The Van Buren press., 1859-12-09
Fo1 Mc Yam Burca Press.

| Mn. EpIroIa: Should vou think the fol-
lowing rcmarks>worthy of a place in your
valuable paper, | Should be pleased to know
! that the readers Of the same would peluse
/ these lines, not onlyA for their particular
benefit but tha wcliare\of our community
/ While we read of contention and death in
one OF our sister States concerning the sub
icct of slavery, let us as wise, men examine
our own communities and seq if the wolf
has not crossed our own thfeshhold to
bring despair and contention among Us,
and cause us to sleep only in misery for
fear some wild fanatic will burst open our
doors, or watchfully steal upon us with
the silent tread of the ASSASSIN, not onivNto
/ deprive Us Of our property but our lives. 1
have often wished that those an.i-siavery
manaiacs would look at home first, and
cleanse 1t, then take the mote out OF our
i eye II any IN; Is mot astonishing sir, that
those people turn the cold shoulder to their
/ brethren III the north and east " here is the
! very ccSspool of crime and want, AMI bend
| their steps to the south in order to deprive
men OF their ust right and leave their ira ks
! TO fill up with blood and tears. Ny dear
| sir will you allow your mind for a moment
to travel with mine, and We viii visit anv
/ OF those large cities north or east and we
| will tud more absolute want. starvation.
misery and crime, in one day in New York
than could be found in years travelling
| through all of the slave states. | ask the
/ question who has ever seen a mother hall
eaten away by vermin and her newly born
infant quite destroyed by the same, or who
has ever seen the poor slave (as the anti
slavery says, sitting and consuming the
! i.
answers nowhere in the slave states is i; to
be seen, yet the voice of truth does cry, and
what does it cry? Why, sir, it saws, in
the voice of omnipotence that the north
and east is guilty not only of these crime
but greater than these. | have seem sir
what would make any southern mans cheek
blush to look upon, and that among the
whites Of those large metropoliseS oil the
north and east. My dear sir, let us exam
Inc Canada, the negro heaven, from its
eastern to its western boundaries, and we
will find its prisons and work houses are
two thirds filled with negroes who are fore
ed to crime to sustain their bodies in that
| cold climate, and the reason is this. Anv
| Canadian, who employs a negro servant is
| looked upon by all respectable men as a low
born and contemplate man, and the reason
for such feelings is these there are thous-
ands Of white citizens in Canada who would
| willingly worn for their board and clothes.
and any man who would employ a negro.
and turn away white man, is looked upon
as a very poor specimen of q man and sir.
| if your pocket is well lined, you can have
opportunities at every turn by the most
feeling solicitations from poor runaways
To help them get back to their old homes in
the South. Why, sir, the slaves of the
south are in a Paradise, compared with
those of the north. AIy cheek has in that
| country often been the thorougblare for a
tear when l have seen the poor and forsaken
runaway slave treated worse than they treat
the horse or OK. How often have / seen
the cart driven out to the common to dunn
| its Toad, when 10, upon examining found
1t to be poor negro about to be thrown in
a pit without shroud, coffin or box. but bu
ried as they do horse or Il dog, without
ceremony or without friends. Thank God
not so IN the south, for here find the slave
has maste L or friend to watch over him
when sick. and friend to procure for him
the best possible attention friend TO
clothe him and feed him, and one that love
him even to the risk Of his own life. If he
be an obedIent servant. have stood and
seen the master stand by the tomb of a slave
andswitnesScd the tear course down his cheel,
as the last remains of his faithful servant
was buried from his sight And | have
truly SAID If the negro knew when he wa 9
well oil he would not leave the slave statns
to hnd any better place, for it is not to b,,
found on this side of the great dark curtain
L have often thought that could only solic.
1t the negroes of the south TO STAY ,vboro
they are, ! would be then performing the
greatest blessing that has ever been bestow-
Ell upon that people if l could only ac-
complish that one end and my prayer is
may God stir up some man to the task
w. L. r., NJ. ID.
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