Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-03-25
CaFTOlItORG:
FRIDAY. :. .....MARCU 25, 1886.
ABOLITION LADIES'"

The Free Press, this week, is enriched
with communication, bearing theequivo
cal signature of"A number Of Abolition
Ladies" copied from the Stark County
Democrat. The avoweI object of The
writer is, to correct what she is pleased
10 call "misstatemenl," made by us, of
the views of Aboiliousts. How far that
writer has succeeded, our readers Will
Judge.
Since the article which wo penned,
was spublished and which, it seems. has
touched the trembling seusihiIities of "a
rumber oS abolition LADIES'" the people
Of Stark county have uttered qher senti-
ments on this topic, in voice, whose
deep, cIear'and decisive tones have re-
moved all the soIlcilude which we felt, a.
u the progress of Abolition principles in
that quarter. We have, therefore, bat
hEtIe to advance by way of rejNindcr. In
our opiHion, no :gGa6 rs likely 10 rcsRI
from pubhc discussions, in tls sta o,
The evils of slavery. n ,vpr heess, if the
writer referred to, viii throw Of tho mask
and appear in his natural aud usual dress
(smslt cIotkeS,) he shall have herring.
But we arc unwilling 10 contend with an
anonymous writer, especially, one who
would unSGr himself in the conflict.
As the sub ject is be(,ro US, we will
here take occasion TO remark again, chat
we are unalterably opposed 10 the prin.
ciple Of slavery. But before we engage
in any scheme for The rem oval OF the evil
we must be satisfied that we can do 50 Ie
gaIIy and efliciea Iy; that It is our duty;
and that0ur abOrs will not be productive
oI@VIls ofgreater magnitude thanithe one
proposed To he removed Tobebriet, we
believe that slavery is one '6f those 's~iEs
tina! will correct themselves, Il tbey siIalI
ever beCometted. FrUn a residence of
25 years,in slave state, we claim to
knnw something Of the character OF sluYe
hodors;'Nud we'Ro kaGso, that tirefe is a
generous current, flowing i5st liNle be.
meath the eGrface NfpabItc feeling ia the
slave states, the whole course Of which is
VisbIy marked by Il virescent and luxuri
ant growth Of noble sentimcn: ;& which, if
its salutary foantains shall not be check
ed by ths drift and rubbish Of Abolition
ism, and dried up by the maIign hoat of
fanatlcism, win, one day, gush forth IN a
thousand riVnlets and spread the glad wa
ters of Liberty, throughout every order
OF population, in that delightful and inter
esting portion Of our country. In a word, If
Shareholders are let alone, aad permitted
10 do their own business in their own way, a.,
the philanthro7ist may hope soon to see
in long perspective, the cloud of slavery
which now h9vers over a part of this Re-
public, disappearing before the light aud
influence OF free principles.
ihCon fusion, we protest against the iLtI
nation of "A number Of abolition Ladies'
that we arc insensib'e to the cloQuence
and power Of the tears and smiles Of
"lleaven's last best gift TO man"
But, five would invite these smiles and
dry those tears, we must discounIenance
the un;imely and iIl-advised schemes, IN
to which the phrenzyof faboIitionists would
drive US. OF all the insurrectionary plots
among slaves, which We have ever heard
Of, 1t was leading object with the gene
rat and his subalterns, to massacre the
old women, all the men, and younger chill
dren among The whites; and spare the
most beautiful Of the young Ladies for
wiceS. To The tears and sympalhies of
young Ladies who are in constant appre
tensions OF insurrection among the slaves,
and, consequently, ofbeing taken by vic
Ience into the horrible embraces Of an IN
ceosed and furious negro; he must have
a heart of graEate, who could be lnsensI
BILE, or Indifferent. No one Will doubt
Ina, the operations Ot abolltionIs's have
nxclled, and do now excite such apprehen
sions among the ladies' Of the slave states
md, in this view OF the case, we ask, is
here a lady IN Ohio, who would not blush
until her face was parched with shame,
10 be called an "dboIition Lad,?" live
thought there was one Lady in tho U S.
who pussessed Ony refinement of feeling
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