The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-05-04
Whole Number 1918


l. thought sluvery, dvested of its abuses, woul,
o be very fine thing; and surely no one could lav.
3 made a fairer trial on one plantation ,y,an vo,
have. Do you still think SO y
Well. young man. I'm not going to cop5,,;,
mySeh. I've been pretty easy, though, about ii I:
1t my nature TO be easy. And then I've had
plenty OF logical support, and ghosiy COUNSEL
Upon that shelf you'll find Judge this, and Pro-
essor that and Rev. Dector such -a-one, all bar
innniousiy bent upon reconcihng me to my pos ton
as mercfu slave holder What if con.c.enc,
did Whisper now and then, that every one of those
a5'e-hodIed men might, if fee,. take his wife and
children, shoulder his axe, and with little assist
ance make bis way to of the untrod,ial
western regions. and there chop him out a farm
sell all the grain. potatoes, and things lie could
rase' instead OF giving away all but moiety; get
up and go to bed whe.t ne pleased, send his chill
dren to school, take the papers, talk of .our res
possibilities as freemen,' and in short, derort him
ssf generally like civilized man. with a !, .ce in
the world. What if 1t did I'Lt4ke rec, at
some eloquent public speech or document, and
satisfy myself by discovering that free bl cas al
most without exception, Ere lazy, thevish, and in
sane Who wouldhi be satisfied p
why don't you colonze p asked Tracy, sn;
ling Mt the Coone.'s half concealed irony.
! 'Well, I've 6ns two rather condensed Oh
Jsctions to colonizatibn though it was formerly
i quite iaVorite idea with me, too. pondered il
when first came in possession of slaves but soon
feilnqushed the project for two reasons: one was
that to carry it out would impoverish me- and the
other was that they were then Just about as fiji
to help found an independent colony, as so MANY
black sheep would be for mautua-mahers'
But now your ability and their capacity are
both increased why not do it now?'
Simply for this reason. They don! aoant 10 90,
Here Is their birth place and their home-bev
know no other country. True, there are those
who, having suffered heavily from the evils of
slavery, conceive such bitter and perfectly ua,n
raj hatred of the country, that their first desire
upon throwing off the chains is 10 quit if forever
leaving upon it nothing but their curse But thev
are not large number. Revenge is not a dom
lnant p ;ssion of negro character. l would hinder
none who choose to go to Liberia, but wouIdt,
| compel them. While we welcome to our sEo. 81,
and find room for millions IF Europeans, driy. n
hIther BY poverty and oppression at homs,, with
out the smallest inquiry us 10 whether thav are
| - 0>N' SoH1SSA
Catholic or Protestant, it seems to me excessv. l.,
mean 10 expatriate own native born citizeas.
especially after they have been trained aud in
s'iue!eu 10 civil anc religious duties, and prepared
aud fitted up generally for useful members of So
ciety In new Republic. 1t strikes me a a COW
aroiy exchanging OF one wrong for another-a
miserable pandering to the prejudice against col
orr
i on say that you are abundantly provided with
pro-slaFery reading; should judge from YOUR re-
marks that you had also read anti-savery works
NO indeed not one! rve always shut nv ewes
and ears to everything of the sort; though noxy
that frankie has paid transportation on big pack
age of books, Isuppose 1 shall have to read them,
did once subscribe for the Ant-Slavery organ n,
Washington, but after few numbers; the Po.t
masier refused to deliver the IN to me- the people
| OF ihe village had meeting and sustained him.
and saw no more of my paper, you needn't look
SO much scorn' Tracy; if you were In possession
OF fine farm with a disputed title YOU would ;,
care about searching and pryng round among the
county records would you p
Here summons to dinner put a sudden close 10
Uncle Walters 'agitatirg' topic, but its impress
sioa fingered long nTracy mind. .What., 1houpb
he'nust be the effect upon the morale of people,
when men, inclined TO justice and humanity, dare |
not sanction statute that shall make these vir
tues bndI7g, lest the poor recipients of the favor
instead OF regarding it as an undeserved and gra-
ciously -accorded privilege, should begin to imagine
that they might claim such treatment as a right
Surely, it is system the very breath of whose
life is oppression
But let no one fear that our hero is vet in dan
ger OF becoming 'hothead, fanatic, rantinp
aOolitionlsts The leaven was working, but in u
mind like his 1t does not doits work instGnansousiy:
and his iavorite motto, and one which he still re.
peated to Frankie occasionally, was Moderation
is the golden thread running through all The yrtusa,
Afew weeks afler this Mr.. Herbert, wishing his
son TO suspend study for time proposed to Tracy
Hammond 10 make trip to New OiIaans and 9TH
er southern cities, for the double purpose of at en-
ding to some business for that gentleman and giving
himself a glimpse of the country. This tour, which
occupied several weeks introduced him to many
families, aud somewhat familiarized him with the
various grades and phases of Southern society
aud as Tracy quick observer aud always trav-
elled with view of of adding to his stock of ideas
he felt on his return, that he was not without BEN
fit from this extra course of lessons.
One incident, occurring during his soiourn at
New Orleans, we shall chronicle, only because ii
introduces to our readers, personage who NAV
yet figure somewhat eonspicuously among the ac
tors III drama.
As Tracy dismounted at tho steps Of the St.
CHARLES Hotel. late afternoon, he happened to
observe two gentlemen at n window above. nrnar ,
emily admirng him or his horse most probably the Q
latter as it was noble creature, the same that I
Mr.. Herbert had gratefully and generously Il
pressed upon hsecceptance on the memorable night
OF the boat accident. Giving his horse to the groom
he entered the house and was shown to n room,
which ho soon lornd separated only by fold
ing doors from that occupied by the before mem !
toned gentlemen. A remark uttered by one in /
low ynicn rencheA his enr md onns oil him 10 .,0