New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-18

TbeIe ar, many Instances Of flal plety recorded,
ord very properly recorded, Ia history. Ihe reader
Wrll please to recall that which has most warmly
oucbcd his scusiblliiics most closely ceptvated
hi. u.tmory of some AiheDian son sr Roman
daughter distinguished by obedience or dev0tirn-
opd uher cortt mplniiou has warmed hlm into au
admiration Of the Auclcns ard un inclluation 10
deprectte the M"dcrus We shall trlumpbanuy
bring forward Toward Pollard of Washington. III
tn. Dlstric, "f Columbia, ,sq, as the CHAMPION IN
thus behalf. of the present day. Mr. Pollard has
printed pamphlet i def nSr of the prop sitiou I"
rroJrn y hat may most properly br called the Atri-
can ManTtade OF Mr. Poard's arguments III
th. production ee cann"t speuk, for uany reasons
the principal of y hich Is that we have not seen
ht N. But what Mr. Pollard may think OF the
slaye-trade j, Of small consequence, compared with
hi. fal devotion. aud the expression OF that
cmoiion We haze seen for II has been disutegraicd,
if we ma. say go. from the main work, and. Ill the
highly respectable character of un Elegant Extract,
is now making fashionable tour through the news
pSp.r..
We trust that the Reverend Doctor Adams has
seen this wnndcrng small paragraph; that It has
rendered moist bis venerable eyes, aud warmed the
cockle, of hts auci, Mt heart For it appears that
when Mr. Edward Pollard was bn,, his father nad
uo, iercl, the happiness TO possess such son. bur
in addition to this blessing in tunics, Dir. Edsard
Pollard. iather-not 10 put too fue point upon II
owned DIggers a. Sir Edward Pollard l<ses ia
Washluglnn aud Is therefore, Pr,ma toe'e, an
inip,ye isbrd office-hcder the presumption is
that the black eamnnds are no longer retained
a. heirooms IN The Pollard family, out have been
sold hy pap- Pollard aud seut to ENJOY Themselves
ulcu the sugar Plantations. or Ia paddle and plish
in the ricr sW AMPS Edward Pollard, esq. has
ihrrrorr the lnrsirpablr privilege OF lndulging IN
the I't assures Of Memory, and the way in which he
does il s crediablc Ia his heart, He sigbs not Tor
the stalwhrt field hand-, worth one thousand dollars
apiece He mourUs not the yell0w hIndma'dens
With tsper waists and nguishIng eyes Tie weePs
not the coactms1 who guided bis fathers chariot,
the laundress who 4" got up" his infant linen, the
footnan " Who BACKED the family leather, the COOK
who prepared the domestic hOmlny, or the scullion
Who scrubbed the ancestral floors From these
treasures. worth iu the aggregate Il yery handsome
sum Of nuney, Edward Pollard, esq. turns to drop Il
tear upon the grave of his watnny Mammy,
was coward PclIsrd's nurse. From the s'bie
breast Of &" nanny be first drew his snowy su'-
t.pance. In the DARK arms Of " NANNY he
tasted the Utilization of his first dande. From the
black hand Of nanny" he received his initial
corp-cake. Her voice chanted his yesper lullaby
and summoned BIN to bis matln abluflons. Dir.
Pollard cupf.sses"-slthougb under the circun-
stances We do not see the necessity OF the quill-
cstion-that he is not ashamed Of his affection for
'msmmy." She died, for all " mammies"-even the
=. NANNY" II Nr. PollaId-were or ara mortal