The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-18
NEW YORK, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY is. 1915.

tionists would be disgusting and Of little avail
though born and bred here and rarely heard of
thing at all 70 be compared with them Permit me to say
from t. West indies where nndoabedy slaves were
treated much more harshly than with us. This was
owing to variety of causes which might if necessary
be stated. 81 =
NUMBER II
Physical eHd Moral Condition ~ Southern SHARES com.
Paysd teih English Laborsrs-Schemes If qtoii'ion--
" Moroi Sncsioa'-F Competition 81 Free Labor
The grand ups,of of Tpest Iddia Emancipation
Perhaps few general facts will best illustrate the
treatment this race receives at our hpnds acknow.
lodged that It is increased at leastas rapidly as the
white ~ believed its established principle, that po.
pqlation thryes, IN proportion TO its comforts, But
when it is considered that these people are not re-
crurea. by immigration from abroad as the whites
are. aud. dat. they are usually settled to rich,
est and least healthy lands, the fact of their equal
Comparative increase and greater outweighsa
Thousand alehoods, in favor OF the leniency
aud providence OF our management of them II is as6
admitted that there noomparably fewer Of in
sanity and suicide among the than among the whites,
The fact is that among the slaves of the African race,
these thnss are almost wholly unknown, However fire.
qnentls suicide may have been among those brought
from Arica, can say that in my time / cannot iemen-
Der to have known heard OF single instance OF de-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and but ono OF suicide at all
As TO insanity have seen but one permanent case OF
and that twenty years ago II cannot be doubted that
among three millions Of peopa there must be some in
sane and some suicides; butt WILL venture TO say that
cases OF both occur annually among every hundred
thousand ofthe population of drcet Britain than among
all our slaves Can it be possible them that they exist
in that state of abec misery goaded by constant nju
res outraged in their affections and worn downwith
haNshPs, which the abolitionsts depict, and many
ignorant and thoughtless persons religiousy believe
With regard to the separation OF husbands and wives.
parents CHI nothing can be untrue than
tbe nieTenees drawn from what is constantly harped
on by aboonsts. Some painful instances perhaps may
very few that Dan be tbs and always
hes been object OF prime conside with slave
holders to keep families together Negroes are them
rsfves, both pcrvcrse and comparatively indifferent
invariably prefer forming connexions with slaves be-
longing 70 other masters, and nj some distance. 1t
times by the removal Of the owner his death or failure
and dispersion OF his property In all such casesh
reasonable effort is made to keep the parties
together, i they desire it. And the negroes forming
these come xons knowing the chances Of their prema
rtre dissolution rarely complain more than we all do of
the, Inevitable strokes of fate Sometimes it happens
that negro prefers to give up his family rather than
seperste from his Ihave known such instances.
A to wilinlly selling Of husband or wife, or child,
SOME offence has been. committed demanding trans.
portation AT sales Of estates and even at sherds
The whole notwithstanding the migratory character of
our population, believe their more amies among
loosing singh member from thoir circle, excephy the
process Of NATURE and in the enjoyment Of constant
space Of time and among the number of CIV
,ilized people in modern tines And to sum up all! if
pleasure correctly defined to he the absence of pain
which far the grrat.hody Of mankind is concerned
is undoubtedly its true defnion-rI believe slaves
are the haPpest three millions of human beigs on whom
the shines Into their Eden is coming Satan in the
guse OF an Abolitonist. ..... ,-+ a--t.<,l
Now affirm that in Gleat Britain the poor and labor
ing classes of your and color only your
fellow beings but your fellow citizens, mseT
able land degraded morally and physically than our
slaves to be elevated to the actual condition of whom
would be to these your fellow citizens most glorious
act Of emancipation. And also affirm, that hePoor
and aborng classes of older Free Statos would
be in much envable condition but for sla-
very One of their own Senator'S has declared in the
would reduce New England TO bowling wilderness"
And the American Tariff is neither more nor less than
system by which the Slave States pundered for the
benefit OF those States which do not tolerate Slavery
To prove what say of Great Britain to be true,
make the following extracts from the Reports OF Com
missiOners appointed by, T arlisment, and publish
ed by the order of the House Of Commons can
make but few and short But similar quotations
these specimens do not exhibit the real condition of your
operatives in every branch of Your industry There is
course Of variety in their suierings. But the
incredible amount of toll righu restitution and utter
want of morals characterize the lot of every class of
them. -e~ .t-.t
And how unaccountable Is that pllanthrophy which
closess eyes upon such state of things you have
at home and turns il. blurred vision 10 affairs be-
yond the Atlantic; liag " h matters which way
concern them-ii esd 1- Won have lately done at
the atrocity of our ae ices and to ympathise with
Infamous wretche Imprisoned here for violating DEGREES
promulgated both hy God. and Is this doing the
work Of your Father which is in heaven is it seek
ing only 3di'at you may have glory of nan'g Do you
you scr ara Platsecs! ypocres make clean
the outside OF tho cup and latter, but within they
full Of extsrson and excess"
am wcllawarc that notable scheme has been set
on foot 70 achieve abolition BY making, what is by
tesy called free labor SO much cheaper than slave
labor to force the abandonment Of the latter Though
we are beginning to manufacture with slaves do not
think You viii attempt to pinch your operatives closer
in Great Britain You cannot cinta the rags with
which they vanly atemptto .nakedness
reduce the pordge which barely and not always keeps
those WHO have employment from perishing with Ia
mine When YOU can do this, will consider whether
our slaves may not dispense with pound or two of ba.
however is TO cheaper labor in the tropics The idea
of doing this by exporting bold yeomanry," is
captured followers of Charles into West India slavery
where they speedily found graves Nor have your recent
ceeded better Have you still faith in carrying thher
your Coolies from Indostanl Doubtless that wild
robber race whose highest eulogum that they did
not murder merely for the love of blood, have been
tanned down, and are perhaps keen for immigration"
FOR since your civilization has reached IT. punder has
grown scarce in But that is the result Of the
experiment thus fart Have the Coolies ceasng handle
arms, learned to handle spades, and prove hardy and
and stricken th disease ut home the retched victims
whom you have hitherto kidnapped for bounty confined
in depots pnt under matches and carried across the
ocean, forced into voluntary immigration" have done
little but lie down and die the pseudo soil offreedom
AT the end Of five years, wothrs in some colonies
large proportion, are more Humane and pious
trance. To alleviate the fanced sucrings OF the
cursed posterity Of Ham, you sacrifice by cruel death
rahd the applause Of Christians the blessing of heaven
ffthi experiment" to go IN Gods name try your
hand upon the Thugs That other species OF in,ngra
tof to which youar rescrtng will presently consi
der - .'s p, ,'Hr .'.@ n irt--
K ~ i'sr" .s-- II. 81 >y.. . .Aev tss r.s+.5.s
Revirqiof The Stare Trade under re,c name-Emanci.
patton in The United States certain 10 ssuH in The En-
Termination Of The Negro Race--Concipsion.
II any farther proof wanted Of the utter and we'll
known though not yet openly ayowed failure of West
Indian emancipation it would he furnished by the start
ling fact that the African slave Trade has been ually
revived under the auspices and Of the British
Government" Under the specious gnisc Of "lmmigra-
ton they are repienishmg these Islands with slaves
from the coast Of Africa Your colony of Sierra Leone
founded on that Coast prevent the Slave Trade and
pebried by the by in the first instance by negroes stolen
from these States during the voticnary WARTS the de.
pot where capvcs taken fromSavers byyour armed
sells are transported. might say returned since nearly
half the Africans carried the Atlantic are under
stood to be embarked in this vicinity The. wretched
nj ihartr