Daily national era., 1854-08-05


To this he replied, If there is any real danger
from this source, let masters guard their libra
riesJ as they do other property, from the pur-
loining of slaves
aB1t lest we do Mr.. Fair injustice by an at-
tempted synopsis Of his address, we desist. II
the premises from which he argued be correct
his conclusions would appear just If Slavery
be Heaven-i instituted system, it would seem
that the light Of Heaven, however effulgent its
beams, could never undo its own work. II
sufficient amount Of religion can be 80 incorpo-
rated into this learning and into the heart as 70
give them the proper direction--in word, II
reading slaves can be made truly pions slaves,
then there is little doubt that such system
would be productive of happy results But
there is a question whether, if the door be thus
opened by q knowledge Of letters, evil might
not rush into the heart, to the exclusion OF good
Human nature is difficult Of sutjsction, even
to divine power aud influence. An acquaint-
ance with letters is an engine Of vast power
for evil as well as for good"
Those who object to the education Of slaves,
on the ground that their enlightenment will
tend to create insubordination, consult rather
their vague apprehensions, than the facts Of
history. We appeal to the experience Of every
Southern man. if instructions have not arisen
almost invariably among the most ignorant
plantation slaves This we know was the case
with the Southampton insurrection, which was
the most formidable and bloody that has taken
place in this country. We occasionally hear
Of attempts at insurrection in the Southwest,
not among the more intelligent domestics or
residents of towns but among the benighted
plantation negroea
The reasons for this are clear, upon mo-
menrs calm reflection. The plantation me-
groes fading, for miles around them, as
far as their range Of mental vision extends,
that they largely outnumber the whites, natu
rally conclude that general combination with
their fellow-srffsrers on the adjacent estates
will enable them to destroy the handful Of
whites they see around them, and divide the
lands and houses among themselves. But the
more, intelligent colored residents Of towns, as
well as domestic servants generally, who, by
daily conversation with white men, acquire
juster notions Of tho relative strength of the
two races, never entertain the idea cf achiev-
ing freedom by insurrection. They are able to
see, in proportion to the degree of their intel
ligence, the utter futility of such scheme,
and the sure destruction it must bring upon
them.
with the master, and the master with the slave,
in proportion to the intelligence Of each. How
strongly do men, thirsting for knowledge yearn
for the society of those who possess more than
themselves! Few desires Of the heart are
warmer and stronger than this, which, in fact
is the secret of those warm attachments which
are occasionally found to exist between master
and slave The educated slave not only loves
the intelligent conversation Of the master, but
is vain of displaying his own attainments and
the master is proud Of the attachment of such
servant.
On the other hand, what rspugnance do we
not al feel, in spite Of the most humane dispc-
sitions, for stolid ignorance and brutality. We
turn away in disgust from the face in which
we read no trace Of thought or sentiment
however much it should awaken our pity 1t
is not the black skin, and the woolly hair,
which offend the eye so much as the coarse,
unmeaning features, which have never been
lighted up by ray of intelligence, but rather
deformed by the indulgence Of none but gross
appetites and passions.
We will not say that education has no ten
dency to bring about emancipation but it
will do so legitimately, by awakening stronger
sympathies between master and slave, and by
appealing to all the juster and nobler sonti-
ments in the whites as well as the colored race.
SO far from alternating the colored people, the
effect Of education, and Of moro humane and
Just treatment, must be to strengthen their at
tachment to the whites. This is illustrated in
the history Of slavery in this country. ln
spite Of all distractions the colored race, free
and slave, is rapidly improving in intelligence
and character; and the effect has been to
ban sh all apprehension Of insurrecsion. Twen-
ty years ago, when the Abolition agitation
was a mere spsck on the Northern horizon, in
surrections were frequent, and the Southern
People were in constant state of alarm, lest
their slaves might rice, and murder them while
they wore sleeping. Now, when the "agisa-
tators comprise tho great body Of the North
ern people, when the old political parties have
been overthrown BY them, not the slightest
apprehension Of insurrection is felt by the
South Is not this most Interesting fact, and
should it not convince Southern men that they
have nothing to fear from the education Of
their slaves, or from the "bugbear Of Nsrth-
ern fanaticsm :" O.
Norm CAROLINA ELECTION - In Wake
county, Whitaker and Rand, (0emocrats) and
J. Mordecai tWhig) are elected to the Com
mons. ln this county, Dockory (Whie) gains
900 In Johnston county, Bragg (DemLl gains
so. Simpson county shows gain Of 200 for
m .oLo~v Eavnttccsllo svsvao Rrav1 900 and