The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-11-04
For the National Era.
WHO ARE TO BE TRUSTED.

DEAR SIR: With no late remark in the Era
have been better pleased than in that where
you aver that the Free Democracy are the only
class OF men the South can safely trust Who
are the true friends of the South Those who
meet them like men and brethren, and strive
to help them out of their difficulties by consery-
ing the real interests of all classes and sections,
or those who when asked the question they are
so fond of asking others what can be done
with slaveryl' almost invariably reply, a. let
it die out of itself; F" knowing and acknowledge
ing as they do, at the same time the impov-
ershment and ruin that ,eyitably attend it.
To be sure" say they hs,. at the North, Z" we
want slavery abolished, but just wait while
the Free States are rapidly gaining upon
the Slave States, that ii will be but few years
before we shall have such an immense pre-
ponderance that we can do just rs we please "
Well, what then-what is the real result but
a miserable loss of time and prosperity-what
but a serious sggravatOn of all our dangers
and difficulties, both local and general and
eventually utter social and political nferiority
on the part of the South Already "Ichabod .
is written on the older slave States, and the
newer ones, when compared with the free States,
are hopelessy in the rear. Faithful are the
wounds of friend, but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.'
Let our Anti-Slavery friends be just to the
| South. For one, ! must own that the slave
holders are comparatively guiltless in this mat
ter. Bound up as they are in slavery by their
whole education, associations. prcjudices, and
apparent interests IT the free North can see no
difference but will in every respect practically
endorse IT, will seek to spread and eternalize it,
who can blame the South! They do Just az
ua wouId do updor thai. a;.a,..'.4ouaao a
even better, ! doubt not, for it takes rene
gade Northerners to make Legreest" "Ifthe
light be darkness, how great is that darkness
But again, ask, rho are the real friends of
the South Who are endan ger,ng he Union
those who do right, who uphold truth and free
dom, or slavery and wrong! Who of the
North are magnifying the difficulties of eman-
clpaton-who Sin Congress and out Of itp
msrepresent the views and feelings of the
North to our Southern brethren-covering up
and holding back, cajoling, trucking and ex-
aggeratiDg!
Southern friends, | ask you, is this fair deal
ing Can you trust such partners-do you
choose to link your destnies with theirs. while
your fair land, through its characteristic in
situations, uDdergoes the beautiful process of
dying OUT" What rare manifestation of
Christian patriotism, combined with the most
transcendent tenderness and heroic fortitude,
on the part of such, your Northern alies-will-
ing as they are thus to stand idly by and look
on, while your half Of the body polite and the
one half of theirs covered with the black pail
of darkness and infamy, "dies Quill"
II. n p.
A CENSUS OF CLEVELAND, which has Just |
been completed, shows population of 25,67O,
beng an iacrease of $50 since the fall Of the ,
year 1851, when it was 81, l40 Ohio city, one
of its suburbs has 1864 thus giving a total |
population in the two cities OF 80, l34 inhabit-