Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-07

w oeey P"os'
rs-THE DOUBLE SHEET tomorrow will contain
over dozen of choice Tirpecanoe Songs, selected
from vast quantity published in Ohio and the west.
Also the engraving of the "Life at North Bend, to
other information suitable for the celebration OF the
victory Of Fort Meigs which is to come OH in great
feather tomorrow. Price only two cents
The Abolition Meeting I'm Cath"rine street
Chapel---Capt. stuart's speech--Slavery
In the West IndIes.
We stated Yesterday that the aboliiionists were
moving heaven and earth to create great excite
ment at the coming anniversaries and that they had
sent for Capt Stuart and Joseph John Quincy, from
Jamaica and were trying to get the Rev. Mr.. New
ton to make demonstration fer them next week
The preparatory notes were sounded on Tuesday
night by Capt Stuart, at Chatham Street Chapel, to
large assemblage of i'll looking and beautiful
women.
Mr.. Stuart stated that the views of majority of
the people in this country were entirely in error
in regard to the negroes of the West India Islands
The most exaggerated statements had been set
aoat with respect their idleness dissipation, OBJ
stinacy and positive refusal to go to work, even at
any price. All this had been done, solely with the
from the scene of action against emancipation, as a
source of benefit to the coored race
But how futile and ineffective were all these
movements and misrepresentation, emanating, as
they did, from the fiend of darkness in the onset
The hand writing Of Satan visible in all that
the pro- slavery men uttered and published; labor
and TOLL and traduce and rail as they would, could,
or might, at those truly noble men, who were en-
deavorng to procure the amelioraton ofthe African
negro, by liberating him from slavery, and bondage
worse than death, nothing could step the onward
glorious march of emancipation.
The negro had as much right to be free the
white man. Who would dare say with his hand
his heart that he had not. A negro had the same
number Of nerves and muscles, the same amount OF
bones and flesh, thews and sinews, as the white man.
and frequently the mat1isi of his body was in bet
ter order than that Of his oppressor or prosecutors
frequently his limbs were cast in mould OF manly
beauty. The only difference between him and the
white the difference in the color of his
skin 1t was black, and brown, and yellow; the
skin of the white man was white and brown and yell
low And if we began with the whitest
the face of the earth, and went through the grada-
,ions in color, up to the blacklist of the black, we
should find the variations slight in any two fol-
Loving consecutvely in the range Of color, that it
them, il others were near.
Why then should ban be placed upon the black
man, as though he had not sou 90 be saved as
well as the white man. Why shou he be held
as piece of merchandise when he hit to be as
free rs the chaaless wind Why should he be
bought and sold to slavery IN apublic market, like
piece Of lumber WHY .hould he be held the
property, goods ehates, of frail fellow being,
when the laws Of God and man, divine and human,
had alike declared, clearly and emphatically, that
cannot hold property in his fellow man And
before black man could be lawfully held
slave, il must be proved that he is destitute of
soul to be saved.
But the cupidity and selfshness Of human nature
had placed the negro in bondage, believing that he
was profitable to his master, in state of sla-
very than in state Of freedom. Yet even this was
fAllacious. The recent experiments in the West
Indies contrad,cted all this $4,000 negroes had
been liberated in the Brtsh possessions there, and
the result had been alike beneficial to the employer
and The negro. II true. that all sorts Of false
statements had been circulated this subject, by
the enemies of abolition; but their data was incor
rect. The plantations " ere never 90 well worked
by slaves As they now BY free negroes, and vo-
luntary labor. There is nov more work done, and
not half the vice. crime and immorality COMM tted
that there when ~. negroes were slaves. The
crops yielded on an average, nearly one-,hird
under the new system than the DID, the planter felt
more secure and more freedom from anxiety than
he ever did, and If any gentleman wished the actual
statistics, fuller information the subject, be
was fully prepared TO give them, having devoted
considerable time and labor in the West Indies 10
procure them.
The remarks were listened to with much stten-
tion, and without any interruption, by a mixed as
semblage Of all sorts of people And the announce
ment OF a repetition Of the scene, on Friday, Ito
morrow evening, was received with applause The
aboliionists had made their arrangements well, and
had IL all their way.