Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-11-11

"HPAiSAtAph VI luStkCt anu nuInAnl
ty to those about us, il is not 50 easy. Tn
truth OF God respecting the rights and dig
mites OF men, are just a. important to FIRE,
colored men as to enslaved colored men,
1t seems strange for me TO say that the levcl
with which to lift the load Of Georgia is in
New York; but it is. do not believe tn,
whole free North can tolerate grinding in
justice toward the poor, and Inhumanit,
toward the laboring classes, without exert
ing an influence unfavorable to justice ant
humanity in the South.
NO one can fail 10 see the inconsistency be.
tween our treatment of those among us who
are in the lower walks of life, and our pro.
LESSONS OF sympathy for the Southern slaves
How are the free colored people treated a,
the North : They are almost without educa-
ton, with bat little sympathy for ignorance
They are refused the common rights OF
citizenship whicH the whites enjoy. They
cannot even ride in the cars Of our city rail
roads. They are snuffed at in the House OF
God, or tolerated with i'll disguised disgust
Can the black man be a mason in New York
Let HIM be employed as journeyman, and
every Irish lover of liberty that carries the
hod or trowel would leave at once, or compel
HIM to leave Can the black man be a car
penter There is scarcely a carpenters shop
i'll New York in which journeyman would
continue TO work if black man was employ
ed in it, Can a black man engage in the
common industries of life /. There is scarcely
one il which he can engage. He is crowded
down, down, down. through the most meniai
cal!lngs 10 the bottom of society.
We tax them and then refuse TO allow their
children to go to our public schools. We tax
them, and then refuse to set oy them in Gcds
n ho,, Shoy,, ,b1
more atrocious than tina, which the master
heap upon the slave. And Notwithstanding
all this. we lift ourselves up to talk TO the
Southern people about the rights and liberties
Of the human soul, especially the African
soul 1t is true that slavery is cruel. But
it is not at all certain that there is not more
love TO the race in the South than in the
North. They love their property. We do
not own them, so we do not own them at all.
The preiudces Of the whites against color is
so stroug that they cannot endure 10 sit with
a black man. SO long as they do not OWN him.
As neIghbor. they are not TO be tolerated.
but as property they are most tolerable in the
house. the church. the carriage, the couch =!
The African OWNED, may dwell in America.
but. uNowNKD,h he must be expatriated eman-
cipation must be jackal 10 colonization. The
choice given TO the African is PLANTATION or
tbLcNhAElbN ouE VI puDlC Scnt-
ment is a pendulum swinging between own
ING or EXPORTING the poor in our midst.
Whenever we are prepared to show toward
the lowest. the poorest, and the most desplsed
an unaffected kindness, such as led Christ.
though the Lord of glory. to lay aside his
dignities, an take on himself the form of a
servant and to an ignominious death, that he
might rescue men from ignorance and bond
age-whenever. We are prepared to do such
things as these, we may be sure that the
example OF the North will not be unfelt a,
the South. Every effort that is made in
Brooklyn TO establish schools and churche.
fo- the free colored people. and to encourage
them TO educate themselves and become lnde.
penden.. is step toward emancipation IN the
South. he d gradation of the free coloree
men in III, \ nth. will for,ity slavery in tn,
South
.. We mus. qu.'oken all the springs 0
feelings in the free Stats IN behalf OF huma'
liberty, and create public sentiment. baset
upon truth and true manhoof. For II "
act to any good purpose on the MINDS OF tn
South, We have got to dot througha sa!u'aF
and pure seatimen. in the North. Wh.en
have corrected our practice, and set an exam
pie Of the right spirit, then we shall have
position from which TO exert beneficial
public influence on the minds Of Southern
Shareholders For this there must be full and
tree discussion. Under our instructions
public opinion is the monarch, and free speech
and ueoate form public opinion
3. By all the w.ys consistent with the fear
less assertion of truth, we must maintain
sympathy and kindness toward the South
We are brothers; and pray tina, no fra,rici
DIAL influences will be permitted TO sunder thi.
rnie.>. Tks.- =. time wnen 1 thought
the BODY of death would be too much for lite
and that the North was in danger Of taking
disease from the South, rather than they GU,
health. That time has gone past. l do To-
believe that we separated by their act or ours
We have an element Of healing. which if we
are true to ourselves, and TO our principles
and God is kind to US. shall drive itself fur.
Their and further into the nation until it pene
trates and regenerates every part. When The
whole lump shall have been leavened thereby
old prejudices will be done away. and new
sympathies will be created.
am for holding the heart of the Norti
right up % the heart of the South. Ever,
heart beat will be, ere long. not a blow rive,
ing oppression. but throb carrying new
health. Freedom in the North. Is s;ronge
than slavery in the South. We are vet I,
work for them, as the silent spring works fo
US. They are lawful prey to love. ! d,
rot hesitate TO tell the South what mean b,
loving union with them. l mean liberty
mean the decay of slavery and its extinction
If nigh, speak for the NORTH, | would sa,
TO the South, 1--WE love you. and hate you
slavery. We shall leave no fraternal effor
untried to deliver you. and ourselves will
you. from the degradation. danger ant
wickedneSs of this system And for this ",
cling 10 the UNION. There is health in it.
4. We are to leave no pains untaken
through the Christian conscience ofthe South
to give to the slaves himself higher mora
status. law it down as an axiom, tina
whatever gives more manhood to the slave
slackens tine bonds that bind him, and tina
whatever lowers him in the scale of manhood
| tightens those bonds. If you wish to worl
for the Embarrassment Of the African. seel
to make him a better man. Teach him {
be an obedent servant, and an honest. true
Christian man. These virtues are God
Christ first made free. has better chance t
be civilly free than any other. To make
slave m, rose. fractions disobedient. and un
willing to work. is the way to deter his EN-
ancpation. We do not ask the slaves to b
satisfied with slavery. But feeling its grie
vous burden, we ask him TO endure it Will,
he must. "as unto God. and not unto man;
not because he does not love Christ enough
70 show forth his spirit under grevious wrong
Poor slaves will never breed respect ,sympaih
and emancipation. Truth. honor, fidelity
manhood-these things in the slave will pre-
pare him for freedom. II is the low anima
condition OF the African that enslaves him.
1t is moral enfranchisemeut that will brea
his bonds.
The Pauline treatment is the most dret