The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-24


the North Well lam appealing to their common sense
and experience and they may give 1t what mama they
Have slaves advanced there after ali their advantages Of
emancipation after passing through the traces OF ap
No, the Slave there has deterioratsd he Is lapsinx
into bsrbarous and degraded state he Is neither
profitable to himself nor to any other How would Il be
in the South Turn loose the slaves and they could not
he set up business all Of them; they could not have
land appropriated to them or they could they would
not work IT. they would be like the emaucipated slaves
of Bermuda. Jamaica, and every place where they
thrown upon their own resources They are not capa
BILE OF taking of they stless
less inert lazy living the spontaneous fruits they
may have, but never becoming laborious and indus
trious and how could one community live with the
other without amagamaton, and be harmonious II is
impossible Well, they would produce nothing at the
ana sOt
remain unsod and the whole country would present
thing but spectacle OF wrschedness and ruin II not
boodshed and carnage AM who would reap the advan
tage Not the slave. You could call him free, but hs
would be the bondsman of wretchedness and
him when sick. Now, it is the duty, as well
as the interest, if he is sick to pravde for him
il he made free there viii be no one to care for him.
and he will be cast oil and turned into the street. That
not only to improve his intelligence to make him mora
canny and his moral condition, that he may be
honest trustworthy and faithful but his physical
citizen, that he may perform the allotted labor
with less Inconvenience and certainty. These are
the benefits arising to the Individual, and they show
hat ne would be depressed and not elevated by eman
cipation.
1t is love of slavery at the South but the necessi
ties Of their diton that have forced the
upon them. They are obliged to do it they cannot
hberate them. But when they come to close
TO On s 70 as 1nd
vision to transport them to Liberia II the amount
had been expended in building up the colonies Of Liberia
prises, that colony would be furnishing and i'm
proving and multitudes Of slaves would be there,
prospered-there they have shown capacity for self
government where there is opposing race by which
they rodden under foot or looked dow with
The slave there rise to the condition of
white race, while here he sinks far below.
viii become system-and is the only one which looms
Up in the distance now-for making provision at
future day. to restore the people to the land Of their ORR
GIN strange 1t may appear, and difficult the task
undertake. the Providence that has directed the ways
men, the upbudlng and the pulling down of nations
II may appear difficult to all his plans, which are
mysterious and beyond comprehension. That same
omrpoten and onnipreeni Being who has shown forth
his miraculous power IN days past Ia working in this mat
ter as ,hen in way which met the divine purposes
When Joseph delivered by the patrarchs to the Ish
maees and BY them transported to Egypt, who could
lsraetes remained AGO cruel bondage in Egypt
but they were finally delivered BY an act Of miraculous
unrestricted by Deity No. the Almighty sold to Pha.
wonderful power to the nations Of the earth" 1t
to teach them that God all mighty, and all nercIul,
could redeem q nation from bondage and overwhem
their oppressors. Here was an act of emancipation,
and bow do know By what means at some future day
His power will be exhibited among US! Let then
oil rational means to promote, as far can, the
elevation OF these beings IN the scale OF humanity and
little by little TO get rid of them and return them to
their origin Imbued with notions of Christianity, the
light of science and the moral influences they receive
in this country, they may become nation numerous
the sands upon the Shore and from the point upon
which they land and establish themselves, they may
radate the influence Of science and rel gon throughout
may be- for We cannot tell what is in the womb Of
futurity, or in the mind OF the Almighty.
My devotion, and the sincerity of it, to the Unon-my
daei, fnr tts MARI atn fv- owe harn
anxiety for the future Of my countra have induced
to contribute, far asl have lived in life, to its
ment. would advocate in the abstract nothing that
trenches upon the rights Of the North, is sub
opnie NJ dinerpg from those Of Northern men ac-
cord to them the right Of opinion claiming an equal
they enjoy. know that we all think alike, and
hence abstain from 'any attacks. would not trench
s ss s sssh e the
trench upon the rights Of the South. Whatever
the South Goes she is responsible for She, on the
ether hand only ashs what the North demandse"let
us aone.n If there are pestilen. msn at the South
at the North, that is no reason why there should
be dscord between the two sections You cannot sepa-
rate them How would you to work to do ity Would
Mason and Dxons lines separate thems Fortresses and
cannons would have BE- posted along that line Would
not standing armies have to be maintained to protect
that frontier, Would not military influence grow up
10 defend this boundary Would no. taxation and op-
pres ion be the con IT, and would not despo
i'm follow armies and taxationf Arc you prepared Tor
tbatY You canrot desrs 1t The men Of the South and
the OF the torth desire union ani tranquility,
both sections interested in she Union and neither
repuaiate it and be happy and indepe ndent ZAP
plause No. All we ask Is 10 be let alone. We do cot
wish to obtrude our institutions but wish all the
benefits OF the constitution We wish that to be the
controlling principle Of tho country. We willing to
give the pound OF hesh but not one drop OF Christian
blood.
Iweu remember that when living separate as
a community-as sdiileIent republic-wnen we in the
far distant South contemplated union with the far dis
tant States did not connt upon Southern States
upon Northern States. We contemplated the American
union-the coniederacy ofyhe North veil OF the
South. II our institutions were similar 70 the pecu-
liar in uiions Of the south political institutions
the those OF the North, as to republican
ard 70 freedom, so thst we looked TO them to
union tina, could resist the world (Cners) All that
had dc 10 cultivate harmony among ourselves.
We we're aware Of dissensons knew that there was
North and Soa:h--a bank and anti-bink-g tariff
and anti-tatiH We their peculiar notions, aud
we locked 1t all these and did not leap In the dark But
when we took survey of all OF them and the great
disadvantage of building up living power on
ibis continent in antagonsm to 'ople of our own
language, and religion believed 1t impolitic
urous to the prosperity OF the two countries
We that at some future day evils would grow up
that England might seek TO advance her interests that
Europe with oil Der power might seek TO foster enemy
smong US 10 hinder march to glory and grandeur
Though Texas might reap the benefit OF IT, the
evil TO the nat on OF supporting separate power.
We had diversity o. interest among On the u
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pate in ali the participation OF government and
in and united with you for veal or for woe. We desired
for the sake o. its streogh its power and Its
msesty--that might be able TO act iu con JUNCTION
with yon eucdate the great principle OF self govern
ment-of government of equal rights and privileges to
all nun In tie community These the benefits we
anticipated and these the blessings for which united
/ with this country.
Upon the Sc pr. iples too we agreed that the North
and the South should oe equally responsible for and
benefited ny the annexation OF Texas. We agreed that
the Missouri compromise line thould be applied to Texas
and an north OF 50 80, comprising Ave and a.hAf
degrees Of latitude the North should have dedicated to
their peculiar institutions, while in all south OF that line
the south should retain interest We willing
do this to show the equality OF principles upon
which have acted up to this day invoke the North
TO regard these thipgsthey evidences OF Elm
certify and faith These concessions have not been
sailed by the people Of Texas any than by the
North The bin that has produced this agitation, which
would be glad to laid, not discussed In the
1 South. AM where but in Congress II hurried
through Congress and there only II discussed and