The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-04

nnioia "a tue uainc before the slave ship state
~ agosy laden with treasure The gfoans Of lis unhap-
py victims could not be heard above The sarges OF The
ocean. Soon after faint cry could be heard borne on
the winds from Afficas coast aud now the Parliament
House resounds with The canking OF the chains and hs
cries OF the victims. Such the mighty influence of
the American revolution, and such the power of the
sword welded In that glorious struggle desire
10 tell you, OF England plainly, that your ad-
dress prepared by yourselves, but by Others, comes
therefore, 10 laden with suspicious. when you advert
the groundwork OF your interference with domes-
tic Institutions, 10 the fact of the former crmlnality OF
England Would England. with a continuance OF a mo-
nopoy OF the trade over our broad acres up TO the pres
en day, have clothed herself IN sackcloh and ashes,
she has done Where was her humanity aud her
Christian philanthropy for the long period OF 1850 Years
Our ancestors this side OF The Atlantic Numbered,
through their emonsfances al the doors OF her Para
ment House, and the gates OF her royal palaces, and
yei for all that long PERIOD she had ears TO hear, no
heart TO understand No sympathy, and no phlanthro-
ace. How has happened all this II would be we'll
Tor you To inquire. Doubtless some OF your distln-
gushed husbands can give you plausible explanations
at least such as will content politicians on your side
OF the water, The editors OF the newspaper press
can come again 10 your and but will il be easy
task TO convince us that the people OF the present gen
Grafton are better more moral and Christian, than
all who have gone before hemthat your right reverend
bishops and prelaes more pure and orthodox than all
their your Kings and Queens your no.
bes and gentry, influenced by higher spirit OF Chris
anity than all who have preceded himha your states
men OF the present day are superior in moral excellence
TO those ilustrious men, who shaped the deslines OF
England past times and lett 10 history undyng names
II will be very very difficult matter TO furnish with
satisfactory for this great and sudden conversion
OF whole people, after losing the American market,
the subject Of the slave lrade-and we, OF the
United States must receive with suspicion all inter-
ference in domestic affairs the part OF the noble
ladies' OF England, or any portion OF her inhabitants.
Such interference implies either want OF proper and be-
coming conduct on our part in the management OF our ne
gtoes, or II seeks to enlist the sympahcs OF the world
agant Your address q have the charity to sap
pose that was written in ignorance OF the fact is)
represents the southern States denying their slaves
fall
uttered So far from it, Sabbath goes by that the places
OF worship are not attended by the black pop
ulaon edying discourses delivered 10 them, and Of
ten by cooed pastors, and large numbers OF them are in
communion with the churches. And yet your
made to flow freely the sad and melancholy pvaons
OF the children OF Africa whom the bread of life repre-
senied denied Your assertion could only have been
derived from dealer in, and retailer Of fiction is
known how readily womans heart responds to real
imaginary distress; and when woman joins in the con-
of the busy world, how readily her sympathes be-
excited by artificial well real picture of
human suffering. This sympathy which makes her the
gem OF creation, rather dlsqualihes her Legislator,
and subjects her to be made the instrument OF the design
ing. One fact is incontrovettible, and recommend il
the consideration OF the Duchess OF Sutherland and her
compeers OF high and low degree that England, when
she had the power to prevent the introduction OF negroes
into the United States most obstnaely refused to do It
advise dictate she signs and sheds tears and complains
the injustice and the wrong The crocodile. good
sisters Of England. is said to cry most peonsy but woe
TO the unhappy traveller who is beguiled by IFS tears
have thus attempted TO deal candidy with you dis
closing OF the grounds OF the suspicious, which, in
the estimation OF many attach to your proceedings. will
further, and inform you that better for both you
and that abstain in future from all possible inter-
ference with each other in the domestic OF
respective countries In the first place, such Interference
comes with i'll grace from either OF us, and can be
ceved with no favor. In morals we believe ourselves
quite your equals, and therefore il sounds harshy in
10 be admonished by you OF our sins, real or
imaginary There proud heart in the American breast
which rebels against all assumption the part of others,
although they duca coronets, or be considered
the stars OF fashion in foreign courts Manage your
affairs best you may, and leave to manage
may think proper. Each of us will find abundant
employment in the performance OF respective dues
you wish suggestion the suitable occupation of
pbanthrnpyths unsuppcd wants Of your own people OF
England In OF your palaces, there 10 misery and suf
erlng enough TO excite your most active sympahies.
member TO have lately that there in the city of
London alone 100000 persons who in the morning
without knowing where how they to obtain their
daily bread and remember, also. somewhere to have
that the eleemosynay establishment OF England
costs annually Ei0,000,O00 sterng-a sum greater than
that expended by this frugal and economical government
OF with It's army and navy and civil and diplomatic
list Surely, surely, here is field large enough for the
exercise OF the most generous sympathy, the most un
bounded charity Co. my good Duchess OF Sutherland,
on embassy OF mercy to the poor. the Stricken the
hungry, and the naked OF your own land-cas in their
laps the superiux OF your enormous wealth; single
Jewel IRON your halr. single gem from your dress,
would relieve many poor female OF England, who is
now cod and shlveng and destitute Enter the abode
OF desolation and want and cause squalid wreched-
which has lighted up its face for lifetime Leave
1t to the women OF the South to alleviate the suffer-
ngs of their dependents, while you take of your
own. The negro OF the South lives sumptuousIy in
comparison with the hundred thousand of the white
population of London. He is clothed warmly in winter.
and has his meat twice daily without stint of bread
Have your working men, women, and children as well
clothed and well fed and then GO the serfs of Rus
STA and the negroes OF America No. recant the adj
vice. To the serfs OF Russia you will not CO. That is
a European afair-the affair of high and imperial
monarch, and Of rich and powerful aristocracy. The
poor se may toll and labor, and stretch his heart strings
until they crack in agony and yet the noble ladies Of
Englan will express sympathy for him, and present
no address to their sisters of Russia upon the subject Of
sendom. You will I'M event disturb yourselves with
the past present, or future condition OF the serf The
newspaper press would admonish you OF the danger OF
interfering in that quarter and the Emperor Nicholas will
20 unquestoned the and extent OF his royal
sway. But your sublect-the state OF slavery
in southern States and tell you that you are mis-
taken in supposng that the southern heart is different
from your in its sympathies and etpoons. Believe
me that the human heart is quite susceptible with
us as with YOU Morasts and dealers in fiction may art
fully overdraw and give false colong they licensed
do but be not deceived into the belief that the heart
OF woman on this side of the Atlantic is either
obdura,e cruel than yours There is no rea-
son, them why you should leave your fellow subjects in
misery home, order take your seat by the aide of
the black the plantations oil America Even il you
horror stricken at the highly picture OF human
distress incident the separation Of husband and wife, and
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