The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-10-14
THE SLAVE POW LR-MORALLY.

Committee oil the Colonies, rematked. III thauk
God tnat lueie are Tree schools nor printing
presses, a"d hope We Shall not have tne.n these
hundi Ell Yeas"
"ilhln lew years, Hon. Henry A. Wise, Nj.
Z. from NTslnid, stated lndt \ as not single
newspaper esIabIls huent III his district.
by Inc last CENSUS II appeaIe cd that there were
persons wnO could no, eau und wllle, la on
necucut, 10 every los, ald Ia Virginia / 10
every IL.
VI scholars at pub ic charge" there were i'll
the Free o1dtes 49,, I75, and Iu the slave STAGES
5,5oU.
O"lo alone had 81 1872 such schoIArs-more than
are ~ be iouad la Is save states Her neigh
Dor, hehtucAy, I'D 4Z9!
Virginia, The tuTStSt slave State, had at public
charge 9,79l
hhUue IsIahd, the smallest Free State had 10.
9I2
Gov. Clarke OF Kentucky, in his message to
the LIE lsIature, ia Io47, remarKed, by The com
pdtduoA Of tdose hOsua.ntlIdr Win the subject,
one MIRA oi The auuIl population ol the State are
umG0te to torite Ihetr ,.umtS''
(ChahceiIoi Harper, OF South Carolina, said in
his Lettels GA Slavery, 1t by The existence OF
slavery, eAempung 50 large portion OF our cit.
lzehs Ia ON The Necessity oI bodily labor, that we
nave leisure lur HteHectuGt pursuits, and the
means Of attaInlng liberal educauon.'D
ty at Tie south, togetI with the dlsrepute IN
winch honest Industry Is held, Cannot but exer.
else, III Connection wun other causes a most
unhappy influence on Tie morals ol lie lnhabi.
tauts.
Henry Clay said OF the slaves, contaminated
themselves, tney extend their wee 10 all around
them
Thomas Jefferson said, IN his notes on Virginia
win Ie.crence 10 the influence OF slavery 'Ihe
parent storms, the Guild looAs on, catches The lu-
eamehls ol wrath, puts on tie same airs il the
circle Of smaller slaves, gives loose 10 his worse
Pa'slohs, aud thus nursed, educated, and daily
eAerclsed III tyranny, cam OF out be stamped Nv
IL WIN odlouS pecunarlIles. The man must be d
PfoulSy VINO can etaln his manners aud morals
undepidVtd by such clrcumstances.'
says an English author, Whatever may have
oeeh Tue u"utterable wlckeduess OF slavery in The
west lndes, there il never was bapuzeu IA lie
Redeemer'S hdiiOwed name, aud It's colrupuons
are not concealed III the gdrO III religion. he
acme ol plrdtIcdl turpnuue was reserved 10 the
Pr0IesSed disciples vi Jesus III America
John Quincy Adams sand, Il he spirit OF sav-
cry has acquired not only oyerrullng ASCEND
ency, but 1t mas become al once lnlolel ant, pros
clIPuVe, and sophisllcdI. 1t has crept mo Tue
philosophical chairs OF the schools. It's ciuven
hooi mas ascended the puplts ol the Churches
Professors OF colleges teach It as a lesson OF NOR
ais. Ministers OF the Gospe seek aud profess 10
Ind sanctions Tor it in the ord Of God.'
Wllberlorce said of slavery, and 1t is "A sys-
tenn oil the grossest injustice, oil the most heath
enlsh lrreligion and immortality; OF the most I'M
precedent degradation and unrelenting cruelty
a distinguished stakeholder OF Louisiana said,
MY Oldest son is ruined, and it is Impossible 10
bring up family in slavehoding community
without having ones children ruined
Inc righteousness OF young men in slavehod-
ing communities is almost universal: the state of
religion aud morals is deplorable the disregard
OF human life is notorious
Out OF the slave region patriots and pbilanthro
plsts, and Christians oil every name and sect, alb.
hor and execrate the system.
TRIAL OF DR.. KING. In letter from thia
long prosecuted missionary in Greece 10 Dr.
Burgess of Dedham, dated Athens, Aug. 3lst, he
says
"a few days since called on the Kings At
torney, whose business it is TO conduct The pros
ecution against me on the charge of proseytism.
brought against me last year in the ''Orsies" OF
Plnonldes; and he informed me that he Intends
10 nave my trial brought on in due time. The
aay OF TRIAL VIII be one OF great interest to me,
both as it respects myself personally, and as il
respects the cause in which am engaged"
From the same letter it appears that, through
the generosity OF American friends, he has e.
Gently put IN extensive circulation some lmpor.
tant religious documents.
Elk LIEUT.. TILDEN. This gentleman pub
fishes card dated BILOXI, in the New Orleans pa
Pers,ln which he soemnIy denies all participation
In the affair at SauIt St. Marie ending in the
death Of the late Henry Schoolcraft. Mr.. Til
den offers to surrender himself tor trial. He man.
ltests Penitence for past offences, and promises
atonement for the future.
Modern Prophecy Fulfilled The Rev. DR..
Poor, who has just returned from thirty.tbr
years mission to the East, in abiding recentIv to
the large amount OF religious intelligence now
circulated through the common secular papers NJ
the land, said it reminded him Of prophetic re-
mark OF Rev. Mr.. Galaudet, when thew were
students at Andover Seminary, that the time
might come when there would be ne wepaper, 10
the diffusion OF religious intelligence
The RooT OF ALL EVIL. A Eve dollar hin Of
the Fulton Bank passed through the hands Of The
editor OF the New York Journal Of Commerce ~,
Tuesday, on the back OF which was the ioIIow-
ing inscriptions:
"This is the last Of three thousand dollars left
TO me by my mother at her death ON the 27tb dav
OF August, lS49. Would TO God she had neve,
lett II to me, and that had been learned 10 worL
10 nave earned my living ! would not now be
what am" O'