The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-09-09

question Of slavery in our Southern Stales,
and tending to produce an insureciioD among
Ne. The existence Of this society is known 10
Ap4hs World II gories in itS existence, and
has tho audacity TO address its diabolical pub
licatiohs aoI only TO our own slaves, but TO
their BsAslers, and even TO the functionaries OF
our Government They are numerous, power
fal and Jealous, and are aided by affiliated so
eieIies 10 Canada. and in our own country, and
BY agents and emmissariss which penetrate
the slave States, and insinuate themselves
among the bIacks, whom they exite to to dis
conteRt and stimulate to insurrec.ion. The
toleratiOn Of euch society in the metropolis
Of the British empire, is jnst canse Of COM
plant against the British Govornmeet II is
atiolstioH Of the laws OF nations. and of The
lawsaof friendship. The effect upon ihe tenn
per OF eur slave Popul ihon is already viribIe
10 every eye They are becoming restless,
dsVbedlen,, prone to CRIME, and disposed 10
Escape from service. Fire, both IN towns,
and in country houses, s now the familiar
work ofIher ha0ds. RObberisS are incessant
The murder Of white man is common and
ihdIfsEent Occurrence, lnnumershle are the
children which perish in various ways lrem
-
!, the patents Of the nnocents. Flight 10 the
/. British Dominions in Canada is organized
into system. and pursued TO excess. The
Montreal Courier computes the nuUber alrea.
dy arrived 10 those PROVINCES attwepty thou
sand souls, e'Ths is the present state OF the
.svil, sndIhia evil augmen;s itself Gally. The
result must be a great catast opbe, London
is the seat Of the society whose affiliated so-
cteties in Canada. and some of the N1rhern
States, labor at this work which is to end IN
producing uprn our coil second edition Of
the dreadful tragedy of San Domingo. Do
people knew-does the present generation Of
oNr population know-by what means that
tragedy was produced, and what we're lis hor-
r9rsl Do they know its primary cause, and
dreadful issue3 Doubtless many know, but
equally certain, the mass OF our people are
wholly nninformed upon both poinle. Tboy
neither know how the San Domingo Insurrec-
ton was produced. nor the hoHors Of which
il was the author. For the information Of such,
and 10 warn them, IN time against the periIs
Of similar fate, | will read some passages
from a British author, which will chow that
this dreadful insurrectIoU had its origin in Lon
don, andihat its atrocities exceed oil that The
pen OF man has yet described, or imagination
conceived read from Edwards History of
the West Indies. Listen TO wha, he says IN
replying to the inquiry as to -ihe ORIGIN
and the PRIMARY CAUSE OF tins great
revolt. de says:
In order to reply to this question with much
cfscy and precision the subject will admit, it is
cyssary to the procee Mugs of the two
tons. Of which mention was rnad IN the secold sto>
Ty, namely, the British association for the abolition n
the slave trade. which held It's meetings IN the On
lEWKV IN Loudon and the societr callA Les anus dcs
AasGS IN Paris. shorireview ottr eoIducs "i these
societies will serve not only to lessen the surprise which
uily b6 felt the revolt Of the negroes Of San Domn~
go hut also considerable degree of asonishment
thai the ensaypd negroes in the British islands had not
gwen them the example.
~ have observed that the Society in London profess
scd to have nothing view than to obtain act
0f the Legislature for prohibiting the further introduction
of African saves into the British colonies. have said
that they discalmed all intention of inte fering with
the government and condition Of the negeoes already
10 the plantations, publicly declaring their opinion to
be- that general emancipation Of those people, IN their
present stae Of ignorance and barbatty. instead of
iesepg, would prove to them the Of misfortune
and msety. But although such their osfcnsibe
declarations public body, the leading members Of
the society, in the same moment, held very different
language; and the society itself (actiag such)
pursued lno OF c0nduct Arecty ana lnine1lqely re-
pnsnant 10 their professions. Besides using avery
possible endeavor to infame the public ofGreat Britain
against The planters they distributed at projigiQus
expense, throughout The c0IoDes tracts and pamphlets
without number, the direct tepde ncy cf which to
tender che white INHABITANTS odiOua and contemplate
in The eyes othsr slaves and excite in The latter
such ideas Of their own natural rights and equality Of
condition as should lead them to general struggle Cor
freedom through rebellion and boodshej.
I'm many Of those writings Arguments EXPIRE sly
addueed, in language which cannot be misunderstood
10 urge the pegroes to up and murder their
tsrs without mercy. Resistance, say they is always
iusti6abe where force Is the substitute Sf right nor is
the conpIssion Of civil crime possible in state Of sla
YerFs These sentiments repeated in thousand
different forms; and p order that they might not lose
tiet effect by abstract reasoning, reverend divine Of
re Chsrch of EnglRHd {Mf. Pefcyal Sloekdale,) y in
Epamphst addressed TO the chairman or presid debt OF
the society which held is meetings in the OLD JEW
kY, (Granyie Sharp, esq pours forth the most
nest prayers in the most undisgused exT Tressons, that
the negroes would destroy aIthe white people
w0nlen and childfen+-in the West India Islands,
Should not he exclaims, approve thsr conduc.
their vIOencei Should we not crown it with elugium
IL they exsernnata their tyrans with FIRE and sword2
Gkeuld they deliberately niot the rost exquisite
trtbrss on those tyranis would they notbe excisable
inthsmoga judgment ofthose who properly value those
ihesdmabls Blessings rational and religious libeityl
BssdeA distributing pamphlets Of this complexion
gratis, Al The doors Of i the churches and paces of
Worship in the Kingdom and throughout HE colonies
the society, o. persons Of their name caused medal
% be struck. containing the figure of naked negro
lnaded with chains, the attitude Of imporing mefcy
thousands Of which We're also dispersed among the ne
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