The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-03-20

themselves IN such case. lie tnA0ks q NJ
Cooper and few little presents make them
quite happy they ar devoted servants, and
miserable trr people This tact it is i'm
possible TO state too often or too decidedly
Thee favorable views Of slavery were
strengthened by observations in other slave
States -
lind that tbs term slave j. rarely made
use Of in the South The blacks arr called
"our servants" or more commonly =" our pco-
pie" We must REMEMBER that when slaves
are TO be disposed Of, people in the country do
not suppose that they are literally buying ms''
but serrioss, and what VIZ hear OF. ARE the abu-
ses not the laws Of the system. Should mas
ter ililtrat slaw,. the hw protects the latter;
and am inclined to believe cascs Of such treat.
ment are rare. II slave violates the law, n
Judge sends 10 his master, and says. " This ~
your servant you do not punish must, 49,
or course the culprit much prefers to he cor.
rccted by his own master by whom Ill exten'
uating circumstances are understood and allow
ell for and he is usually lett in his hands.
As to tho separation OF families, scc great
pains are taken 10 avoid that evil ] believe
that il hardly occu~ more frequently than 10
England from otlssr canses; md imagine .
law might be enacted 20 make il less easy here.
So In this cnsc, as In that Of every other social
abuse the governing power should regulate.
hat not wholly forbid, or the result will b. the
ENCOURAGEMENT Of twenty evils where ther Was
ana, Sssf,,;
II is curious to note how fully. a, the close
Of her Southern tour. Miss MuRRA, adopts the
Southern line Of argument in defence ol slavery:
Saturday. May l9.--1his afternoon go on
by railroad to indianapolis. ! have now Ia.
ken leave Of the southern states, but ! must
make some more remarks on the slavery qucs-
ton Louisville and Cincinnati are PLACES In
which, believe. Mrs. Stowe once resided and
quote an opinion she advances in her last
work which proves her entire Ignorance Of ne.
gro constitution and habits. She asserts that
Canada is the hest locality 'to dcvelopc the cn.
ergics Of the black race. Before saying this,
it would have been well il she had studied the
condition Of the free negroes In Canada. The
very climate itself Is utterly unsuited 10 them
Mrs. Stowe quotes, a. mistaken and absurd,
the sensible remarks in Boswells Life oi john
son. respecting negro slavery. which must re-
quote as wise and true TO abolish n status
which in all ngcs God has sanctioned and man
has continued, would not only lc robbing nu.
rnerous class Of our felow-subjects, but II would
be extreme cruelty 10 the African savagcs, u
portion OF whom Il saves from worse bondage
in their own country, and introduces into a
much happier state OF life especially when
their passage 70 the West Indies and their
treatment tl.ere is humahely regulated. To
abolish the trade wouM he to shut the gates Of
mercy on mankind And ! must add this
the opinions | have heard from intelligent slaves
coincide with those here quoted Brcause
some slave ma.nacles were scn BY Clarkson in
a Liverpool shop, he decided at once upon the
uhumnnty OF slavery so says Mrs. stowe. Ty.
raDnical men and women in Great Britain have
actually starved apprentices to death--is sp
premiership therefore mursierf ! trust no En-
glish woman can b. found willing TO bring
such al accusation against her people.
Let Us imagine two brothers in this country
engaged in trade one buys plantation, with
two hundred negroes TO raisr cotton On the
Aississippi--the other cts up u mill 10 spin
cotton. at Cincinnati Trade is bad with the
elder . he must rails or buy corn and clothes To
iced and clothe his aborcrs Trade is tight
with the other h. dismiss~ his workJeope,
who may starve or perish. and thsr is no law
which can make him responsible for their snf.
lerings I will conclude this subject with one
moro anecdo'c. for the truth OF which can
ynnrh A Southern lady and gentleman
brought q inulaito flasc to Cincinnati. who
there fell in with sou,e abolitionis,s, and was
mbued with a feeling oi discontent Her
master and mistress observing this proccc'l'd
tn New York, where they told the girl that
they did noi wish TO rriaiD u -ervaut against
her will and giving her twenty dollars, they