Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-09-02

South and West on their unoaending bond men, and
Intellectually struggles TO make Us helevs that sla'
very is not an eyil-and that the slave is happier
in hi. chain. than we suppose him. As might be
expected. from man who entertain' feelings SO
completely foreign to natures, he vind''ates the
conduct Of the master towards his vassal.
.. Whatever may be imagined, The masters hare
s,,ong attachment 10 their siares. so jealous are they
Of any attempt 10 infringe their riyh" 10 'h'
species Of property, ,hat, 10 agitate the quesuon
prod ices the keenest sensibility.-any ihu'catio"
Of a irish 10 emane ipae them, endangers me mas'e''
and subjeets The slare 10 more rigorous diSeP"e'
Masters have strong attachment 10 their s'ares !
We admit the fact we know that the master mas
the same attachment the slave that he has Tor his
dollars and cents, his horse, or any other sPe-
Gle, ofproperty. But that he is attached to him
BY the ties of humanity that he looks upon him as
fellow mortal, entitled to his commisseraton or re-
rard. as Mr.. Holmes would make us believe, we
enter our uncquyocal disclaimer and dissent.
A long, and yet an agreeable residence in the
Slave States, has taught how papably false Is inc
assertion of the gentleman; and we lament the de-
pravity Of that mans heart, who can without
blush, attempt TO convince the world, by series OF
sopbisry, that the condition Of the Slave IS even
,olerable, We have heard the crackinss oi the
la,h-the groans of the tortured, and the last anu
Inournfu exclamatiDns of tho expiring vic'in' VINO
ell untimeIy a, the hands Of a barbarian MASTER
until our hearts have swelled with Indignation
melted into pity, and thirsted for revenge. we
have witnessed all the ills Of human bondage-we
1 l,t.o tnrn hnr uHsprlnV
the husband from the wife, the offspring from the
parent, ami consigned to pestilential elmes, to
drag out miserable existencebeGeath The c.urse OF
an unfeeling tyrant-and this has taught US to hate
and despise, and contemn, the man who advocates
Domestic Slavery And it has taught us to vent
our Indignation upon the heads of those, who voted
for the admission of Missouri into the Union, with
her Slaves.
But we will not dispute on a subject, which 100
sensby ELECTS feelings, and which leads US TO
contemplate the condition Of this country, when
the scene. of massacre, and plunder which once
hurled Obstruction on the i'll fated leland Of st. Do
minso, may be realized in this, our beloved realm
Mr.. Holmes in his address to his constituents has
produced letter from the Hon. Thomas Jefferson,
on~ from the Hon. Richard NJ. Johnson, and nnoth-
or from the Hon. Jesse b. Thomas, to show that
the vote he gave, and the he pursued IN rea-
ton to the Missouri Queston,were correct,and based
on the t.ue policy ofthe nation. They are kind
of certificate to prove that he did advocate the
cause of Domestic Slavery, and why they are pro-
duced heaven only knows. They amount TO any
thing and every thing, but proof against the cor
rectness OF our charge we lament that our linz
II will not allow their republication, but as there
are perhaps some who would like to see them, il is
not unlikely that shall publish them hereafter.
Whatever Mr.. Holmes may think on the subject,
ne assure him that the production of letters, from
Mr. Jefferson and others, TO prove that his policy in
relation 10 the eNlssouri affair correct, has gone
no f.r,her than to satisfy this community, as well
AS the independent freemen of Maine that he stands
convicted and adjudged guilty ofthe crime of arin.
been the "uNBLusHING ADVOCATE OF DOMESTIC
SLAVERY" Il is in vain that Mr.. Holmes quibbles
and to his art Of special pleading, to escape
the charge preferred, for he has worked out his
own damnation," and produced facts and docu
meuts which make ou- charge good; and upon them
we rely Tor our support; tney are Nv oUh SHIELD,
.sun DEFENCE AND OUR STRONG TOWER
Nor will it avail him any thing, when he avows
that Thomas Jefferson und Richard M. Johnson,
two slave holders and advocates Of slavery approv-
si of his conduct the frat Of which gentleman in his
closet, advocated und Appreciated the admission oi
Missouri with her Slaves, whilst the other on the
Aoor Of Congress was the champion Of the cause.
That they should approve of his conduct, and
sanction the part he took in advocating the exten.
sion Of human bondage, is not singular; and MIR.
Holmes may profit all he by their letters and
their opinions.
We have not time or room, TO pursue this subject
much further, and in few minutes will dismiss it
till our next.
Mr.. Holmes is welcome to all the benefit he
derive, by striving to cast cloud Of obloquy
moral character, and all the lsures he win by
ingloriously flying from discussion which he
sought. He may consider il degradation TO con-
trovert point with us-he may shuttle, he may
rant, and frown as long he thinks proper,
"Dread Sir, you cannot look US dead"
We are not to be frightened by bully, to be bay
ed by a bravado and though he may hope TO escape
the controversy it shall be kept up on our part,
ill we arc satisfied Tint we have done him ample