White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09
AbolitiOnism in the South.

We have just been shown a pamphlet,
from the Sonth, written by Marcus A.
Bell, of Atlanta, Georgia, in which the
following language occurs:
No one bat q base coward could be
cruel to human being TINS intrusted, by
the courtesy of nature, to his guardian
ship!
To have their susceptibility to civil
liberty admitted, and yet by laws and
customs withhold from free negroes equal
adequate means for intellectual and NOR
al improvement, and to treat them like
dogs besides, is the most enormous insult
that could be offered to any creature in
the shape of human beingl Being
thus tempered with and reviled by the
most odious contempt, it would not be
surprising if even the low pride of the
free negroes should be stirred to revrnge,
causing them to rise up in a mighty in
surrection and struggle in blood for eqal-
ity.
Well done, Marcus A. Bell This is
boldly spoken. But hear him on another
topic:
Observe the African msther. happy in
the choice of her husband. Years come
and go. and she becomes attached to him
and her children by reason Of sympathy,
mutual tolls and sorrows, and mutual
Joys. Their little ones are as dear to
her as the sweet little brood to the moth
erly hen that gathers them under her
wings of affection. All their little griefs
and cries Of distress but serve to call out
to them the affections of the mothers
heart, who. ike the hen when the pirates
of the sky the slavedealer dart through
the air, broods over her little ones with
q closer and more tender affection. I"
The shades of evening begin
to creep along your dismal course poor
mother like crawling serpents. Night
sets in with all its horrors The hide
GUS howl Of the hyena is heard in the
distance, and the muffled cry of the owl
above seems the signal for the gathering
together of evil spirits. THOSE who
are to bear away her offspring. The heart
is frozen with despair.
This equals Garrison in his best days.
But listen further to what he has to say
to his fellows at large:
If the fates are set in against you stron-
gly, struggle the more bravely. "
Strike for JUSTICE. Strike for
LIBERTY. Strike for the liberty of your
children. Shall your children too be
slaves after you? Listen not to the sy-
rem songs of your oppressors. Some Of
them doubtless will even endesvor to sup
press the circulation of this Message Of
Love among you, as an intermeddler
with their domestic affairs. They may
presume to tell you it is not message of
love to you that it does not arise from
good will to you. If they do, mind that
you be not deceived into ingratitude to
the pure motives alone that could prompt
an appeal so disintsrestsd. Be not de-
ceivsd. Demand the full measure Of
your rights. Let no threats deter you.
The true spirit that dares to do in 9 vir-
tuous cause will triumph. Talk Of these
things among yourselves reflect over
them speak Of them as matters dear to
you, and to your children meet together
and deliberate upon and vindicate your
rights. = Permit me to persuade you
as I would brother or sister, to cul-
tivate q spirit of fortituds. with the spirit
of Independence and q love of virtue ;
and be bold. ever bold and constant in
claiming an equitable distribution of the
rewards Of labor.