The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-06

proposition relative to the exclusion Of free ne
groes carried by Overwhelming majority
to indicate that but very small fraction of the
people favorable to retaining these foster chill
drsn of the free States, as citizens.
The lures they have held out to these untorto-
mates have turned out TO be mere glittering bait
to catch gudgeons. Now il this policy is TO be
generally adopted by the North, which we have
little doubt will be done, where are these vince
died blacks to goi The North spews them out
corruption. Will her Immortal philanthro-
pists, Seward, Hale, Garrison, Giddings, ct id
omnes genus, provide transports for them TO some
Ocean Elysium where they enjoy the glorious
freedom which they so earnestly covet in a free
niggerdom Of their own, without work and with
out care' We wot not. These phiiaHthroplsfy
will give to their troubled eoseisness in the
usual way, by making the South the scape- goat.
They will expect to throw the burden upon the
South, which, unless preventive measures Of the
most decided character are taken, will inundate
every sayeholding State with the black abolition
Migrants Of the North, Fred Douglas and ALL For
we may rest assured that the North will, ere long,
rue the day that she introduced these fiery ee-
ments in her midst. Such, however, IL not the
light in which we view those OF this class who are
native born among us. They have never been
imbued with the dangerous elements of Northern
fanaticism. They have not acquired those tran-
scendentai ideas OF the school Of Phillips, Garrison
O. Co., which makes it their highest virtue to
keep the community in uprOar and ferment, to the
imminent risk of the good order and safety Of So
ciety.
The large mass Of them have established a
character for industry, aobriety, honesty, and
good order which renders them worthy examples
to the slave population. They have inherited the
common sentiment of the human race everywhere,
of local attachment and love for the soil on which
they were born, which is the spring of patriotism,
and many of them cherish commendable pride
in the institutions, customs, and improvements of
our country. Add to this, that many Of them
or their ancestors were manumitted on account Of
some extraordinary service either to the State
individuals, or of some faithful service to their
masters, and we have the highest motives why we
should make distinction between native born and
alien free negroes, and why the former should at
least be secure from any enactment which would
deprive them of their homes and the protection of
the laws, and drive them to wander abroad and be
refused asylum. as in most instances they will
be, in our sister States. These unfortunate be-
ings are capable Of as elevated degree of patriot
ism, as many whose position and opportunities
would promise a superiority IN sentiment and
principle. In the last war with Great Britain,
numbers Of them volunteered TO defend their
country against the British marauders at New
Orleans; and were the South at this or any
future period tn need their services, we should
confidently look for display Of patriotic devotion
from them which would put to the blush many OF
the "pale faces" who sympathize with abolition
ism. Were the State to adopt the policy Of ex
Guiding these natire, from our midst, it might be
an interesting and puzzling question to know
where will we drive them to- 1t would surely be
unjust to throw the burden upon our sister States
of the South, even on the supposition that they
would permit the imposition. Let them protect
those to whom they have fallen heir, and they
will be doing their whole duty. The question
then resolves itself into this plain propositions let
each State tolerate and protect under salutary po
lice regulations, only such number as she finds
at present resident within her limits and other
wise, should the number become too great for
good policy and good order, let her provide for
colonizing them.
Thus will the South avoid the odum and ia
tuity which justly attaches to some of our North
ern phiianhropic friends. of fostering and encour
aging the immigration of class eren al the risk of
destroying this Union, only to betray and aban-
don them in the end