The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-10
WASHINGTON CITY.
SUNDAY MORNING. FEB. 10. 1850.
ABOLITION APPEALS TO THE SoN-sLAvEHoLD
ING MEN OF THE SOUTH

in the annual message OF President Pierce in regard 10 the
objects and consequences Of ianaca agitation Of slavery
For the last twenty years the burden OF the appeals OF the
abolition sstaors has been directed to the suerngs and
expressions the "poor slave Oceans Of crocodile tears
have been poured out by hearess hypoctes well
genuine illusions Of misguided fanatca sympathy IN
behalf of the ensIaysd and degraded Africans "Unce
TOMS Cabin" has obtained worldwide reputation as
deineaton Of the horrors of slavery in the South ola
sudden however everything like for the poor slave
has is all at once turned over to the tender
merees of his master-and now all abotondom is in
the suerngs the expressions the degradation
and the ignorance Of the poor whites of the South This
wonderful transfer of abolition sympathy from the poor
slaves TO the poor whites is the result of single sem
in the Presidents message that sentence is as fol-
lows:
m the passionate rage OF fanaticsm aud partisan spirit
did the fact upon attention. it would be difficult
believe that any considerable portion OF the people OF this
enlightened country could have surrendered themselves
to anatca devotion tho supposed interests of the ea
lively few Africans in the United States as totally to aban
don and disregard the interests OF the Twenty-Five millions OF
Americans trample under foot the nuncons OF moral
constitutional obligation and to engage in plans OF vim
dctve hostility against those who associated with them in
tho enjoyment of the heritage OF national in
situations" ..@.s
The announcement of the truth contained in this ex-
tract exploded aboitionsm from its very foundation and
since its PRONUNCIATION have seen the discounted
leaders busily employed in trying to repair the damage
by transfer of their sympahes from he poor slaves to
"the poor whites With impudenee that none but an
aboonist cc"d assume they now deny that was ever
the save who the object OF their phianthropc abos
but that they working all the time for the emancpa-
ton of the white of the South who suffering
der the thradom of the slaveholdersl The New York
Tribune leads off this new tack its shrewd editors
saw from the first response given to the Presidents mes
sage that he had blown up the magazine of abotonsm
that negrophoba longer available ground to
occupy that the idea Of endangerng the happiness of
twenty-five millions of free white for the supposed
benefit of comparatively few weed, weclohed, con-
tented blacks made perfectly absurd by its bold and
pointed exposure by the President and hence its editors
led off in the effort aboonsm by abandoning the
of the slave and pretending to have been all the
time the champions of "the poor southern white men,
The Tribune quotes the foregoing passage Of the
show how ignorant the President to the objects
of aboonism, and with cool efronery says: How ig
norant and mistaken the President Isl how he has been
betrayed by his ignorance into the most calumnious
charges against quite patriotic as himself quite as
much devoted he, and perhaps little more so. to the
interests Of the twenty-five millions of Americans" &c.
When the President that aboonism has looked
to the condition of the slave the grand object of its ag
taton the Tribune says he was not only Ignorant but
that he makes calumnous charges against such pure
triots Horace Greeley Joshua Giddings and the kel
Has it this that after abolitonss have toiled for
twenty years - trying to excite sympathy all over the
world for the poor slaves of the South the bare
ment of their object heretofore avowed by themselves
is characterized calumnious charger" We have said
a thousand times that the sympathy Of the antsayery
agitaor for the poor slaves sheer hypocrisy and
when said it he turned upon us and charged with
eliminating his generous phlanhropc hearth Now, the
President says that the object of the abolition aator is
to benefit the slave and the agtator upon him.
and says, you only ignoramus, but you
caumnator; il is the poor white of the South and
the slave that abolition is seeking benefit and pro-
tect
The remarks of the Tribune to which have just
ferred made for the purpose of recommending its
readers communication from Mr.. Weston occupying
six columns Of that Journal in which, under the
head "The Poor Whites of the South" the writer under
takes sustain the dodge of abotonsm to which
we have been directing attention Mr.. Weston like Mr..
Greeley has conscientious scrupes in abandoning the
cause Of the poor slave and with less show of
poor southern white mems But these agitstors sure
that he poor white of the South will accept their
sympathies their Intervention W. tell the Greeleys
and l-esons that when they surrendered the original
ground on which aboitonsm rested they gave up its
stronghold They could appeal to the hearts of the phi
anthropic in behalf Of the slave and he could make
response If he could have responded, in nnety-nine
out Of hundred his reply would have been in
dgnant rebuke But "tbe poor white OF the South"
respond and they viii show abolition agitators how
grossly ignorant they of the condition. character
and sentiments of the white non-saveholders Without
referring specially TO the calumnious observations Of
Mr. Weston, quote fair synopsis Of his communca-
ton made by the editor of the Tribune lie says:
cit shown In that article beyond all dispute that the
calculation be supposed derive any advantage from the
existence OF slavery among sles than Millions while
the remaining four millions and upward OF the white popu-
atons and degador growing every day worse
and Of which Is utterly impossible Tor them emerge
by any efforts Of their Hitherto wretohed people
have had in emigration States but that
almost exhausted OF the unoceupied terri
tory Of the United States there remains very little the eli
of which at all suited 10 southern constitutions
doubt the southern people s find relief in seek
ing employ in rspidygrowng western and
cities but great obstacle to that Is their ignorance
their total des,tution Of opportunity at home
learn any useful trade or calling"
The gist Of this sx-colomn article Of Mr.. Weston as