The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-10

We have been struck with the views on slave
y expressed in series of letters by Mr.. J. l. Ca
rey, candidate for the state legislature in Mary
land, blief review Of which We I'm IN the JOUR
nal Of Commerce. Without attempting any apo
losy Tor the African slave trade, Mr.. Carey main,
tains that the negroes brought amongst us'bv that
traffic have passed through the ordeal Of sc,,i.
,ude in the United States into The threshold cf
civilization and the portals of Christianity: That
every moment of thr:r eAis,eITc among enHcht.
cned people h's been onFof progress" nerer,he-
less that slavery Is beneficial aud proper only
III So far as i, is species of iu,clagc; aud that
state of ,utelage mus, have an end" 81, will
not do, he says for the rulers Of nations, nor for
the holders Of slaves 10 regard themselves as the
holders ofpovcr for lhciro purposes merely
but as the holders Of trust which they are TO
discharge with fidelity, aud which they are To-
give up when their agency the administrators
Of authority is no longer productive of good"
The time has come, he thinks, when this agency
should be given up in Maryland. let L, not,
he says, conceal the truth from ourselves. Sh-
very in Maryland is no longer compatible viii
progress; it is dead weight anl wo,se; ii has
bccOmc a wasting disease, weakening the vital
Powcrs-a lcProus dlslincut into the l.ly .!lyj Of
the commonwealth
As the views Of but a sinslc individual how,
ever sounl, these letter, wolll be Of hulr iupnr,
lance. But Mr.. Cary is not aluc--us ~ OF the
leading minds in The state synrpaihzc With him.
Mr., Stewart who first wrote to him. and brought
out the letters the journal of Commerce reviews
expresses, says that paper, ".n!inic pleasure as
slave holder at learning that Mr.. Carey was
disposed to promote, if possible, measures for tn,
gradual emancipation Of slaves, rnl says he has
been planter for five years, and has had an OPP
portuniiy Of discussing these points with slave
holders Of all parties, and does not remember
single instance in which objection was made to the
principle Of emancipation, some difference exist
ing, it is true, as To the manner and time, but
none as to the necessity. Mr.. Stewart also aug
scsis The propricty of establishing paper in Bal
timorc, devoted to the cause of emancipation in
Maryland, on the principles Of policy, humanity,
and self interest"
These are indicate, MS that cannot be mistaken
The people of the more northern slave states have
maintained the system IN their midst for years
purely in consequence Of the impairment later
ference of northern fanaticism in their domestic
affairs. Had they been permitted quietly Ia at
tend to their own an.irs, Maryland, D,llwarc,
and perhaps Virginia and Kentucky would now
be Tree states. But the continued and uuhaIlJw-
ed assaults Of q class at the north upon the peace
and safety of their ircsldcs, has compelled the
southern people to fight in self defence, without
giving them time to examine the evils of the svs-
TEN. Fanatlcal impcrtiucnce and denagoeuc-
ism, however, can no logger blind them to the /
fact that slavery is drag on them, aud they will /
now quietly and in their own way rid themselves !
of the evil and in this our northern abolition
patriots will no, have had the least agency, except
that they retarded the work few years.