The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-02-12

'"'' Soo"'y oUen relapse into The savage pro
ipsn''''e' of their fo'efa,hers, being generally
more sensual, more debssed and ,ndolcni, snd
less healthy and thrifty than slaves. When 80
'smember this, that hard a. 70 tho nsRroe's
condition here, il 10 paradise compared wi,h
hH former situation In Africa. snd that this
ehsnas hss been TO him 90 delightful a. to
make him the most hesIthy and long lived
race on carth-and ~hen wc remember thu,
.hs master lives IN Q civilized and christian
co'n'ry, and nne whore public opiuion 10 en-.
li~ly ffce-,nd remember too. the, The ma..
ter 10 no, responsible for tho original existence
Of slavery here, ii should mitigate our wrath
alsins' tho institution, snd lead us to hope.
hat !, may have been permitted for good and
~'e ends. But supposing i, to be a curse to
'sn negro, ~hs, 10 10 bs done I IL he to be
% st liberty Immediately And If 90, ~here
ishs 10 be settled Who 10 TO set him up IN
ito world, and how is no TO 10 recosnz d b,
The Law, IL any one so ,gnatsni a. TO sup
p''e, that II the negroes wsfe se, free aud
lcf, in those S;a,ss whore they nov for m ma.
jpf.y Of tho population. this liberation YOU'D
yrove . blessing either to them OF 10 the
~h''ss' They would be . degraded caste IN
tho community, having no vuics The fran
lag Of the la"s; no means TO scqu,e lsad.,
md likely never to be respected BY their ia,e
uss'es. 10 whom. bound by uo Ties social or
p'lihcsl. They would b without the mean,
even Of temporary support, and thus coppelI
ed 10 beg or s,sal-snd beta cen them aud the
sbnes would spring up ,h,i bitter prejudice
Of race. which, IN Philadsi phis and o,hr
places ~hsrs thers are Is,ge mssses Of Tree
blacks. lesds 10 perpetual scenes OF ,ioi snd
disorder, making the whites - TO d,.ptss the
blacks. and lhs blacks 90 10 has. ..- -..'-.-.
% sspsfs'e them BY . guilt . Thousand time.
WIDER IhAu tina. shich divides tho Austrian
and Magyar. They would be ao in,olersble
nuisance 10 the shue'; end the shuss, sure
nor 10 intellect and privileges, you'd tyran
n'zs over them, oui. xit them, and opprsu
hem unhou, fsmorse.
Mus, they be sent 10 Aficsl To send
them there would elhsust the msnns of their
'~ne"; snd certainly the .ildss, cn,husa.,
cnud not ssp,c, such . ssc,,fics Of mortal
rco. Be''des, to cong'egs,e ,hem iexsth-t
n great numbsfs, and lesve them 10 them.
's'rs. 70 but TO drive them back to bsrbsr,sm
he ",sge p'opens,,,.s OF thor nature can BE-
noa tfeetualiy 'epfe''ed by their sparsc d..
furon among more enlightened and CIV, sed
prople. WIS, then 10 to be their drstin, I
Before the ans~er 10 this 10 considered, /,
may b veil TO enquire, # slavery ws curse
to The mss:er. |, may be assumed ths, i, 10;
70, tho sake Of argument, oil ih,t the Pow.
.io,iss ma'otsin shall bs grained. LIS I'D.
misd then, ,hs, slavery 10 curse 10 tho mas.
ter; ho~ are his eyes TO DO opened to 70.
ccgntion OF the fact and hcw 10 no to bs 70
llrv,d Will h. be ,auah, sgaius, he will !
VIII he bs ,augh, by acts of legislation forced
on him By men from dis,sn, sections and rep.
re.en.inx dfF.rcn, in,srcs,sl VIII he pa
,sn.Iy agree 10 be ''ulu6ed end branded be
fore the world asa tyrsnt. ,gnorsn, Of h,s in.
,eren snd his du,iesi
Tn. sns~eS TO these questions may be
found in the history OF the snl,s'svery excite
'nen' in THE country: . history confirming
the lesson taugh. by oil time. that moral 70.
o,ms can ne'er be forced on any civil zed
people by o'hes and equal nations or Other
ard equal State. Forty ycsrs ago there yes
one opinion at the South on the suhj-c, ol sIav.
cry |, was known and publicly recognised to
bc an evil, and men Of all parties desired 10
gradual abolition.
Distant and dsin,eres,sd philan,hi opis,s be.
gan 10 volunteer their counseIs and their nld
and as these increased 10 nunbcrs and zeal.
ssetionsi jsaIous,es we're aroused sec,,ousl
pride invoked-ssd sectional parties were
formed. Abolition became odious ., the
South, because Northern men, by their ,nd,s.
Greet movements, identified II with Northern
poluics and Northern sentiment; and, by dc.
g'ses, i,s Southern friends ssss driven from
i's support, until. y, last. no one south of The
Potomac dared to ss,ss he voice 10 ito favor.
Every year .hs people Of the South became
more and more united; every year. tho un.
wise movemsn,s st the North gave force to
the a'Rumen,s Of Southern fans'ics and sec.
t'ousl dsmaEoguss. until, ., last, tho real ne,