North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-11-18
CORES oNDENcE.

nf those 0l our uhinfluphlc CouHlFlhea
who have been torn from their country
their friends and their ALL, By the meEcess
tools of British despotism, and consigned
to distant and hopeless bondage, "a ielons,
in Penal Colonies, is peculiarly calculated,
not only 10 awaken the sympathy, but 10
call forth the honest indignation ot every
true patriot, phllanthfopist and christian /;
yet very Eide is said on the subject, in
comparison with lis importance. The
leading journals Of the day are filed with
dissertations and sermons upon BLACK
SL.AVERY, while comparatively nothing
is said in relation to WHITE SLAVERY.
Great efforts have been made to emanci-
pate the black slaves Of the South, while
scarcely an effort is put forth TO free the
white slaves of The North. am no friend
or advocate Of Negro slarery; nav, alb
hor and detest the system. regard it not
only as a wrong committed upon the rights
OF the Blacks, but as an anomaly in free
government. But, however much | de-
test the system of American slavery, |
detest British slavery still more The
former is wrong and execrabIe-the latter
riie and damnable : The FIRST prevents
the enjoyment Of blessings never possessed
while the last robs the pnssessor of blessings
once enjoyed The one then is unjust
and cruel, while the other is usurping vest
ed rights, vindictive and despotc ! Hence
when see pretended phiIanthropists, la
boring to free his country from tho curse
of Negro slavery, yet raise not their voices
in behalf Of the oppressed Canadisns, nor
even for those Of their own countrvmen,
who have been doomed TO endless yervi
tude, under British task-masrers, fear no,
to charge home upon them, inconsistency
and dupIcity Have NOT the Canadians
as keen iee!ings-are they not as inelIi-
gent as the Negroes Why then do not
the good men Of the age exert themselves
as much to free the Canadians from slave
ny as they do to Iiberaie the Blacks! The
grievances and burdens Of the Canadians
arc more oppressive, because they fee
more keenly the wrongs under which they
suffer What wrong can be named
what oppression conceived what cruelty |
tod A..
Canadians have not suffered ! Yet Euro |
pean and American phiIanthropists scarcely |
deign to besiow upon them a passing look |
Of sympathy, while their voices are heard |
loud and long in pleading for the freedom |
Of colored slaves ! Have Americans for
eotteh mat many OF their generous and |
heroic counirymen are now grooming under
a system OF slavery in comparison with
which, American slavery almost becomes
blessing? Have they so soon forgotten
that Brown, Hustis, Wright, Thomas,
Mott and Millar are slaves to bloody old
England, and are aborng under overseers
or masters no less cruel and blood-thirsty.
than those soulless monsters who doomed
them TO ersle and serUitude! Have the
Canadians forgotten their brethren in ex
lie and slavery? If not, why are no ef-
forts made to ameiorate their suferings or
restore them 10 their country? Do they
not remember that NORM, Newcomb and
Dumouchelle are Canadians exiled TO Sid
ney and bound out as slave prisoners, to
masters and forced 10 labour like feons.
Tor no other crime than, for daring to as
Sert their rights like men or desiring the
emancipation Of their country from Colon
Ial vassaage! How long are these noble
brave and generous men 10 suffer such
cruel treatment from the bloody myrmidops
Of British tyranny! When will the lead
ing men in Canada lift up their voices for
their oppressed brethren, grooming in ex-
IIe' When will the press plead their
cause? Will not the day OF their deliver
ance soon GOMEZ Must humanity be thus
outraged-justice perverted-and mercy
turned aside, yet vengeance not over
take the guilty. Mos. assuredly M,
The day Of vengeance is near at hand .
"A nOlitical retfihutiop :. go., - I