New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-30

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A comparison IL Southern with Abolition
philanthropy, % far as the negro race 10 oon-
oerncd, would result very unfavorably to the
latter, Notwithstanding their long. loud and
vehement protestations Of friendship for ne
slave. 1t would show that they are men q |
words and worthless words It that--not deeds;
that their Wanted friendship for the negro is as
hollow as their own hearts that their pretend 4
ed syrnpathy is bit j cloak for their hypocrisy,
and that their bitter denunciation Of Southern
is resorted to for the purpose Of
hiding their own lack Of philanthropy by d.
ractino public attention to another quarter.
These may be locked upon as hard words, but
they are, nevertheless true words. Who ever
heard ofan out-and-out Abolitionist helping o.
negro ! Whe ever heard that Greeley, or Sew
ard, or Sumner, or Phillips, or Parker, or Hale,,
or Giddings. OF Chase, or others Of that class
had contributed money towards purchasing the
freedom Of slave We never heard Of sin
gle instance, and question much whether On in
stance can be pointed ont! Such people never
put their hands in their pockets in order to eff
fsctually relieve tho distressed. They never
allow their sympathy, though it swell to moun-
famous proportions, to cost them anything ]!
They are never guilty Of the weakness Of giving
away their own money. Their boosted philan-
shropy means nothing but words and rant. If
| they can manage to steal q poor negro from q
comfortable home. they may, possibly, give him
few dimes to help him on to. Canada, but
once there they leave him to shift for himself
to freeze or starvs, as his fortune may direct.
And, as for the free negroes in their own imne-
diate neighborhoods who are infinitely worse
off in every conceivable respect than the slaves
81 the Souththey pay not the slightest atten-
ton, to their moral and physical wants and ne
cessities. Without q sigh or q regret they let
them wallow il the mire Of degradation, and
never extend helping or an elesating hand.
They are free, and that is sufficient to free the
Abolitionists from all obligations regarding
them All of the sympathy Of these philan-
thropists is expended in efforts to reduce az
many slaves as possible to the same miserable
and degraded condition.
A remark made by an intelligent Northern
gentleman, the other day, here suggests ITSELF
He is a man Of close observation, and has tray
eled extensively in both sections Of the Union.
He don't admire the system Of slavery, yet
heartily condemns the course Of the Abolition
press, which he considers fraught with mis-
chievous consequences all round Said he, in
substance: g Wherever / have Travelled in the
South have found the slaves better clothed,
better fed, better off, more genteel, moral and
we'll behaved, than the free negroes Of the North.
They look and act as though they belonged to q
superior race. II would be Gods mercy to
the masses Of negroes Of the North if some means
could be devised to elevate them to the moral
standard of the Southern slaves, The forsgo-
ing needs no comment
4 Now for Southern philanthropy. We unhesi-
tatingly venture the assertion that more ne
groes have been emanoipated by the voluntary
aot Of Shareholders in the city Of New Orleans,
within the last three months, than ever obtain.
ed their freedom through the honest agency Of
oil the Freesoilers and Abolitionists north Of
Mason and Dixon's line Under Law Of the
last Legislature, the First District Court has
emancipated quite q large number Of slaves,
with permission to remain in the State; and
the business Of emancipation is expected to
continue quite brisk during the entire session.
The number Of slaves thus emancipated, up to
Saturday last, is FIFTY eight. These slaves were
worth, estimating their value at low figure,
at least ffty-eight thousand dollars. Now, We
defy all abolitiondom to show that it ever con-
tributed as large an amount Of money to pur.
chase the freedom of slaves We defy the Abo-
1itionists to prove that all their sboasted SYM
pathy, for the last quarter Of century, has
resulted in freeing as many slaves as have been
emancipated in the single city Of New Orleans
within the past three months And, it should
be borne in mind, they are permitted to remain
IN the State where they were born, where all
their friends and relatives live, and where they
will DO amply cared for and protected 80 not
shipped oF % strange and uncongenial climes, |
% suffer and starve, according to the practice
II model Abolition philanthropists.
Such practical facts as these would make the |
eaders in the camp Of Abolitionism blush for |
feryi shame. if the faculty Of blushing had not
oft them long since, when they deserted the
'anner of honorable and patriotic principles, |
nd trampled under foot every instinct Of true
'hristian philanthropy
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