The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-10
The Almighty Higger In a British Point OF
View.

The Almighty Higger In a British Point OF
| View.
In one of Dickens last stories there is
curious character, one Jerry, whose wife ia one
Of those evangelical persons who are never
happy when they are not praying As Jerry
says, she's sat it agin," and continuously Eat
it," duplicating "the bread out of his mouth"
So with persistent faction in this country and in
Great Britain. The Garrisonian philosophers are
never happy unless when exploiting the griev-
ances of the friends of the almighty niger, the
lukewarmness of the friends of the slave, and the
consequent depletion of the funds which, as they
think, ought to be raised to carry on their so.
cleties and ameliorate the sufferings of such
martyrs as Garrison, Phillips, Parker, and George
Thompson, "late M. P. for Tower Hamlets."
By refreshing extract from London paper,
which we reprint as literary curiosity, it will
be seen that the Exeter Hall philanthropists, or
at least the extreme Garrisonian wing Of them,
are cat it agin." They have held a psrti-
eolored meeting to deplore the peculiar iadif-
ference Of the British mind in general aud the
London mind in particular, upon the subject of
alavery in the United States. 1t appears that
he great bulk Of anti slavery people in England
have been visited with severe attack of
common sense; that they have reasoned among
themselves to the effect that it would be as we'll
to pluck the beam out Of the eyes of Mr.. Bull be-
fore they attempt to extract the mote from the
optics Of Brother Jonathan. And, in view Of
this circumstance, Mr.. Thompson's mind is deeply
exercised by the fact that when a brother or
sister Of the Garrison school comes to England,
he or she can find no society in London to do
the amiable. Mr.. Thompson said some depreca-
torily civil things of a society (the British
and Foreign Anti-Slavery), which directed
its attention to the workings of emancipation
in the colonies, to the question of immigration,
and to the manner in which foreign nations OBJ
served existing treaties on the subject of the
slave trade" Through international diplomacy
and Parliamentary agitation such society
might do great deal Of good; but, as the orator
very justly remarked the question Of American
slavery is not one that be treated in that way.
Further, the object of this meeting plainly was to
treat American slavery by treating the apostles
Of anti-slavery to free quarters and good view
Of all the London sights. Mr.. Thompson had
no sooner settled all this to his own satisfaction
than another philosopher proceeded to upset it.
This person had been surprised at the apathy of
the people of London and Liverpool on the
slavery question, until he found out tina. the
British merchant was directly engaged in sus.
tanning the peculiar institution; that, in fact, the
cotton brokers Of Liverpool actually held mort
cages on slave property as security for advances
made to planters "before the crops were ripe or
even planted"
Now, this speaker touched upon the root Of
the whole matter. Commerce is king, and
money rules commerce. If the British merchant
finds that philanthropy for some niggers three
thousand miles offs likely to interfere with that
charity which begins at home, away goes phi
lanthropy to the wall, and no amount of eraanci-
patton committees will prevent it from sticking
there. The same Indifference will be found in
Wall street as well as in London or Liverpool and
the almighty niger is somewhat nearer to us
han to Change Alley. Not that we, or rather the
politicians, are satisfied to leave tho niger
alone ard continue to improve our local govern
fnents-not that there will be time Just ahead
when the slavery question Will be banished
from politics--no, the niggCr is viewed
here in quite distinct way from thai
in which our British cousins view him. Far
them The issue is theoretically philanthropic
one, and therefore they, taking excellent good
care of number one, let the niger slide tie mo-
ment he touches their pockets. And we submit
that, with very slight difference, the same rule
will be found to obtain in New York, Philaae.-
phia, or even Boston.
Nor is this indifference on the mart OF
B'itiah philantbropists toward the Garrisonian
faction any new thing. Fourteen or fifteen years
ago there was held in London a Worlds Anti.
Slavery Convention, at which Garrison, Phillips
an u NJ a