Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-13
jeeted by the builder He that hears the raven cry

Jeced by the builder lie that hears the raven cry,
and the young lion when he for lack Of food,
will regard the tears and cries of his people, the
black as soon the white. The sins OF the white
men of the South awful but among the slaves of
the South have been found of the Lots in con-
sideratiOn Of whom God has turnedN5ack the waves
OF his wrath and has not rained fire and birthstone
upon the Southern slave holders, as he did upon
Sodom and Gomorrah in the days Ofold But again,
let ask if the rights of free citizen due to
those who contribute the welfare of the country
by means OF agriculture, who is well entitled TO
freedom the colored man? Who does more to
advance the interests ofthe country than
the coored man Who tolls in the field at the
ploagh, the spade, the hoe? Who raises all the rice
and sugar, and cotton and tobaccof The colored
man And he then is the greatest agricHlturist in
America Let Anerica, then blush with eternal shame
and hide her abomnabe and guilty head, when il is
remembered that these things are SO; and
over, 20 shame d, sorrow, and o womancnd,' as
the poeF says, when ii IS remembered that many of
our unfortunate coiered sisters tling the fields
under TIE lash OF the white brute of an eyerseer.
(Here tie white men grOaned, the worxen cried,
and the ringers cEecred most uproarousiy) Yes,
sir, from the border of the Chesapeake bay, to
the shores ofthe Sabine river there is foot of
all that beautiful and uxuriant country that is not
cultivated by the cpored man; and the planters
srOw rich and ride, and drive, and swell ard wal
low in luxury, by the blood and bones and sweat of
the negro. Ees, such is the state of the sout-the
gallant south--the naughty south-the chivalreas
south, that scares and Fighters one half the globe
with the glare of her boosted e,Ivalry and thaseter
nal bngbear OF sob nereq talk cbod de negroes, deg
cont take care of Themselves" Why, Mr. Chair
man, the bes's onde oder leg IT'S the planters as
can't take of demselyes. They can't do nothing.
The very clothes they wear comes from the ssorth;
the food they eat is cultivated by the coored man,
ard cooked by the colorsd woman. The carriages
they ride in are made at the north. The verv EDWie
Knives they flourish with such Quixotic chi7alry
are made by the innocent men at the north and the
whips they bury in the quivering flesh ofthe;zvic-
Never talk then of the chivalry of the south, or
what the slaves cant do. Tell of what the slave
holders can't do. Why they can't do nothing.
Ummense laughing.) Ever since this has been
the south what she is and they have made he's what
she is, and mistake. They have, time out of
mind, contributed to the advancement of lite
nature and the march of intellect. For how often
has it happened that the slave, poor Tom OF Jack,
has been sold, in order that young Lord Oetavius
William Anthony Cesar mil hit be sent to esllege!
(Roars Of laughter in which all the parsons lained)
These de facts. then let not white friends
forget us. God grant may be behind any
class Of our fellow citizens. In slavery we have
been with you TO make the country fruitful! then,
oh, preserve wives, our homes, our affairs and
iresides free, and will be with yen still. We
ask American citizens for redress from toll and
wrongs. But we trust not alone in the feeble arm
of man. Revenge, o Lord God! revenge our mani
fold wrongs, and let the planters find that mercy
they deny an free, and yet am bound For
while my brethren are in slavery, whether wander
beneath the bright skies of Asia, list to the harp
like strains Of zephyrs wandering through the plea
fields of Africa, ramble in the freest part Of
the fair VietOrias dominions, feel as though am
as Paul says - bound with them"
This eloquent black man then moved resolution
to the following effect
"Resoved, That all the rights Of free citizen
due to the colored all the United States
as he has always been ready TO spend his money,
shed his blood, and devote his life to effect the free
dom of our common country.
This resolution was passed with tremendous cheer
ing
Mr.. Leavtt then read the report Of the Treasurer
.rhe xh, oil fh.f fol ,tpU lots ant
FROM larH MAY 1899 TO 9rH MAY ls4O.-
CASH PAID OUT.