The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-03-10
TyHIJE .l.ND BLACK SL.4p.ERY.

address concocted by the newspaper editor
Of England and signed by the hypocritica
Dachess Of Sutherland and other ladies', ol
the subject Of black slavery 10 the Z
States, that should place her name as hig'
on the scroll Of fame as writer OF fact, a
"Uncle Toms Cabin has placed Mrs
Stoves as . writer Of fiction. We hav'
space but for single extract:
For another subject quite as fruitful Q
sympathy, need only refer YOU to tbs
condition Of Ireland. with its population
but recently starving fer food. freely sup
Piled from cur grsnsries, and at this mo
ment craving mercy from agericioas land
lords, Hb5, - extend The area q grazing
I4nds, are Ieselliag her humble cottage:
ID HE grogad, aud sending them forih tt
lie ueea The puulic highs as. Women q
Eagtand. 90 tslther Wlli. yo3r teadel
caeriaes. There, % lie rolaside, SIM
| an afteoaated, exhausted n5iher. sti.i
.training Der per.shIug ehlls t9 Der breast
shile the uahsppy husband and fatber
himself foodiess aud riimentiess, shed:
drops Of agony over the heaft.rendInl
Gene. Spare from the well fed negroes d
these States one drop Of your superabound
ing sympathy, to pour into that bitter CUP
which is oqerrunning with sorrow and with
tears. Poor, sutiering. down irodaen Ire
and! land Of poetry aud song. OF noble
feeling aud generous emo,ions-biFth place
4 the wirri8r. the ststesman, the orator
| there is no room for you in the sympathz
| ing hearts Of the women of England. lie
The Celtic race be driven. by starvation
/ from tie land Of their fathers. and lis exc
dos would be regarded, mol with sorrow
uut with ioy, md gIadness, by The secre
heart of England ..Religious liberation
| - bu, an anmeaning phrase with the re
pubic Il Great Brtain-t extends mol be
ond The lips. a difference in creed hal
b EN- Tue death-bow TO Ireland.
| reason not with YOU on the sutjeet o
our domestic Institutions. Such as they
4re. they are ours. "VVe fear the Greek:
though Tearing presents Never was sd
age more .ppIicable--although processing
Friendship and sympathy, We cannl'
nj consent that England shall mix hersei
up with our concerns. We prefer 10 worr
90, cur own destiny. When she nigh
has. done so, she gave no relief. We ask
I'd her fur bread, and she gave Us stone
The African Under LEI policy and Iy hel
laws, became property. That property
IN. descended from father 10 son, and con
sii,u,es large part Of Southern wealth
We desire no intrusion Ct advice as to ool
individual property rights al home or q
brond We NEEDLE not with your laws o
lprimose niure and entail although they orr
ubnoxious TO all our notions Of justice. nnt
are in violation Of the laws Of nature =
Would the noble ladies' of England feel o.
resen,men. If we should address them OF
those sabiec,s' And yet is there a Ger
Itnp,y that our voice would not be hear
oy the toling and the landess million, II
favor of system which we consider mort
sise, more just and mere consistent VIII
the hoy word OF God? We, however
preach no crusade against ars'ocralic es
Establishments. lis enough for Us that We
do not allow them TO exist among ourselves
We are content to leave England in 'hf
eujoymen, Of her peculiar institutions, snd
we insist upon the right TO regulate ours
sihou, aid. pray YOU to bear in MIND
that the golden rule of life is for each to at
lteud to his own business aud let his neigh
bors aIoue! This means peace, love
friendship. The opposite means hatred
i'll, will, contention--i, destroys the peace
of he ighborhoods, aud is the fruitful cause
If di-cord among netions
must also say to YOU frankly, That W
regard England ns an indifferent advise
III the subject of negro slavery. He'
s,alesmanship, if it be judged by ber course
df policy ia regard 10 The West india l.
lands, would give her no exalted position
uniess, indeed, tanaticism be good adsIs'
er, and ruin and desolaiion esIdeuces oi q
aise aud sound policy. No, we prefer if
toll NV our own conception OF what y !
proper for Us TO do. Our eyes are turned
scross the ocean, not in the direction ol
Eus!and, but to Africa. The ioot otprints
II our policy are seen in the colonies there
established, already become independent
States--in the voluntary emancipation o.
slaves by our citizens us preparatory t'
emigration to hirica-a course 0t emanci
patton which, from 1890 TO 1850, has IN.
creased our table in Virginia, Of free ne
groes, ia The ratio Of 3Gl per cent, while
,hc white population has only Increased
1924 per cent. and the slaves but Oh per
cent. These Interesting statistics ex-
tract from a memorial recently presented
10 the Legislature Of Virginia. asking adj
iional aid TO further colonization Of freed
negroes in Liberia. Thus we seek TO retri
butte the wrongs done by England TO Ari
60, by returning civilization for barbarsn
christianity for iiolatry. We desire NJ
such boon as England bestowed on her is.
lands-uo blight so abiding, no mlldew So
destructipe-- ultimate war between the
races, bloody, desolaiing, and finally annl-
hilaling. Steam is conqnering distance,
aud Africa viii be brought nearer to our
shores with each revolving year--and the
results oil policy, at once wise and DIS
erect. commencing with slavehoding Viz
a;nia and extensively adopted BY the peo-
Die of the United States, will claim, sooner
or LATER, the admiration Of mankind.
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