New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-30
to dry their tears. aud to save their eroan' and
THAR reproacbes for some mora exigent occ asi )u

to dry their tear'. aud to save their groan, and
their reproscbes for some more exigent occssi)u
it is not, and has not been. the gree test cslsu
I, Of the slaves tha. they deprived Of all legal
rights There is something more potent thaa
law, and tn It l. The watcbfll eye Of ones ne gu
bcrs, the consciousness Of acting under which,
az Of being subjected to the criticism Of which.
is restraint far more stringent than sny merely
verbsl enactment. Now, OF all the revolving things
about Slavery, the worst Of sll has been, the
principle adopted aad acted upon almost uniEer-
sally at the South, that what man does 70 or
smong his own negroes, is Ioboay's business bat
his own. And, in fact, ali the Oratory snd rum
question of Slavery, has been only the runble
and echo of this fayorite dogma Of the slayehod-
ers.
To break down this immunity, this privilege OF
unque.tionsbe household and plantation desp)s-
ism, the perseverance of the aboll'i,aiss has
gone great way. Every Southern Shareholder
about TO commit an outrage, knows that he ruas
the rick Of getting into the Northern ne rspspefs-
and tie idea Of being pillo,ied in THE TRIBUNE
for Instance. held up IS spectacle and "a
execrstion to q million of readers, is not BY
any means sgreesble. Nor does the restriction
end here. Knowing the bal effect produced BY
the publicity given to slsveholdiug atrocities, aud
the almost certainty that il any thing OF the sort
occurs, the Northern De xspspers by some under
ground, or over ground telegraph, or corresPon-
tn', OF other, will get hold of H. the slsyeaold-
ers fbd themselves compelled, in spite OF their
own doc,rioes and <.hes, to look little into one
anotber's domestic affairs, aud acsu,liy to bs
checks upon each Other in the exercise OF apo YER
which the law eyes, and which merely a. be-
tween the N sister aud the servant Southern plo-
tic opinion does not prohibit, but which tue
effect /; may pro6uc at the North, ana the very
safety Of the peculiar institution isself, make IL
.1pt dent some wnst to restrain.
But il ia not the Shareholders only who have
beard of the Northern Abolitorists, and who,
much as they hate and execrate them, fear them
still more, and submit. to have their conduct 10
some measure shaped BY them. Tee slaves also
have heard of the AboisioLists-So Me-. Anthony
Burns said, 10 bis recent address in this City
ard such i, doubtless tie fact throughout the
South Ard what glorious CLEAN of hope-she
glorious hope of freedom, selfownersbip aud
msphood-.te vision of friends rea iy to aid-the
vision Of city of refuge to which to fy-must
even the vaguest rumor Of these Abolitionists
light up in many suffering tbrobbing heart!
lis hope that makes men all they are. This Is
the food ON which the spirit lives. One drop OF
hope distilled into the heart will more than c'uu-
terbalsnce any amount of physical suffering.
Suppose the Shareholders to be tle feDds incsr-
nate which some Of our waters upon Providence
would represent them; suppose them TO lash and
torture their slaves merely to spite the Abo-
ltionists; suppose, Whist uncohtreyertible facts
contradict that the Abolition agitation has
doubled the severity of the masters yet at the
same time it has raised the hopes Of the slaves
II has brought within their vision, as thing pos
sible for them individually, and for the wives AMI
children whom they love- patiOn-Gberty
1t has put North Star into their heaven, slip
pers Of sw fitness OF their feet, and wings upon
their shoulders. Few may venture to run away,
but all can bug the fond vision to their hearts
all can anticipate, if not for themselves, at least
for their friends ard their children, the "goOd
"tiue coming" Is this hope nothing Think
Of ii 8, ye waters upon Providence Remem-
Der that Hope is the elder sister Of Fruition,
ard learn TO speak little more respectfully Of
the All i-iOnitts!