The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-04-10

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nsmes | rsnnot now remember. Well.
sir. what 10 The effect Of The agitation oI
AboIiiionisssl Have ron improved the
condition Of The free nefroesi Far IRON
IL And iflhe sane proposition were sub.
milled 10 State convention in North Ca
folins. Al this day. nos one man would
sole for il. Within my own memory.
emancipation Of slave VAS q matter oI
frequent occurrence. A simple petition
10 The court. on half sheet Of paper, Il
the request oflhe master. alleging his slave
had rendered meEiloFious services, and the
slave wss made free. But these fanatics
circulated papers containing doctrines like
those avowed 10 The speeches I have re-
ferred TO. and The inevllsble consequence
was, that Legislation inIeriered. for insur-
reclion was talked OF In the Infamous pa.
pers Of The Abolilionisis. and . feeling that
il was necessary 70 protect our 6resides
and our homes compelled us 10 be careful.
And how 10 il nowi Emancipation il =
difficult matter. In extraordinary cases,
our legislature sometimes emsnripaies.
Our laws allow slaves 10 be emancips;ed
by will. but NOT 10 remain Ia The Stale.
As The public mind became excited. our
people lhouehl il wrong 10 allow elnsnci-
patton when fee negroes could visit out
narihern States. and return with mischie.
veus intentions; and legislation threw diff.
6cullies in the way Of emancipation.
This has been the effect Of men hold
ing the opinions Of the gentlemen from
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, mann
and Slesens,) and publishing them ~ they
hare. Emancipation was going on dai-
ly but mol so know. Northern gentle.
men who can understand how The whole
Of their section can be excited by passing
. resolution declaring you shall NOT peli-
tion for any Thing and every thing. can al.
30 understand how denuncisiion, threats
and impudeni interference with our rights
can excite our people 10 feeling Of resis-
lance. That Ieeling has caused them "a
oppose emancipation. Sir, remember
well when we had negro meeiing-houses,
and negro preachers. some Of whom could
read and write well i; but you philanthro.
pists-lhose men who would rather look
on rivers Of blood than that slavery Shouts
be extended one inch, and have such hor.
ror Of chains, shackles and despolism-
they sent incendisry documents among oul
slaves, exciting them 10 insurectIon,
As an inevitable result, education was for.
hidden. Self.proteclion required ii--pro.
lection for The slaves required il. And
This is another fruil OF your sympathy for
the slave! But we do not deny them re,
ligious instruction. In one town in my
district, the negroes have a clergyman ol
their own. and their own church--a Me.
thodist church. l wish northern gentle
men could see them, neatly dressed, with
cheerful faces, as they are going TO wor-
chip. wish they could hear their heart.
rejoicing songs, when they sing praises 70
their Maker. They would think better oil
shareholders and less OF AboIitionisis. Our
people regard slaves as property, but moi
as cattle raised for market.
Meeting houses are scattered all over
our country, and our negroes attend wor-
ship as their masters do. Many Of them
are members of those highly respectable
denominations, Bapiists and Meihodisis /;
and when their masters live in very relir-
ed situations, clergymen are employed, in
some instances, who preach 10 The slaves,
and instruct them in their religious duties,
in chapels on the farms. | know, am
proud TO say, one such in my district.
know Of another instance, where large
STAKEHOLDER. living out Of the reach Of q
church. has a minister Of one denomina.
lion employed by the year 10 preach 10
his ncgroes-and that minister not Of the
same church Of which The master is mem
Der. There masters are good men, and
are looking forward 10 The account they
are hereafter 10 give for their treatment Of
those who are placed under their care.
Yes, sir; and one such man does more
acts Of benevolence in one year than a
thousand Of your fanatics VINO lecture on
ihe evils OF slavery. These slave owners
regard their negroes as human beings, in
whose nostriIs God has brealhed the
breath Of life; in whose bosoms He has
implanted living soul; and they treat
them accordingly. MANY Of our slave
holders are from Yankee land. Many
own slaves, who purchased them TO pre-
vent their separation from their families.
| tell these Abolilionists. you are the
men who have . riyetei the chains" Bnl
for your efforts, thousands of slaves would
have been educated and emancipated--
would have been returned 10 Africa; and
Liberia, under The influence Of the Chris.
,ian would have realized wha
the Psalmist said "Elhiopia shall soor
stretch out her hands unto Cod"
Slavery is an evil ; we know It. Il ].
an evil 10 the white man. No laborinf
population in any country, except our owl
northern people, are 20 well taken care Of
80 well supplied with al the necessariei
nf life, az our slaves are. Whatever o
evil there is in slavery has been increased