Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-05-29

ment TO the same general effect. I'm
providence and idleness, vsgrsncy and
crime, are the notorious fruits of emsnci.
patton in the United States and the West
l0dies. Crime, 10 the United States,
among free negroes, is 10 something like
tenfold proportion, compared with what it
IS among Southern slaves, and the NOR.
tally is more than double Our criminal
and medical statistics sbundantly attest
these facts.
A pretty extensive acquaintance with
more than halt the States Of this Confed
erscy, ard about an equal number North
and South, has led me to believe that the
slaves 10 the South are better Conditioned
and better satisfied Than the free negroes
OF the Nnrth; and, as general rule, are
better informed, especially on the subject
OF their moral relations. And, also, that
they are well disposed, and inclined to
virtue and morality, greatly beyond those
of the North, or the free negroes Of the
South. The latter too, DO much better 10
The South than 10 the North. Two rea-
sons have long operated accordingly, in
driving free negroes from the North,
where they properly belonged. TO the
South. First, the repu'sIve lnhumanity
OF the North in so treating them, that they
have preferred seeking snel'er 10 the
Southern Suites. And, secondly, the fact,
that even the free negrors, SO Injurious 10
the Southern slave interest, hav" general
ly fared better ia tie South than in the
North; and thus large proportion 81 thu
freed slaves Of the North, specially from
1890 10 1880, subsisled, IN fact, on South
era charity.
About three millions and halfof slaves
are now part and parcel of the population
Of the United States. They are here in
our midst, aud must be governed, aud
must have support. They were original.
ly entaied upon us, agans, our will and
wishes, by the mother country, during
our colonial existence; but being here,
they must remain and be controlled un
less some plan can be adopted FOR their
removal. Remaining, how can they be
governed, except in state OF slavery7-
Every State IN the Union is disposed to
cast off the few who are free. Every
where their presence is regarded as nut
sance. The South will not emanclpale
except upon condition OF removal. The
North will not consent to receive even q
fair propo r,ion of them should they be.
come free; ard what is to be done with
therl Their gradual emancipation and
removal has never been objected to by
the south; and carried out upon the prin
lclples of the original compromise OF the
Constitution, never will be. We say tt
our common country, free US Of the dan
ger, and ice consen, 10 the removal of the
ep,l
In this view of the subject, three ques
tons press upon U.S. our own good, il
the slave States; the good of the negro
free and slave; and the common good o
the country. 10 our deliberate judg
meni, those who are conducting the North
eIn crusade agans, Southern slavery
have no eye to either, or having any such
end in view, have been infinitely unfortu
nate in the selection Of means. and the
temper displayed in the use Of them. |
the clamorous censors oil Southern nolIcy
are the true friends Ct the negro, why dc
they in the same breath urge emsnclpa
lion in the South and legslate to exclude
thenegro from the free Statesl Is il mere
ly intended in this way to annoy the South
by violation OF the plain duties Of Cit,
zenshp, or are they willing to be under
stood as conced'Dg that there is no chanc,
for the negro except in the Southl