Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-01-10
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ODD FELLOWSHIP AND THE UNION.
The independent Order OF Odd Fellows perhaps s.anca
first and foremost in numerical sense among the many
benevolent institutions ot which this or any otter country
can boast II has liz lodges in every State IN the Union,
and wherever there its members are found We may
therefore easily suppose that the moral Ties which bind such
brotherhood together in tho bonds OF Friendship Love
and TRUTH easily broken that II requires something
more than tho empty rawlings OF ianacsm, the misty meta
physics of the advocates Free Soil the sectional
hsnr,burnings and mutual hatred which our Notein ari
Southern demagogues love well 10 ensende something
more than all this requires 10 cs;fange men 60 a.
lied another In 80 saceda compact a. ihat when ocn
Fellowship is generally supposed TO be- For seeing mat
there danger OF breaking up OF tho political chores OF
this Union the Order maniuy coming forward TO JON
the Army tho Union and raise voice not IA hies or
Democrats but Odd Fellows asalns, the Vaccinations .!
the Higher Law party al the North and the party oi pioes
sional Dsuniun ai the South.
We have been led 10 these remarks on perisa o an able
ur,ice upon the subject recently published IN an influential
and accredited organ OF the Order at Phliadelpna-'no
Banner Of the Caon Thus after showing the dsasle,
which continuance OF the Abolition agitation must isa1
the country into, tho Banner invokss tho order to-,
"Dscard all fsergs Of sectional anmosity and internal
dissensons Yield willing compliance TO the Constitution
and the laws OF the land and hse be errors in either en-
deavor amend not destroy Toe Northern enon VINO
are acting from impulse reason we say you arc nsa
ken In the you pursuing Every threat and b.
nvecvs Ia rivetns the chains OF the slave tghie every
you breathe against the institution o slavery ~
attack tho character vi your ldthers VINO mac men '4
share in inflctin2 the evil Southern Brothers
The Banner then goes on 10 present stfikins contrast
the condition oi the black the South md the
black man u the No.h-o the conclusion that his posi-
ton and prospects among US here ut tho Norm! are Anin
~ than they on the other side OF Mason and DiA
In tho South they are slaves b. aw: but tho pow
Ell that gives authority the slaves binds him
protect and provide tor them Nearly ell nre attached
TO their masters and their families. Whites are prohibited
from selling them intoxicating drinks under heavy penal
es Many stewards md their masters es
a,es-hey are allowed entire liberty OF conscience In e
gious matters md they have their holidays and sports ad
when sickness old age comes creeping on they ac hfsed
and provided for.
What is the condition Of the In tho free Sater
Here Law wills them free but their habits and condition
make them slayes most ablect slaves They degraded
oy our laws Tor while 1t acknowledges their liberty II de-
them tho rights and privileges enjoyed by lie Whites
they are slaves because they submit 10 treatment hn
would be borne by lroomcn-thcy are slaves beca9-e
they prefer the most enia service that which cnnoieH
and improves the mind and majority OF them ar"
slaves their appetei"and more cruel master never
ashcd the of poor human nature Their love oil strong
drink is also universal and in order 10 procure Tile means 10
satisfy their craving for it, they will submit to any tegEaGa
ton There many honorable exceptions, oht IS is me
condition Of tho great mass OF the coiord people IN n
North least in The cities II any Aboonst WIN NV
US much misery degradation, and crime among the slaves
Of tho South on any hundred miles square, as we VIII show
hin, among the within one mile from me o'ty
Hail. New York, promise 10 become Jealous advocate
| If their emancipation"
All true this In the South, the negro has fair share OF
the comforts and blessings Of freedom disguised In the name
,, slavery. At the North he has all the want and hise'y
and degradation OF slavery with the name o liberty Ad
,hat in short metre, is just the precise difference III '
condition Of the negroes in the respective sec"ns o me
Union TO which referring. There s an adrtn!e ot
telling truths and strong sense too In ~hat ioo"e
Snich should oe paascd by 49,
we love liberty for wht it is not for its name sni 10
give the Southern slaves lioeryo eavs The piantaon
where they provided with the necessaes OF coia
mere and exist no, live n the pureus of Cities uaere
,hey vii! be become contaminated 5y the example
and habits Of the miserable beings that now ihhaoil
hose ahodes of crime disease and DEATH would be concec-
Ing right or granting boon that should make humanity
weep With but few EXCEPTIONS they have humane ano IN
dugen sick and nhn are cared Tor WIN mo
socude OF ahery affection; aud all are protected iio
m violence and Dor often prac,ised against te
racs In The boasted free North"