New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-18
.ELpIsUNEss AND SLAVERY.


The Mr. OrL.an, Bulletin finds in The Tribune certain
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in and embodied in our review Of Mr. H. c. Care
new work on The Slave Trade, Domestic and For.
eigR which it deems replete with astonishing incon
sistent unnatural absurdties" Here is It's arrsign-
ment in full:
The whole review hinges as we're upon two points
the first that cf interest in al its diversified forms strives
for the perpevson Of slavery and second 70 excite 40
horTence OF Shareholders BY impung bsrbar, treatment
sno beartless cruelty TO their slaves
Now. these two propositions cannot be reconcilsd.
They Observation-Disclosures. No but fanatic
Of the deepest dye who has studied long upon idea
that be look. the verest absurds wh.n they &C
cord with that idea as demOnstrave argument would
have used them. They contradict and destroy each
other They prove beyond coniroverson that the
the other must be false natural law, which cannot he
gotten over, under or aroundwhch cannot BIZ shnked,
lodged or avoided IN any -pronounces the two as
sumptons irreooucilable Admit that sliatrest alone
governs the stakeholder in bis determination perp-tae
the institution 10 the fArhest possible period Of ne
What follows a natural certain consequence Why.
that very @yiHe throwing aside every other motive
moral religious, would compel him 90 treat hs slaves
well to cloh' them comfortably to lodge them suitably to
attend IL cir health properly and not TO overta or over
work them IA any way Admit that be y as much OF
brute Greeley considers Shareholders generally 70 BE-
st sftHtercst would prevent him from being cruel
fren starving, overlooking hi. slaves Negroes IN
condition Of almost utter Punishment dunng great por
ton # the year (ri4e qu0tstonl could do work
would be Of no service, would Do dead loss % Their
ner. and If he owned many such would break him be
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tact, which cannot be- overhrown. We believe that
SHAREHOLDERS, even had they iafref in the mater
would treat their negroes with more kindness and aiten
ton than he people 81 the Norm treat Nor poor ana
helpless people. We know it and acre Is not large
plantation the river that does ss4in absolute ev
deDce IF the truth If our proposition On almost every
there are, less, old and helpless negroes shO
lot and vii b., anything bu' trouble and eI
peDse % their They well lodged, wellfed
nursed hen sick, have medical attendance when
cessary Ia the glorious F,e A0, they would be sent to
pauper houses OF The treatment Of the inmates Of which
have read some thrilling accounts in Free Soil news
on the malignant ibelers whose names are given 10 the
quoted paragraphs, have little say The statements
are fAlsehoods made out Of whole cloth They could be
proved So necessary We have already hO that
s,t ihtrcf would prevent any from thus treating his
slaves woulo render them v.ueess expensive and
troubles and besides ,uch anomaly hungry ne
gro wss ever known IN the sections alluded TO-"
The main question here involved is one Of fact
viz DO the slaves mot ALL but OF them) actually
suffer from hunger ' and this point cited in
support of position the testimony Of witnesses who
speak from personal knowledge, and whose credibllty
has not been impeached The Bulletin opposes TO these
facts this testimony bald assertion aud syogisn,
which runs thus 1t cannot be true that slaves suffer
from hunger because is the interest OF their owners
" to feed them abundantly" Now, without admitting
that direct testimony may be set aside overborne by
such logical fencing meet our antagonist on his own
ground and tell him that his reasoning is nconclusve
because
J. lie himself says that On almost every plantation
there are more or less old and helpless negroes who
are not and never will be anything but trouble and
"pense TO their owuers-that is to saw are just such
burden the planter WORKOUT and worthless dogs
or horses may be- These it is plain he is not impeled
by SELF interest TO feed and cOthe adequatey-on the
contrary il is bis interest feed them cheapy and
mesgerly possible. Should exposure, privaton and
want shorten their days. that is much money in his
pocket. Now a great many Shareholders would spurn
such considerations but there others who would not
facts sbundsnty prove. We protest agans the per-
steui and iueXcusable faseboOd which represents
US as cLaIscteriziDg Shareholders generally" as
"brutes." SO far as We know them they very much
like other men-good, bad and Indifferent We have
known very good and others just the contrary but
the majority If them neither one nor the other We
against Shareholders but Slayery-the system,
the CODE the laws, which give some men such terrible
power other men, with their wives sons and dsugh-
This power good men should fear to WELD and bad
men cannot fail to abuse How can these latter be relied
on to feed clohe and shelter adequately the helpless,
useless burthensome live stock described as above By
The Bulletin 1t were the hight Of folly TO expect il
Unless be cOLtended that all shareholders are perfect
saints it cannot be denied that these waits and wrecks
Of the lanters productive force must often suffer
from want The plantation is little kingdom often far
removed from intimate social contact or neighbory
scrutiny. Who is take care that the old and help
less negroes encumberng properly nourished and
clad
, Now as to selEinterest Il is tolerably certain
that most Shareholders will give their hands coarse
food enough TO enable them 70 work efficiently at least
through the burning season. Bu; is there in sefin.
terest' an adequate guaranty for the nourishneu and
care Of human beings. We say there is not, and We
point the lodgings and bedding of slaves a. We have
seen them in support Of our position human chat.el
worth from 600 TO 1909 is plainly valuable to be
exposed the caprces of climate and weather Is they
certainly are az the South If the planters would listen
to u.s. would convince them that simply as matter of
business, they ought TO provide better dwellings for
ihe negroes that they properly covered and ven
tiated ard ro left the novels they nov are We could
prove to them that they would in the health 1icor
ard seyiy OF their slaves far more than the addition
al cost Of decent houses We could prove to them that
eonvenences for bathing and indictments TO general
cleanliness among their slaves would pdy Some few
Of them already know this but too busy or too Door
or too fearful Of their pe9hbOrs take decisive step
forward while the great majority have failed TO give the
subject any attention at all But sefinterest7 does
not guide them Alright this point how shall it be trust
ed on another
Again Iii absolutely demonstrated that poor farming
i. mistake and 4 vaste-thai no mAn can really afford
tokeep poorer breeds Of Cattle and sheep or to keep
ary stock otherwise than in high condition The farmer
who stints bis Working Cattle, Mich Cows or Young
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