M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-12-15
Abolition Circular Ofthe RepubTi-
can Leaders.

the part Of tho leaders Of the Repub.
lican party, to indoctrinate its meas
ures with Abolition sentiments, with
q view to turn the force of the party
against not merely the extension OF
slavery, but against slavery where it
exists in the States OF the Coniedera-
cy. The means to be employed for
tins purpose was the systematic circu-
lation of a volume entitled: The i'm.
pending GiScS IF tie South; HoaO to
Meet ii, purportiDg to be written by
one Hinton Rowan Helper, OF North
Carolina, and originally published by
house in the city OfNOw York, about
two years ago.
The book OF Mr.. Helper is, perhaps,
all things considered, the best calcua.
ted to awaken prejudice and excite
feelings of fanaticism against the 80
cial condition Of the Southern States of
any in the whole wide range of anti.
slavery literature. Written, or pur.
p lting to have been written. by a
Southern man, deeply and experiment.
ally persuaded Of the wrongs and evils
that spring from the servile relation,
and professedIy addressed to the peo.
pie ofthe slaveholding States, it seems
to a cursory TO present claims 70 credit,
such "a no similar work written by
Northern man could hope to enjoy.
Setting out with al appearance of ex.
tra0rdinary candor, and having pre-.
tendedly for its sole object the prcsen.
tation ofthe economical disadvantages
by which slavery is attended, it pro-
ceeds to treat the subject in the most
inaamatory manner, and to make all
those appeals to the passions by which
the most INSCRIPTIONS Abolition ha.
rangues are accompanied. III short the
book is tirebrand, cOntrived by a
man of more than ordinary malignant
ingenuity, executed with great care,
and calculated to produce an exten.
sive'a and evil excitement wherever it
is circulated.
. Such a book as the one we have de-
scribed could not circulate at the
South; nor was it intended for South.
ern circulation. Notwithstanding the
pretenses of its author to the contrary,
it was evidently designed to operate
upon the Northern mind, to prepare it
to act politically at some future time,
not far distant, against slavery in the
States OF the Union. Nor is it at all
hncharitable to suppose that it was
fabricated for the very purpose in
which it is employcd--to Aboitionize
Northern sentiment, with view to
the Presidential canvass ofthe coming
year.
Nearly year ago circulars signed
by large number OF the leaders Of the
Republican party, calling attention to
the book of Mr.. Helper, urging the
necessity of giving it an extensive cir
calation, and stating that cheap edi.
ton of the same was about to be
printed, with a view to placing it in
the hands of the masses, were widely
sent through the mails in the North
ern States to gentlemen supposed to
be interested in Republican party op.
erations. This circular, which is best
described by itself, and which, as well
on account of the sentiments which it
expresses as Of the names which it
discloses, is we'll worthy of a careful
examination, is in words and figures
as follows:
New YORK, March 9, 1859.
DEAR SIR: If you have read and
critically examined the work, you
will probably agree with us, that no
course Of Argument SO successfully
controverting tho practice Of slavery
in the United States, and enforcing a
precise and adequate view Of its pros
trating effects, material and moral, has
equaled that of the volume entitled
The Impending Crisis IF the South:
How 10 Meet Il, by Hinton Rowan
Helper, of North Carolina.
No other volume now before the
public, as we conceive, is, in all res.
poets, so well calculated to induce in
the minds of its readers a decided AMI
persistent rppugnance to slavery, and
a willingness to cooperate in The I'll
fort to restrain the shameless advan-
ces and hurtful influences Of that per.
nicious institution.
The extensive circulation Of a CO,
pious compend Of the work in ques.
ton, among the intelligent, liberty
loving voters Of the country, irrespec-
tive Of party or locality, would, we
believe, be productive Of most benei.
cial results; and to this end we trust
you will assist us in carrying out a
plan we have devised for the gratui-
tous distribution Of one hundred thou
sand copies OF such a compend, which,
if contracted for and Published, will
contain about two hundred pages, and
be bound in pamphlet form.
One hundred thousand copies Of the
contemplated compeud, which, on
,hout two hundred pages. WOuld con-