The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-26

the cndor To declare that sympathy for The negro had
nothing TO do with his conducts and that if we would
consent so to amend the constitution to abolish slave
representation he would not how many slave ter
rltoTIes we might erect, or how much slavery
aendei' IT'S OBJECT was as he avowed, to throw the
power OF Inc government into the hands of the non
savehoding States. And why did he desire TO do this
Because ne houghit would be in hands that would guide
! our destiny more successiuly' Oh! no. But that the
of the government
The third class the abolition fanatics who are bent
upon Inc apoon OF slavery at every hazard and by any
means, even by deiugng the south with blood But as
these people deny the right OF Congress to emancpate
the slaves ID the States, may be asked what have they
to gam by The agitation OF this subject of slavery here
Their own reports answer this question quote from the
annual report OF the New York abolition society for
1888. Similar sentiments pervade oil OF their pubhca-
tons The report goes 10 argue that the value OF the
slave 10 ms msser is the great obstacle to abolition De-
sroy Their value, they say and you dispose the south
labolhon. They propose many modes OF diminishing the
value of slaves But dismiss minor points and come at
once to the main one The DISCUSSION Of the subject OF
abolition at the north, and Congress they saw will de.
crease the value OF slaves, by
The interest which they themselves will take the dis
cpson In spite OF all precautions the slaves will become
acquainted with what deeply interests hem and far
they do serespec viii be regeneyaedan excellent and
profitable sentiment, for free tabo,e but ruinous
Stare Il was the testimony Of the planters of Jamaica be-
lore the British Parliament that their slaves became
quained with all that passed in respect TO them in the
the places of slaves with slavish obedience"
| The knowledge of the slave, that portion of the
whites are exertng themselves for his emancipation up
on the ground thai he is illegally held in bondage, will
make him, they say, impatient in his servitude 1t will
make him sulen and moody 1t will incite him to indulge
dreams of freedom in another land which he
enjoy in his own He will be reduced to condition in
which his master cannot rely upon his labor He will
be disposed to run away and at time when his ser
vices be least spared The master will be subjected
to constant and heavy expense to recapture him. He
will thus become to his owner source of vexation
rather than comfort OF trouble and expense rather than
profit To establish these facts there is copied in the
port the following extract OF letter from at the
south TO whose sister gentleman of New York had
two abolition pamphlets: .Do you remember the two
books you sent out to my sister by me? My two black
boys, William and JIM who lived better and easier than
did, read them, and IN consequence ran off, and after
eleven days riding, and 1907 cost, got them and now
their place is wretched by their conduct, sold
them at loss OF $500 TO trader" The report then goes
to urge that to increase the desire and disposition Of
necessary that the northern States should adopt such
course of policy to render his recapture impossible
after he has escaped there The effect which such
course OF policy would produce in decreasing the value
of slaves, is then minuey exempfed The report then
urges upon the northern States to pass laws providing
such mode of trial in the of fgitives from labor,
will enable them to raise the question OF the legality
| of the bondage in which he Is held.
These The objects which the abolonists have in
view in their ordinary movements here but this proviso
to form Gordon OF free States entirely around In
which, in the language OF the gentleman from Ohio mr.
DELANo1 the fires of liberty be Lit up, and, by
them, the south consumed.
These are the objects of the prime movers in this mat
ter; and now put il to the country are they proper
! triotci s t sa a.'J IA
know the first and last OF these classes pretend to be
goyernea By motives Of humanity and philanthropy.
desire expose the holowness OF this pretence Now
the first test have to apply is thist is test which
every man in the country can apply for himself and
will abide BY it:-can you. SIR or any mann this House
these proceedings and who has common understanding,
whose conduct other occasions remarkable for hu
mainly and philanthropy ask for but one-cannot one
be nained' No, sir; il is impossible No man who has
the heart of the phianthropist and the intelligence to
dersand the consequences OF his conduct could engage
IN them. If he have Intelligence he must want humanity
For who has ordinary intelligence can believe that
the happiness of either the black the white will
! be promoted by these movements.
In the first place, II these movements in bringing about
the abolition OF slavery to the south successful how
il to be Effected No one, of the least understanding
believe that voluntary abolition will take place in the
south for ages to come, if does' Sir, it impos
sibe. In such event, what would be the condition OF
the white man. Couli he live amid a population
more than half of whom would be free negroes
will let northern gentlemen themselves answer this
question. Last sumVer, we know that the people of
Ohio resisted even to the extreme of mob law, the settle
slaves upon lands which his executor pursuance of
his will, had purchased for them. Well, sir, this JUS
tilted upon the ground that they are moral epers who
would contaminaie society Now, sir, Ohio has in the
neighborhood OF two millions of white inhabitants and
Mr. Randophs negroes would not have been one to
twenty thousand OF the white population If Ohio could
tolerate the presence of such small per cenage OF
free blacks this, OF her white population, how would
it be in the south, where, abolition is successful and
even the whites Shouiu relil one-nau Wolu ne Tree
| blacks' Again: Another gentleman from Ohio, Mr.
THuRMANl has told that the people in that State
opposed to the abolition of slavery in Kentucky
than the people of Kentucky ITSELF because the event
of it, the free blacks from that State could not be kept
out of Ohio And, the gentleman from New York,
MIR. RATHBUN, who 10 active this occasion, in re-
ferring the proposition of the governor of Virginia.
send all the free negroes out OF State, said that the
northern States would resist their being landed among
them. With these feelings, the part of northern
men, when they object TO such small infusion
of free negroes into their population, how is it
possible they believe that will consent to
the abolition OF slavery by which than half of
among And the idea of removing three millions of
negroes preposteous. Sir, believes that voun-
ary abolition take place for II ever II voluntary
emancipation out of the question: what will be the
result of emancipation effected by force In the first
place, the thing impossible Any organized and
ensive attempt at it. BY serve Instruction (and that Is
the only mode which holds out the slightest chance of
efiecting IT'D would insure the determination of the black
race. But suppose | am mistaken in this. The only
other alternative left woud be the determination of the
Whites which never take place until the south is
deuged in blood, and is made vast OF desoa-
ton. The strife would be between races and it
would never end until the one the other was com
and do know this They, the professed friends of the
negro, must look to the subqgahon or determination OF
the white men, oil course and not OF the negro. Now,
throw out OF view the oil horror through which
we must pass before this is effected But suppose what
have shown is impossible the object effected without
any OF the horrible consequences at which have hned
would the negro in that be benefited Look to ST.
Domingo 1t was almost paradise. 1t was one OF the
most beautiful and prosperous portions OF the earth BY
the means OF serve instruction, nsgated, and aided
by British fanatics, the errors of which no pen can de-
SCRIBE and heart contemplate, without horror-amd