Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-18

would have cohesive power cnough Ia or.
ganise themselves intc " Fnysrpmert, aud
maintain their independence If there ha
men who hrliavo this, | am not among
them. certainly think that ev n slaves
would be made immeasnrably better ty
liberty bat do not believe they wpuid be
made better by liberty gained Ivy insurrecs
tion or rebellion. A regulated liberty
liberty possessed with the consent of their
masters q liberty under the laws ansi ins
stiluiions Of the country liberty which
should make them common brnefciarieS of
those institutions and principles which make
us wise and happy--such a liberty would
be great blessing to them. Freedom,
with law and government is good, but
without them Is mischief Aud anything
that tends to inci,e among men vague inc
surrectionary spirit j. great and crnel
wrong to them.
If. in view nf the wrongs ~ slavery, yosD
say that you do not care for The master. hut
only the slave, | reply that you should caro-
for both master aud slave " yo~ do MT
care for the fate Of the wrong-doing white
man, r do not care for the fate Of the wronc-
doing white man? But even though yonr
sympathy were only for the slave. then for
his sake you ought to set yonr face a:ains',
and discountenanre anything like an inspr.
rectionary spirit,
Let us turn, then, from these spccifca.
tions of THE WRONG WAY to some consider
alton relating to the RIGHT WAY,
| l. If we would benefit the African At
the South, we must begin at home. This u
| to some men the most disagrecabte part
of the doctrine of emancipation. 1t is very
easy to labor for the emancipation, OF beings
thousand miles off; but whcr il comes to
the practical application OF justice and h,l,
manity to those about us, it l. not SO easy,
The truths of God respecting the rights and
dignities of men, are just as important to
free coiored men as to enslaved coiored
men, 1t may seem strange for me to say
that the lever with which TO Eft the load OF
Georgia is in Naw York but il Is. d.
not believe the whole free North can tsiars
craze grinding injustice toward the poor,
and inhumanity toward the laboring class,
es, without exerting an influence unfavora-
BILE to justice and humanity in the South.
| No one can fail to see the inconsistency
between our treatment of those amongst us
who are in the lower walks of life, and our
professions of symraihy for the Southern
slaves. How are the free colored pGopi8
treated at the North They are almost
without education, with but little sympathy
| for ignorance. They are refused the CONS
mon rights of citizenship which the whites
enjoy. They cannot even ride in the cars
of our city railroads. They are sHgttrd at
| in the house of Col, or tolerated with i'll.
disguised disgust. Can the black man be 4
mason in New York Let hina lbs employv
ed as journeyman. and every Irish lover
of liberty that carries the mol es tEowet
would leave at once, or compel him to leave!
Can the black man be a carpenter3 There
is scarcely carpenters shop in New York
In which journeyman would aostiase 70
work, If black man was employed in It,
Can the black man engage in the commeR
industries of life? There Is scarcely ono
| in which he can engage. He is crowded
down, down, down, through the most meniai
callings, to 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 sit by them
in Gods house. We heap upon them mor-
al obloquy more airocious than that which
the master heaps upon the slave. And noi-
withsiandipg all this, we lift ourselves MP
to talk to tis Southern people about the
rights and liberties Of the human soul es,
pecialiy the African soul! II Is true that
slavery Is cruel. But it is not at all certain
that there is not more love to the paes In
the South than in the North. They l5ve
their property. We do not own them, 80
we do not love them at all. The prejudice
of the whites against color is 80 strong tlst
they cannot epdure to ride OF sit with .
black man, so long as they do not ossa him.
As neighbor, they are not to be tolerated,
but as property they are most tolersble In
the house, the church, the carriage, the
couch. the African, 01rged, may dwell
In America but, aaOlssSd. hR must be exs
patriaied; emancipation must be }ackai To
colonization. The choice given to the Afs
ri.an is plantation or colonization. OuF
CHRISTIAN putlia sentiment is peHdplan,
Swinging between oicaing or exporting tha
poor in our midst.
, Whenever we are prepared to show ts-
ward the lowest, the poorest. and the most
: despised, an unaffected kindness. such as
led Christ, though the Lord of glory, to lay
, aside his dignities, and take on hsaseif tbs
form Of servant. and 10 an ignominious
death, that he might rescue men from iano.
j. rance and bondage--whepeyer we are pre-.
pared to do sueh things as these, " aaay
be sure that the example of the North will
, not be uufclt at the So1th. Erery efforI
that is made in Brooklyn to establish schools
and churches for the free colored peon,,.
and to encourage them to edssaie tiiefase{se.
and bacsme aadereudent, is a step toward
, emancipation in the South. The drgrada
!. tion of the free colored gea ~ the North
will fo,tify slavery in the South:
4 2. We must quicken all tbs springs 81
; feeling in the free States in behalf of hu,
!. nan liberty, and create public sentiment
based upon truth a@d true p,aphaad. POI
il. if we act to any good purpose or the ssitd,
/. of the South, we have got TO do il through
! a salutary and pure public sentiment IN tie
Nayib, When We have csrreefed ear ows
!, practice. and sat an example of the righ
. spirit, then we shall have position fros'
: which to exert a benescisl public influence
: on the minds of Southern shareholders
= For this there must be full and free tflscss
Sian. Under opr in.fitutiouS puItlic of,ip