Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-02

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country, and unprepared by their previous
destiny to obey the voice and submit TO The
dictates of law and reason, few Of them
act as though they had any property in
themselves. Thousands OF them perish
annually for want Of the protection and
support realized in state Of slavery
Aiter an experiment Of fifty years in the
North, no elevation Of the negro character,
no improvement of their condition, has Ia
ken place. As slavery recedes, the pre-
JUDGE against the negro increases. All
The non-saveholding States, and especial
ly those where slavery has never existed,
are iniolerant even Of the presence Of the
negro. Look at the impartial humanity Of
Ohio, and other free States, whose laws
exclude not only the slave, but the "free
and equal' negro, and deny him not mere
" the right Of holding property but even
Of residence. 1t is unlawful for any cit.
zen of Ohio 10 employ negro free, of
course, 10 doa days work tokeep him from
starving, unless he shall have first given
security, both for his maintenance and
good behaviour. The whole movement
of the North--the entire policy Of the free
States has been a system Of death to the
negro.
In their miserable freedom, so called,they
have died at the rate Of two 10 one in state
Of slavery. Interest or humanity may
abstract slavery, but the interpositon of
lomnipotence seems necessary 10 relieve
the negro from the weight of disabilities
beneath which he is crushed. The de-
clara.ion Of his freedom is fraud in eves
ry State of this Uuion. Both prejudice
and law proclaim il impossible, in the ex-
isling state Of things. The ordinary
eligibiliiies Of citizenship are no where
his. The white man and the negro may
not separate, as TO the bounds Of habifa-
ton but they do not, cannot combine
They may be together, but 10 mingle is
impossible. The distinction for example,
as it relates to color alone, appears so
founded in an invincible law Of nature,
that 10 no instance in the history Of civil
cation, has it yielded to influences. This
may be all utterly wrong; our business is
{ with the fact only. Kindred reasons and
arguments may be multiplied indefinitely
I. Disproportionate, inadequate compensa
: ton for labor, is assumed as fundament
/, al element---one of the chief disadyan-
+ ges Of slavery, and il is an argumen
. principally relied upon by aboliionists, o
} every sect and color; and yet it is suscep
!, ltible of the clearest demonstration, tina
/. the slave Of the South, lin an annual es
|, timate) gets more than the free negro o
f the North; and, by the showing Of thu
\ Northern argument, is less slave. Eve
9 Try victime Of injustice is slave, ant
such is the negro every where in III
. North. Crushed BY the indirect iyrann!
i Of law, and the intolerance Of publi
!. opinion, he is the miserable victim Of al
i kinds Of injustice and hardship. AM
e what must be the sober decision of histo
r ry with regard TO those who pity the negr
J, until he becomes free, and then stary,
s him to death! The mooted question @
h negro rights and worth, and his title /
Q Northern sympathy and protection, ar
y dropped the moment the negro become
9 free, and appeals 10 the Northern court Q
d errors for the promised boon Of equal, so
II clal and political rights. Notwthstand
:, ing all the paraded humanity Of the Mort
!. on the subject, no actual abolition Q
1. slarery has eper taken place in the Unite
l. States. The proclamation TO this effec
ii is an imposition upon the civilized worlt
oil The servitude Of the negro, and the in
sr Justice and hardship OF his lot have mcrcl
,e changed their form. The legal prlncipl
j. Of slavery is abolished in the North, b.
Il all New England, New York, Pennsylva
" MIA, Ohio, &C., do not contain singl
u negro who is free, in the sense Of III
10 Declaration Of American Independence
al not one. No where does the negro mot
ID the white man--no where is he meet b
" him, on terms Of equality. There rs n
j. civil, social, domestic, or even religion
d, intercommunity Of enjoyment or suffsrinl
" They are deprived Of the most importai
Ne rights Of mankind. Both by law and pul
n. lie opinion they are condemned 10 II
4 hereditary degradation and misery. The
Il libertyis lie and cheat. In what 3
Il they find themselves free, except 10 |
e. neglected, scorned, and trodden und'
III footl Prejudice, manners and custo
Ia turn aside and bear down the fruitle
=. provision Of legislation. There is th
e. constituency inierwoaen with the pop i
Ie. feeling Of the American people, in rel
he lion to the unfortunate negro, which Ia
M can never cffsce. II is even true, ID
N. the prejudice againls the negro incfeas
he with The progress Of emancipation. Tal
ps any or The Northern Slates--that viii
Il. nearest approaches Tho Utopia Of mode
,es abolIiionisIn, and Notwithstanding the I
Ter franchisment Of the negro in law. il
he white person marry q negro, i,ttansy is i
M result. Free negroes with very few 4
nd ceptions as 70 places, dare not avail the
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