The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-18

The Great Western is thirteen days out this noon.
An EXrEA HERALD will be issued Immediately at
ter the news comes
BLACK Slayery-An Answer to Fannticism.
On our first page will be found comprehensive
epl,ome Of the mastery letters of Governor Ham
mond of South Carolina, on slavery. These letters
were written in reply to Thomas Clarkson, the no
torious English Aboinonist, whose latter years, to
lac number of twenty-five or thirty have been de-
voted 10 efforts against slavery, in every shape, bur
above all as il exists in the United States greater
fanatic does not exist than Carkson he was that al
ways but IN recentdays he appears be more rabid
than which perhaps may be owing to the stimulus
Afforded by the abolition of slavery in the w Indies
That measure was hailed as a mighty triumph for
he cause and Its advocates and like most men of
small callbre, they became inebrate with success,
and parted with all discretion in their excess of vain
glory. y Nothing would satisfy them but the over
throw OF slavery here, and accordingly the mos
outrageous system Of ibelllng, taunting and ma
hgnlng tins country account of one of her social
institutions, has become only common, but uni
versal in Great Britain
\ person who visits England, for the first time,
from any country of civilized man, is forciby struck
"lth the narrow prejudlces that pervade the minds
~ all, from the highest 10 the lowest. il is this
strong and blind admiration for everything English,
and hatred of all that not, that makes the charac-
tes OF the country subject mockery abroad, and
riddle at home. Great is the surprise OF Ame-
rican, who Immediately after landing is introduced
TO society, to find that he and his country
wronged, misunderstood, and perseveringly misre
presented In vain his republican candour strives to
correct errors his habtual painness of speech and
drecmess OF thought, poor matches for the
twaddIe of those who will not think. tits
hopeless task TO remove the impressions implant-
ed on an English mind, il they at all relate
70 subjects of national vanity. or, what is as
much a part of the selvcs--depreciaon of the Uni
ted States. One everlasting theme is present with
them; chase them from all other Businesses and
they take their stand upon slavery. On this they
erect the batteries Of their WRATH and were II not
that they are bad marksmen and that truth is invul-
nerabe, there would be little safety within the Anne
rcan lines
One Of the most complete answers TO English bra
sldocio that has ever been published the letters
d Judge Hammond. TO say nothing Of the style
their soundness camness, and manly Tone at once
strike the reader of taste He does not come for
ward gratuitously enter into squabble with idle
nyaters, for sake of attracting notice but he
its his pen and writes vndicaton of his country
rom the repgoaches Of the malicious and the gno-
rlnt, and such an one too, as Clarkson and his
tederates viii be slow to digest.
The Individual Just named had gratfed his PEN
chant by writing a series OF malignant letters on
American slavery, and when consider the
rid,ty with which such allment is devoured by
readers on the other side of the Atlantic who
never dream that there two sides to story,
and who test the truth of what they are told
H. II Il, &. a.,
was desirable that triumphant answer should 20
forth. sueh is furnished by these letters
The pamphlet is small and after perusal, the reader
struck with the universally and relevancy of the
topics ii embraces. Il is truly argumentatve.
Those who make ont slavery sin on scripural
grounds met by an appeal to Gods word No
complaint be made by those who bring all the
relations 81 te the test of revelation Of the ques-
ton being met solely upon other grounds: for in the
very ouset Of his arguments he comedies that if
slavery can be proved TO be without the sanction of
scripture, he will admit It's snfulness, and urge the
immediate emancipation of the slaves.
As 10 the expedency of the abolition of American
slavery, Judge H., after settling the religious ques-
lion, shows il is entire delusion In this connec-
ton he contends that the grand experiment of West
india emancipation has proved failure. There.
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