New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-29
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MAY %.


-. ~ ia code. This law is briefly explained.
and the fact OF its adoption win sous n'linSN
80. reward severity rather than lenityl "a me
eou,hern States, is stated b. the CoufI Of Sou1n
Carolina: -. ., -, hsoast o.
49, si.ve esE, and h-r children. Dev'- he'd y PC 80
~, Cur The condition % slaves ~ ,ha oD-lNJ - 90.
-. ~ tbst ofue sncer Gre-Es and Romans ahl 20;
a. ~ =, ,fs ieus.l ure. They are gen-f.y 'ns.a.
rof a. rers0us bot A. rHtsGs ihrg CO -, -. -,
ered soods " psrs'rsi esHle loey - IND 80 se
suua no .fuif B. le cRh la" sasrs c'-. '-.. -
'P's ~ 80 ccg-,rv ~ fpsss Rep r. 20. S'um
Co,rt- a o. guos - Jsfc Joy % uh0is vrtiagE Ha4 ~
Seuqi ,keiea ef NJ isr' reai'ag 70 sif'y Ia" o'yV
. d,bfed for ,is hgoi reiercnesi q M 4'iiel
Now NV England never he'd a slave oh.tn5 Dr.
SIS OF the Roman civil aw. bat under az winch
wss expressly enacted ur the benefit OF the save
srd or The Ultimate cestruc ion Of Slavery, W. the
HeJYtr lac u SL4uTy.
As esrly as l64I. the following law Fas passed
b. the General Court Of Massachusetts,:
Iis ordered by 81. anf The i1h1ri'y mercer .ns'
here .tt rever ary bond svery, W-nag-i Or CAP
t,itv among u, unless T. be lawful caplYes aK-n ~ Jif'
vs. f,uch - VII n Is eel themselves Or are sod tou
and sreA iia hare ne ibr'iss ant car fiaH l'Igs N
ne lar Of co. EsrAnisHEo ~ lsRAsL, eoHe"niNy '4'
yerson' eo'h uovalS ysquiye'
not only different b1i the difference Is sacn tnat
the one vii make Slavery utter and iata and the
other W alleviate il, n axe Il less and less Valla'
bic 10 the master. and certainly abolish IT, under
the appearance OF regulating H.
Connecticut seems % nave lAl ilc num-
her Of slaves Of any New Eng and State. In l7'O,
wien Maine and Massachusetts, had none, New
| Hanpsbire 15-. Vermont Il, Rhode Island yo2,
| Connecticut had 80. What was Slavery then
in Connecticut Judge Tapping Reeve says;
"The law q, heretofore prscuced II his state respect
Ing ,sves must low be undressing WILL however
let the Slavery which prevailed 10 MS sIAs sn3la pc
Forgotten, ueuaon . M ihnf. .nA' So M
here ives very fsr from being " ne ahso ute ra "a
The master had control over ne life 81 ne ssye -
n led him, be sbe % the same punishment Is u re
anna Va a. lau
the slave IN action for beating or woundins or of I'M
| moderate chssisemenL as he would be II ne naa tnus
| treated Al apprentice. 4 firre clp1be o. hiding
properly N oh1racisr Of dsres or legaiee II he a.-r
Should svsy such property his slave would 'e en-.
fi.pd) From the whole mat slaves had ne 'Ine
righf Of ne and property aJ'enties, and nat ne fy-
JsreHe, begTiDen iea hi'. a. aTP'sH''ee - e''aAJ"
| fne. and me Stare q a serraIf JOr We'
How utterly different this avery was from that
OF the South Judge Ruilin OF North Carolina SHOWS
when speaking on this very point;
This VIZ sayer hiss indeed been sssimila1ed a. me
bar 10 The otber dornes.c sons and Arguments drawn
from ih- ettAbh,hed principles which confer ana re-
over the pupil ne master he Gppreniee have been
pressed Toe Court does not rscosnze Their app-
cation There 10 sruess between Tho casrs Thsy are
10 opposition each and there IL 40 im2assaoe gun
The difference that which exiss be cen
Freedom and Slavery; ard greater cannot Dc nashSo
The very effect OF the Hebrew law OF slavery
was so 10 direct the masters attention TO his slaves
comfort and religious education, that, ere ne was
| aware Of il, the slave stood IN his view so sur
rounded with the rights Of man and sanctions OF re-
| ligion that he could not regard him as much less
than an equal fellow. And it is historically true
that the brief trial OF the Hebrew law OF Slavery
| in New ENGLAND produced the same effects there.
