Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-04-13
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We almost daily hear That u pctitloner1 do net
cease their efforts in the OF their coos,i.
l,utionnl rights, others will dissolve the Union-
These, however. ought all 10 be esteemed idle a.
ser,ions nd idle threats.
The Senator tells us that the consequences q.
! rising from the freedom Of slaves, would he -
reduce tho wages Of the white iaborer. lie has
! furnished us with neither data nor facts upon
which this opinion can rest. He, however,
would draw IA limo, side Of which he would
place the slave labor, and en- the other side tree
white labor; and locking over tho whole,as gen.
eral system, both would appear on = perfect -
quality. have observed, for some years past,
that the Southern slav choItcr has insisted that
his lnhnrers are, in point o' integrity, morality,
usefulness. and comfort, equal 10 the laboring
population of the North. Thus cndeavoring "a
raise the slave in public estimation, to equal
i,y with the free white laborer Of the North;
while. on the other hand, the Northern nrisiocrat
has, in the same manner, viz: by comparison, en-
dcavorcd to reduce his laborrrs TO the moral and
political condition VI the slaves of the South
Ii is for the free white American citizens to do
termine whether :hey will permit such degrading
comparisons longer 10 exist. Already has tho
spirit broken forth in denuncia,ion Of the right
OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. VIII, free white labor
ing citizens take warning before it 10 too late.
The last. the great, tho crying Elm Of aboliiion-
lists, in the tes OF the Senator, is that they are
opposed TO colonial ton, and In favor Of amalga-
ton. II is not necessary now 10 enter into any
Of the benefits and advantages Of colonization;
the Senator has pronounced il tho noblesi schouno
ever devised by man; he says il is powerful but
harmless. have knowledge Of any benefits
resulting from the scheme 10 either race. lhovo
not doubt TO the real object intended by ito
founders; ii did not arise from principles al hu-
mainly and bencvolencc towards the colcred race
but desire remove the free Of that race boz
yond the United States, order TO pcrpetuate
and make slavery more secure. The Senator fur.
Their makes the broad charge, that aboliiionists
wish to enforce t;ie unnatural sys,em Of amalga-
ton. We deny tic fact, and call on the Senator
for proof The citizens Of the free States, the
petitioners against slavery, the aboitionists Of the
FREQ States, in favor Of amagamation! No, sir!
IL you evidence oil tho fact, and reasoning
in support of anal amaion you must look into tho
slave States; it is there ii spreads and houTishcs
from slave mothers, and presents all possible cob
ors and complications, from the jet black African,
to tho scarcely TO DO distinguished white person.
Docs any one need proof Of this factf Let him
take but few turns through the streets Of your
capital, and observe those whom he shall meet,
& he will be perfectly satisfied AmaIgamatioo in
deed! The charge is made 18th q very bad grace
on the present occasion. No, sir; it 70 not the
negro troman, II is tho slapc and the contaminatng
influence Of slavery, that is the mother Of amnlga-
nation. Does tho Senator want facts this sub
ect? Let him look al the colored race in the free
States; it is a rare occurrence there. A colony
IF blacks, some three or four hundred, were set
led, some fifteen or twenty years since, in tho
county Of Brown, a fow miles distant from my
ormer residence in Ohio and was told by per-
on living near them, a country merchant with
v HON they dealt, shan cohversing with him ON
his very subject, hc informed me s.c :.naw of but
mo instance Of n mulatto child being born a.
nongst them for tho last fifteen years; and ven
ure the assertion, had this same colony been set
led in a slave State, the cases Of like kind
you'd have been far more numerous. / repeat
,bo of ne IL -. =
ountry tina, reeks with liccntiou OF this kind
nd for proof refer to the opinions Of Js6ge Har-
er, of North Carolina, in his defence Of southern
avery. -...--s tzs.ssz5
The Senator, rs if fearing that he had made
is charge too broad, and might fail in proof 70
uiry, where is tho process Of nmalgamation 10
cgin; no had heard Of no instance Of the kind
goiast abolitionists; they, (thc aboliiiooists,)
ould begin with the laboriDg class; and il ! un-
,rstand tho Senator correctly, that abolitiouism,
y throwing together the white and the black -
'rors, would naturally produce this result. Sir,
regret, dcplore, that such charge should DO
ade agans: the labo,ing class-that class which
lis the ground. and in obedience to the decree Of
eir Maker, cat their bread in the sweat Of their
ce-ihat class, as Nj. Jefferson says, If God brs
chosen people On earth, they those who tbus
Dor. This charge is calculated for effect, tot
ice the Iaboring class TO believe that if emanci-
duced to the same condition tho cososed Il.
rer. The reverse Of that is the truth Of the
Sc II is the STAKEHOLDER now, he who looks
'on labor only fit for . seryIc race, it is him
ID his kindred spirits who live upon the laborof
hers, cndcavoring to reduce tho white laborss
the condition Of the slave. They do not vet
lim him rs property, but they would exclude
m from all participation in the public affairs Of
E country. II is further said, that If tho ne
DC. were free, the black would rival the white
,orer in tho free States cannot believe il,
nile so many facts exist to proye the contrary.
groes, like the white race, but with strooRer
ings, attached to the place Of their birth,
j the homo Of their youth; and fhs climate
the South is congeniaI to their natures, moro
IN that Of the North. If emancipation should
% place at the South, & the negro b freed from
fear Of being made merchandise, they &oul1
We from the free States Of North and West, iss-
diateIy return to that country, because il 10 the
ne Of their friends and fathers. Already in
10, as far as my knowledge extends, has free
lite labor, (emigranss,) from foreign countfies
crossed almost entirely all situations IN which
lie or female labor il found. Bot, sir, this plea
necessity and convenience 10 the plea Of ty-