Washington telegraph., 1848-05-17
A STRONG ILLUSTRATION.


in reply TO somc eaarso attacks Of the mo-
torious Gidding- ot OHIO, delivered the
following home thrusls.
81 But he had been great denl in Ohio,
aud, iorthe hencitaf the gentleman from
Ohio, he Would tell him s1me iaets which
he knew existed there IN reference 10 tlu
free negro population, When he was
out there mlsl5, he had found iarae
eolonyol cmanclpaled slaves lfom North
Carolina coloni2ed on oae OF ms survey.
Thcy had gone thrru, rs lhey had told
hun themselves Wh#u heSisitea lheifrub=
ms hgeause lac rs "a STAKEHOLDER and "a
NrgIuian, aHl lhy't knew therefore with
surh a muufhIy would o.eapa onprg--
-ion and they preferred to do that IN go.
ing ON the lands ui uuy man OF OHIO or
rom any ai The ntu.,laer-holding States
10 settle. lie coWrr,pd with thosa mon.
one ol them. who Wa, an exceedingly In
IelIigenl man, told linn his condition in
Ohio was infinitely Wnrsp rs free mun
Than il had been IN NaHh Carolina as II
slave "SIft said hc, therr had a mas.
Ter Ia protect me' uobady undertook lo
sncmaeh on my rights nobody undertook
Ia wrong me many rezfart il theY did.
| had Il uan Of ohamrlarto yinlieaia me.
but herr, auy petty .aIlpw in the u.i-iI.
horhuai waHid u#H0Haka IN appfesz us
m rygK form aud sIgl#. ml Ne cannot
have jusipp duuau- AuaWhcn ha sold
Ibr la5d as hr dIa 70 II, he sold iIwiIh
Ibt iueumhsuee aHl when This man
iound II ON. he told hin lAlE. 80 r. pu
IN -ome stipulation Ia protect hI, efops.
IL NJ b. told huu In di1 not Wlsh Ii
bUoama involved ulhe matter tn ues
gro replied that il he dil u1l put M surh
an express stipulation lhsy would seize
h.s rup. From His iaIIuw he Ind been
confirmed IN the ldra which hc had D..
Ian entertained that IN maHmiHHg Il
sInye h. ceased Il Doe tn -laK1 ul w Iu.
digidul Muster, who Nuuldpoltet him.
aud harmua the slave ui ihe community
nj lafep
One other facl he would relate. IL
had been lnld that the free nrafaa. in
Ohio would not gn uplo the gentleman 5
district tlal they Wceall hanging down
about Chlieuthu and That pari ul the
country peupled by eIiizens from tha
slnycholdiug ,tatrs' They said "Thc,c
kruiuekians aud NirauIuu, understand
us they treat u, we'll thry respect our
rights hui the very moment one oi them
wa. found in the abolition districts. hr
was oppressed m every form aud style.
MrGcnly 0nh., -sal) Andchcutcl.
Mr. BayIg lrommug) And cheated
a- his friend from Tennessee said; hr had
not scru ht TO u-p iha, word
Look into the statistics Of the gentle.
mans State, (Mf q couunuad) How
many ucgrar- were there In Ro.. cuun.
49, which Wa. pa1plrd by krnmrkm.
and Niruuim-' III. own impression
ava. hal there w8, one thousand, pgr.
h0p, seventeen or eighteen hundred
Bu go ,o Jhr northwestern reserve. aud
how Muy were ilgp They had uu iu-
.uuct which pointed ont to them from
whom ihcymighi expect respect for their
rights and kmduc-s. II was those mon
WHO had bHu raised among sIayrs who
treated them with hiuduu,, aud Justice.
The facts here mentioned hy Gen nay.
y have always struck u- 70, adlriIugu
sufficient commentary on the charge. ol
cruelty and uhmuuIly brought against
Southern masters. lbis "a Tact ~ Con.
Buyly states. that the great ma,s ol the
negroes who settle in Ohio uniformly
cluster about those portions Of the State
inhabited by cmigmnts from the South,
aud avoid those inhabited by aboitonists
The former slave Of his own free will.
aud ~ d matter Of preference and mcu.
nation chooses rather TO live by the iur.
mcr master, than by the mccndrnric, who
have affected 80 much sympathy tor hi-
condition Now, is il not evident that
il the Nirginiaus, kcnlhckmn,, &c.. are
the monsters they um represented, thc
first impulse n tha bosom OF the cmnu.
clpalcd slave whould be to avoid their
nclahhorhood aud TO got away from them
90. ter us possible! but we see no such
result Just the contrary And Why
The negro himself gives the best answer,
oT'hef hcatuckidaSoR PWgiaasw tt.
a,raaHd MS: Mcy tfcli MS pRl. they're
,ufr, mr. yightN'
There is q whole volume OF truth and
wisdom in this reply Northern men,
and especially abolilloui-t., do not under.
stand the negro. They believe that he
is reduced 10 the condition Of q brute, aud
%. .uch they regard HIM There Is In
reality more contempt Qud les. read SYM
pntiy iorihr black man in thn free State.
than In tho slave. No One cares for him
there. in his sickness orh. old age The
competition superior minds InstIes him
from the path Of industry, aud when hc
becomes burthcu tDsocIoig ho lus com-
mi,tcd the greatest offence tIut can bc
known in q free community Southern
men. on the contrary approaching the
wants aud weaknesses of the African
......l a., l.yI I,u4.fly VHtth