The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-12-02
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Ia,sm TIE .uiJord { Oe..y Ns.ry.
Negro Slavery,

81 trticle under the above head taken
Irq4 tie ''peiauare State Reporter" 3"
This IS } specimen Of pro-slavery logic is
PERHAPS DIS good as most articles written
On the very weak side of "a very important
topic, II abounds in misrepresentation
aud evidently comes from man or boy
who either does not kuow Of what &c
writes or purposely mistakes well known
asts:
His fTSt position is that We must net
eympatIiize with the oppressed tor fear
our humanity would lead US to DO some
thing for their relief! \ very necessary
argument for the oppressor. lie must
'i"hardca his heart and stlden his NECK
before he begins to contemplate the sub
ject of uegr6 slavery or he may be Undue
ed to deal justly.
His next point is that because some Of
the continental nations OF Europe VINO
Gre even more enlightened than the white
people Of this country, cannot govern
themselves or sustain Republican, form
OF government, therefore negroes cannct
g0vcrn themselves aud require masters !.
1t would have as logically followed his
premises, that therefore AtaerlcaqS can
not govern themselves and require l4as-
tiers, aS that negroes cannot &c. because
lie says that these Europeans are more
Intelligent than we are, Or than tho ne
groes are; therefore Sc. Fluo argument
ia it not!
His reference to the failure Of free L.
bor in the West India islands siuea the
emancipation Of the negroes shows thai
he is not at all familiar with the facts Of
the case This report has been dliiiseut-
" circulated bT pro-slaycry Iien aad IoI
. while it gained credeuce, but regent
facts that have been brought to iisht slow
it to be an outrageous and wicked slan-
der got up by pro-slarery men for their
own Interests.
His abuse of Washington, Adams,
Madison, Jefferson and tue founders O..
this Republic because they were layora-
Bile to the abolition Of Slavery requires no
notice st our hands. Tie atroc.ty OF the
abuse is Of itself sufficient.
The comparison between tho negroes
of New Castle and Sussex Is eutl.c,Y iA.-
aginary, for every one knows that the free
negroes of the upper counties are more
moral intelligent aud better situated than
are those i'll SUSSEX. One fact LAUDL
does not care about facts we presume,
but prefers to draw upon his iJ.naSin1,
tion) will settle this question =, and that is
the records of the court. Ask t4e At
torney General anG he will tell you that
more negroes are arTaiSned for crime in
Sussex than in either, and perhaps, both
of the other counties.
His other point, that where one race Is
inferior to the other, the inferior race
should be slaves, is 50 extremely silly aud
has been SO mauy times refuted, that 1t
really seems unnecessary to notice it
But as he seems to be sincere III bis ef-
forts we will just f,l out our sheet in re-
ply. If superior race should make
slaves of an inferior, why should not 4
superior man make slave of an inferior
man? There are many black men sppo-
rior in intellect and cultivation 10
hC2aude;" does he wish the argument car
ried out aud the superior black man tc
make him slave?
But this kind of argument really has
pothing to do with the question Of the
Abolition of Slavery in Delaware. We
advocate it not at all on humanitarian
grounds, but simply on the ground of in,
terest the interest of the whites. We
see that the free States are far outstrip-
ping US in all kinds of improvement, and
we know that it must continue to be SO
while we depend upon the labor Of the
poor oppressed slave Tor our development
and improvement Therefore We argue
In favor of free white men coming among
US in greater numbers aud developing
the resources of our State. We know
that intelligent, energetic white labor VIII
do more for our welfare in ten years than
we can accomplish in hundred By slave
labor; and in addition to this, free labor
will, according to natural law, drive the
thriltless free negro to seek employment
where there is less energetic competition,
compel them to thrift or force them to
leave us or starve
Look at this thing in true light and
no man who loves Delaware can oppose
the abolition Of slavery in her borders.
Thoughtless old women aud children may
be prejudioed against such step. but al.
reasonable, patriotic men must be, and
are in favor of it. Lock over the record
and see how many of our best aud most
intelligent citizens have years ago given
their votes and influence to such meas,
pre.
Now and Then.
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