| Judge Parsons OF Mass says; The treatment OF
slaves in general mud and humane, and they
suffered hardsnIps not greater than hired servants
| And in the same case he says that dtsconteHtef
slave was worth little TO his master. lnsomucn That
| he sometimes coloded with the slave, and allowed
him 10 sue for his liberty, that he might get nd OF
him and the burden Of bis support. See II'acheH-
| dom vs. Hatfield, Mass. Rep. 1851 And II the
South, that Perpetualy refers 10 tne ga
10 iusty her system OF Slavery will consent 10 take
| that Hcbre,s Iatc of Slavery IN exchange tor her
| Roman civil law, tor one should regard the work
| OF liberty as begun, and calmly wait tor Time TO
| complete what God, through Moses, designed-the
| utter extrpa!ion OF slavery
| 2 But the worst feature of this slanderOus
charge of the Journal u Commerce against the
| whole North is, that they kept their slaves until
they were found "to be Improbable, and b1eH sold
| tA.6i 10 the South" There cannot be an untruth
more utter than this, nor more insulting to New
| England.
Slavery was abolished in Vermont July . l777.
| After the Revolution, some attempts were made 70
transport out of the State negroes and mulattoes,
and sell them in open violation OF the laws. But in
| l7s6 the General Assembly passed an Act making
| il penal in 1 leo to sell col0red man; the same 10
| be paid to the person sought to be sold, tOgetaer
with the cost OF suit, &c
| Slavery was formally abolished in Massachusetts,
by the adoption OF the constitution, in $780, the first
article OF hch declares that all men are born free
| and cguGi." After that date, this clause vas by
the Courts, regarded as settling the question OF
| Slavery The nexptcted decision of the Courts
made II impossible Tor slaves 10 be sold In anticipa
ton OF IL.
New Hampshire abolished Slavery by the adop
ton OF it's Constitution in l7s4; and Connecticut IN
| the same manner at a later date
But it is principally to New-York, State with
which the Editor Of the Journal Of Commerce
surely ought TO be well acquainted, that We wish
| to direct attention.
In 1890 there were 81, 1924 slaves IN toe State OF
! New York. Ten years later, $500 the number was
| 2O343 diminishing in ten years bat ssl In 1879
| the act Of Gradual Emancipation was passed, de-
claring all ehdren born thereafter 10 be free, males
| when coming 10 the age Of %, and females at 20
| IL ia hardly possible 10 conceive more humane and
visilApt enactnents 10 preyeBt any OF these slaves
| beine sod 10 the South. A fine OF $3.50 was the
peuaty and the freedom OF the slave was the re-
suit of an attempt to sell him out OF the Sfase Al
| though masters were allowed 10 travel with their
| saves vet un0er severe fines they were obliged
TO return them or under oath, To make proof that
| Unavoidable accident prevented the returning
| That some few might not have been smuggled on
" DO lot deny, though We have no evidence oil H.
| In lsI7 We believe, another act was passed, de-
clsripg all slaves TO be free IA lc27 and on July 4th
NJ thai wear the act took effect, and every slave,
nearly ten thousand, was manumtted rthOm cum
1fnsafion 10 their ouhers IL IS high time for men
10 be held to responsibility who dehie History by
| declaring that the North got rid OF Slavery az
prt fl and for profit and reply TO Southern de-
mspds for Northern help in this matter, We de-
mand no losses Of you which We did not encounter
ourselves
Let it be shown by whoever can, that the IN
creasing Intelligence Of the people in respect -
practice which the then civilized world tolerated,
ard the growing perception that Slavery could not
be enforced without violation OF religion and hu-
manly uere net the tue causes ofts dlscoHtlHuaHce
| n, N,r EAgldnd and Nelo- York No system OF
slavery. in this land can be profitable which does
not put the Slave under regimen which denies
| biK the rights of manhood. The North, on the
! bssi, Of the Hebrew Slavery Law, found it o0t