Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-05-19
Decay Of Aboliti0aiSm in New
Eua!and.

Luz aGHus
Mr. Joseph c. Lovejoy, of Boston,
has written d letter, which occupies
over two col, mas in the Washington
ppr, to lis brother. Owen Love-
JOY, a member OF Congress from III
inois, commenting upon speech Of
the la ter on "tbe fanaticism Of the
democratic party" Mr.. Lorejoy, in
his letter, defends the South and the
institution of slav, ~. lie tells bis
brother tha. ''his convictions at the
the present time are, not ooly that
the slave bolders have a complete
vindication Of their present position,
but they are entitled to be looked
upon as benef.ctoys TO the country
ard to the human race Farther on
be says, it cannot be denied that
the idea Of slavery runs all through
the bible; it vas stamped upon the
entire history of the Jewish nation,
and upon the history Of every yigor-
OPS nation upon the face Of the earth;
indeed, ! strongly suspect this is The
normal condition Of large portions Of
dopraved race, and l can readily
believe that man may sustain the
relation of STAKEHOLDER, in all good
conscience, and with the entire Divine
appreciation. There are visible foot
prints Of Gods disapprobation Of the
abolitionism Of this country"
Mr. Lovejoy (of Bostor) speaks
of the change of tone and sentiment
on the subject Of Slavery at the
North, and owns that he was once
carried away by the tales Of negro
wrongs; but says greater men have
been mistaken, and have Ia ripe
years been compelled to revise ant
revoke the opinions Of earlier days
He charges the slave holders of Vir
ginia with having injured the caus,
of truth, by admitting slavery to be
moral wrong. He says:
It's true the discussions of tn
last twenty-five years have produce
"a great deal of sentiment on u
subject Of slavery in The Nortbcr
States; but you knew how ut:erl
barren of any good results it ha
been to the African In ,cords-an
because their number is small, an
will continue TO be small-ve hav
in the extreme North given them Ii
rights of citizenship and equality
but In s50rks we deny them. III
most respectable colored men in Bo
ton would not be permitted to hi
or to owu and quietly enjoy pc
in the broad aisle of any fashionable
church To the West, where yol
soil is more fertile, and where mo-
free colored men would be likely
go, you are more stringent; and Il
black laws Of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa al
Oregon, and the still more expulsi'
topeka Constitution Of Kansas #
which, believe, you and all your E
publican associates voted-proclaiI
as with trumpet tongue, the lima
and ineradicable prejudice again
the African, lnrking as it still dos
inthe 5osoms Of those whose tongu
are eloquent for bis rights.
The South are impregnable. T
Constitution protects them, the
bic protects them, and The experien
Of mankind protects them. @
fathers made a covenant with th,
fathers. They came into the Uni
with their African slaves on terms
equality with US, and with sill /
rights and privileges ihat we can Cha
under the same instrument Th
would make no covenant except I
on terms of equality. We acct
those terms; wsgeould get no bet
to-day; and yet we should be glad
mike it, if it were not made, or
renew it, if broken, and on the sa1
condi ions we now have. The Set