Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-12-15
HELPERS BOOK.


So much has recently been said in regard
to Helpers Book on slavery, and so many
f'lSehoodS have been uttered by the sham-Dem
ecratic prints, that we propose to lay before
our readers fair and impartial statement Of
the matter, and ask from them careful peru.
sal; which, if given, we feel confident, must
place very different light upon the charges
made by these papers, and remove the impress
sions they have created. Among the number,
The n. Y. Herald stands prominent A week
or two ago, it published some columns of mat
ter, said to be extracted from this book, and
added list of names of Republican members
of Congress, as Signers of a circular recon-
mending the work to the public This was
unfair and untrue, and only intended to preiu-
dice the election Of a Republican speaker Of
the House independently the Washington
correspondent of the North American, SAYS;
1t is not trne that the Republican mem
beers of Congress endorsed Helpers Impend-
ing Crisis III the South or single word of
the extracts published by the New York Her
aid. A compendium from that book, with the
tables showing the comparative results of free
aud slave labor, and discussion of the two
theories, Was prepared, and submitted to the
Hon. Francis P. Blair, Of Missouri slave
holder bimsef-ior revision None of the
pretended extracts, which have gained so
much currency and notoriety, appear in the
compendium, which is IA work of two hundred
pages, while the original work contained four
hundred pages. They, and much more of sim
liar matter, were eXpurgated purposely, and
because they were diSapproved The publish
erS, desiring to sell their book, got up rec
ommendaton in New York of respectable
names, and then brought it here for the sane
ton of members Of Congress. This paper was
handed round the House, and signed just as
all such documents are, with very little knowl-
edge OF their contents This is the whole
story, and there was n0 secret about it. Tor
the publishers issued "a circular, with all the
names now hoursRe1,. year and Il half ago.
III Is OBVIOUS fr& statement that moral,
If not legal, fQssthe har,s been committed in at
tuchTrg the f;Ifi fits of members to a publica-
ton which they never endorsed So far as
Mr. Sherman is personally concerned, it is
well known here, and will be established in
the House if necessary, that he never read or
saw Helpers book, and has no recollection of
having signed the Recommendation which is
attributed to him And it may be taken for
granted that he disapprovesG he extracts which
have been SO copously paraded in the party
papers, for political effect, as all other senSi-
BILE and candid men must do This whole CON
trlvance is perfectly understood here, as in
tended only for the passing purpose of retard
ing the organization. Invoking the aid OF
deliberate Justification, the authors and abet-
tors Of this scheme have only resorted TO a
common resource in the hour Of party peril
1t may return to plague the inventor"
AS is usual with the partizan zeal of the
day, such private enterprises or literary pre-
ductions-harmless in their way and intentions,
if viewed impartially-a are eagerly seized on
by fanatical, sectional politicians, to subserve
their own personal advancement and party
purposes, without regard to the dictates of
common sense, or a hope for national welfare
The sentiments of their own peculiar district
or country being the sole textbook of their
political creed and their desire of keeping in
that majority being their single rule Of official
action.
In addition to the above correspondence,
we submit the following extract from the
speech of a Southern member Of Congress,
(Hon. Mr.. Curry, of Alabama, made in the
House Oh the 10th lust, as at once and com
pietely setting aside the Helpers Book charge,
as also the unjust and unprincipled charges
made against the Republican party of com
pcity in the Harper's Ferry foray Mr. Cur
'ry said
Now, l will say, in the spirit of that char
ity which rejoices in the truth, that do NOT
propose to hold the Republican party respon-
sible Tor the excuses committed by men hold
ing Anti Slavery opinions ! do not intend
to charge any OF that party with completely,
for from the bottom of my heart | acquit them
of all supposed or assumed completely in the
raid lately made into Virginia | go farther,
aud say that accept the plea interposed and
placed upon record, and that | am willing to
allow the mantle OF ignorance to cover the act
of signing the recommendation of an incendi-
AIRY pamphlet"
Again, he says
=" | am conscious of the fact that there are
in the Northern States two distinct Anti
Slavery orgauizations--one represented by
VIM Lloyd Garrison, Phillips, May, and oth-
ers. the other represented by the Republican
party Of the North; and | repeat again shat
do not hold the Republican party personally
responsible either for the doctrines avowed CT
Tor the measures advocated by the Garrison
party"
Thus it seems that both the Harper's Ferry
and Helpers Book lodges are about nsed up
The next lie will be something else.