The daily union., 1854-02-18

expectation. They will not. Wii your northern peo.
pie compete with southern slaves ior the privilege OF
growing sugar, cotton, and tobacco! No. Sir And
when the cultivation OF those staples ceases rely upon II
this slave population IL not gong TO spread Itself NO
conflict, embarrassment will result IRON The meeting
OF The tides al labofers from the North and South
because the kind OF soil aud climate which suits us and our
slave labor will no! sait you and your labor Then Who
will be injured BY ~ Not the slave. Tor nothing VIII be
more beneficial 10 him than 10 allow the population OF
which he forms portion 10 spread itself Give II rosm
and you promote his comior increase his health and d
minsh his hadskips But il you surround population
situated like with Chinese wall of reslIc'ion arc
compress II wi hin narrow limits what do you do You
expose The master 10 serious inconvenience ana dscom
tort and destroy the whole happiness Of The slave
Now, man proposes TO add 10 hs population. There
is not man in The New England States who would
more thoroughly and absolutely resist any attempt to
bring slave IRON Aica into this coantry than OF the
Soulh would do. Here, then, is the great fact we
have TO deal with Why not let this matter ADJUST
itself! Why not pursue the wise policy Indicated IN the
legislation OF 1850! Cease quarreiiing and wranglirg
with each other; live in your tree States rejoice the
possession OF the many advantages that you have; and
II there - strip OF land belonging TO The United States
upon which the southern planter can make cotton and
sugar. why grudge 10 bim tie reduces man from
freedom TO slavery order 10 those staples He
merely transfers his slaves IRON The banks OF the Mssis
sippl, or the Cooper, the Cape Fear rver or any oil
southern rivers, 10 some other pace where the land
better and the crops and where he and his slaves
can live comfortably ana have more abundan,
supply OF The comforts oil HE. Then, IN The name oil
Heaven, who is jured by his so doing You say you
love freedom you say sou love The slave and desire to
improve his condition. and yet you resist the only meas
which enable Us to make progressive improve
ment in his condition as The amount OF the black popula
non increases. IL is therefore, as II seems to me, wise
and Just 10 carry out the principles indicated by and
out vi which spfang the Legislation OF 1880 II Is
just 10 section OF the cOuniry no mortal can show
that will do injury to any human being that eads
Gods earth, whether he DO lice or slave The poor
slave will be benefited by il. The MASTER with large
namber oil slaves, camped for land in counlry where
perhaps land Is dear, though desous TO act good part
towards hs slaves Transmitted him through three gem
mau hp att kQnt thp mi he
tween whom aud himself there are mutual feelings OF
protection the hand, and affection and reverence
upon The other is slli obliged 70 STINT his people, from
hrs inability 10 supply them lie desires TO leave his
place, and remove himself and his e family, like pa
tiaca, and settle himself upon better land, where be can
1--we IN The fullest eno.msn o. Inc neeessaTles OF iie
want the land yourself You do not want 10 grow cot
ion, tobacco, rice Is il from haired TO the master,
lbfn, that you say tne southern planter shall mol grow
those crops with his saves' Is because The remeva,
for The benefit Of the save will benefit The master also
cannot believe thai any body can cherish The wish 10 do
injury Tor lie sake OF nlury Then, II il benefits the
slave even while ii benefits the maser, and INJURIES
body else, in the name OF common sense and common
Christianity, what motive can dictate such conduct as this
refusal on your par.h II must be the result either OF
phfensy and fanaIcism, oil angry and bitter feeling
against population who are differently situated from
what you are, but who do not wish TO do you any harm,
and whose only fao If aut it be. is that we have slaves
among US.
And ttoagh we have slaves among US, if it be fault,
God knows il is not our iau They were brought there
The times oil ldlhels ana Your
thers brough Them and became The purcha
evil hour, it you say Be II so; but what are we
10 do Here is this burden it be great a.
you Please the greater The more powerful IS my aTgu-
en Here is tbls burden upon and in consequence
OF no fault OF our own We have inherited IT. has been
transmitted 10 US; created hy the JOINT action OF
your oefashers and OF ours And In The name OF Cod
will you now step forward and place heavier weights
upon these very burdens thus lnberlled by US thins
10 in hshs dosras probable with regard Ia
Territories OF Nebraska and Kansas, iha, there
will be any slaves there have no idea Of seeing
slave population IN either OF those Territories than
have oi seeing one IN Massacb 1ssttsnot whit. II Is
possible some gentlemen may 20 there and take few
domestic servants with them. Aud should say, that If
those domestic servants were peaceable and good
and they did not take them with ihem they would de
serve the reprobaon of all good tnen. What would
you have them Coz Would you have me take the ser
wants who wait upon me, who live with me, for whom
have as strong attachments as | Tor any human
being upon this EARTH out o the circle of my Immediate
blood relations, and because want TO remove 10 Kansas
or Nebraska, would you have put them NJ in The
slave market and sell them Why, sir would suHrr
my right arm to be OIL before would do such a thing
Therefore, ii southern gentleman wishes to take
with him The that has the charge OF his little babe,
perhaps the old woman that nursea him when he
child, and whom he used TO call "mammy" until he let
college, and perhaps calls her stlifhe wishes TO take
her with him in her old age where he could the better
supply her with all that renders life pleasant why in the
name OF Heaven, should anybody wish 10 prevent il !
DO you wish 10 force TO become hard-hea ted slave
dealers Do you wish TO aggravae the Affections If
there such, OF this domestic relation! Do you wish
that ehal no logger De caelul t0WafHe
slaves Do you want TO make us mercenary and hard
hesriedi Ofw you ALLOW having, as irus have
touch OF humanity OF the bene Violence that is
breahed from the spirit OF Christianity TO lei those feel
ing GO forth we have been accustomed 10 do when
have heard the song arising from their humble dwellings
atngh,, when have them going 10 their ch urches
the Sabbath, and realizing as they look upon us that
the bps friends they have upon earth
Mr. Pfesden'. perhaps | manifest too much feeling
about this matter IL TO clear that inter
est or advantage TO humanity possibly be promoted
by the spirit which dictates this ncessant opposition 10
every measure witch will allow us TO improve
condition and that of slaves together 1t IA impossi-
Bile 10 conceive that any good can arise from II that
cannot speak oi IT without excitement have no bitter
ness about ii (; God knows that have none blame
those distant from who take up false and misak
impressions respecting us know that efforts the
ed and psrseveng have been made produce those
and to present us 10 the minds OF north
ern ieow-cilizens monsters oi cruelty and oppres-
sion. blame Them not They have been trained TO en-.
terian these sentiments and opinions. They unfor-
uhae in having such false estimates placed in their
bosops respecting their friends and fellow citizens, de-
seeadants OF common revolutionary ancestry would
God that could obIieraie these ieelings would lo
God that they would be disposed 10 enod and nine,
as | would the whole OF my northern brethren, in The
arms OF iraernai and perpetual concord.
Sir there can be no difficulty about this maer-none
in the worldi suffer ourselves to be influenced b.
those considerations which spring naturally and
y ont OF the facts oi the case and realize that, alter
alt, no abolition movement yet accomplished good
for the slave-Done The whole movements oil the abo
ltionsts OF the North. my southern friends around
me know, so far as they have had any influence with
have tended 10 restrict rather than TO relax the bond
age under which those people live They have in al
great measure stricken from the capacity 10 be useful in
various directions wards them hose phanibropic and
honorable people who should lead aad who otherwise