New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-08
A VERY COMMON MISTAKE.


u, bis view of the veIed question as follows:
IT ough raised in the South uay eprecate Slavery
and Northern Asoi-ionism Though fully satisfied ~
ever have beer that Slavery in the highest degree dtr
mental the South, in both ysical and )rl ppn Of
view yet 90 not believe that one convert Was uaie
r tie South BY al the teaching preaching and n'ern-d
dir with the by al the Abolition pru, prayers aud
DR. achngs ever uttered North Of Mason aud Dixon Line
At least; nsat Of such change Of opinion has
come 70 knowledge but the opposite result the con
sequence But fer the Anti Slavery organic atoms in the
North, Kentucky would without doubt have adopted
system Of emancipation years ago. ssour MarylaH aud
Vrcns would soon have followed in her wake and other
States in due time Tbs happy con.um nation Is in
definitely postponed however CONSEQUENCE Of the great
abundance If grutous ksp bes'o we'd upon the cause in
the North Nor there the slightest prospect Of ever get
ting the subject reconsdered the South while this North
ern Interference continues. The Slavery system has It's
own inherent weaknesses and positive evils These are
knorn in the South and generally under while they
are only heard q or dreamed Of in the North, and
understood This just apprehension Of the subject IA the
South would gradually lead TO the removal OF the evil
were II not for the opposing influences resulting from
the hitter and deeproOed prejudice against every species
and shaoe Of Abolrionisn The good that might result
in this wsy however more than Couby countsrbaanced
by The sppreher sion Of the subject and It's consequent
mis- treatment in the North Ii is often said and with much
truth that the cause Of Christianity i greatly weakened
by the manner in which presented the public nd
by many of its Ministers The remark holds good IN the
case Of Emancipation There is not the s ghtest doubt
bot that the Of human emancipation the Southern
States has been greatly takened and before observed
indefinitely postponed by the which il pre-
scented the style ~ which u treated by most OF ia
Northern advocates The true secret ii discovered
in the treatment Of this subject, viii be found in taking
more about the practical evil TO the whites, resulting from
Slavery and less about sn against the negro. The auia
fior Of the slave and the abuse If the master vt
emsncpated negro, but only bound his chains ths
stronger.
therefore conclude with the remark that although the sen
terts Of The ITibuHe not all approved by this small
handful Of readers this frontier town yet that is general
meris-the ability style dignity and integrity Of purpose
that pervsde It's columns ars SO highly appreciated by
them that they will ii ssr the whole paper account
Of difference OF sentiment upon single topic J. A. o.
Remarks
We rot doubt that our friend who writes the above
believes every word Of it, for he has heard many pe)
nile saw il hundred times over that he thinks it must
be true Men often love and seek an excuse for not do
ing that which their cOnscences tell them they ought to
DO and what better could a STAKEHOLDER desire than is
afforded BY the general outcry against the Vaccinations
of Abotouistsl If the demons in Chrs,'s time hal
been ,,ked to show cause why they should be cast
out thsy would doubtless have responded in this very
spirit of protest against the ntermeddng of person.
whom hsp never troubled with their private concerns
and very probably asserted that but for this they would
have gone out Of their own accord long ago. Let Us
alone thou Jesus Of Nazareth what have We 20 do
with hee7" such is substantially the remOnstrance of
all the devils that ever out will be-
More than half century elapsed after our Declare
ton OF Independence before any concerted efforts
made in the Northern States looking to the overthrow
Of Southern Slavery During the first of these two gen.
erations Slavery far less profitable, the Slaves less
numerous and less valuable severay and in the aggre
GATE than they have since been and are and yet
nothing decisive was done South Of Mason and Dxons
line toward the extinction of Slavery. During this time
six or seven new Territories were pe0pled with Slave
holders and Slave, and erected into Slave States yet in
no one instance the efforts to prevent such con-
animation successful though in the of Kentucky
they were enforced by Henry Clay, than whom no
Was ever better qualified for popular orator and leader
When the Quakers Of North Carolina were moved by
their eonsciences to emancpate all their Slaves their
peelbors turned out in gangs 70 hunt, run down. cap
tire and reensave these freed men, killing and manning
them with as little conjunction as they would have
hunted drove of wild hogs. These and forty such
outrsces took place in the blessed days of NonAgtaon
and Northern passyeness and defy any show
that from I775 TO 1S25, single effective step had been
taken BY the South toward the mitigation of the legazed
atrocities Of Slavery
In the light Of these facts We ask J. A. o. to give
some proof more substantial than bis naked assertion
that the more Northern Slave States could have
4" adopted the system Of emancipation years ago if
tbe rec States had been quiet on the subject. We
ask bm 70 say why hthluchy anu 'lSS"ui H'u n"' "a"
this in forming their State Constitutions if so dis
posed for the Missouri agitation resulted from, but
aid not precede nor attend, the framing Of the Mis-
souri, Constitution.
OF course We do not deny thar the cause Of Adolf
ton like every other good cause has unEse, intem-
nerate and mischievous advocates. We see how in
dustriously and universally the sayings and doings OF
these are disseminated through the South but we
know moreover that they employed Pretextsor
excusesfordong what had already beenfuy resOvedOn
Indiseripnat laudaton Ofthe slave AMI abuse Of the
d" master is not common az the North. Uncle Toms
Cabin il fair exponent Of Northern AntiSlavery
opinion on this subject Masters, misresses, slaves
ard fucitiyes are good and bad individuals il is the
relation Of master and slave which is inevitably false,
vicious and depraying.
Now as to Emancipation. We agree with our
Correspondent that it wall take place whenever ma
iority Of the governing 4, the South shall have
been convinced thst Slavery is them an evil aud an
injury We agree also that the economic Disadvantage
and sebief Of the slave system should be prominent
" al orcby presented But the primary obstacle 70
be vsnoui.hed is The ndsposton o. the masters 70
reflect 10 reason or 20 calculate che sabjec at all
The advantages of slavery all jus. e. hand and lie
plain on the surface. The most benigh-ec olfbarian
the veriest simpleton. can comprehend them. Il IS
convenient to own human beings 20 whom yonr word IS
law: who live for your pleasure, and whose limbs snd
faculties are coasecrated TO the qualification OF your
sppetites All this a child may reaAze-and here the
argument for slavery ends. L. evils, though gigantic
: - .tsr-,c- ard -ar,orp Nou d. np- discern On