New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-23
Light frem the South.
From C. N Cisy'. True American
SPEAK OUT.


ho. II csushes every hope OF the slave. and by -
coil make, HE fire bed of lust aud suffering 10 H.
master and to poor white men-caunot bol9 ba;,.
eloquent when describing it Tho only dificul,,, !.
the appalling hugcness OF the evil II stands i.
fore one in living blackness as the monster vice cf
Earth and the soul seems To Itself when seeking
with all lis powers 20 define and grasp it, as fecbe
and united TO the task. Yet when any man Of or
dinar, capacity and ordinary feeling. does under
ak. in pro-,. or poeuy--iu public speech or tract
in omen debate o. private convecsation--,O hold up
,o pahlic csze the ylperous worm Which Is guaw
in, into the viias OF the Republic and leaving il,
shiny track OF poison and OF death wherever i.
wenls jts way, he Is sure 10 co II >rlin starting
effect
IL cannot well be otherwise The ranA-sceple3
evil is poughed into every fibre ot The social fsbc
and racks il with pain and anguish at every move
ss If all were upon Wild and violent sea They
who Ill secure Ill .heir homes when the so5goi
tho, tempest rl.!.s out its Wild peal may drea
of the danger or darkness OF the evil, even whea
their aaginations are most excited IL regard tot
Bur they who are in It's md>I-who the storu.
and kg6ic ,hey can tind no shelter 10 avoid it-hs,
come what may their sails must be set aud that
ta,,, and ,hers must sit and perish uster rs fear.
6ll blast-how much they feel aud speak when they
undertake Ia unthread the dangers AMI di!iicQhes
winch bss,.t them which riuk.e in their bosoms and
nestle Il, their hearths. like Il very Pestence
Hence, !. it thai We like always 10 hear Southern
men when they can speak out the subject Of
slavery. There is no pariy 'ruce--no compro
misc in them They make bold mouths, and ;hen
tongues speak with an incenscd eloquence. They
feel The pesileutal eNacilons oi slavery, and lba
t6eir backs have to bear load which maugles man
hood. aud bereaves it of vigor true Judgment he
power Of doing good, aud the power OF growth, and
ihev labor as mcn who would hcaee II on and be
free One feels when watching the course OF such
th,,p pt 4 "
aninates their whole counIenancc-when listening
10 the, burning breath which is poured out with such
deep earnestuess rs II they were The nobesi OF al
their compecrs They debasc no part OF their III.
ture they counsel not from their ears they do no,
trcmhc " hen an iniurialc rabblc grows loud and TO-
solenr: ;hcv heed no rude social oppression; they
never pawn their honor place or bend II 10 the
,IUc,ions of atery but moving right they cry ou
acaiust Injustice with such ecctriyinS effect 10
fire the dry sIubble around them and start olszc
which will tighten up all kindred minds and lead
eventually 10 The assertion and establishment, OF what
is lust and true between man and man
And there unmstaheablc signs III the Slave
States that the whole question OF Slavery VIII Be-
thrown open. We see II, not merely IN the under
currents bubbng up here and there with native
force hut in the increased bodness OF the news
papcrs Leading political editors call things BY
their right names. They qaalliy, II Is true about
certain matters they denouncc aoollilonlsm
bitterly.
cause they wish TO avoid strong prejudice aud 10
,scanc being whirred from friends through is hO,
VIOLENCE; but with all this, they talk OF the clingng
curse of Slavery rs a known, familiar tact Ard
ciiizcus of standng-Planters OF boldness and viz
tue who love freedom and hate tyranny-long for the
hour when they may send forth their Indignant ha.
