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

t. tAe Editor qJ The v. Y. TribE"e
SIR: In The TRIBUNE of JAN 30, you quote The
gton Star in reference to the happy condition
of free aborers in the slave States and their cordial
and unanimous hatred Of Abolitionism and Abolition
lists In addition to your very satisfactory answer to
the statements Of The Star there is class of facts
bearing on that subject, Unknown to Shareholders
and partially known to those who have aequaint
ance with the actual working Of Slavery, which
ought to be known to all real freemen. II is q fact
that no white man. who does not own slaves, who
freely expresses his opinion against Slavery, is per-
mitted to remain quietly in the slave States He must
hold his peace on that subject and even appear TO
favor the accused system, or his position will be rem
dered uncomfortable and if possible, be will be COM
PEELED by the various prosecutions Of Shareholders 10
leave the State. Hundreds Of instances might be
named to establish this statement the multitude who
have been lynched, tarred and eathered and other
wise maltreaed by Shareholders, merely the more
bartarous illustrations of the fact they render the
sertions Of The Star altogether apOcryphal trans
form them into bitter irony No poor white laborer
dare show any sympathy with Anti Slavery sentiments
il suspected of having ptu heart toward the slave,
he is marked and doomed; there ia rest for him
till be finds il in free State. And the majority Of
that class cannot readily command the means to move
their families into land OF freedom, the condition OF
remaining where they is silence on the sub ect Of
emancipation and show of opposition to all forms Of
Anti-Savery. The writer has known OF Northern men
strongly opposed 10 Slavery whose business called them
Temporarily to the South, who have bought one or
slaves, in order to quiet the suspicious and gain
the confidence o. the Liberal oppressOrs who give
character and tone TO Southern Society At least one
Northern Anti-Sayery clergyman once became a
Southern Shareholder, with the design, apparently, of
dislrovrg the sincerity of his former opinions. How
great pains small men sometimes take to serve the
devil while they serve Themselves!
|; is wei known 10 those who know the South that
SHAREHOLDERS resort to various tyranncal methods 20
free their neghborhood OK poor whites especially If
they show any discomfort with Slavery. If they can
not buy the little property Owned by those poor peo
pie, they often set W. false claims IN it, or find some
PRETENDED ground OF legal acton against them; and as
the Courts always favor the sisve-0wner the result Is
always disastrous to the helpless and fendess nom
STAKEHOLDER. Instead q being, as The Star afnns,
the "nost ind pendent s3d seEiled laborers, they
are generally the most dependent and obsequiols
white ID The world AMI almost much the OBJ
jects Of pity Gs tn slaves themselves. They are too
peer to escape fIoIn their degradation and they
main quietly where they only by loving add hating
what the fierce, unreasOning STAKEHOLDER loves and
hates.
The following welLauthantcaisd fact has recently
been published: citizen Of Tennessee moved 10
Georgia, ard purchased hundred of LAID
near the residence OF = wealthy STAKEHOLDER. lie
ferced lis little farm, aud tiled the ground himself
with h- soss thus establishing system " free-abor
in the midft OF Shareholders, for this man owned no
siayes. The Iob planter, who was his rhighbor soon
found out that IL VA setting dangerous example.