New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-31

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the saves are the bappest rogues alive But let the
laye- be fuly convinced that the inquirer can St
L M free or retain them slaves and that their con-
Jition depended entirely " their own sns"eFs-'oey
will r. ply. without diss ming voice, that they want
hcir IbeIy But j, ha been the lot OF the sSse-
L.Ider-ever rnuit bs-to he ind fenced by passions
which obscurr his Judgment. Can men lose their love
of liberty rywh.re We think rot; bat they can,
from lorg enslavemept, it u monrnful csse. Gan
b desire their liberty less IN this country, ~here the
flame must be kept alive ~ an everlasting 'alk about
H. tlsp ID tbos. counties wh're, perch ,nce, they
never Lear tie word breathedl Here, where the ms
snable rights OF MEN are insisted on and not tue ma
Eenlble nights of particular classes or cdste "a IN
otEer countries and where they might suppose Their
bnbrght or rather their birth vTong, was Slavery.
But you lay your ,laves love you. For what, praN
Is it for compeI them by the lash TO work for you
for nothing J. il 6r breaking up their families when
ever necessity or pleasure demands it-fUr pHu'ing
tbem-for selling. when and 10 whom you choose, hus-
bands wives SONS, daughters, where they will never
rec each other gain-ior leaving them IN gross gnO-
rance in this world and uDpepared for that which to
comein fIe, for stripping them OF all their nights "a
human beings, whenever you choose 10 do 80 u 1t
for these tbirgs-most Oyeable ones truly-they love
you Have you yet TO l-arh that cannot better
show how lightly We esteem low. being, and despise
lin, than to rob him Of his III hts and trample on
theml
But pspr slaves will fight for you when Liberty sthe
prze. Granted. Yet how many slaves do YOU know
ttat will not fight for their mas'ers-that will, indeed,
be the OrenOst to take vengeance ON them and their
families You Know " one swallow does not make
"Spiing." Toussaint protected bis old master from
atrOcity ard s.cured him from want bu did this pre-
vent tie entire expulsion of the whites from Hay, or
the establishment Ut liberty in that island
Civil wars are powerfully acrimonious, bloody
ones. In this state of feeling will there be 40 one
that will ask the slaves TO rsel" But granted that
they will not be persuadedthat the msltreated, the
plundeied the disgraced Aboitonists will have such
steady regard h the safety and comfort of their an
that none Of the m will move in this mater why
tai r.arn ryha
see Liberty and Bondage make the controversy be-
tween the armies Can You suppose that the slaves OF
Missouri, of Arkansas will no. hear of ID and that
the knowledge of it will not extend TO The slaves Of
Kentucky and Tennessee, and to tho Slave States
generally some Of which rave now more slsves than
wht.sl VIII the slaves be blind to the fact that
many Of the defenders Of the counny-perhaps among
tb. III some the mOst efficent-have been sent out
of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama aud South Carolina
under Buford and Others, and think You they will DOT
look this as en- encouragement to vindlcate tneir
liberty If to go to war with Eugland or
france would we not be prepared to expect that all
would be done that either OF them could do to per-
suade our slaves to fight for their liberty Would not
their emitting TO do it lead US TO view them as rer-
dant7 Why then should we expect more forbearance
in a cirH war than in foreign one
The writer could hot bring himself 10 believe that
the South fairly represented by the Border Ruff
fans, IA they have been with great appropriateness
called: but the attack Senator Sumner, the other
Jay, BY member of the House Of Representatives,
has greatly changed his opinion. Ii has seryei to
convince Inn that even the Southern men who occupy
tie highest position in their States, and from whom
very different things were expected, are determined
thai their Slavery sha not be examined in any fearless
manner and that if brute force and intimidation can
make it the ruling power OF tue Government 1t "dH
be. But you can Contend but moment with the
aroused North. They patient people, and they
have shown themselves so by INTERESTINGLY bearing tae
insults you have h,aped upon them tor years But
the old SAYS, II rs a long lane mhIeh has no
tarn." You have pulled their ears so long and 20
numerically that they stimulated up to tue point
where they will endure nothing more. They VIII con-
sumo you as the moth il consumed by the candle.
Chivsiy may nGuce you to believe that you can defeat
them easily our troops beat the Mexican IN their
engagements. Chivalry, however, is bad article
to cany with. II has never sctuated the rank
and Eie, and it will. The Free States are aboat
twice as numerous in population the Saveholdng
States. The people of the first not afraid to go
ON their homes because they would leave ruthless
and festering enemy behind them. With perfect con-
fdence would they leave their wives and children IN
the care of tbose who old not join their most. Is it so
with you, even If your slaves Jit not leave you 7
Could you cheerfuy leave under their protection your
aged fathers and mothers, your wives and children,
while your Elective men went to the wars You
whole, would require all the force they could muster
even if they could then-to keep the slaves from
tumult and disorder. If they should rise at several
points at once, what would be your condition Mis-
cradle in the extreme. There is no whom you
call to aid you insoeat has been your conduct
heretofore TO all who could help you. Offeu, too, We
not much alarmed at the actual danger pressing
on US, as We are parayzed by the thought of de- |
serving it all, and more too. Do Lot endeavor to |
make it appear that the fr.est, most reasonable Gov
eminent ON eaih ours unquestionaby is in theory,
notwithstanding its bondage cannot stand against the
vice Of Slavery.
| address you with good deal Of feeling on this
subject for foesee nothing but calamity and disaster
TO the whole country-psricularly to the South |
should it be persisted in. l. too, am a n,tive of
slav ehoding State, and my friends and relatives
mainly there l remained in the South to mature age,
ard am well acquainted with the treatment aud in-
clinaton Of the negro slave. lis true Slavery has |
much altered since / left the South but it is only
altered in this, that it has become better fitted than il
was produce the amentable state Of things
which have predicted. Of one thing We may be
certain in the event of civil war account Of
Slavery that the institution will entirely
III among US. That you may be wise before it be too
ate is the desire of one who wishes you every
eal blessing, and who is true friend.
FORMER MEMBER OF YOUR CASTE.
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