Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-10-08
For he Register,
Agitation CT the Slavery QUESTION:
Pretended SympathicS, &C.


Agitation CT the Slavery Question:
Pretended .Sympathics, &C.
Why il is that men can he so lost 10 a
sense of justice to themselves, Ia their
country, and 10 tisf.ir fellow man. for the
consideration of IN gained and temporary
popularity, to lend his services and he the
servile instrument 10 be used in enlisilng
the feelings o& disinterested persons in a
concert Of action which is only 10 end IN
sowing the seeds of civil dscord, and ar
rayialg the North against the South, and
ale inevitable dissolution of the Union.
am al loss to determine. We all
know the evil consequences resulting from
the emancipation Of Slaves when they are
suffered to remain in the country Of their
former serviiude. We have an example
of it in the British Possessions, i'll the
West India Islands, in such countries
where the Slaves are numerous and aooli-
ton or emancipation is forced upon the
owners of such properly. the master him.
self is then compelled 10 change situations
with his servants, TO dread their incufsions
and invasions, and finally to abandon his
home and his country to an ungovernable
and wretched race Of people. BY this
operation we cannot see then that the con-
dition of either the master or the servant
is bettered, but that Of the master infinite
ly worsted /: and as that is the case, who
is at loss to determine the motives by
which the abolitionist is actuaed! Not
certainly by motives of justice or honor,
but truly of envy and malice, for it is not
a principle of abolilionsm to send out OF
the country slaves when they are once
emancipated, nor will one out of ten ever
contribute one farthing for that purpose,
thereby plainly evincing to the public a
greater love for the African race than he
entertans for his brother of the South and
should entite him to the level with his
sooty brethren. | would here again once
more call the serious attention of this class
of persons to the condition of the grades
of people whose situation they are to a
mend by their wild schemes of fanaticism.
For the sake of illustration we will admit
that total abolition of the slaves of the
United States has taken place: that the
master has as ii were taken the place OF
his servant, and the servant is roaming at
his will or wherever his inclination may
call him. In this state Of affairs, have
not the least doubt, but that the master
would be protected in the end by his own
industry and economy, provided that his
frugality was not taxed with the burden OF
the support of the free negroes--a thing
which would be quite impossible in the
event, from the natural endowments and
dispositions Of the two races of people,
for it is we'll known fact that this race OF
people, if once in possession Of the boon
of freedom, become so INDECENT that nine
ten,hs of them have not the moral energy
TO secure for themselves anything more
than may supply their immediate wants
and in case of the unfortunate beings hav-
ing once been overtaken by sickness or
other misfortunes, they are then comPell-
ed to throw themselves upon the commu-
nifty for snstenance and for the actual ne
eessaries of their existence. Here then
we observe that the master has not only
become his own servant, but the servant
of the servant. He not only labors to
support himself and family, but also TO
support the government which is bound
to support and protect the paupcr as well
as himself.
1t is a fact worthy of notice, that all
who are familiar with this race of people,
must sooner or later be brought to the con-
victton that the Almighty has endowed
them with peculiar insensate faculty that
requires impulse or restraint to summon
the will to the performance Of those duties
natural to the preservation and safety OF
the body. This may be seen in the total
apathy and indifference of the free negroes
TO approaching famine and danger, while
the means are vet fully within their grasp
with which they might ehectually ward off
the impending ruin. What can be gained
then by throwing such class of people
upon their own resources, TO say nothing
of the endless tain Of evils that the acts
would necessarily entail upon the Amerl-
can people, whose population would III
course of time be swarmed and overrun
by degenerate race of people, varying in
color from the darkest shades of Othello
to the red eyed Albinos, and as degraded
and ungovernabe as the worst bandihi or
guerrillas tina. ever infested the novels OF
the Mexican Republic.
The fruits of the labors of the Northern
abolition fanatics are now only beginning
to be severely felt. They have now bro't
our country 10 the verge of ruin, and stand
ready to precipitate it into bottomless
abyss of perdition, from which no sound
judgement could ever entertain the slight
est conception of her recovery If the fatal
step be once taken.