Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-11-01

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ing, they roam about al night and pick
up any thing They can find to cover their
backs or satisfy hunger. This is a greas
plague to d nelghbarhood, and very hurt
ini 10 the slaves. When a gang oil these
hungry, naked creatures, that hardly
keep up ther numbers owing 10 misery,
move into a country where their master
gets good land Tor almost nothing, they
make plenty of corn and pork and broaG
TWO for one. The neighburhood they
LETT goes on better without them, aud
soon fins up their room, so that the
slaves now in Kentucky are lost as maby
more. Il Ono had been a slave state,
there would have been al this time about
TWO hundred thousand more slaves il
the world--and Two hundred thousand
fewer free citizens Wnch do you think
better, Mr.. Editor, 10 raise lreemen Or
slaves
Some say we ought 10 lie, them into
This country fpm humanity, because
they would be better of This Sounds
mighty well, bot II is an hypocritcal ar
gument, because kindHess 10 the negroes
is not their object II they want room
why should they come to lIIiaois ? There
is plenty Of wild land YET in Kentucky
all Missouri is open to them, besides The
Southern States. We should conside
TOO, that when we open couauy to
lac - -,
may also want to better their situation.
Yours,
JONATHAN Freeman.
Ill.
SIR,
l is quite plain, as have shewn in
my former letters. that the slave. holders
are not in CONDITION to buy land, be-
cause as they can't sell, they have no
,noney that tbs country would not
suit them, i. they were, because the eli
mate does not suit the most profitable
negro crops, which is evident from heir |
not buying in Missouri that if they |
could come here, they would not be
agreeable neigbbors to us, plain far |
mers that there is no occasion 10 open |
Illinois 10 slaves, for the sake OF hama
nity, because, if they want room. theY
might 20 10 Missouri or further south, |
or cultivate the wild Iaad in their own |
states. 1 is also certain that, if slavery |
was allowed, free people would not cope |
0 this ate, and--'hal many who are
nov settled here would 60 away: Thus, |
by atchiag at shadow, We Should lose
the Substance.
| cant, for my part, discover, What
should make good citizen WISH for
slavery. The men who raised s0ch an
nproar about it al VandaIa, | don't cal 7
good citizens: we are all pretty much /
Of one opinion about those gentlemen.
IHey may vote for slavery, but believe
my will have few supporters.
have heard Of people, badly hxei
among ponds and swamps, or in un.
vino some river bottoms, who conclude
that they must move from those places,
or die; and lancyiDg THAI the Kentucky
Gen,lemen would be So foolish as to
ONE and buy their unhealthy farms,
hey are tor a convention moi consider
ing that their own reasons for wishing 10
remove, ars sufficient to proven, Others
from taking their places.
have been told, 100, that some bro
feaaors Of religion talk of voting ior
slavery, in spite of their principles, il
The hope Of gttliog nd OF their sickIy
II, by voting for ceavan-
tlon, they should be The means Of bring
ing in slavery, and, after all, not be able
% sell, how bitterly wou!d they lament
heir uufaithiul conduct. In their sirk-
ness and their sorrow where would they
look for consolation. hope and believe
they will think better Of il before the day
of election. When it comes to the pinch,
very few | expect but violent parly-men,
will vote on tnat side; and Judge that
hese are as drop in the bucket, COM
pared with the substantial respectable
~ aioriiy OF true Illinois city ms. You
may whisper in the ear OF the polllicians,
Mr.. Editor, that if they aim populari.
y, lhls is moi the road to it. Yours,
jonathan FREEMAN.
SIR,
In my first leuerl complained that YOU
seemed to lean little towards slavery;
you had not told US piain farmers in whai
manner II would be to our advantage.