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is naturally enough associated with this idea.

N'lViidry, tnat tne slaves VIII /
nail with delight the first offer of freedom. (e) /
But Brown confessed to sad disappoint !
ment IN this particular, and we think any
one who had fairly instituted a comparison .
between the black population in the Free
States and the slaves, with reference to phys /
zeal comfort and social advantages. would |
come to the inevitable conclusion, that it I
was impossible not to give the preference to .
the slaves. The advantages of the blacks in |
the cities and towns at the South may, no |
doubt, be very considerable over those upon |
the plantations, and in the more rural dis /
trlcts. Aud the comparison is more natural /
~ made between the slaves in the towns and ,
cities and the free blacks at the North, than !
between the whole slave population and the |
Tree blacks a. the North because those who |
make this comparison at the North more COM |
monty obtain their knowledge Of the con-
dltion Of slaves from staving for longer or !
shorter periods in the southern towns and |
cities
Bat after making all proper allowance up |
on this score. it VIII be impossible Tor any |
fair-minded man, who has examined the sub |
iect fairly, to convince himself that the slaves |
could for many generations, if ever, be 50 well |
provided for. or so happy in a state Of free |
rily from the superior capacity Of the whites,
and the fact that in the present relations Of |
society at the South. the black receives more |
than an equivalent for his labor, in the WIS |
dom, forecast, and calculation of his white |
owner. It may not seem 50 to a Northern |
man, and especially if he have imbi5ed the |
slang cant of the day to any great extent. !
But it is. in fact, Just as certain, and Just as
obvious, as it is that children obtain more |
than an equivalent for their labor in the pro-
lection Of their PARENTS Or that the operatives /
in a cotton mill, or wOOllcn MILL arc really |
more benefited than injured by being employ !
ed at such prices only as give them "a CON-
Portable subsistence -pnd at the same time /
make their employers wealthy. just as II u |
man must be better off than his employer in
order to be benefited by the employment OF |
"a, if the slave had no benefit from the reh- |
ton because the legal title of the house or !
the plantation, was in the master or as Il 1t |
w3uii benefit the slave to own the master.
No man who visits the South, and sees !
such unequiyocal evidences Of the comfort and /
intelligence OF the s1pie blacks and MARKS |
how infinitely they excel then fellows in a
state o.. freedom, throughout the country, /
both in vigor OF body and mind. and in con- /
tented quiet and unaffected comfort, could for |
moment look upon such a murderOus at
tempt as the one just transpired, but with |
feelings of the utmost adherence, and the |
>iHeare-t Pity. %
We should all regret that any one must
meet ielJn's fat and especially when there
is some reason 70 believe that he acted from a
mis-uid d zeal after what in his madness,
'.'l'ti d 3 G,',I''', 3 e'd: but VIII mat ez
~, then The murderer Is ,,'i aI,yay. inn,5t
for BE never acts. for the time. but in ob.di-
ence IL what he esteems the more desirable
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fail to strike all minds alike the immense
folly ANA wickedness Of all attempts TO yndi-
I'.e "E1i is P'mp'usiy denomin4ted the
.,a..;ra. , i.,,, i,,, ,,b. 49, y'' I@+ -L1
plea IF the murderer and ass i,,in. the rebel
and the traitor, in all asas and eouutries-
,.., i.- 20 i've "S we 'lS' ;1 % ne our own
er name f,r d.friI, ,ii law ,.I;.l, r5,sis-or,+
Cluchmen never dare Do? %
...' we we. .. I 5I. brown "..' deserved
.,r ,iiI .rr.,,r.5 =. D.. r,I,.'i 49,, Lr
a.l martyr. W. tremble ios the future Of the
a. ."'''' " "en we remember t'at O. is
80, - Mn ,r. =, .-'''. '.,i
wl1lwiuI,
It's impossible not to believe chat, IL these
1I Al. 49, 1-- 'i'.'g ius' SON come an
between t.e dureut src'iru- -, 49, -. .
..'. .IL' ''' "'f'1 mas ever A"o""' and with =
--.@. .' ..'i %. '-i IRE. .,
to t. p.ac. of States as OF nullie~. Forced
'i"tne IS cannot DE made iraternaL With ,
We barely venture to hone. THAT the n.o-
pie of the y rrh viii not altogether forget
t'e immense adj antageS of the union % them ]
,.- .-,ri ,Ii I I',[ .''',, ~. view nose
which now cement thu, CIVILIZATION and u.,,s t