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.ihe laf greater eyllt which would lnryIn
bis flows from sudden, general nud iuil"
eliminate emancipation IN srme 81 The
States Gn number of slaves nppoyiml'ct
Howard, on equality with thh ol tIf
whites. in onc or iwo ihov slrpaH them
What would DE- ihe condition VI tIIo Two
rncci In those States upan BE s1ppoiiton
Of an immediate cmiuelplilput Does auy
, man suppose that they would become
blended into one Homogeneous massl--
. Does any man recommend amaglm1lon,
that revolving admiWlure, alike offensive To
God and manl For those whom iIe 10y
/ their physical properties, had made unlike
. and put asunder. we may, without pre-
. sumplnousncss, suppose, were. never IN
tended lo tie Joined together IN one oi The
+. hoIiest rites And let me tell you, slr' II
YOU do not already know il, that such arr
Q tho feengs-preiudices, ii You please, Cane
= what man, claiming TO be a statesman, wll
a overlook or disregard the deep seated ant
n unconqucrabIe prrjudices OF the peopie) II
!. the slave States, that no human law coul
:. enforce a union between the two races.
n What then would certainly happen
is struggle for political ascendence; the biact
! seeking TO acquire, and the whites to man
II tain possession of the government Upo
Of the supposilion of general immedia'
: emancipation in those States where u
40 blacks outnumber the whites they wouI
20 have nothing to do but to insist upon al
~ other part OF the same declaration OF ind
L. rendence as Dorr and his deluded DEM
!. cratic followers recently did in Rhode
oC land, according to which an underlined nj
IL Iiority have the right, at their pleasure,
subvert an existing government ana INST
=. tute a new one in lis place, and men u
es whites would be brought in complete SUI
!, lection TO the blacks? A contest would II
- eyi,ably ensue between the two races, CT
N il war, carnage, pllage, conHagrahon' d
"a. vastalion and the ultimate eXtefminallon
IL the blacks. Nothing is more certain,
- And are not these evils far greater than u
al mild and continual improving state
"a slavery which exists 10 this country! 5;
- continually improving; for il this gratliylI
- progress in the ameIioraton OF the conc
:, non of the slaves has been checked IN son
no of the States, the responsibility must alta
If 10 the unfortunate agitation OF the Soole
"a of abolition. In consequence OF II, lhcred
i ed rigor in the police, further restrain
~ have been imposed, and do be'leve "a
Il. gradual emancipation (the only method
- liberation that has ever been thought 50
-. or wise by any body in any OF the Sia
" States) has been postponed halt centnf
"a Without any knowledge OF the relauo
!" in which | stand TO my slaves, or thelr
ac dividual condition, you, Mr.. Mendenha
~ ~ and your associates, who have been actl
- ~ in getting up this petition, call upon
'p pr forthwith 10 liberate the whole OF tnem.-
~ =, Now let me tell you that some hall a oo
~ On Of them, from age, decripitude or lniff
~ i,y. are wholly unable TO gain livellho'
~ for themselves, and are heavy charge .
= on me. Do you think that should co
= farm TO the dictates OF humanity by r.
e., an dino myself of that charge, and sendl'
Ip &; ,hem forth into the world, with the boz
p .aa Of liberty, to end wretched existence
~ starvation? Another class IS composed
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