The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-05-15

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among slaves byjast laws. Thai very free
dom, the use ofswhich is misnomer, to
them is Of no earthly use ii is their abuse
4 OF il which drags 10 and around them all
| those evils, iniseries and human degrada.
tioas which ignorance and crime ever pro.
duce. There are few whose habits and
associations are with the whites, and, alas
what are the results Go ask the blind al
leys of the southern section of the city; go
ask the thousand and one groggeries, rum
shops, and low dsns Of infamy in and
around US. See the consequences of such
associations; see the beauties Of abolition.
ism, and then contrast that miserable state
of existence, ye straight coated hypocrites,
who prate aboutthe suffering slaves, with
those IN bondage, who are really happy
compared to those we have described.
Look, to, a, that class who take no in
terest in things around them, and who live
out a drsamy sort of existence under the
influence Of that vile composnd of dirt and
poison, lager beer--worse, far worse, than
rye whiskey;-a mixture to madden and des.
troy Thus the mind and body, eongenial
in all things, find in such haunts the means
of gratifying low desires, beastiality, and
sink at once into that degradation which be.
comes, in the eyes of man and the law, a
nuisance. There is, however, one class Of
blacks who aspire 10 a certain degree of re.
.rrsclaee:.iiiiy; it is that class who eschew, as
they would fiend, a pale faced, caniing,
abolitionist. These are the industrious
blacks, the workers Of the earth; men
whose habits are formed by association and
ape ing the whites in all things; this gives
them a certain air of civilised life they are
more domesticated in their habits, and their
dwellings present the appearance of imi,a-
tive aptitude to real comforts of life.
As before remarked. we are not the ad.
vocaies OF slavery, that is its extension ;
with its present history and intimate con.
necton with our constitution, and to protect
slave holders, every good citizen has much
10 do. We have trav elled much among the
states where slavery exists, but we never
Witnessed half that misery and wretched.
ness, drunkenness and beas,ialiiy in slave
state that we have witnessed in u large
cities Of the north. If we propose to do
something for the blacks, let us commence
the work at once not by mixing them up
with the whites, but by reclaiming and
dragging them from filth and dirt into which
-ss-~y i-----. h,<,r--s>i,,naad hu ipiudicious ad
vice, and examples set by others. lei us
raise them up gently, kindly, and talk reas-
onably and mildly with them, and endeavor
TO make them, their families and their
houses comfortable. Let our missionaries
attend TO the heaihen here, and let the really
happy Hindoo alone. Let us endeavor to
make the negro happy, by weaving him
from the vices of his nature and those of
association. -
We have alluded TO Theodore Parker, q
man calling himself minister of the Cos
pei, man of God. What he is, who he
is, we neither know nor care; bnt the man
who could utter from the pulpit such stuff as
the following, to the enlightened as well as
to the ignorant, should have been hooted
from the building and branded as liar and
a scoundrel. Such man would, If he had
power and influence, revoluiionise the
land and establish the worst Of governments,
that Of abolitionism, fanalicism and beasti.
ality. His mind and body are alike, both
full Of all sorts of vile weeds, which should
only be permitted to grow in the jungles on
the border Of the Ganges. Hear what ne
says:
Last Thanksgiving day said il would
be difficult 10 find magistrate in Boston 10
take the odium of sending a fugitive back to
slavery. behaved, after all, men had some
conscience, although they talked about it's
being q duty to deliyerup manic bondage.
Pardon me, my countryman, thai rated you
too hight Pardon me, !own OF Boston, that
! l thought you had been all bonn of mothers
Pardon me, ruiiian- who kill for hire,
thought you had some animal nature LEFT,
even in your bosoms Pardon me, United
States Commissioners, MarshaIs, and the
like, thought you all had some shame
Pardon me, my hearers, for such = mistake
One Commissioner was found TO furnish the
warrant! Pardon me, ! did not know he
was Commissioner il 1 had never would
| have eald it.
! Spirits Of Tyrsnts, look down. 10 you
! Shade cc.f Cain, thou first great murdeser,
forgive me that have forgotten yosr power,
and did not remember that son were parent
/ Of so long line And you my brethren, il
hereafter / tell you that there Is any limit ol
lrneaness or wickedness which a Yankee