The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-31


stipulated monopoly Of the trade in close partner
ship between those royal personagcs. to the ex-
cusion of all the world beside. Yes. you are alto
gether correct in aseribng whatever there Is of i'm
morality crime, in the present condition Of the
Southern States, to your own England The colonies
reconstructed and demonstrated in vain. until driven
to desperation by her perseverance, they severed the
bonds that bound them to England and established
their independence and abolished the slave trade by
their only resource the power Of the sword The
great slave market, in which England had enjoyed
monopoly, was thus lost to her; aud from that mo-
ment she began to discover that there something
rather immoral in the traffic. Before the slave ship
was o stately argosy laden with treasure. Inc
groans OF its unhappy victims could not De heard
above the surges OF the ocean. Soon aiter, ialnt
cry could be heard borne on the winds from Aricas
coast; and now the Parliament House resounds with
the clankng of the chains and the cries Of the vic
tins. Such the mighty influence OF the American
Revolution and such the power OF the sword welded
in that ever gloriousstrugge. Idesire to tell You, wo
of England, plainly, that your address, prepared
not by yourselves but by Others comes therefore, to
us, laden with suspicious, when you advert. as the
groundwork of your interference with our domestic
institutions, to the fact Of the former crimnality
of England Would England, with q continuance Of
a monopoly OF the trade over our broad acres up to
the present day. have clothed herself in sackcloth
and ashes, as she now has doney Where was her
humanity and her Christian philanthropy for the long
period OF $50 years! Our ancestors on this side OF
the Atlantic Numbered through their remonstrances
at the doors of the Parliament House, and at the
gates of her royal palacesand yet for all that long
period, she had no ears to hear. heart to under
stand. No sympathy, and no philanthropy, such as
now exists, found place in the stately palace. How
has happened all this2 1t would be well for you to
inquire. Doubtless some Of your distinguished hus
bands 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 to your add but will it be an easy task to con-
vince US that the people Of the present
who have gone before themthat your right reverend
bishops and prelates are more pure and orthodox
than all their predecessors-tha your kings and
higher spirit of Christianity than all who have pre-
Ceded them-that your statesmen Of the present day
superior in moral exceences to those lustrious
men who shaped the destinies Of England IN past
times, and left to history undyng names! 1t will be
very, very difficult matter to furnish with salts
factory for this great and sudden conversion
of a whole people, after losing the American mar
ket, on the subject OF the slave-trade-and We
suspicion all interference in our domestic affairs
on the part OF the noble ladies OF England,
or any portion Of her inhabitants. Such inter-
ference implies either want Of proper and becoming
negroes, or it seeks to enlist the sympathies
OF the world against us. Your own address, q have
the charity to suppose that it was written in igno
rance of the fact as it isl representa- the Southern
States as denying to their slaves all religious in
struction-a calumny more false was never uttered:
So far from it, Sabbath goes by that the places of
worship are not numerously attended by the black
pOpulation-edifying discourses are delivered to
them, and often by cOlored pastors and large mum.
bers Of them are in communion with the churches.
And yet your tears are made to ow freely over the
sad and melancholy privations Of the children Of
Africa to whom the bread Of life is represented as
denied. Your assertion could only have been de.
rived from some dealer in and retailer Of, fiction
1t is known how readily woman heart responds to
either real or imaginary distress; and when woman
joins in the concerns of the busy world, how readily
has nskn1 b. nfo
well as o real, picture of human suffering. This
sympathy, which makes her the gem Of creation,
rather dsqualifes her as legislator, and subjects
her to be made the instrument OF the designing.
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 Obstinatey
refused to do it. but that she s deprived of her
authority either to 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 piteously; but woe to the unhappy
traveller who is beguled by its tears!
have thus attempted to deal candidly with you in
disclosing some of the grounds Of the suspicious,
which in the estimation of many attach to your pro-
ceedings. will go further, and inform you that it
is better for both you and that abstain in fu
ture, from all possible interference with each other
in the domestic concerns of respective countries
In the first place, such interference comes with ill
grace from either Of u.s. and can be received with no
favor. In morals we believe ourselves quite your
equals and therefore il sounds harhy in our ears to
be admonished by you of sins, real imaginary
There is proud heart in the American breast which
rebels against all assumption on the part of Others
although they may wear duca coronets or be consi-
dered the stars of fashions in foreign courts Manage
your affairs best you may and leave to man
age ours az we may think proper Each of us will
find abundant employment in the performance of our
respective duties. If you wish suggestion as to the
suitable occupation Of your idle hours, will point
you to the true field for You phanthropyth unsup
piled wants of your own people of England. In view
OF your palaces there is misery and suffering enough
TO excite your most active sympathies. remember
to have lately, that there in the city OF
London alone 100000 persons who rose in the
morning without knowing where how they were
to obtain their daily bread and / remember,
also, somewhere to have seen that the Eleemo-
synary establishment OF England costs annually
100000 900 sterlng-a sum greater than that ex-
pended by this frugal and economical government Of
ours, with ts army and navy, and civil and diplo-
matte list. Surely, surely, here is field large
enough for the exercise of the most generous sym
pathy the most unbounded charity. Go, my good
Duchess Of Sutherland, on ansembassy of mercy to
the poor, the stricken the hungry and the naked of
your own land-cast in their laps the superfux of
your enormous wealth; single jewel from your hair
single gem from your dress, would relieve many
poor female OF England, who is now cold and SILVER
ing, and destitute. Enter the abode of desolation
and want and cause squalid wretchedness to put on
one smile OF comfort perhaps the first which has
lighted up ts face for lifetime. Leave it to the
women Of the South TO alleviate the suferings Of
their dependents, while you take care Of your own.
The negro OF the South lives sumptuousy in COM
parson with the 100 900 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 as well fed, and then go to the serfs of
Russia and the negroes Of America. No, recant
the advice. To the serfs Of Russia you will not CO.
That is an European affair-the affair of high
and imperial monarch, and OF a rich and power.
full aristocracy The poor serf may toll aud labor,
and stretch his heart strings until they crack in ago
ny, and yet the noble ladies of England will express
sympathy for him. and present address to their
sisters Of Russia upon the subject Of serfdom. You
will in no event disturb yourselves with the past
paper press would admonish you of the danger Of
interfering in that quarter, and the Emperor Nicho
las will 60 unquestioned to the manner and extent
OF his royal sway. But | return to your subject
the state OF slavery in Southern States-and tell
that are mistaken in sunu<ainn that the