New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-17
slavery and Emancipation.

slavery and Emancipation.
The Baltimore Clipper replies to our re-
cent discussion of the dangers attending
the continuance of African Slavery on this
continent for another half century, in the
following terms
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The resutf Would Il improve heir CONDITION " reply
without heslstOn IN The prgsi7e is1p2oie men ID
be i'm proved by being SCI thsy ever os aaaIs1
IN sculs socis and political with DO WnI-s OF 1nis
c, entry LEI the writer m ne be not FED O11giisl
Gsy ~beiter he would admit negroes 10 as soca 2l'I5,
TO h's he'd bosro-ou t-Tms Of Deriect eq-sly u
b. would be would ~ lEey % have May im..ao't
Now. Il he evils which re anticipates tor ne ooln-fa
stses are tey fesZed N TINE 70 cone, ns1cio1
ton might pfec piislr' nut ccod ootss7I'lu-
must therefore 30 sou9n 70 some o-r Z, o1s 10 Jy
mebod lhst know. Of restoring ne blacks TO Peec
freedom ard he enjoyment o. ell civil and polnct nsnh
TO- 10 provide for their emigration 70 Ae4 H. ins1 We
Urier would prevent The catss0ple which ne ~ -cs 70
bat 10 reality promo'es ne should sneeayr y rAS
the Norm Ia support OF Ancso coohikau0n En-lclpI
uOb ard eJpli isuou must 60 hard In hsn1 aud We ven
ture ihs II The North will sissi IN hs sup2J OF
means teuo 10 Affics hose ilavps VITO may Ds naoc
psed he South viii supply The Ue1i women ana ca1 90
XVbsyer evlis nav srise from he existence ~ avery
are fell hy he South ths cuzs1s Of that section need
not be reminded Of them By Northern wsrt; s1d eepe
csllv In he rAy chosen by The Nce York Tr5Hs II
man nave cancer 90 him will constant Irritation remove
hl " rot viii fiod or honest Intentions VII A.
t,rt raj ods Of cure avery exists Al The South ald
~ ~ - ~ - esncsr g,sers " ,lr6errrine tbs bo4V
which susisinSis fiend vou sPplY ne Ene instead o.
iusuurg iis ersdicston The Ene IN ihe case OF
slavery 10 CooLiEston-et Il be vigorous spoiled, oy
lhoGe who ready 10 rencc s1nh-rn states OF "a r
dArPers ard who not be unwilling TO incresie II;
and Oh Will be well
Now, in order to apply the knife to a
cancer, it is necessary first to convince the
patient that be has a cancer and q bad one.
This is what we tried to do. We held up
to the view of our Southern fellow citizens
the sure consequences of Slavery, and ap-
pealed to them to set about curing the dis
ease. But they obstina.ely refuse to see
that there is any danger, or to think Of any
means of AvertiDg it. On the contrary
their policy has been and still is to perPet-
uate and extend Slavery. They will not
entertain any plan for It's extinction. Tho
proposition laid before the People OF Ken
lucky by Mr.. Clay, Just before the late re-
form of their Constitution, was the mildest
and, to them, the least offensive which we
can imagine; it was urged, too in terms
the most appropriate and convincing; and
yet it was rejected by an overwhelming
majority. In Virginia, too, at this moment
the admission is not tolerated that Slavery
is temporary arrangement which had bet
ter be changed. Why, the whole violent
and tedious controversy now going on in
that State springs from the immovable re-
solution of the Slavehelding portion of tue
inhabitants to render the Institution as
near eternal as possible. Any suggestion
that it may be done away with in half
a century is treason and provooation to
civil war. In the States further South this
adherence to bondage, as if it were the
choicest of heavens blessings, is yet more
intense and desperate. Besides, look at
the history of the country for the last if-
teen years, not to go back further. Why
was Texas annexed What was the issue
in the struggle on the Territories between
North and South Will anybody deny
that Texas was taken from Mexico and
made State of this Republic ia order to
extend and confirm the patriarchal institu-
tionl And did not the whole territorial
contest hinge on the enlarging the area Of
Slavery And yet, in face Of all this, We
are told that no cry Of alaTnE must be
raised, and that we must preach only Col
onization, and that only in the. placid tones
proper to Il sucking DIVE. This strikes US
as entirely erroneous. 1t is time the South
were made to realize whittier they are
rushing and what is at the end of the road.
This is not to irritste their sore, but to
make them believe that they have sore.
and that full Of fearful omens.
1t is absurd to say that this is to provoke
civil war. 1t is just the contrary. Is
were as true to accuse the man who seeks
to arrest a wilful boy dashing toward a
precipice, of melting him to plunge head
long from the briak. Ga the contrary, We
claim to be ten thousand times as much the
friends of the South as those who cry
Peace, Peace, and flatter their listeners
that all is veil nov and hereafter, aud
nothing need 70 done.
We SIR up 30 Instruction; we appsa
70 no passions; we urge no scheme for
freeing the slaves at given day next
month or next year. But we do appeal
to the common sense Of the slave owners
ard citizens generally of the Southern
States, and ask them, for the welfare of