New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-27

found with Christian hcroism in their souls aud per
sisence under discouragenens IN their wills, to make
the experiment.
And then the Poor Freemon Of the South-the ig-
norany conscnting victims of Sayerys crime against
Humanity" mean whtte folks, as they are called, IN
the expressive dialect of the slaves" Sa.dA'tieTs,
"a in some localities they termed by the gentry or
arisocracy on whose lands they squat and ffon whose
fields and forests they hardly derive their subsistence
has Freedom no hope fom them there Is hol, III
all America, caste more aigect ana despiSed lhan
tbcv Frecmen and equals in name, but Parlahs ana
Gyisies in fact-uIfOrbidden TO learn, yet hving.and
diving IN dismal ignornncc-owning their own iiinDs
and muscles vet seldom owning anything else beyond
wreiched cabin, and five 20 ten dollars worth OF the
rudesf and scaIiiost household stuf-ying and dying
in i0eutss and dcstitution a generous aud faciio
soils il possible that they shall remain thus stod
and abicct foreyorl Can it be that they will rest IN
tbei blind ferociOus hatred Of "niggers, and never
Del ccivc that il is not the color but the condition. of
the ahoring class which brushes them asol Place
be side them, difuse among them, regular manual la
bores who not chates bat educated selirespect-
ing, foiehanded fIcemeD-cOax their children into
common schools, and teach both parents and them
that Free Labor does not naturally degrade, but
rather enuobes-profer them at once instruction,
wages, and improved impemonis-encourago them
by precept and example to buy lands and cultivate
them thorougliy-looking mp TO no pundering drones
their supeiOs, but realizing that there IS no honest
mode of gaining livelihood without work-and, very
soon, new beauty, new thiift, new prosperity, viii
dawn OH the South There Is the possibility OF great
ample. counsel teaching and brotherhood, shall yet
ripen into glorious Gcualty Not one Stephens OF
Georgia alone-ihe fortunate waIf of some domestic
tragedy in lower lifc-but scores OF statesmen ana
orators sprung from the same despised caste shall
take their places in future Congress as representa-
tiyes of the South and champions of her interests,
her nstitutionsfar bettor worth defending then than
now. few colonies in SlaNcdon, OF lntclilScnt anu
Christian farmers and mechanics from the North,
would soon change the entire destiny OF the poor
whites born and living there-rcndering it no longer
necessary desirable that they shoHd Nee to- and
foIm dark Egypts in, the Free States.
And the Blacks Of the Free States-they too, have
q responsibility TO shoulder, work 10 perform, III ad
of Universe FreedOm-a work that taxes other mus
Giles than those of the wndpipc. Ii behoyes them to
hear and comprehend that the strongest argument III
defense of Slavery was never uttered by any Calhoun
or NcDuffie, Dew Tucker, by any broker, ID. d.,
psrtyhack whatever but set forth IN the pc son OF
this able-boded negro, covering and shive.ing IN
Northern alns-hOuse, and that one skulking around to
the back door of grand hotel for his daily basket
Of broken victuas The argument for Universal Free
dom lacks nothing i'll the way of logc-never dd lack
anything III this quarter-whne II suffers, every day,
for want of sufficient demonstration that the Arlcan
Race is competent the formation of an industrious,
yirtuous intelligent civilized, thrifty, and progress
sive body polite. / do say that no evidence of
this kind has been afforded, but simply that very
much more is needed, and would prove of essential
service. If the CoOrcd Population OF Boston or
Ncw-YOlk would this day resolve-not to throw
rozors and blackng brushes at once to tho mocs and
the hats but to weld them henceforih only as means
of working out of the sphere of servtude and con
tempt in which they have hitherto lived, not indeed,
into that of ndOent luxury and pOmp, but into one OF
independent labor and thrift they would therein strike
a more damaging blow at Slavery than has been dealt
BY all the Ethiopian orators conventions ana mass
meetings since the days of Ham. And to this end
they need not oxpatrate themselves 10 Africa or to
Hayt. Liberia is well in It's way; but we need Ii
bcIias wherever there blacks, and wherever the
preudices of caste or color remain uneradicated.
Ink nofo f inconvenience. UUltncBs
oiciency-thc boy must take to the water before he
knows that he can swim, or he will never learn
There is probably more wealth among the Blacks OF
this country to-day, than the lsractes took with them
into the wilderness, on their way to establish them
selves in the land of Canaaniucludng oil they bor-
rOwed of the Egyptians and were IN too great hurry
10 return. Let the Blacks of any Free State quietly
concentrate their efforts and MEANS aud buy up
township of its solicit them begin with n school
district if unable to pay for township-and let them
settle that domain cOmpacty, from their own ranks
starting manufactures and mechanic arts, rs well as
agriculture, and hiring the best procuraDle masters 10
guide them in the outset of their operations so as to
40 every thing with the greatest economy, and IN the
highest perfection, if not at first with the utmost
ohccncy-and they Will thus do more IN one year OF
heroic devoted toni for the overthrow of Slavery than
hcir whole Race have effected III half century Not
that their right TO Liberty is not perfect even though
Freedom should prove damage to most OF them rs
il does 10 many white men; but to overcome the re
sistance of pride and seishness and incidence we
must be prepared to meet and vanquish Illogical as
well as rational eavis. Give township in
habited wholly or mainly by Blacks, yet eminently
temperate intelligent, thrifty, and progrcssive-equal
10 what a township mainly of Quakcrs now is-and
We will do more with that township for the destruc-
ton of Slavery than can be done with all the speeches
ever made, the books ever written. And there does
not at this hour, exist one nvincble impcllment-in-
smmoumtable by the Blacks themselyes-to the ere
alton of such Il township
Let me not because state these truths be deemed
ono-sided, mechanical, narrow. have not proposed
TO discuss Slavery in all lis aspects and bearings-or
tls lecture is bat of serles-this argument but
Ink IN a chain tlcat of Slavery III It's relations 10
Labor and of Labor instrument of warfare
upon Slavery indicate certain points OF attack
cert aim weapons of warfare upon tic scandal OF our
age not the exclusion of others, but as those wlch
seem TO me emnently worthy of consideration and I'M
proyement in rcenfO cement of the moral warfare oil
exrosme illustration argument and entreaty so long
ana ably waged against H. say let us cultivate III
our own hearts ana homes, and impiant III the minds
of our children higher and truer appreciation OF La
bor reader consciousness that it is the dviney and
benlCuantly appointed lot Of Humanity, ana that nc
is coward ana knave who shirks or seeks to cnde
his fair share of il. Let us 40 longer honor INN VINO
ct,uinelV avoids work at the expense OF hun VINO
nobly conf onts and does it, Let us no longer sup
nose or even pretend that the daughter married 10
polished and profiigate millionaire is more fortunate
than her sister whose affections and hopes nave been
coifued TO a poor and uneducated out nohes' auu
diipcnt mechanic. Let hush all atheistie shutting
over the misformos and hardships OF vlrtu0us pow
ery and realize that intrinsic worth is the only true
nobility and that he who, though III poverty mas won
his way through whatever distractions or discourage
mCnis 10 putty, goodness, and benercence mas
achieved the highest and most enviable success. 80
shal we be qualified truly to watch the surgmg eVOiu
lions OF the great hosts contendng for mastery before
our EYES and joy fully perceive, through the darkest
canopy of wrong and woe, the ascending progress OF
Humanity, the Omnlsclent providence anu uihaiAiiS
bcuigIity of God.
But no: let me not speak one exhorting only to