Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-24

How TO KILL AsoIIr1osisM-Ihe AeW
| York Dan RonE-one Of tho very small num-
Tier OF Northern journals which defends the
Constitutional rights Of the Sotith-is OF oPI1-
ion that an e~tisctuai bar might be placed to
| he nrorrass OF i hotitio: Isnl4lfeFery sos,tiiern
State would mass a law providing that all
free rersons Of roinr~ found therein aifef Fl
certain period should be sold lfsto slavery.
The rorseatance Of such an enactment Is
easily perceived. Every free negro. f~nn!atto
and quadroon living in the South would III
ccntiuentty take up his tent and migrate
Nor:hwarl. Tie result, therefore, would be
that the North would be flooded with that
auiabIe. Intelligent and odeTiterous %roTtl!a~
tom. and would enjoy abundant opportunities
OF becoming practically familiar with The Pc
ruIiar qualities Of a race for which abstract
" and theoretically, it Processes intense ad-
miration. There Is nothing, remarks the
DstY Book, like making people acquainted
with negroes 10 set t',erl ri&hto Oh the slavery
question: Fl Canatia they are decidedly sick
of thcn1, ari II a law were passed 10 the e.
feet that bigger who would gtirl away arf 20
to Massachusetts should he ulrnolescee. in
less than year the Yankees there wnaId Ell
ther #ettrn tG slavery. sell lem Oh down
South. OF threaten 10 dissolve the Union. ii
Inc South did not agree to keep their dar-
kies. g
The SANG paper a~tt1isrsges that such. 4 1aw
exists in LoGiSiana. We believe this IS a
mistake, though We could almost wish that
louisiana waufd enact the law, bat for the
signal wrong 1t woa|d rerpetrafe n;,on a
class Of the inhabitants of@aNew Orleans.
than which. for The most part, there are few
worthier. more Tranquil and more biaenel4ss.
We ailIle. Of coufSe, 10 the free coIorad
population Of CTR city. Many Of them are
,rooi- Of substance, and owners IeEnselv yes
rfs i rrs-alsd hold & deer stake in tt1e welfare
Of the commonly. Some OF them are vet Iiv-
ing who. in lSlf-l5. did their duty gaIiantiv
as defenders OF The citY, and were pro!niHpnt
in the ha:tEes OF the Psi i>ece0ber end StEi Of
January; wt1iIe nearly al OF Them are habit
taIly qnies, Wef1-brest persons, who noise
tesStT pfar$tte the even tenor q their way.
a1p3 seldom or never require the interference
Of ne authorities. Ent for the evil ard ia
justice which "oald acrue to this portion
cfour population. The law referred to would
meet DIR hearty sanction. We rat. con-
reiVe Of ito better plan Of "a aching the North
that It's negro en- ~hi2sjasE1 is the veriest anil
widest to!lE-the sheeTest iana'icisn1 ia
behalf al tho>s. who a2e wholly ~un'tteti 10 he
the recipients OF its favor. The North needs a
lesson o. this kind sadly, It has never vet
known what it is to be encountered with
myriads Of free blacks. and hence il is ;enay-
AMI of the absolute iaieness, the thri:ttess-
tsss. this Iaziness. the dishonesty. the drunk |
enne$s, the nToHeaeSs 10 v3granev and vice
OF the negro when freed from all the restraints |
Of servjttlFe. The cases hitherto presented
for the consideration Of the North have been |
too IT, and isolated TO make 4 profound ard
1"st'Hg Impression. But II New York were
z'"sdc1'ty invaded with 4 Suafm OF ten thou |
%aHi freq blacks, running there &c. eseane be-
Ing sold INFO slavery. in the cosxse II a few |
months Der statistics Of patsperisrn would Of
l@f sly fearful a't increase, and her records Of
crime Wqufi De SO iri4htfaiIv multiplied. tuat |
she Afon!i be- al no loss to div ne the cause. |
a id Hontt ne most eager 70 apply a remedy. |
a." is that nIue-teHth& Of The Nurtheruers |
tsao ~soioNrn long in the South become radi- |
raIty cured OF their abolition procIiYitias -
because they learn to appreciate the
ct slavery u understand the CHAR
acteT and capacity Of the negro to: 10 COM
P ehend his inability for seiEsoyeEna,~:
even for lie ordinary and continued >ffahor on !
lis subsistence d~eeartss. ttnT>se lis
work IS sarerinte4@ :. by an intaI|iueyt r-ax-
Not oD4 IL twenty negroes can cope
VIII &oe stsite man. II Horace GreeIy him
u ,u!1 pass ore month 90 d Sea*5sesa
1ia ~ntat1oa. he would renounce all his fse.,to-
shlinntArorhy-tiat is, II he he honestly.
..-Ees.
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