Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-12-13
Free Negroes.

The follovin. article We clip from the All
ALBANIA Planter. Il contains some remark
upon the evil of freeing slaves with permits
sion to remain where manumitted-"hlch W
think are perfectly correct, and which con
tain food Tor reflection. This evil has beef
growing worse year after year, and although
It's RIGHTEOUSNESS is as apparent as the noon
dav sun, no one seems TO think It worth
while TO take the matter III hand. with at
endeavor to suppress it. The common feel
ings of Humanity Will prompt Us to acGuiesc,
in a wish to permit a freed slave to remain
near the home of his friends and relatives
but the evil oiso dong more than counter
balances this feeling. :,nd however uupleas-
ant it may be, it >hoN!l be promptly sup
pressed tor the sake Of the general good. The
Slave vii! always be DISCONTINUED and ,rou-
blesome VIXEN brought INTO contact with
those in possession OF freedom. who formerly
worked with him side by side. in the cotton
or cane held, and from that moment IS more
ore less a trouble 10 his master. We would
like TO seq our Legislature euar. a idW pro-
h.tI,ln. under alY circumstance Whatever
TO matter how unpleasant It NAV he-a free
lie Sroe remaining IN the State after manu-
MISSION. 4 great deal more might he said
Oh this subject and on another occasion we
VIII revert to il again
We are beginning 10 talk of r@eviying The
slave trade and are talking also al. the tune
Of he bei.gn influence OF Slavery OH the
character Of the haTbarous African. And vet
III Louisiana they are training up ignorant
ac-!ue> III seml-!reeGom 10 destroy not ONLY
the >erelEe system. but ultimately he whltes.
Worse policy or worse morals, it seems 10
Us. could hardly lie devised. Ii is sImuiy
working INTO the hands of lanatici>m. II Is
storing up magazines Tor Incendlarism.
The states can hardly in cons0naLce with
our reiHbIIcaulsrr. prevent a man from dis
P">!Hg OF his property as may seem fit TO
i be contrary t. the ilnlamen-
tat Interests al the community. Then his
or ialScAIesousness NAV be sub
Jcctet 10 a higher law. And that is. in our
opinion. a constant. policy against the cman-
c~iiAtlun ol HesroeS-a ;r|lEi!eee never 10 be
granted. except on the condition that tie
'i'd!t'lidttii FtSip sEdiI be removed 10 Ipttl-
e!m 81 foreign States.
This rH1", we know, will sometimes inter-
'ere with generous impulses. bat .hese H.
pulses are mostly the result Of a tana.lct>u
as little respectable as those which obtain
"iiEIE tAe tree States Let Us illustrate tie
'act. Here IS a man born witi!H the Soai4
las lived 10 the M" age oi Sevra.v--Has
made al! his wealth by the Use OF Save labor. /
He o~ns a hundred negroes. He has been
aocust":ned 10 read The papers Of tie North. /
tie Is a. the point OF dsath-aS weak in m!nj
as IN b"dy-ard having nothing 10 gain tins
side q the grave. he dictates from d bed fail
u topeie>S disease. d VIII Tor the enlauclpa-
OF his uegruts. And TINS sian. uko has
.iten tcth.rg 20 Heaven whilst h- could u>r
I hlmseIi. Is ready to give everything when
le has 10 use for l.. and that without the
consideration for his fellow men. whom
le leaves behind. active ard bt.siiy inten, on
Working ont their own salvation! The lega-
Y OF a man OF this sort is a perpetua'lon By
aw OF evi! and against that evil the iiy-
II" have a perfect right to protect them
Within Alabama the laws are suf:r.en. on
he subject. Hitherto tqey have been great
! neglected but We are ga! to know tat.
I tate. they are receiving The atteuiIuu they .
eserve. We should Ike 70 see then! 50 en-
oFcei that not a free negro could be tnu!,a
thu he State-So that 10 man. by cuib.lr '
r otherwise. could saddle upon ms po>teTltv !
ne EVIL OF a morbid conscience. as ex.res>s, !
I e~manclratorv dell>es.