New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-27

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applicofiOn If the psioepis. The American Oecpe viii
have 10 uarca tn rather mnse, think and Is s
t.,ter for rh.m 10 face m IN ss.-on Afsw years ago, il
did not ,esm denh srst cheek Slavery and then 10
,1dit without ems bloodrhed. thnk DO done
now nor ey er in the All 'he great charters Of
humanity have been writ 10 b'ood once hoped that
of American Democracy would be engrocssd IN less
oosrly nk but ii il plain. new, that our pilgrimage
net lead through Red Sea, wherein Pharaoh VIII go
n, Der and peirb Ala Il al We ase not wise enough
70 u.t or jus: ou.h to be wire, and 30 gain much
a. small cost
Look now, at . few notorions facts: - q IL
l. There are four million slsves in tbe United
Slater violently wI,hhed from theis natural rghtto life,
liberty and the purssis arpiuess Now, , they are
cur f, How oonDir, msny and mine, just Ne much
ar any four million wLis men. OF course, yoa and
We thea, the duty winch owes another OF his
WI nauon-the daty OF instruction, advice, aud pro-
ec'ion Of uainr-l rights Ii ihsy are starving, we
oug,t TO lep feed them. The color of their skios,
n, r degraded social condition, their Ignorance,
10 ling from their paturs eainl on U.S. or from
natural duty toward them.
sTlere are men in AL the Northern States who feel
tie obligation which cir,zcpsbp imposes them-,he
oury 10 help those slsves. Hence arose the AsrI-
SLAVERY SOCIETY, which seeks simply TO excite tho
white PEOPLE TO perform their natural duty their dark
fellow country mep. Hence comes Cspt. 6rown's
redit ou-an attempt help his countrymen enjoy
then natural right hfe, liberty aud the pursuit Of
happiness.
He songht hy violence what the Anti Slavery Society
works for viii other weapons. The two agree
in the eud, and differ only in the Men lko
Capt, Brown VIII be continually rising up among 'he
white PEOPLE OF the Free States attempting to do their
natural duty to their black eount, m,nthat il, help
them 10 freedom Son Of these efforts will be successful
Thus last Winter, Capt Brown binstlfescored eleven
of his unry frm bondage in Missouri to freedom
in Canada. He did not snsp gnn, thiDk, although
then, as more recently, be had his fighting toos az
hand and would have used them, Il necessary. Even
now, the Underground Railroad is in constant and
benefcent operation. by and BY, it will be an Over
ground Railroad from iason aud Dixons line clear 70
Canacs the My tRna,iiNg viii be in the Slave States
Nortlern men applaod the brave conductors Of that
Locomotive of Liberty.
When Thomas Garrett was introduced TO a meeting
of political Free-Soiiers IN Boston, as 4" the man who
" had helped $50 slaves TO their natural liberty"
even that meeting gave the rghieous Quaker three
times three An hoIest Northern hearts beat with
admiration of rueh men; nay, with love for them.
Young lads say, I" wish that heaven woald make me
such mau," The with will now and then be father
to the fact You aud have had opportunity enough,
in tw eniy yeas that this phianthropc patriot
.n is on the ncrease at the North, and the special
direction it takes is toward the liberation of their
couDir, men in bondage.
Not many years ago. Boston sent money TO help the
Greeks in their Struggle for political freedom they
never quite lost uer personal iJerty) but with the
money she sent, what more valuable sad far more
pre eious one OF her valiant and heroic sons who
s,ad in Greece fight the great battle of humanity.
nj, vour friend DR.. Samuel q. Howe, lose the esteem
~ Nsw .'snd men by that act He won the aduira
ton Of Eurore an, 4 boldsi still
Nay. still Ia4r, the tams i.ear old Boston Hunkers
have never teen more than and mice in her house
which she suffers for a time, and then drives out
twelve hundred Of them at once certain day Of
March l776; thai same old Boston sent the same
Dr. Howe carry aid and coofort to the Poles, then
in deadly struggle for their political existence. Was
lie dspIaeed because be lay seyeU-indforty days in
Pruts,n jail in Berlin Not in the eyes of the
Prussian King, who aiterwgrd sent bim gold medal,
whose metal worth many dollars as that phiian-
thIopht lay days in the desphs JAIL IL is ssid,
" Clarity should begin at home" The American
began good ways oil, but has been working home-
ward ever since. The DIR. Howe Of to-day wonld and
ought to be ready help American to personal
hJerty, than Il Pole Greek TO political freedom,
and would fDd more men furnish AID aud comfort TO
our own country men, even if they were black. Is
would not surprise me if there other and we'll
planned attempts in other States 70 do what Cspts
Brown heroicsly if successfully, tried In Virginia
Nine out of ten may failthe tenth will succeed The
victory over Gen. Bnrgoybe more than made up for
al tie losses in many previous defeat; 1t was the
beginning of the end. Slavery will not die dry
death, it may have many lives cat; at last it
will die hike mad dog in u village with only the enc
mics Of the human kd TO lament It's fate, and they too
cowsrdly TO appear as mourners.
II. Bet it IL hot merely white men who will
fight for tie liberty OF Americans; the negroes viii
take their defense into their hands, especially
they can find white men lead them. No doubt, the
African race is greatly inferior to the Caucasan in
general intellectual power and also 10 that instinct Tor
Liberty which is strong in the Teuonic family, and
Just now obvious in the AngloSaxons Of Britain and
Amerea; besioes The African race have but little de-
sire for vepgeapce--ile loves, form Of the love Of
juetce Here Is example out Of many: la Santa
Cruz, the old shave laws the most horrible,
think read of in nOderu times unless ihose Of
the Caroras be an exception II slave excited others
10 run away for the first oense bis right leg TO
be cut off for the second OeDse his other leg. This
muiilion wac not TO be done by asurgeoos hand tho
poor wretch was laid do sD on log, and his legs
chopped off with plantation ak, and the stumps
plunged into boilin pitch sanch the blood and
save the propeyty from entire distractions for the 1--we
toro OF a slave might warning. No action Of
Court was requisite To bfict this punishment; any