The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-02-16

the power Of the sword The great slave Q
market, in which England hid enjoyed m mo I
poly was thus lost to her; and from that mo- q
nent she began TO discover that there was some. c
thing rather immoral in the traffic Before the
slave shi, was stately argosy laden with treas
ure. The groans Gifts unhappy victims cou'd :
not be heard above the surges OF the
an. Soon after faint cry could be heard borne ,
on the winds from Africas coast; and now the
Parliament House resounds with the clankng
of the chains and the cries of the victims Such
the mighty Influence ofthe American rev lation
and such the power Of the sword wieiied in +
that ever glorious struggle. 1 desire to tell Won
women OF England, plainly that your address,
prepared not by yourselves, but by others, comes
therefore, to US laden with suspicious, when
you avert, as the groundwork of your interftrs
ence with our domestic institutions, TO the fact
of the former crmnay Of England. Would
England, with con inuance of monopoly OF
the trade over our broad acres up 20 the present
day, have clothed herself in sackcloth and ash |
Is, as she has done Where was her huEna
nifty and her Christian phan,hrophy for the
long period ofl50 years Our ancestors on
this side Of the atlantic thund red through their
"Reminiscences at the doors of her Parliament
House, and at the gates OF her royal palaces,
and yet, for ell that long period, she had no ears
to hear, NJ heart to understand No sympathy,
place in the stately palace. How has happened
all this' II would be well for you TO inquire
Doubtless some of your distinguished husbands
can give plausible expanations-at least such
! as viii content politicians on your side OF the
water. The editors of the newspaper press can
| come again to your aid; but vii! 1t be an easy
task TO convince us that the people of the pres
| ent generation are better, more moral and more
| Christian, than all who have gone before them
| IL, x...i,t "A hieh .toc
are more pure and orthodox than all their pre-
dect ssors-that your Kings and Queens. your
mobiles and gentry, Influenced by higher
| spirit of Christianity than all who hive precee
| ded hm-that your statesmen of the present
day are superior in moral excellence to those
llus:rious men, who shaped the destiies Of
England in past times, and left to history indy
ing names? 1t will be a very, very difficult
/ matter to furnish with satisfactory reasons for
this great and sudden conversion of whole
people, after losing the American market, on
the subject of this slave trade-and we, women
of the United States, must ever receive with
suspicion all interference in our domestic affairs
on the part Of the noble ladies' of England, or
any portion of her inhabitants. Such interior
ence implies either wan. of prnper and be-
coming conduct ON our part in the management
of our negroes, or 1t seeks to enlist the synpa
thes at the world against Your own ad
dress Il have the charity to suppose that it was
written IN ignorance OF the fact as it is) repre-
sents the souther States denying to their
slaves all religious instruction. A calumny
more false was never uttered. So far from it,
no SABBATH goes by that the places of worship
are not numerousy attended by the black popu
lation; ediiying dscourses are delivered to them
{ and often by colored pastors, and large numbers
of them are in communion with the churches
, AID yet our tears are made to flow freely over
the sad and melancholy prvations of the chill
dren OF Africa, to whom the bread OF life is re-
presented as denied. Your assertion could only
have been derived from some dealer in, and re
taller of, fiction. 1t is known how readily We
/ mans heart reponds TO real or imaginary distress
and when woman joins in the concerns of the
! busy world, how readily her sympathies become
excited by an artificial well real picture
of human suffering This sympathy, which
makes her the gem ofcreaton, rather disquai
=; fics her as legislator, and subjects her to BIZ
{ made the instrument of the designing One
fact is incontroVertble, and recommend it t.
the consideration of the Duchess of Sutherland
and her compeers of high and low degree tina
l., England, when she had the power to proven
/, the introduction OF negroes into the Unitet
States, most obs.inately refused TO do it Blu
. now that she is deprived OF her authority, eithe
to advise or dictate, she signs and sheds tears
II
n The crocodile, good sisters of England, is SAT-
to cry most plteously, bat woe to the unhappy
:. raveler who is beguiled by its tears.
have thus attempted TO deal candidly will
you in disclosing some of the grounds of til,
I suspicious, which, in the estimation of many at
tach to your proceedings. ( will 90 further
and inform you that it is better for both you an,
f us that abstain in future from all possible in
8 reference with each other in the domestic con
t Germs of our respective countries. la the frs
r place, such interierenccs comes with i'll grac,
r from either of US, and can be received with NJ
I favor In morals we believe ourselves quite
/ your equals, and therefore it sounds harshly il
our ears to be adnonshed by you of our sine
: real or imaginary. There is proud heart j.
the American breast which rebels against al
. assumption the part OF others, although they
: may wear ducal corJne;s, or be considered TIL
stars Of fashion in fIreiyn courts Manage you
r own affairs as best you may, and leave to man
r age ours we may think proper Each of u
will find abundant empl ,yment in the perform,
@ ance Of our respective duties. If you wish
q suggestion as to the suitable occupation of you
n idle hours, | will point you to the true field 70
your philan.hr ,phy--then uusupped wants G
il your own people OF En- gland. In view Of yoa
d palaces, there is misery and firing enough t
il excite your most active sympathies. | remem
a Der to have seen lately, that there were in th
n city Of London alone 49, 600 persons who ros
h in the morning without knowing where or HOY
# they were to obtain their s'daily bread, and
remember, also, somewhere to have seen tina
r the elemosynary establishment of England cos'
y annually fl0000,0O0 sterng-a create
e than that expended by this frugal and econom
q cal government Of ours, with its army and navy
Il and civil and diplomatic list. Surely, surely
g here is field large enough for the exercise G
IS the most generous sympathy, the most unbound
If ed charity. Go, my good Duchess of Suher
5. land, on embassy Of mercy to the poor, tn
: stricken, the hungry, and the naked Of you
. own land-cast in their laps the super1ux @
|. your enormous wealth; single jewel from you
: hair, a single gem from your dress, would re
lieve many poor female of England, who
Il now cold, and shvering, and destitute. Ente
g the abode OF desolation and want, and caus
n squalid wretchedness to put smile @
d comfort, perhaps the first oLe which has lighte
: up its face for lifetime. Leave tito the wome
r. of the South to alleviate the suffering of the
# dependents, while you lake care of your own
II The n % no of the South | yes sump,uously i
: comparison with the one hundred thousand Z
II the white population of Londo1. He is c,olhe
q warmly in winter, and has his meat twice daily
4 without stint Of bread. Have your work II
,. men, women, and children as well clothed an
II as well fed, and then 60 % the serfs Of Russi
r. and the negroes OF AInerita NO, recant IN
q advice. To the serfs OF Russia you will not &C
' That is European aftair-tha affair of hig
e and mpeal monarch, and of rich and powerll
r aristocracy. The poor serf may toll and Labor
4 and stretch his heart rings until they crack il
v agony, and yet the ladies' of England will ex
e press no sympathy for him, and present no ad
i dress to their sisters of Russia upon the subjec
d Of ser!dom. You will in no event DISTURB youl
If selves with the past, present, or future condtio
d Of the serf. The newspaper press would ad
l., m )nlsh you of the danger of interfering in tina
;. quarter, and the Emperor Nicholas will On un
v questioned as to the manner and extent of hi
u royal sway.
d But | return to your suhject-the state c
). slavery in our southern Safes; and tell yo
# that you are mistaken in supposing that til
y southern heart is different from your own in |.
a sympathy and cmoti,rs Believe me that tn
n human heart is quite as susceptible with US a
y with you Moral is and dealers in fiction ma
:. artfully overdraw and give false cooring, as the
g are licensed to do; but be not deceived mo Til