The ram's horn., 1847-11-05

"''u rights ofthe white race with an
'os' u''er disregard 10 The descendants Of frc
OF whlch tendency is dangerous 70 -. and sho..
be changed" ""' 'l''o
'e wy hrst reading Of the above sentmsn, w.
:" VIII" feeiings OF painful interest. NV last rea,
u '"s OF 'he same, is with shame and regret
ie' paIned at the first reading, when rsfec
10 60 on the fact. that colored man of superb
J. mental abilities, educated, and of quite resnec,s
: oie at'ainmen's' occupying seat Too of some dis
{ ''no"o"' IN me American Church." sbould ~ III
"' oe 80 cr'mlnally ignorant of the true prncio,ss
oPefa''on' aIm and result of the anti.sIa vsru
, c'e'y' and if not really ignorant. 50 mncb n.
worse. - '''oc" '"'
Shame and regret, the effect Of ,ha H..
"g' arises from the exhibition Of such an unna,,
'a' sentiment, and from its being entertained
ano put forth by an intelligent colored man
Niio"ing that this circnlar" has had nret,v
nation. and that many of nv old
co-"o'he.s ~ tne cause of ~I1.a,a. R;ch,, -,
beyond doubt, been PIT in possession of conv
+ nave waited thus long in the expectation ,h.,
some one having more leisure time at their com.
nand than what have, would have felt the ne.
ceSS''y OF setting The reverend gentleman ripb,
=" regard TO The rising generation of the North
but as all seem to be silent on the matter 7 coma
f9rth Mr.. Editor, and for myself as we'll as NV
own enslaved, and oppressed relatives, in the
S"a"Ps o' carolina, and the fields of Louisiana,
ana IN behalf of outraged humanity throushout
the land, enter my and their solemn ptotes, |
against any such Interpretation being given to the
" ani-slavery feeling of the North" because such
Interpretation or representation is as heartlessly
as it is wickedly untrue.
Therefore, we are unwilling that the oppres-
'ors OF their species, the shareholders of the
South, with the Savites and proslavery men Of
ne North that they should have such an untruh.
ul' and an ungrateful paragraph TO help make up ,
page In their diabolical history, where detrac- $
ION and Misrepresentation, form the groundwork i;
nd basis particularly in whatever relates to the -,
lack man, or those best and purest of mens the
bolilionists
Now, Mr.. Editor, it is known to- ,verv- one t
'no Knows anything at all about the hss.Jry of
re -, colored people on this continent ar - N
a. and Iaboars. .otspf,aa>
"a' PRIOR to ths.-e ;anizsr >s~.
iediate a; a;rofoundly5 = a. a4on Il. II Al
lent Of {ma,o. Me sub.
s. s one mi. ,,a,s pss2 ,7 zt ~. S en- Of 50
is ,Iue me Church bsPsqa = esAS :i.|S Or ce
ID its seats of prescribed distinction, even ~ @e 20
Is in the present day. Yes Sir prior to that al
riod colored persons subject to every spe- &c
IS of outrage and wrong. Even here, in the
lurch going free North, our children were sto- as
4 from the public street. In open day, in our &c
rgest cities, on most populous ,horoughfares
en and women were knocked down with blud-
ons, shackled and manacled, and then with on III
the shadow Of trial (and often with no trial ei'
alD they were dragged away into intermnable m
ndage. -
Houses We're broken into at night and whole ~
miles were carried off, and who before the /,
'rning sun arose, found themselves fettered and -.
tn others in the "negro stealers" den. This is :,
tale of fiction, made horrible by the imagina-
n, nor yet is it drawn up from the "olden time,"
t they are the veritable tranctions of a few
ars ago, indeed, and truth, they are in the his
y Of our own times, and if Mr.. c. doubts, he
n be furnished with the living proofs There
re no ant-slavery organizations them as we un- of
rrstand anti-slavery now. There were some IN
societies, State abolition socie o;
s. colonization. societies, WIN any quanrtrv of ~
urches.
The manumssion and abolition societies, were an
gagged with loca matters within their own re. If
sctive States Tom tns s5nzation societies were ~,
rnestly engaged IN destroying our reputation We
re at home, in order that they might build US co
one on the shores of Africa they affected to
} no trait worthy of commendaton or praise in ish
; coored man, who with unalterable frmness ha
solved to remain here in the land of his birth M
the darkened hearth stones of his youth and ioi
green graves of his fathers. No and it was bu
~ when expatriated, and beneath Africa's yer- IF
al sun. iSet coloni> ftAn-nea;.,ae was canahle