The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-01-06


and children cried and screamed very bad-we were
up to our middes in water When the boat came
from shore, dropped down from the b boom as high
as this room (about IL or II feet) the Captain
not bitten, and we lcfthim at the coast when
we were brought here.
person has arrived to-day from the wreck. All
the rest Of the passengers, supposed, in all l08
souls have perished only few inches of the vessel
are to be seen above water
We shall have, probably tomorrow, some more
interesting facts relative to this caamitous event
and the unjust iniqutous and unholy pilot system,
to which so much has been sacrificed.
AboIition--DoctorC hanning's Letter.
The publication Of DR.. w. +. Channing's eloquent
and powerful Though visionary eterin favor Of Abo-
liti has infused new spirit into the hearts and
movements of the abolitionsts in this quarter. New
York being the centre of all their operations, they
have been thrown into extacy here, beyond that of
any former period The negroes themselves, encour-
aged by the continued perseverance of the abolition
lists, and the reckless of some of their oppo-
nents, are holding meetings. organizing themselves
into clubs, and seeking entrance upon that system
of social equality which is the end and purpose of the
whole unnatural movement Of the fanatics. At this
moment an edition Of. Gfty thousand copies ofDoctor
Channngs letter is about TO be issued from this city,
and scattered throughout every section of the country
Every effort to be made, publicly and privately to
carry this movement and to agitaie the subject
till the whole country shall either be in the flames of
civil war; instructions destroy and dsfigure the
SOUTH
The progress and strength which the anti-slavcry
people have already attained in the NORTH is owing
10 their their princples-er their conduct
any sympathy which the great mass of the peo-
pie feel for them They are only supported by few
religious and irelgous en,husiasts-for it is snga-
lar fact that Doctor Charming and Fanny Wright,
Arthur Tappan and Robert Da Owen, the very anti
podes in regon-yet feel, and Think and preach and
sermonze alike on the subject of negro slavery. The
religious abolitonsts talk of the law Of God-the inf
dels of the law Of nature. Doctor Charming and Ar
thur Tappan place the blacks upon the same social
level because both have souls to be saved-Fan.
ny Wright and Robert Dale Owen, because they have
fine persons-streng nerves-good ooks-and only
differ from the white in color The ideas of the
religious people founded on meta p ysical dream
ings-of the irrelgious, on physical passions and
powers. But the cry Of both are alike" liberty
"liberty"-"liberty." Now what is liberty? II
means nothing in this case but social equality. We
will illustrate and explain this view.
The free negroes Of the north behave themselves at
this moment 10 be as much slaves rs their own race
at the south. They struggling for social and pe-
ltica equalty-for intermxure of the races-fora an
elevation in the standard of civilization and social lfe
This is also the avowed purpose Of Fanny Wright
and though vague and concealed under the language
of religion, Doctor Charming and Arthur Tappan's
principles lead to the results and encourage the
views Now there can be no liberty without equal
without social equality. The colored races of the
north are, at this moment much in state of bond
age to the white races as they in the south In
Carolina, the black man owes his labor to individuals
here to society-to our laws-to our institutions.
In forming this opinion of two races we cast aside
the mere verbalism of laws the empty language Of
statutes. We go at once TO sentiments-to princi-
pes-to the impress of general feelngs-o the actual
position Of our social system. The whole movement
of abolition is founded on gross solccism in Ian
gnage, and may be attributed to the ease with which
the mind is imposed upon by mere words. The nc
groes themselves sec and feel what they are driving
at. The black fellows wish delicate white wives-the
colsured girls white husbands They pant to attend
sorfesto reach the boxes of the theatre l. sit
in the same pcws at Church. aad be in fact on per-
feet social level with the Anglo-Saxon race of this
continent.
10 you want cvldcpcel LOOK ut their efforts 10
give the first specimen Of this new state of society
and social intercourse at the Tabernacle See broad
shouliered black rascals sitting side by side with
the lovely daughters Of Arthur Tappan, or nesting
up to the delicate ncces of John Rankin and other
members Of the Society There can be no mistake
IN natural impulses. Doct Charming, who denounces
the present high state of civilization as "mercenary'
like great many other learned men, is led astray by
words-words 1t il not the first time
that the world has been agitatcd by swords, words,
words" Under the cry of liberty all the rcvola-
tons and systems that I'LL the pages of history have
been effected and established Greece conquered Asia
under the cry ofiberty; Rome Greece the European
nations the Roman empire.
In the question If abolition, DR.. Claiming and
Fanny Wright, the Saint and the Infdel are equally
led away by vague, splendid generalities. The black
fellow who smiles upon the beautiful Miss Tappan,
and pants to leadhe down the coton on Thursday
night, or up the aisle Of the Tabernacle on Sunday
morning, knows very well what he means by liberty
and equality, and accordingly says tina, aDr. Shan
min is berry right" and Missy Fanny Wright is
ahog edder and not berry rrons"
There is therefore, nothing more absurd-more m
natural, more unphilosophcal, than all this noise
about abolition and negro slavery. How comes il