Jonathan Wtilher's branded hand, - "The brand on his riglit band he stylcs the ccat of arm of the United Staten! It' llie sluves i &d been white, ond Capt. Walker (nd endimyered hisJite by toking i Iicin uway f'ium ido Arabs, the brand would liave been (ieemed a nnik cif honor in every pailof tiio cuoniry, and Congruss wouW liave iisaiewd tö tealiiy tlte respect nnd graiiludc of tbe notioit for bis bcrici-s. Uil t. the s!avc wcre black and hcid in Uon'dne ui. der tbc autmriiy oí' ï Ii;n ed Sales ltv, tnd we enppoire the:e can Le no doubt ihat lio was a rojjuei llail Cokinhin "