New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-30

so much to our great prosperity, are held
in such light regard!
Now, / am a northern man, standing
on northern soil, and speaking to north
ern men, and in speaking of the south
though 1 believe with the north that they
have men among them who are selfish,
yet after all, as a body, recognize them
as patriotic men, who love their country,
as brothers Of my own, men whom wish
to have live in the kindly memories Of
every citizen of this great and glorious
land; therefore in speaking of the origin,
rise and history of this difference between
northern and southern men, I shall speak
of the faults of the north, as 1 consider
lit in good taste, and true manhood, to
speak plainly to those who hear me, and
kindly of those who are away.
Wien our fathers, on common battle
fields were struggling for common rights,
slavery existed in all our colonies; there
was no exception; it was on every rood
of ground. We had no difficulty on &C
count of slavery, then in achieving our
independence. But since that time sla-
very has been abolished over more than
half of this land of ours. It is now in
comparatively contracted limits, and now
we hear that it must lead to alienation of
the people and the disruption of this
great confederacy. / fear that we of the
north are unjust, and not altogether cour-
ageous in the treatment of our brethren
of the south. How came slavery in these
United States! Who brought the negro
from Africa. The south never had ships.
The men of, New York where I came
from, the men of Massachusetts,, and the
men Of Rhode Island, were those who
stole them from thrir homes, and brought
them over to the shambles here. ( .
Who laid the foundations of slavery
which underlie the institutions of many
of our States! The time was, when over
the whole length and breadth of this land
of ours, the people did not recognize the
black man as having any political rights
Now, my friends, that is just as true of
Massachusetts, as Of South Carolina, and
Judge fancy in SO stating, merely stated
a historical fact, and known to be so by
every student Of history. v-a
The other day in looking over papers
which came into my hands, l found an orr
ginal document, bill of sale for slave
from man in Massachusetts, to man in
New York, and that paper throws most
remarkable light over this whole question
of slavery. It commenced thus: ssTo all
christian people to whom these presents
may come, I, Mark Rose, sell my slave"
&c. The people Of Massachusetts, held
that no persons were entitled to any po-
litical privileges unless they were chris
tians, and they went further than that
they held that no one was entitled to po-
litical privileges unless he was the right
kind of a christian.
They held the views which laid the
foundation of slavery, in the theology of
that time. They sold Quakers into sla-
very; they sold the family of King Philip
into slavery. These were the sentiments
that existed in the north in our early days.
When the Constitution of the United
States was formed when the delegates
from the different States met in conven-
ton, the question Of slavery was there,
and it was asked when shall the slave
trade be put to an end! Georgia says,
now! Virginia, now! South Carolina says
not yet! Connecticut, not yet! Rhode Is
land not yet! Massachusetts,, not yet! and
New Hampshire said not yet, the slave
trade is profitable Al AeE &5#z 81
4 If you will read Minot's History of
Massachusetts,, you will learn that the
great business of New England, at one
time was the manufacture of rum-pure
runs; and when they made rum, they took
it to the coast of Africa and exchanged it
for slaves.
The slavers land their cargoes on some
unfrequented shore Of the southern coast,
and forthwith the entire south is charged