Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-07-28
NEW York, July 22d, 1885
MEE1ING OF GENTLEMEN FROM THE SLAVE
HOLDING,

a.
~ the meeting OF Monday, at Tammany Hall, a
good deal OF curiosity was excited to hear what The
Sounerners would say themselves. The speakers from
the South were of gentlemanly appearance and
the manner of of them was respectful and di oni
nen' lhey were generally strangers to each other 1t
Will be seen that they disagreed very much as 10 the
mode of action, we'll 10 the question of CANCER and
the state of feeling in the Northern States
The meeting was held pursuant to notice in handbiIls
issued in the afternoon Of Monday. About three hun.
dred persons attended. Dr. David C. Carr Of New Or
leans, was appointed Chairman, and John Hutchins of
Mississippi assistant, and Col Sparks of Louisiana Sc
cretary.
The following preamble and resolution, which had
oeen arranged by committee appointed by prepara
TINT the avowed determination of the Aboltonis,s
is me immediate and unconstitutional abolition of slavery
IN the United States This is proposed TO be effec ted
by the enlightenment oftbe public mind on the subject
OF slavery through the ofectures sermons from
the pulpit, essays and newspapers which are To he
cusivey devoted to this subject Your committee cannot
6utvew this course the part Of the aboltoniss as
g9y Peudlca to the good order and peace of the slave
houng states and should il be continued dangerous to
the peTpetuity Of the Union
no one will deny that slavery is an evil but il is one
which these States found entaed upon them by Britain
ana winch since their independence has been Of such
magnitude as TO set at defiance the schemes Of the most
sagacious for its immediate abolition. Many Of the
states nave found II comparatively to rid them
selves Of this curse-thc slave was more valuable 10
their Southern neghbos to whom he sold and when
The number reduced as scarcely 10 number o, in
thousand Of their population they were cnancinoted
by legislative enactment, and turned loose upon the
community andf The criminal records Of the non. We
holding States arc 70 be admitted evidence they have
been, and still continue to be- an evil Of serious naon
tnde in these communities.
The position of the slave holding States is different
their black, bears much greater proportion their
white population-they have neghbors to whom they
may lc yended their have come TO the inherit
ance OF them through a long line of succession; they
have found them they are and have had no aoency
IN creating their peculiar relationship the whites
Ihey contemplate their condition with regret and
would De the first 70 embrace any rational plan to ane
crate thcir condition, Which would promise security to
the master freedom and happiness 20 the slave Your
committee do not believe this can be effected by their
immediate emancipation and continuation among The
whites The black the slave Of the white gives
hun his labor and in return receives protection support
and the comforts Of life thus situated there is mutual
dependence, still he is viewed degraded and esteem.
ing himself inferior 70 The white This perhaps has grown
Out OF me continued servitudc yet is So and we know
from experience that emancipation has and cannot
change this sentiment and feeling in the white OF black
man In our whole country this fact will ever influence