Washington telegraph., 1853-02-09
From fr M II National Dr,r,3cra-.1
Slavery, North and South.

While VIC arc not the apoiaaists 0f s'ar-
cry in any Of its multiiarious forms, We can
not restrain our contempt fur those northern
fanatics who overlook The poverty, wrctched-
ness and apparent injustice which lie 80
heavily a. the door of our Northern civiIi-
cation and Christianity, and export all their
pity sympathy and prayers 70 tie South. n
be expended upon negroes We of tie
North export o much negro philanthropy,
that We have no charity LIT for the toilinr.
starving millions Of white craftsmen, moth
crs and children, who almost vainly ber ILL
miserable pittancn which keeps It'll IL thrir
bodies frcm hour to hour. The Northern
abolitionist Iays The poor widow ten cents a
piece fpr making shirts fur his store. and out
of such profits for her toll he knows that
she must support her helpless children
She II probably i m-mbH- of tha sane
church where ha wnrsLips God. and calI.
him brother on thc Lords iay. aul all The
time IL ,aas her lifa wrnring away inch Nv
inch. her heart breaking day Ly day.
while lie j. filling the whole land with up-
roar and noise, and stunning the very ear of
heaven with Iii prayers about the wrongs VI
foreign negroes Th- foreign negroes are
sleek, and Iat. and hearty, and a. merry ~
marriage bell. while ;his poor northern
"sistcr" o. his. j. pale. and wan. ard ~
wretchcd that she would iy to the arms Of
death II he inr, hut FOR those half
starved orphans Nj hers. flr whose Door lives
she u compelled, by hcr brother" to make
shirts II tcn cents A piece. There II 10
such poverty ana wrctchclnrsq IL this tn bc
found among The slaves of tnc South. Md
with infinitely less inpudence, and far
greater show " Christian charity may ile
Southern planter, overlooking the social
evils that congrcgate III h;@ own home. trans
port his philanthropy t3 tile North, and rc-
pay the Northern fanatics i'd their own coin.
Ho might say tv them:
IF you have eyes to look upon the sight.
you may behold vision of three millions III
northern c-attsmen-whose sweat and blood
you arc Jaiiy coming into g1I1-huiiled
together with their wives and children in
comfortless slualii abode~. rewarded onry
with crust ard straw tor all ti.cir toll. Thcr
have wasted their strength ID build your
mansions, and to supply your feasts, and
there they are down in their dumb agony.
and you look upon them and pitilezsly snarl
that they are "as we'll oif as thcv Gin be."
Three millions tt II not many wears. ~
you arc going on, before you viii have ten
millions OF such Trctchcd beings. And
their fate hardens every ycar-lower and
still lower 10 they sink through generation
after generation of poverty ignorance, and
suffering towards the "daaI Lfc" where thc
soul j. consumed and the brain eaten out
until nothing i left but the voicoless anguish
Of the mere animal that smarts and crcans
beneath its load This i what the workers
are coming to there in your North
"Our workers Of the South know no such
poverty and wretchcdness a. smites millions
Of your poorer class. The rags and beg
gary which southern planter meets at e.
cry corner in New York, disgnsts and pains
him, and it fires him with indignation, when
at the same time, he thinks Of the amount
Of impudencc and philanthropy which i
transported to the southern negroes. while
such horrid anguish retires and dcepens
through every street and alley through the
northern cities
We say that the southern planter may
transport his philanthropy and interference
North. with a. much propriety As the North