The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-25

minished by our admitting that many
faults are practiced under il. ; Is not such
the fact in respect to all human laws and
institutions? IS sot- -
l am, gentleu1on, Yours Truly.
5 III - CHARLES O'CONNER.
The Tribune comments on the letter
IS follows: .h5z .,.as -ra.. -z--4 ss-5
We publish elsewhere letter from
Mr.. Charles O'EConor, chnching the doc
trinesof his late speech. We like Mr.
O'Conor. He faces tho must. He
faces the authorities also. Wo gave a
list of them few days ago, twenty, eight
in number, running all the way through
the ages of history, from Socrates to
aBroughan. ra-
Mr.. O'Conor may be fairly termed the
John Brown of politics. "Eo dangers
fright him and no labors tire" lie con-
fronts 2 world n arms against bis doc
trines. What mental or moral tr NOR
lie NAV feel, we do not even conjecture;
but he certainly displays nole Wheth
or he is inwardly laughing at human,
gullibility, beneath woll-contriyed mask
b ding lis satisfaction at it9 dis;lay, we
do not know, and probably never shall
We must fairly suppose, however, that he
is in earnest. Used as he is to tho occu-
patton of lawyer, and to unceasing
efforts to make the worse appear the bet
tor reason, he NAV have taken up the
side be now advocates with an ordinary
sincerity.
In his letter, Mr.. O'Coner frankly I'D
mits, with regard to his antagonists, that
tAire general principles cannot be refut-
ed, and that their logic is irresistible" =
He declares it to be impossible to assail
tho positions Of the opponents of Slavery
on any other ground than that Slavery is
just, right, and benefcent. If it IS not
this, the right of the argument it was the
Anti-Sayery people, and contention with
them, or opposition to their ideas, is idle.
Herein we admire the eiearness of of Mr..
O'Conors view, and the immaculate
soundness Of his reasoning. 1t is true,
every word true; and Mr.. O'Conor's testi-
mony, as an opponent of Anti-Slavery
doctrine, is impartial, candid, aud must
be deemed conclusive. There is thus
nothing left for US to do but to show
that Slavery is unjust.
This is q comprehensive labor but
most easy task. The demonstration is
drawn from two sources. First, from the
logic of the case; and second, from its
facts. The logic is very simple, and
must be very familiar to Mr. O'Conor;
and accordingly, for the present we will
ask his attention to the facts. Tho print
cd collections Of them arc humorous. But
we will not refer him to these. We will
tell him simple story never yet publish
ed just by way of asamp.e porcei, as Dir.
O'Conor's trading friends, to whom he
addresses his letter, would say.
A little less than year ago, an En-
gish gentleman and his family went to
spend some mouths in South Carolina for
his health. On their return TO the
North in the Spring, tIey stopped on
their way at the residence Of tho British
Consul. lie was at that time boarding
at hotel. A conversation arose on
Slavery. ''Sir," said the landlord, "the
shares have an easy time, "a very easy
time. I have slave womanin my house
whom keep and feed well. and who has
done little or no work for tho six years
Ehaye owned her." "That is very liber-
al of you sir," replied the English gentle
man. care such cases common q "Oh,
YES, very common" The next day the
wife Of the English gentleman was spend
ing little time in the sittiug-room of
the wife of the landlord. While there u
young ,good-Iooking mulatto woman came
in, appearing languid, and complaining
of being sick.
Her mistress accosted her sharply, say
ing, What's the matter now, Phillis; are
YOU going o stop aving children ?" ain
deed, hopes SO, missus; 1 would rather
die than have any more" replied the girl.
syphilis, p,said the mistress, don't let me
hear you talk in that way. If you stop
having children, I will sell you to go to
| the South at once" The slave left the
room in tears. ais that girl married ~
"No," answered the landlady. GLOW
long have you owned her."
Give or six years." replied the
landlady. "How many children has she
had sincs you bought herr" "Four,"
replied the landlady. CAL living 2"-
All: fine, fat, and healthy" The land
lord subsequently disclosed the fact that
this was his breeding woman, bought and
kept for the purpose, and the one to
whom he alluded as having an "easy
slime" Her children had different
fathers, chosen with reference TO their
stock qualities by the owner Of the girl
She had been made to produce child in
almost every year since she had been pur-
chased; and the landlord professod to ba
getting boys and girls, by his jadicious
system of crossing, equal to any III the
State, and which would bring him The
very highest prices. In what way tbs
piri was coerced into this diabelical ar.
rspcsmeat, we have seen by the interview
in the sitting-room. ,s.
we do not attempt to bighton this pic.
lure, w give the simple fact asrolated
to US Us months ago. By the gentleman II
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