Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-12-22

5Ied IN the Sou h coud De gathered tegetheF ih5
norrId image which Emmett drew Of the cruelty
Of his Judges woaid grow pale IN view u fhls
greater terror.
Where all these Ills exist, hoy CA Liberty,
Constitutional Liberty, llvei NJ indeed. IL can
not, nd has not sfed IN COM Junction ~un Save
~. We are BIT nominal trecmcn, for thJ1gh
born to ali he privileges known u the Cynst1tu-
ton and the laws, written aud pre=eripliye, we
have seen struck down with the leadeG hand Of
Slavery, The most glorious banner ihtt freedom
ever bore IN the face Of men~--f rIaj by Jury -
Ltbefty Of Spec aud Of the Press" rae N5fth
may be liable 10 ceGsIre IN Congress for freedom
Of specch--naY lose The privileges Of the PSI
Office and The Right Of Petition and perhaps yet
be tree-but we Ut the land Of Slavery, our
selves slavesi Ais f5r The hypJcFucal CRY OF
liberty and equality which dem4gogues sound for,
ever IN our earsi The Declaration Of inIepeu-
dence comes back from all nations, not ~ notes
u triumph and sell oIauGn, bat numbering IN our
ears the everlasting ite-makIng Us lni1ei- IN th
great world Of Ffeedom-raisIng up to ourselves
idols OF wood and stone, inscribed with the name
Ut Deity, where The Que invisible and true GDd
can never dwell. The blood Of the heroes OF 10
has been shed IN vain. The jls, expeditions OF
Hamilton and Franklin and Sherman and Morris
and Adams Of the North are betrayed by the
continuance Of Slavery. The f0ud Gnucipa;iOns
Of Washington and Jefferson and Madison aud
Mason of the South, have not been realized. The
great Npeiltu OF fSspuOican tDfeCutncnl n IS
not heen fairly tested Ii the Dnion should not
be perpetual, nor the American name be svuon.
ymous with that Of liberty IN all coming tune.
Slavery is at once he cause, the crime and the
ayeDgef!
Are we indeed of that Wanted Saxon blood,
which no dangers can apPai, obstacles obstrdct,
and shall we SIT with shiverfng limbs aud dewy
feet by tho running stream with inano features
and stoIld gaze expecting this flood OF evils to
II lea he ri drt1 tEa bf
can CONG Jer all things else, shall we be here
~ sIbdued, IngiorIously whispering with White
lips, There remedS2 Are the t0.l free
IN the wide heavens, the fishes secure 10 the
del ths Of the ocean, the beasts untrammeed In
the forest wilds, aud shall man only, man formed
IN the image oi Deny, the heir Of immortality,
be doomed TO hopeless serYItude? Yes there is
remedy.
There is one Of four consequences to which
Slavery inevitably leads: 4 continuance of the
present relative position of the master and the
slave, both as 10 numbers intelligence and phys
zeal power; Or an determination OF the blacks,
Or an determination Of tho whites; Or emaucI-
patton and remoyal, emancipation aud a com
rnunlty Of interests between the races.
The present relative position between the
blacks and whites (even if undlsturbed by exter-
nal influences, which We cannot hope.) cannot
lorg continue. STATISTICS Of numbers show that
IN the whole Slave States the black Increases on
the white population. The d4est eye can also
see that the African, by association with the
White race, has improved IN intellect, aud by be-
ing transferred to temperate cline, mud forced
TO labor and throw off the iudolence Of his native
land, he IS increasing 10 physical power; while
the white, by the same reversed laws, Is retro
grading the Same respects Slavery then
cannot remain for ever as II is. That the black
race viii be eXtermInatcd seems hardly proba Ole
from the above reflections, and because the great
IF hum.p will ba + IF ,bo
increase of tho slaves ad interim. Pride love
of power blind avarIce, md many other pas
SONS Tor II, md against II only fear in the
opposite scale-Wo are forced, therefore, 10 The
conclusion that the slave population must increase
till there is no retreat but in exlermnation Of
the whites Athens, Sparta, Sicily, and Rome
nearly, lIay,i in modern times, dad fail by ser,
vile wars have shown else shere that the
slavery of the blacks in tho modern, il more dan.
gerous than the slavery Of the whites IN the au-
cent system then the intelligent slave was IN
corporated into the high caste Of quondan mas =
ters eternal safety valve, which yet did not
save from explosions emInenlly disastrous. /
The negative Of the second proposition, then,
establishes the third, unless we avail ourselves
IF the ast-emdHcipatioA. II my reasoning end
acts be correct, there Is not sane mind in all
he South who would not agree with me, that lf
we be saved from the first named evils, by
III means emancipate. Emancipation is entirely
'afe. Sparta and Athens turned the slaves by
thousands into freedom with safety, no fought
1raveIy for their common country. During The
Revolution many emnncipated slaves did good
service in tho cause Of liberty. We learn from
Mr.. Quincy aud other sources to be relied upon.
hat British West India emancipation has been
entirely successful, end productive of none of
hose evils which were so pertinaciousiy foretold
y interested pro.siayery men. The British have
egimonts Of black men who make fine soldiers
protectors, not enemies Of the empire. But a.
,ove all | rely not upon sound priori rcasou-
ng only, bat rather upon actual experiences
There are ia the United States, by the last CEN
us, $50, 265 free blacks; l70,75S Of whom are
n the Free, the remainder in the Slave Stales-
There are also 24S5 i Is slayes--so that in fact
bout one>sixth Of the whole black race ia Amer
ca already freei No danger or evil conse.
uence has ensued from The residence of these
S6 265 freedmen among US. Who then will be