St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-08
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verdict Of acquittal and, as a major
ity, if not all, of the jurors arc usually
Shareholders, they invariably find it
impossible to decide that the master !
intended the murder of his slave, and |.
he therefore goes unpunislcd.
Upon our children slavery has
many blighting Influences. 1t not
only renders them impcrious, but it
promotes idlcncss and immortality,
which at the start gives dcath-blow
to their promise of future usefulness.
Slavery is a great hindrance to edu-
cation. As slaves increase in number,
farms explanations must be increased
in size, causing families to be more
remote from each other, and common
schools more inconvenient Of access
and support. Thus, the poorer fami
lies, who cannot afford the expense of
a high school, arc under the necessity
of letting their children grow up with
out an education, ignorant OF the
| genius of our Government and the
great privileges Of frccmen. A great
many of the uninformed will sell their
votes to the highest bidder, or, as
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of
pottagc. The slave-owners possess
themselves of the most fertile and
beautiful lands, and the poor are driv
en- to the mountains and brush.
White mechanics are driven from the
State, for they are unable to compete
with black mechanics and unpaid la
bor Indeed, slavery cxcrts bane-
full influence every way, and is
curse to all conccrncd-to the white
man even more than the black.
The system Of slavery causes an
unrclcnting prescription against all
who do not approve it, both in and out
of the slave states. In the slave
states if a man dare to speak against
the "pcculiar institution,' he is
mobbcd, or at least the finger of scorn
is pointed at him, and he is regarded
as unworthy to be within the pale of
good society ; often he is driven from
the State. Therefore, we have thou
l sands who fear to express their rca
: sentiments or vote as their better
: judgments dictate. Many, who have
been raised in slave states without
any education, are the dupcs and the
tools of the oligarchy, and are ready
at all times to do their bidding. The
most Of this class never owned ne
gro nor never will. These are the
: persons who usually compose the
mobs that are organized to put down
free spccchupon the subject Of slavery
1t is the policy Of the slavc-owners &c
silence discussion upon this question
9 for, being in the minority, they well
know if the mass of the people coulc
$ be brought to fully understand thci'
\ own interests, emancipation would be
the result.
\ In politics have ever been Viii;
&c of the old Daniel Webster school, an
d have heartily endorsed his statc-right
;, doctrine. Let each State control he
D own institutions without any inter
IL ference with the affairs OF siste
II states But | am opposed to the c,
&c tension of slavery over one foot of tel
i ritory now free for, give the slav
=. states a prcpondcrance in the Govern
III ment and freedom OF speech will ever
II tually be abolished at the North as
e is now in the South. Let the Mort
IS be warned in time to keep her doc
faces from the halls of Congress.
y But enough of this, | merely intene
III ed to write IA few lines to let yo
H. know how the perusal of your pape
10 had revived old associations in m
H. mind, and that You were still r.
10 mcmbcred, although so many yeaI
u have mtcrvcned since last we sa'
es each other.