tred against the institution. Says one OF this class
writing 10 US
cannot and will not keep silence much longer
must stir myself and ii needs be- threaten the threaten
or and OUTAGE tine Dragging brow of Sehshness must
denounce and expose denounce, the wrongs Of Sa
yery public and private Who shall bid me be dumDt
Who attempt to close my lips with paddock
What! are my doors opposed against my passage
Have been ever free, and must my home
B. my rctentive enemy. my jail
The place which | have easicd. does II new
show an iron heart
If So am prepared for the worst; ior am resolved
to make the issue, and meet IT, be the consequences
what they may
There are hundreds upon hundreds vino feel as
this writer feels and who. II not ready 10 declare
openly their course. burninsy pray for the opportu
nifty 10 act Then again the very crust IS upheaylnS
in old Virginia on this question oi Slavery hn
pressing itself upon the public mind In almost every
variety of form the truth H. the people there ieel
rs if twas tug for life, and when they discuss Eau
catfun-thc While Basls-TmiSration-i Internal lni
| proycmen,s-E Economy Mechanics and subjects OF
this character they know that nothing can be done
that oppression will bear them down, IL does uoS
slaryt. them and that ragged misery VIII hang
upon their broken backs unless the cankcr cause ol
lhcir decay is eaten out by the causlc or cut away
with the incison knife, by prompt and mastery
application .,ha
People be long silent! The first dare not-the sec
ond cannot be And We have proof enough OF ihis
fact aud of the form in which planter statesmen WI
consider and discuss Slavery. We select one IN
stance. Mr. Y Marshall, of Fauquler Co. va N
the Legislature nj its last session. did not scrupew
deal out his anathema And there were others
there who not only cheered him bat joined win
him in his open dcnunciaton ot Slavery hes'
him:
Slavery s ruinous 10 The whtes-retards Improve w.
ment--ro0s out industrious populaton-panloneS .po
/ yeomanry OF the country-deprlves th- splhh't, m'
weaver, the smith, the shoemaker tue cafpen'e S ~
ployment and support This evil admits o no reneuy
it is increasing and will continue to incrcasc ahia ln'
whole country will be inundated with one o'acA Ts'e.
covering its whole extent with aew whlle sces leo
and there floating ON thc surface lne m"stes nA'
capital bur what is vested in human tGsh-the a,nrf VI
stead being richer Tor his sons 10 at loss now 70 |
vi. for them there is diversity OF occupations w
incentive to enterprise. La1r 81 scey spef' Is oa'T
u,db because mostly performed by Siapes Onr tor' os
stationary oAages almost er1y nhere docHiHg saa
general aspect Of The country marks ihs chTse A1'gs
IDLE rectsss pOpuia0H nhO haze no Mtntst u s n t.
and care h0lo much II Is mpoeertshea' rum. a. @
proyenens are neglected. and the entire coninen uots
not present Il region for which nature has done W %
and art so tc II cultivated by free labor inc sp "
Virginia is capable OF sustaining vast popu'auJhD,
among whom labor would be honorable. and ~nere u n
busy hum ot men would tell that all were hapPy 'nuA'
were free
This is plain taking Ii called forth the denuh
citation OF McDuiiie And can we suppose Les'
la,ure that would hear this language with pleasue'
or people who would listen to it with approp1,gU%,,
! unrpe for emancipation 1t is Impossible. q
may look then for definite action on the sugJe..o
Slavery in Virginia, and when ii comes The ifon, "I
Slave States there is lite Ia lneip' w.
quickly follow the glorious example. Ill
What in this Of facts is the poltcy as wv; wv;
as the duty Of Kentuckians who agree IN tne s'H T.
ments ex pressed by Mr.. Marshall of Virginia, -
is TO express them-to speak them out Doiu''i
None will modest you with violent hands ior - .. w
ing the day is past for htaa it may subject you !"
a temporary neighborhood gossip, and the e1efc';es
of mean social despotism; but these things VIZ
sooa pass by, aud the day arrive when tho very nsJ
who resortcd to them shall praise your courage aD'
your foresight. Speak out then; speak boldly
BE thou like the fret apostles
BE thou ike the heroic Paul
II a free hought seeks expression,
Speak it boldly speak It all
Face thine eenemies-accusers-
Scorn the prison, rack or rod!
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