Kansas weekly herald. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan. Territory [Kan.]) 1854-1858, 1855-06-29
The Sympathy Of .abOlttiOas-
ISIS.


If one thing is disgusting or repugnant
20 our feelings above all others, it is to see
the inconsistency of Abolition sympathy.
In cases where the sufferer is a negro,
their feelings of sympathy are exceedingly
sensitive; but where the aggrieved party
is white, their feelings of sympathy are at
once obtunded. Only let negro be pun
ished-however just and deserved the
the punishment may be-and you at once
hear the most sincere expressions of SYM
pathy and administration for him, but let
the most brutal and unparalleled outrages
be practised upon white man, you will
never hear an utterance of sympathy or
compassion from the lips of an Abolition
list. We had a striking illustration of
Abolition sympathy in our town last even
ing. On the steamboat New Lucy that
passed up last evening. there was negro
tied up, and being whipped for al attempt
on the life of the Chief Engineer, by
throwing a bucket of scaiding water on
his person. This negro who mad been
guilty of an attempt to take the life OF an
officer of the boat-was soon surrounded
by gang of sympathetic Abolitionists,
who expressed the most heartfelt sorrow
for him, and declared that it was an act of
inhumanity 10 whip the negro. AS long
as the boat remained here, the negro was
surrounded by gang of Abolitionists,
and since its departure, our ears have been
almost made deaf by the constant cries of
horror that have been raised by the Abo-
| litionists.
At the last term of our court in this
District, a man who calls himself Crech
| was arrested for the most cruel, unmerci-
fal and barbarous treatment to young
parentless boy, who was at work on his
farm. It was shown that the boy had
been most severely whipped, and his back
lacerated in the most brutal manner, by
blows from heavy wagon whip. The
our very blood to chill through our veins,
and showed that it was unparalleled in
cruelty and fiendish atrocity. But in this
case, where the sufferer was white boy.
we heard not a single expression of sympa-
thy from the Abolitionists. They were
not at all concerned in this case because
the outrage had been perpetrated upon the
person of a white man, and not upon q
black. These two cases are illustrative Of
Abolition sympathy, and show concluslsely
that only such outrages can excite the i'm
precautions of Abolitionists as are practised
upon their anti-slavery brethren and ne.
groes. Where the sufferer is a white pro.
slavery man, the Abolitionists have no sym.
pathy in the case.
- We do not see that there should be any
sympathy felt for this negro; he deliber.
ately attempted to take the life of an Of
fcer-a crime which we are sure should
be punished, and that severely. Had we
been Capt. Conley, we would have laic
the lash upon his back with unspairing Sc
verify, and shown as little mercy to him a.
the Russian executioner does when he ap
/. plies the knout.
The Louisville Journal recommends tn,
Legislatures of the Southern States to pas
4 laws prohibiting the sale within their limits
Of any commodity of the growth of produc
of the State of Massachusetts, because tn,
latter State has passed law ''practiealI,
nullifyinp the Fugitive Slave Act"