The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-22
NUMBER 2j.

dered and robbed from Africa, TO their
homes
But " hat does the North, after themselves
having done so much evil and so little good
TO the African race, require Of the South in
regard to ihcml 70 ,mancipate them imme.
diafeiy, or sooner.
Have they calculated the cost Of such an
act? Do they know that there is a person.
a value in them as property equal 10 tro
thousand millions Of dollars! aud that an
additional loss by dep:ecia,ion, equal 10 as
much more, would be the necessary conse
quence Of their liberation Moreover, who
,rooid or who conld live IN the midst Of them,
having as many free blacks as whites, aud
more IN many places
! Would i, no, be rs reasonable for the South
to ask the North to set fire to ell their prop.
eriy, both real and personal, and 10 run away
by the light of 1t, as for the North 10 expec.
compliance with heir demand for emancl.
patton.
But another CIV is raised there shall be no
more STARE territory, say The Free. SoIers.-
Why NOT How did you ge, rid Of slavery
Did you not have the South 10 send your slaves
TO
Of most of their slaves by sending and selling
them SYurbl If so. havo hey any right tea.
son TO refuse 10 lei the South have an outlet
for theirs too!
Who IS 10 be benefited, either by immedi,
ate enanc patton, or by the confinement Of
slavery within certain limits We have
seen that the masters aud owners would be
irretgievab'y ruined. A Ioss OF four thousand
million Of dollars wouid involve this whole
country in bankruptcy, and shock all the pIin
cipal parts Of Europe for years.
Would The slaves be benefited by it Are
they no, now admitted TO be generally in
better condition, both physical and moral,
/ than the free blacks in the free States And
/ if those States became free, with numbers
so much greater, would not the loss to them
be no, only equal, but greater TOO
! Are the slaves to be benefited by restrjc.
ton within narrow limits Is not the con.
dition Of the lower classes always worst in
thickest populated countries! Are you then
contendlng for benefit 10 either the whites or
the blacks On the contrary, do not all
your measures porlend ruin TO the whites,
and unmxed evil to the blacks
| AIc Sou epOu Hleh, duu WISH ~ W pOuu ~
your species Reflect on your measures, and
their tendencies, and change them from evil
TO good. There is great 6eld open for
good; 60 and send men TO occupy it for good,
both 10 the white end 10 The black man. Go
teach the black man how 10 submit TO the
providence Of God, till Gods time for his de.
.iverance comes. Go, Invoke, persuade, be.
secch the master 10 look we'll TO his slaves;
to their condition. to their treatment by those
set over them, to their religious training; as.
sure him that il he will suffer them to be
taught 10 read and TO write, you will not place
incendiary tracts in their hands, to incIe
hem to lnsutreciion and boodshed, but tha,
they can then be better and more thoroughly
instructed from that gospel which is able to
make them wise unto salvation, which incul.
Gates love and good. fellowship, and which in.
spires all who revere it with spirit Of love
and good works.
They will hearken TO you, and you will
thus be able to exercise all the philanthropy,
real or protesscd, ever felt or ieigned by
North or Soulh on the question.
cannot close these remarks without re.
mnding all men, but especially the Clergy.
that the Southern people are entitled to the
protection afforded by the observance Of the
Ninth Commandment.
1t has recently occurred that minister Of
high reputation, and generally esteemed for
piely, in the ardor of his feelings, and with.
out time for consideration, was said to have
denounced an eminent Northeru Senator as
Fool. Some who heard took note and
published what they believed he said. And
what is his Justification made with time for
cool and deliberate consideration and retiec.
ton? Why, that he did not call Mr.. Web.
ster but that he did call Mr.. Foote fool!
Unworthy, unhappy extenuation-aggra
ing rather than diminishing the fault. Was
not Mr.. Foote man, a Senator, and an Amer.
ican, as we'll as Mr.. Webserl Was he not
entitled TO the same courtesy to the same re.
spec, and regardl Let this reverend gentle.
man remember 5lh Matthew, 22d verse
And lei him keep his heart with all dill
gence; for in vain do We worship God, II we
indulge anger or malice in our hearts against
any brother" And remember that the a.
huse OF a Southern man, or a Southern Sena.
tor, canno, Justify or excuse him, any more
than of Northern man or q Northern Sem
ator.
.of having acted like fosl the expression was
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