New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-04

FnelstJ. Gen. Washington, n Lever 10 al"
date December II. 1875, giving reasons Why 'aoc'
were then higher in Pennsylvanis than ID ha'!Nsn'
and Virginia, adds:
"Ard becsuse there are laws here fn the grsdual
io,or ~ slavery. which neither of The two c'a' =
shoyo ,nenti, ned have at present but when no'l!
MOI certan than that they must have and g. Perou
not remote '-Spdrks IL, 80.
Rv ,ha las, Will and testament Of Gen. Wa hing-
Ton. dated July 9, 1893, II is provided among Sher
requests as follows: III
-. Irn-Upon the cecease Of my VIE IL l. III! VIA
and desire that all the slaves whom hou ~ my 80
rtrIf .hau receive Their freedom 10 emsnclpa'e 'le,
dn,irg her life though earnestly wished by me, "ouH
be attended with such nsuperabe difficulties, on a'-
count of their inteuixure by marriage win the COVER
pecroes as to excite the most painini SENSATIONS Ho'
oissgreabe consequences 10 the latter while ooin az
sc,nous are in the occupancy OF the same proprietor
l. ~ beino in nv power under the tenure by when
The dover negroes are held, to manumt tneni Inc
iestator then. sfter providing for those VINO 'ouSu
old age bodily 'uhrmity or infancy WI DC Suao a
,o sur mort thtu selves specially adds Ana 90
hereby expressly forbid the sale OF transportation our OF
III g said c mm6n oalth OF any slave may ore pos
sessed # ender any pretense whatsoever, al! ! 10
moreover most poItedy and most solenlhy ehJoui "
sup,u nv executors hereafter named, or The SufNNW
- them 10 see that this claus respecting slaves, ana
'eyerv part here-f be religion fulfilled al the epch
at which il is directed 10 take place, without evasion
neglect or delay. '-Spdrks ], 0o9.
To these let us add BENJAMIN FRANKLlN's SENT
ments on the Slavery question. In l75l DIR. benJa'
hin Franklin wrote his observations concerning
the increase of mankind and the peophng OF
countries. in which is the following section
"l2. II is an illgreunded opinion that by the labor
of slaves Americs may possibly vie IN cheapness OF
manufactures with Britain. The labor of slaves can
ncrcr be so cheap here the labor of workngmen IN
Britain. Any one may compute II. interest OF ulouey
in the COloni,s from TO 10 per cent slaves, one
with another cost $50 per head. Reckon then tue
interest Of the first purchase of slave the nsuraI or
risk on his life bis clothing and diet expenses 10 his
Sickness ard loss of time. loss by hs neglect OF ous
ness neglect i, natural 70 tie man who Is not
TO be benefited by bis own care or diligence
eNperse of a driver to keep him at work and his pu
fering from time to time almost every slave being ny
nature a thief ard compare the whole amount win
the wages Of manufacturer of iron or WOOL in En-
Gland Won will see that labor much cheaper there
Than il ever can be by negroes here. why, then' WIN
Americans purchase slaves Because slaves may DC
kept as long as man pleases, or has occasion lo'
their labor" and in the thirteenth section IN emu
meratlg the things that must diminish nauOn' nc
says: l,
i'6 TKeintroducto on Of sares.-The negroes brought
into the English sugar islands have greatly diminished
the whites there the poor by this means deprived
of employment while few families acquire vast es-
tstes which they sTend foreign Injuries and elu-
eating their children in the habit of those Injuries the
sane rcome is reed, d for the support of one tna
might have maintained one hundred. The whites VINO
have slaves not laborng are eneebled and therefore
rot generally prolific; the slaves being worked 700
hard and i'll fed their constitutions are broken, and the
deaths among them are more than the births, so tha'
q continual supply Is needed IRON Africa he notth
ON colonies having few slaves, increase IN whites
Slaves also peorale The families that use them; the
white children become proud, disguised with laoor
and being educated in deRess, are rendered unht 10
ret a living by dusty Sparks Works Of Frank
hH, roll H., PIP. 81, 80
FRANKLIN, besides, was President of the first
American Abolition Society, that OF Pennsy lvanla,
and in the original address Of that body says
Slavery is an atrocious debasement of human ma
ture."
JEFFFRsoNs works flame with argumentatlve
and rhetorical denunciations of Slavery-in strong
contrast with the more tranquil treatment OF the
subject by less highly strung temperaments: in-
deed" said JEFFERSON, 81 tremble Tor my
country when reflect that God is JUST; tha' his
Justice cannot sleep forever; that, considering
:. numbers. nature. and natural means only, reyo-
.. lution Of the wheel of fortune, an exchange OF
situat, II, is among possible events; that IL may
become pioJaJt by supernatural influence Inc
Almighty has no attribute which can take sides
with us in such q cOatest'
We have here cited few revolutionary names;
we could add no less than ffty-one Others oil the
highest historic names of the Reyolutlon-names
that adorned the country from New-HampshIre 10
Georga-names that were known before during
and after the Revolution-tO swell the old voice
against Slavery. But enough. If stifi-necked
generation will not believe living apostles, neither
would they believe the prophets risen from the
dead.
Bat hope courage energy All, then to the
great work of to-day