Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-25
MORNING III ERALD /.
s.rURDAY, NOVEMBER IS. 1887.
and blot at Alton Abelition--The
sAuAu Press.


Murder and Riot at - Atom Aoen'io"
The apathy with which this great Outrage muir
a., and riot have been noticed by the Wall street
nress is not astonishing, when we refec' On inc cla
.cer ard conduct OF these prints during Inc last &c"
years. -, , a,rno
las, s;x years on every subject have caused much
ros.c,on in sound minds. We have long been pei
.raded that neither abolition, nor religion, nor no.
nestv nor patriotism, nor any good purpose had any
,h,a n do with the destruction of Lewis Tappan's
nonertv in this city-or the burning of the Catholic
seminary at Charlestown-or the illegal murders at
Vicksbursh on the Mississippi-or the destruction
of Eli Harris flour in New York-or the murder OF
Loysoy and the destruction of his property at Alton
Illinois.
These ou.rages against the laws have been pro-
Auced by the action of a wicked, corrupt ana Immoral
press governed and controlled by wicked men, WIN
out morals character responsibility. VINO mas LOT
gotten the beginnings of the abolition excitement iAe
Courier q Enquirer, in order 20 gray us aVaice anu
fanatcism, began the denanciaIon OF inc aoo'''on
folly, which would have never reached the pad emil
pence i; has but for the corrupt and needless attacks
of that and other journals. What were the conse
osences Of tanning that excitement, by opposition,
IN this citv-the destruction of church-the demoh-
non of mans furnture-and wound inflicted on the
laws and peace sf society," which still testers over inc
,xhols unon. Abolition-abolitlon only the pre-
text.
Nav looking at this question of abolition in every
roint Of Wow. ii settles itself down TO simple TACT.
The principle of negro slavery, as it is Called prevails
over the north 20 as great extent as It does IN the
south The black Africans different and distinct
race from the white Ang 10 Americans. The posluon
of the blacks in the south is mere verbal medinca-
lion of the same position which they occupy al the
north the southern states the labor OF me negro
races is owned and controlled by individuals, IN Inc
northern states by the communities at large. Iheir
social and political condition is the same IN both
They cannot mix-they cannot assoclate-tney can
not hive as equals with the whites, either IN the north
mr. south Here the negroes arc slaves TO customs
habits and feelings the south they are only IN the
same social position the same political condition.
The whole question of abolition Is founded IN
mere verbal blunder-a mere verbal dstincuon. IL
springs from the prejudice OF assoclatng with their
condition the idea of slavery or loss OF ENJOY
ed rights. The blacks in the south are no more
slaves than they here They occupy the same
social position throughout the Union. The blacks
are slaves in detail in the southern staes-they are
slaves By ,coes1le in the northern but either here or
there, in the midst of an Intellectual Anglo Saxon
population the African race can never be any thing
else than nferiors-han servants-than very slaves.
In their own couHtry-on the banks OF the Joliba or
The Senegal they are even slaves to each other Sa-
very is part of negro existence. Did You ever see
an Indian submit to slavery2 Never Would a
white man submit to personal servitude for life He
would sooner die.
The excitement, therefore, set on foot on this sub
ject, has been encouraged by the corrupt ignorant,
and immoral press OF the morrill, which press have
given consequence to the subject by their own reck-
less denunciations The whole series of riots, muir
ders burnings assaults and illegal outbreaks which
have dsgraced country during the last few years.
have sprung from brutal and barbarian press
which has attempted to substitute physical force for
moral and intellectual influence Has any body for
gotten the night scenes in which brutal and lgns-
rant editor of Wall street appeared during the nets
in which Lewis Tappan's furniture was burnedi Has
any body forgotten the daring outrage on the laws OF
society perperaed during the riots in the Park Thea
ire 10 drive singer from the stage?
These scenes and these events only part and
parcel of the same spirit which Of late years has been
brought into action by corrupt and brutal press, and
which broke out in Charlestown in burning nunnery
in New York in punderng flour store-n Vicks-
burg in committing murder In open day-and IN Al
ION in murder arson, and riot at one and the same
moment.
The brutal and corrupt press of Wall street. is the
source and parent of all the disorders riots murders,
and decentralization which have dlsgraced this afillct-
ed nation for six years past. The outrage in
Illinois is the last effect OF its atrocious system.
Yet in the midst Of this awful condition OF the
press there are strong and decided symptoms oil
revolution Al this moment the Wall street press,
one and all is in the last throes Of dissolution In
the midst of the huzzas Of political victory bank
Iuptcy and ruin are staring them in the face I'm
der the control and Influence Of miserable spectators,
who have no moral responsibility, all the laws and
institutions of a free land have been outraged
all the sentiments Of order volaed-and every
scope given to roguery, rascallty, crime, brutality,
swndling and imposture. When has the Wall street
press ever pursued that led to honor and dis
1nction Founded on the credit system-on the CO.
terie system-it has been managed only for the graft
fcation OF brutality, outrage, avarce and malevo-
lcnce.
But their day is closing. The Independent press
established on the cash sysiemis now reaching
its vpor and in few short years the whole brutal
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