Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-01-23
ruo,, the New York Tribune.
.s1,,vERY-THE EVIL-TdE REM
DIN EDY

" the editor Of the tribune;
40 And can the liberties Of nation be
3. thousht secure. when we have removed
b. their ONLY firm basis, a conviction ii the
minds Of the people that these Liberties are
the gift Of Sod! Indeed
.tlemble roc my country. when refec:
,ha: God IS just: ,hal his justice cannot
: sleep forever: that, considering numb RS.
natu e. aud natural means only. revo'u.
& ,,on o.! the wheel OF iprtIre, an exchange
Of situation, l. anoua the possible events:
t.at il mry 1erpme pro onhie by superna
.. turii interference! The Almighty ma,
.. no attribute wh.ch can take side with IL,
in such contest. - Jeiferson's Notes
on Vrgi ia.
Thomas Jcffcr son never thought Of the
'a5surdty Of debating Tie question whittier
slavery he an evil, nor was he inda'gcn
to the delusive idea tn t il could be perpe;-
ull. lie reduced the subject to lis certain
elements: the maser must lberate the
slave, or the slave Will cxiermina!e the
muster. This conc usion is not weakened
BY the history OF the past. The same CO.
Tor in ancient Republics enabled The Safe
20 use emanc patton as a saety-vaIve; yet
notwi hstanding hs thorough ana CANA
ri n OF the fire. ed man with the free born,
servila wars ne lily eAtingushei by VIC
s!elccIhe n1blest nations Of antiquity: while
no man dlrc say slavery was Mt secret
cause Of thcir ultimate ruin. But It " Ills
Jusic - should 4" sleep forever" and the
tragedy SO awruiy predicted should never
occur, still must We regard slavery as the
grca est evil shat 'er cursed nation.
Slavery is an evil to the slave, by de-
Driving nearly three millions of men Of the
sbest gilt OF God to man--Hberty. | stop
,hnre-th's is enough Of itself to give US a
full anticipation OF the long catalogue of
humln wo, and phys cal and Intellectual
and moral d basement which follow in the
wake Of slavery.
S avery is an evil to the master. 1t is
uiellv subscrvient Of the Chri tan RcIig-
ion. 1t violates the great law upon which
that religion is based, and on account Of
whi;h it vaun,s its pre-eminence.
1t cotrupts our offspring by necessary
association with an abandoned and degfa-
cod race, ENGRAVING in the young mIndand
heart all the vices and none Of The virtues.
Il is the source of Incidence and dcs-
struclivo OF all industry, which in times
past among the wise has ever been regar-
ded as tn" first rriecd Of religion, morality
aud happiness The poor d 'spise Dor
because slavery makes it degrading. The
mass OF SlavehnIders are idIcrs.
1t is the mo,het OF ignorance. The svS-
&c n of Common Schools has not succeeded
lnasn.l Gle sltvc Sat. Slav'ry and 3D.
ucation afe natural cncmiaS. In tho free
aics one in 53 over II ye IS Of age is
unable 10 read and write: in he slave
. States oac in 1873 is unable 10 read and
W lie!
1t is opposcdto Literature "v~nin the
, educated classes Noble aspirations and
ue glory depend upon virtue and good 10
man. , The conscious injustice Of slavery
hangs as a,miIl stone OBJ ,ut the necks OF
the sons Of genius.end viii moi lei them up
II is destructive Of allm chanlca excel
lence. The free States bird slips 'ahd
steam cars Tor the nations Of the world
. the slave States import the handles Tor
their .axes--iho Sc primitive tools Of the ar
chucct. The educated population will moi;
work at all-,he uncduc Gated mu I work
without science and of course without skill.
Ii there be given amount Of mechan cal
genius among a people, 1t is OF necessity
developed IN proportion as whole or part
Of the population are educated. In the
slave States the small portion educated IS
inert.
1t is an,agonistc to the Fine Arts. C'ea-
tons OF beauty and Sub,imitv a-e the en-
bodimcn,s OF the SOULS rmaginngs; the
fountain must surely be pure and plac d
whence these Curious and immortal and
lovely images are rehecied-Liberty has
.cvel been the mother OF the Arts.
|, retards Population aud Wealth. Com
mare New York and Virginia, Tennessee
and Oho-Sates Of equal naiural advania-
gcs and equal ages The Wealth OF the
ircc States is in a much greater ratio even
sals:i3r 10 that e the save States, Than
the popu alton Of the free is greater than
that of he slave States The Manulac-
lures OF lha slave as compared % those OF
III, free States are as l to near
Is. as i, shown by statistics. consider
the accumulation OF wealth in less ratio.
1t impoverlshes the Soil and detaccs tn"
loyeliest feature of Mature. Washington
ajvises n friend to remove from Pennsy'-
vania to Nirginia--say ing that cheap lands
in Virginia were as good as the dear lands
in Pennsylvania, and anticipating the abb
ltion OF slavery, would be more productive,
His ant.cipa,ions have paii 'hed->ilvcry
still exs,s-,he wild brier and the red fox
IRE now there the field growth and the In
habants!
1t induces National Poverty. Slaves
consume more and produce less Than Free
men. Hence Elusive wealth. PRODUCTIVITY
and bankruptcy, without the capabllliy OF
bearing adversely or recovering from his
influence: then come despair, dishonor and
crime.
1t is an evil to the free laborer, by fore
ing him by the laws of competitlon-sup-
ply and demand-to work for the wages OF
the slave, food and shelter. The poor IN
'' The slave states, are the most destitute ma
i've population in the United States.
II susta'ns the public sentiment in favor
afthe deadly atTray and the duel-those re-
hes Of a barborous age.
II is tho mother and the nurse OF Lynch