Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-02-09
l0ortester 9ailp SPY.
From the New York Tribune Feb g.
THE oGT0R00N IN MR.. BEECHERS CHURCF
A SUNDAY DRAMA.

we are an eminent people. We have De-
ciaratlon OF Independence, and a Fourth of
July commentaries as a national Sabbath the
day that gave it birth. We have also a Con-
stltution OF the United States, made, as it says,
Tor promoting justice and liberty. With such
fundamental declarations and records, we are
eminent-pre. eminent. There is only one
drawback. -Four million people are declared
to be no people at all, not even up to hogs and
asses, but merely chattels. But, notwithstand-
ing these opinions as to the African, the white
Southron who is Mortified at the idea OF equal
ity or marriage with the black mixes blood
with the race lust as much as if marriage sane
toned it. The result is, that after SO many
generations as belong to 24O years of the insti-
sutton, we have an appropriate number of d-
lutions of blood-of intertusing the white with
the black. Thus we see great physiological,
moral, and political fact. What would ruin a
white woman socially at the south, is as com
mon on the part OF the men as stock raising :
and all the south teens with this stupendous
fact, in the shape of mixed blood up to that
point where the Circassian face, fire, and ge
mus so predominant, that the dark skinned
African is lost sight of--only the expert and
special examination leading to the detection of
the black blood Hence, it is no longer a cues
ton of negro savery-but-hear it, We old
thirteen stars on the azure heaven OF our pa
vilon but of white. That the white man
and white woman sold distresses the Demo
cratic" sentiment OF thirty -pieces-Of Silver men
OF the north and south, any more than the
black man and black woman sold is not to be
expected. Slavery was instituted irrespective
of color. The immense majority OF slaves in
antlqulty-ninety-nin out OF hundred, il not
all, in Greece and Rome, where they numbe. ed
half the pOpulatlon-were white, pure white,
Oppression then was the same as now, and was
more respectable, because it did not set up a
canting, lying howl in defence of slavery, as
is done now on the negro question. Ii all the
slaves south were Germans instead of negroes
or mixed blood, we do not believe it would in
fuence any of the Democratic votes against
it. The oppressor never is deficient of ex.
cuses for his oppression We are led to these
remarks by an occurrence which took place
yesterday in the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
A little white chattel nine years OF age was in
troduced to the Sunday School of the church by
Mr.. Tilton. Its story was this: 1t is one of six
children whose mother was slave aud whose
father was phySIclan-Ot course man of the
highest standing In the city OF Washington
These children, with the exception of this one
the youngest, were at various times sold. and
the mother was sold clown south" This re-
naming chattel was put under the care of its
grandmother i'll Washington. The owners-a
firm of slave traders-agreed to let the little
Ti'.'eei ieli'ai ~ tlle hahuS OF me Old
ciiaITel' 10 pacHy tlle latter Tor the breaking up
OF Oh an It's properly. (Haii Columbm) During
OnIlstllias week tlie ola ehattel vas startled
WIN inc announcement mat the young chattel
was to be sold to the south, because an offer of
$500 had been made for it. The party desir.
ing to buy was Christian who believed in the
command "Be fruitful and multiply :" and
"lshed 10 hold the chattel until 1t was old
enough 10 oreed STOCK. Inc chattel, so soon
as nearu thiS' ran up stars TO the garret,
iockeH the uoor on the inside, and barricaded
II WIN several trunks The Christian slave
trauers went up STAIRS and demanded admit
lance SO ana the Ola chattel, but the young
cll't'tel refused 10 let them IN. SO the door
was lGIce9 oy tlle CHRISTIAN slave traders Not
10 make the story 100 long, suffice ii TO say,
clergyman laiely from Alexandria, who knew
intertered to the extent of getting bonds and