New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-05

waking in Industrious free man, VINO eaPleeeou Ill, .
svmnathy with the slaves in their smctoes, ooua no
Re ,ndured The SHAREHOLDERS watcnea 10. an oPpr.
tunty to bring some charge xs him out of the
ni,ce Az length this poor mans wife was .aAA s.H
with a fever, and the neighborhood Pays o;an "n5
called The STAKEHOLDER went TO TINS Phys. - 80
neT,uaded him 10 charge the husband OF sa J,r;n1
Pnmsn severl hundred dollars for each Vis' dullIs
~ con-,e of the fever In this way the doctor aa
mn a hill Of some o., 500. Payment was reluse' a"
the doctor sued the account. The case went ~ G.,
Jurv-suchs jury as shareholders had suGoee .
Dsi;no-apd their verdict was for the whole amount.
The defendant was obliged TO give up nj tiu' ~ e.!
il ard leave his home penness-a victitn VI ~
ton that makes Courts and Jures ,he lhs1l IN ~ -,
i,s purposes. IL The Star wishes 10 0o'fo" Jul n~'
crackers again, they are at bis disposal
To Ne Editor J TAsN y TriS1s' ...;o,,l
SIR: have noticed for many months an ocS'''Ona'
letter in the papers from Northern men living III '"'
South So true have been the details OF facts
g Slavery as have seen it, that in some instances
have thought recognized the stories OF an acluaiu-
,.nce-perhaps not. But have as yet given nothing
s-or, nv midget of testimony, because you haven't
,.emed TO need IT, write to contribute fact OF
49, = oonr.ction with an article in The Washington
g., On the white aborers Of the South, from when
YOU make a short extract:
IN, Star SAWS: mo Others are more emphatic enc
- mics of Aholitionists and AbOitonism, than our
" workipcmen in all calngs. 80 far nom oeihg .no
,,utb have had most 4" emphatic evidence 'hat tno
contrary is most "emphaticaliy true. NY e"fas
1nent in the South of such a nature tnat "a'
brongbt into immediate contact with the iaOoring C
not only the lowest order, but mechanics Oh an
classes. , Ct. :..o roto-
When first went to North Carolina, it was n9.o
ions fact that a Northern engineer on the Cehua
RAILROAD had succeeded in prevailing on numoet oi
ubat he called poor devils to discontinue redca
Abolition paper which they were deyouring, ana SUP
~ ...s.A
scribe to the organ of the Colonization ooce.t. nc
thought thew nigh. imbbe radical notions that IN
the community might njure their prospects as WORK
men. while the Colonization paper would teacn 'hen
a hotter way TO get nd IF the " cussed niggers.
| know that labOres received only es TO sl3
month and found themselves; men, too, with families
d,nendinp on them: and wretched set oil crea-
tures than these fellows and the ordinary Journeymen
| mechanics could not well be conceived.
An oyerseer remarked 10 me once concerning some
| ewFnclaud mechanics connected with the railroad
| - 7, se1ms 70 me id funny that all them Yankees
| "tnows low TO write-nOthing but mechanics-and
they know heap more than some OF the ncne''
Tt me tell YOU one story illustrating the character
Of The Star who asks: "Wby do they, The frees, most
"indep.ndent and sct-red tdborers on me Jace o. .s
"elotf, &c. In 1853 the mechanics OF ooncOrui 20
| bawus County y. c.. without consulting the slave
| holders of the place, held meeting to discuss tnelr
own business and consult on matters OF mutual nter'
est TO discover particularly what their position was III
relation 10 the negroes about them. 1her great COM
,laint wns that wealthy men, who had negro mechan-
ice were in the habit of undertaking them on con
tracts and that free negroes, who bound theIr own
bodies to be security white men for money loaned
came into the country and took away business tnat
belonged 10 the white abOrers. The prncpa speaker
AZ the meeting young man OF more than Ordinary
| intelligence TO which he united the uascibllty Oh MS
countfymen He spoke in favor OF resolutions 10 EN-
ploy 10 negroes jOurneymen while whites couid oe
| had and thus appealed to the bosses Ihs young
| man was unmarried but supported an old mother.
The next day heard the meeting discussed by the
influential men. The speeches and resolutions were
condemned. Mark this, by men who were not me-
ehancs and who had no interests IN common with me-
cbancs The leader in these movements was a hery
fellow entirely unworthy the confidence of the commu
nty-a niger speckyator, iiterate and unreasona
be-as an evidence of which mention the fact that
about that time he nearly killed with knife, while 10
q passion, his brother-ir-aw, whom he cut severely
many times before he could be made to comprehend
that he had hold of the wrong man, and that his antag
| onist had escaped. This person advised to send the
chief speaker out of the countryhe was dangerou.
man TO have about. This was agreed upon and
one of the freest most independent seTiied iaborer
on the face Of the giObe had to leave his home on the
demand Of nigger-driver, because he dared talk as
be had rights.
This il fact But | won't bore you / have 9
Fright smart chance" of the same sort. They'll come
fast enough when they're needed. have to use then
when in argument with Southern gentlemen--fo
| whC IN, allow me TO say, have as profound respec
as for any-aRd must therefore be chary of them OF
paper. Truly your, IRNELES'
| fse York, Feb. ?, 1859.