New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-13

thought and hoped the South was reoly ahead OF II
North In particular That Of sgrculturei out on
thoughts have been changed and our hopes huststsd
for inste ad Of finding ourselves the posse.sors OF
single advantage, we behold our deor native South
stripped Of every laurel and sinking deeper and deeper
in the depths Of poverty and shame; whi'e, az inc
same time we see ske North, our successful riva ex-
tracing and absorbing the few elements OF wealth yet
remaining among US, and rising higher and higher in
the scale of fame, fortune and invulnersbe power.
Thus disappointment gives way 10 ieehhg OF IN
tense modification, and soul Involuntary but
iusty We believe cries out for retrbuhon Against the
treacberous, .lavc-driving legislators who have SO
barely and alphabetically neglected the INTERESTS OF
their poor white constituents and barganed away the
rights Of posterity. :.
We come now to the great question, discussed
in the second chapter, Hoo Slarery ean be abol-
ished. Upon this subject our authors views ex-
bibit the same downright and positive character
with the parts of bis book already considered. He
admits that this is case in which stubborn reali-
ties are to be dealt with" Yet che can sec no
reason why North Carolina in her sovereign ca
pacty may not with equal ease and success do what
forty.fve other States Of the world have done
within the last forty-fve years." He sees no rea-
son why Virginia may not do in 1859 what New
York did in 1899, or why Tennessee or any other
State may not do in or before 1860 what Massa-
chusetts did in l7eO But, as he very justly OBJ.
serves, if anything Of this sort is to be done,
1T MUST DE DONE BY THE NON SHAREHOLDERS.
The statesmen who are to abolish Slavery IN Ken.
tucky must be mainly and independently constituted
by the observation-disclosures of Kentucky; so In every
other slave State Past experience has 'augns us he
sheer folly Of ever expecting voluntary Justice from the
Shareholders. Their Illicit Intercourse with the NOM
er Of hailots has been kept up SO long, ana thsr
| whole natures have in consequences eecolic 20 oe-
cIv n o..
haniny TO be found among them. AS well might one
expect TO hear highwaymen camorng for q universal
incrdict against travelling as to expect siayenoiders
TO mars laws for the abolition Of Slavery Under all
the it is the duty Of the slavehod-
ers TO mark out an Independent for themselves
to steer entirely clear Of the ogarchy and to utterly
contenn and ignore the many we Instruments OF
freely and so secuslly used for their eDslavement.
Now is the time for them TO assert their rights and lib
critics. before was there such an appropriate Pc
rod to strike for Freedom in the South.
Had il not been for the better sense the purer pat
rio,ism and the practical of the non-slave.
| holders the Middle States and New-England would
still be gioapg and sroyelng under inc pomaehro US
risen above the dshor orablc level Of Virginia. Penn
sylvana traped beneath the iron heel Of the black
CODE would have remained the unprogressive parauei
of Georgia. Massachusetts would have continued I'LL
| the present time, and Heaven emily knows how much
longer, the contemplate coequa of South Carolina.
| Any claim of the shareholders to compensation he
totally rejects on the ground that, as between them
and the non slaveholding whites, any claim of that
sort on their part would be great deal more than
| offset by the claim Of the Notwithstanding land.
owners against them for depreciation in the value
of their lands caused by the introduction and MAIN
tenance of Slavery. Upon this subject, be pre-
sents some curious calculations AS between the
| Shareholders and the slaves, it is the slaves, he
thinks and not their holders who ought to be COM
pensatcd. Theie things promised, he presents the
following
! PROGRAMME FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
| First: Thorough Organization and Independent
Political Action the part OF the Non-Slavehodlng
! whites Of the South.
| Second: Ineligibility of Slaveholders-Never an.
| other vote to the Traficker in Human Flesh.
| Third: No Co0peration with Shareholders in Poll
.ics-No Felowship with them in ReligOn-No Afils-
| ton with them in Society.
Fourth: No Patronage 10 saveholdng Merchants
a. eiieiiP S
holding Physieisns-No Audience to Siavehoio'ng
| Parsons.
| as Kptfians, Outlaws and Criminals.
SirM: Abrupt Discontinuance Of Subscription to
Pro-Slavery Newspapers: iii. p,u,..r,o,. 20
| iSereRM The Greatest Possible encouragement 10
EiehI: No more Hiring of Slaves by Non-Slave.
| holders.
| mediate, unqualified Prescription OF It's AavOeates
| during the Period of its Existence
| Tcnth A Tax of Sixty Dollars on every Slave.
holder for each and every Negro in his Possession az
the present time, at any nternediae tune between
nov and the 4th Of July, leeSIsa,d Money 70 oe Ap
piled to the transportation Of the Blacks to Libena 20
| their Colonization in Central or South America, or 10
their Comfortable Settlement within the Boundariesoi
| the United States.
annum to be levied annually on every STAKEHOLDER ior
each and every Negro found IN his stter tne
4th of july lSsaid Money to be paid into the nanas
of the Negroes 60 held Slavery or in cases Oh aeSt
to their next Of kim and to be used by them 81 'neH
| own option. u..hr
This then is the outline Of our scheme for the aooli,
ton of Slavery in the Southern States. Let 1t DC acted
upon with due prOmptitude and as certain % tru'r
mighter than error, fifteen years VIII not eSpse nc
fore every foot Of territory, from the mouth Oh tnS
Delaware to the embogung OF the o .;n,. Surnn
glitter with the Jewels Of freedom. Some time aune
This year, next, or the year following let mere Do
| general Convention Of non-slaveholders from every
Slave State in the Union to deliberate on the moeht
Gus Issues NOW pending. First let them sooPt meae
ures for holding in restraint the daboca eicesses u
the ogarchy; secondly in order to cast on the tnra
dom which the infamous slsve-pOwer nos iastened
INK them and the first step necessary 10 DC ke1
| TO regain The nalienable rights and liberties witn
| which they were invested by Nature, but Of wh'cn
human fe sh let them devise ways and means for the
complete humiliation Of Slavery thirdly Let them put
forth An equitable and comprehensive platform, fully
defining their position, and inviting the active symPe
thy and cooperation Of the millions OF down Ioaaeh
nonsIayeholders throughout the Southern and South.
western States Let all these things be DONE NOT TOO
hastily but with camness, deberston, prudence and
circuInspection if need be- let the delegates 70 me
Convention continue in session one or two WEEKS only
let their labors be wisely and thoroughly perlo.medi
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