Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-28
Truth. Well Speken.

II ia 80 seldom that meet with article in
Northern paper taking the bold plain speaking posi-
ton Of the article below from the New York Mirror
that we copy il in full, and commend the manly
tments il contains well the fearless tone in which
they are uttered. TO Southern readers il may not
present any facts that already known, but it
will be gratifying ut the South to know that there
some Northern journals, at least which daie to speak
out this slavery question and cnighen the people
Of the Northern Stateson the subject They want lit
Gle plain talk such the Mirrors article gives them,
and It would now be much better for them if they
hal had il long ago. The truth hasi been too much
concealed IRON Northern citizens, and their best jour
mails havo been at fault in that concealment They
have been swayed to too great an extent by the anti
slavery feeling of their readers,-we will not say by
their own ignorance, any real participation in the
anti-slavery sentiment Of the country,-and have
consulted rather more what patable to the pub.
lie taste than what wholesome for it. Such facts
are set forth by the Mirror in this article are
enough to stop the mouth Of any anti-slavery Yan-
kee, short Of an Abotonist and yet we venture to
say that most profound ignorance exists relative to
them among large portion Of the Northern popula-
tion-equaly as much So perhaps, their ignorance
Of the true condition Of the slave at the South 1t
might improve the manners and the morals also OF
some who are MT so far gone as to have identified
themselves with the Aboltionists, to have the fact
kept before their minds that their fathers were the
greatest negro steaers Of the age,-that the very
hertances they received from them and are now enjoy
ing are the profits Of this system Of theft long and
most successfully carried OH; and furthermore that
this day they derive large portion of their livelihood
from the labor Of the descendants Of those who were
the stolen property Of their forefatherS. Let North.
A., r.,.rs toll ,be;r rsodors thu Mai, ,,,u .,,,t
GU pApe'' ''' 'i''' isAa.'' ."' pam u VI" "oon
slavery rather than give aid and comfort to the spirit
of Abolitionisn BY deplorng the existence of slave
nv and ,hev w,, ba nurs,;no rho rich, oo,r, ,,,.
~ anu '"'' wa '' p'''uS '"' ''s'' ''"'Se u pr :
ducc more sautary reformation at the North than
emancipation can ever produce at the Soutb
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oNIS'"" "'e D'1Ye'
Whenever the North has been nrusty assaied from
South we have not oeel SLOW TO defend her. and when
she Is unjust or inconsistent in he. treatment Of the
South we shall not spare tile deserved lash. pal
pabe case Of "cursns the bridge that has carried
safely over the river could not be found than in the
Did Abohtion'sm along in New England albeit
birth-pace-o those who are quietly reaping the
uits of slavery which they, or their fathers helped
establish aud extend while direct trac in the black
was prohsoe IL Is notorious that New England bottoms
were not beyond ihe recoechon oil men now living the
chief transporting agents 10 the slave trade aud that Van
kee skippers now u oil molly horror that human being
should suer bondage were eApeest IN hunting negroes
on the coast OF Africa, and readest 10 coin dollars
douoloons by ther sale wherever there was market ln
the south, wnen hug'and-Whose Liverpool. a century
ago was niue better than nest oil pirates and slave ira
oes-nuouuceu the slavery sue now rails against though
practising IL more or less all over her empire or in Bra
zL or Cuoa' iankee enterprise was wide awake in the
slave trade.
IN aer tue connection OF New hng'andeIs with slave
was q 's WORST nu' 'ne! oeoS he robbers aud Kid
nsPPers wtnout whose aid the extension OF slavery
wnu,a hh'e neen comparatively SLOW ihe planters o!
tue "eio fey In the Save trade beyond
small domestic exchange IL required New England en-
terprse to scour the shores Of Africa aud bring
ooouage' Ana New England sharei aso in the labor OF
slaves. She nursed The system in her own bosom TO the