Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-26
~ From the New York Day Book.
Letter from Gen. McQueen, II. O., t.
Lewis Tappan.

Sin: I have. for years, been in the hab-
it oil throwing all printed matter sent me
from the North, by vile abo!itionists and
incendiaries, in the fire; as considertheir
falsehoods only surpassed by the impudence
of those who send them; but as you with
some other ianatics) have seen fit to send
me. over your own signature, eemmuni-
cation accompanying petition to Congress,
expressing doubt whether there be, or
has ever been. any legal slavery IN the
United States," &c., will simply say to
you, that / am perfectly satisfied you are
aware yourself that your every assertion
on the subject of slavery is as false and
mischievous as your conduct in sending
them to me is impudent and insulting.
If you have humanity, as you profess.
which you cannot make me believe, you
may find around you, and perhaps in your
own employment, much more needed OBJ
jects of your benerolcnce. than my, or other
slaves in the South.
Go to sewing establishment, perhaps
within one block of you, and relieve the
INDECENT mother who makes shirt for six
cents, whilst her little ones at home
are shivering for want of food to warm
their whitening frames. and are rapidly
dropping into an untimely grave for wan,
of food and raInent TO relieve their squalid
wretchedness. Go into The cellars and un-
derground ahodes of hundreds in your city,
of all colors, who associate together with
out even rags to hide their nakedness,
stepped IN every species of crime, whilst
starving for every comfort of life, and show
your benevolence to them; and l would
especially recommend you to bestow your
benevoience on those described in a recen,
1dress TO to the New York public by the
Rev. l.. NJ. Pease, the benevolent head ol
the Five Points Mission establishment, as
| follows:
Five winters-dark and dreary win
| ters-have we spent upon the Points, sur.
| rounded by want and suffering, beggary
shame and crime. The fact OF our living
| here is not in itself so hard as the lack oil
means to supply tire wants of the worthy
poor, and to afford shelter and protection
to the homeless. We have been compelled
! by our relation to this people, to witness
llltle bare feet treading the icy pavements
until the nails have been frozen from thei
toes, to see their skeleton fingers reached
out to us, and here their cry for breao
when we had no bread to give.
1--WE have been compelled to leave ths
widow with her newborn babe upon he
bosom, friendless and shelterless upon th.
street, because We had no shelter Tor her
to see boys ripen into criminal manhood
and girls into wanton womanhood. w.
have been compelled to hear hundreds o
unfortunates beg in vain, even inthe name
Of our Savior. for an opportunity to return
and when denied give up in despair, an,
afterwards die hopeless; and all for til,
want of little OF that FOR which thousand
are prodigal This is hard"
| When you and your associates have yer
flied your professions. and relieved you
suffering neighbors, it will be time enougl
to send me anything relating to my slaves
who. old and young, are well fed, cio,he
and taken care ot-betler, am satisfied
than thousands Of those who are beginnin
to doubt .'whether there be, or has eve
been, any legal slavery in the Unite
States" Until you have done these thing
hope you will refrain from sending m
more OF your false and insulting eommun
. cations. :. JOHN MCQUEEN.
Il LEWIS TAPPAS, New York.