The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-04-17


philosophical reseIies, for a few moments.
and ask himself, with The remembrance that
there is an eye that sees The thoughts of the
. henri" What good have done, what good
did hope to do, by ouirasing the lep'iass Of
any of the meuh,is OF tins liouse!' ,n.a;
the :" still small suice viii tell hin-Nuac.
none fear the gentleman vi. prove i, Is
true
Heart merit wanting, mount We ue'er 5. high,
Our height is Tut the gibbcI .. name
II nigh, presume 10 advise one So q m.
petent to give advice as The gentleman lfum
Massachusetts, is, ! would tell him-Rrtirr
keep at yeur lectures, have them published
ana pulled by your friends. 10 lhis was,
good many be achio'ed by your tf.lus.-
our ell quence may be praised, extrucss l.a..
be published from your lectures, exciting tho
admiration oi sophumores and Of men. but
beg the gentleman 10 remember. t.at.
though he speaks wlth the 'longues Of Glcn
and Of aGGc!s, nld has net cAarily," he SRI.
become a, sounding brass or tiGhlina lille
bal. Ana another gentleman from Peer
syi'ania, Nf. Sl'pheus,) 10 a speech which
was, apparently, deliberately ptcgared, aa.s
utIerance to sentiments, clothed 10 largGg,l
that southern geu icmIn wcuh noi use h. a
respectable nngto. ! expected soGe uAf7.
ism from this source. That gentleman Is
known as man ol excessive humanity. And.
since an,I masonry will no longer answer Tor
hobby horse. since Morgan's mysenous
disappearance has CEASED to an;tale the pub.
llc mind N the North, the gentleman mus.
preach against the horrors aud the de spa,i,ni
OF slavery hope his next speech viii bo
TT 10 be read in the families of Penns,ivarIa
farmers. hope the gentleman will find some
other Morgan to trighien the grandmother
and children Of Psnnsy lvaDia with. Bet
ask him to lei Us alone.
Mr. Chairman, if these gcntlemon's minds
were not as inaccessible 10 reason as ,bclr
hearts seem devoid Of Kindness towards a Dor.
lion Of their countrymcn, would gladly asl.
them to listen to some few facts. When
was young man and first observed public
events IN North Carolina, free negroes voted
as white citizens. Free negroes voted in
North Carolina until an amendment was
made IN cur State constitution in l635,-
And IN the town of Newbern, where lived,
according To my recollection, out of three
hundred voters, sky Of them were free
blacks. AID Hhen the proposition was made
IN our convention, IN 1885, 10 deprive free
negroes OF The privilege Of voting, it was op.
posed by some Of our best and best men,
ihink The vote stood 65 for abollshinr The
right, and 60 against il; and amonp these
SIXTY are recorded the names of Judges
uas'on ara DANIEL, then two Of the Judges
OF our Supreme Court; Mr.. Rayner. fayora.
nly known here, and think also Mr.. siou,.
gomery aud Mr.. Charles Fisher, afterwards
members Of Congress from nv State. and
olher gentlemen whose names cannot now
remember. We'll, sir, what's the effect of
Tie agitation oi Abolltionists Have Won
Improved tie coalition Of the free necroesl
Far IRON IT, And if The same propostion
were submitted 10 State Convention iC
Nofth Carolina, at this day, not one man
would vote tor II. Within my own memory.
emancipation Of slave was a matter of fre.
quent occurrence. A simple petition 10 the
court, on halt sheet of paper, a, the reGues,
oil The master, alleging his slave had render.
ed merllolious services, and the slave was
made free. But these fanatics circulated no.
pcrs containing doctrines like those oyowed
III lhe speeches have referred to, and The
inevitable Consequence was, that legislation
'hleriered, Tor insurrccion was talked Of in
the I"iamous papers Of the Abolitionsls. and
a eeling that II was necessary to protect our
hfesdes and our homes compelled Us to be-
careful. Aad how is it now +! Fmancina.
ton Is difficult matter. In extraordinary
cases, Jour legislature sometimes emaucipaies.
Our laws allow slaves TO be emancipa,ed by
VIII, but not 10 remain 10 the State. As The
puOhc mind became excited, our people
thought II wrong to allow emancipation when
Tree negroes could visit our northern States.
aud return with mlschievous intentions: and
legislation threw difficulties in the way Of
emancipation.
This hes been the effect of men boldipp
the opinions of the gentlemen from Massa.
chusests and Pennsy vania, Mann and Sic.
vens, } and publishing them as they have. E.
mancIpatIon was gong on daily; but net so
TOW. Northern gentemen who can under
stand how The whole Of their section can b9
excited BY passing a resolution declaring you
shall not petition for any thing and everv
thing, can also understood how denunciatie6.
threats and impudent interference with our
rights, can excite our people to feeling Of
resistance. That feeling has caused them to
oppose emancipation. Sir, | remember well
when we had negro meeting houses, and ne.
gro preachers, some of whom could read and
write well; but you philanthropists
men who would rather look on rivers Of blood
than that slavery should be extended Que inch,
and have such horror Of chains, shackles and
despotism-they sent iucendiary documents
among our slaves, exciting them TO insurrec.
lion. As an inevitable result, education was
forbidden. Self protection required it--pro.