Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-28
The Fugitive Slaves In Ca ada.

The history of the Abolition party,
either as a distinct organization or as
the controlling element in the Republi-
can party, sustains the assertion, that it
has proved to be the worst enemy of the
black race. Had it not been for the in.
sane, fanatical and bigotsd policy Of the
old Abolition party, slavery would, from
causes which secured its abolition in the
Northern States, have ere this produced
like result in some Of tho States in
which it now exists. But designing
dcmagogues seized upon the question OF
tho overthrow OF the institution, as q
political scheme for self-aggrandizemcnt
and elevation to power. In all the CO.
alitions and manGuvrcs of politicians,
the ultimate design was not the amclo-
ration Of the condition of the negro
race, but, on the contrary, the acquisition
of office and the spoils. The basest n.y.
pocrsy is discernible, at every step, in
the career Of Abolitionism. Since it's
Identification with Republicanism, no
improvement is perceptiblc in the char
acter of its objects. 1t would now, as
ever, in the name Of philanthropy, COM
NIT murder, treason, robbery and many
other crimes, in order to excite popular
Indignation and delude the people. We
repeat, that advantage to the negro has
never been consideration. Having
rescued the slave, what provisions have
been made for his future welfare? The
present condition Of the Negro Colony
in Canada West is an answer to this in
terrogatory!
The fugitives that have been carried
upon the Underground Railroad, from
their peaceful and comfortable homes in
the South to the Paradise which Abo-
litionists have prepared for them in the
dominions Of Queen Victoria, are repre-
sented to be the most impoverished and
AFFECT set of creatures upon the face of
Gods foot-stool. They have become
the curse of the white people among
whom they have been sent. In some
localities, having become a majority,
these ignorant creatures have turned
upon the whites, and have demanded to
be amalgamated with them. They will
permit no lines Of dcmarcation to exist
between the races, and have exactcd.
that the black and the white child shall
attend the same school, and be treated
as equals. With the blood-tLirsty fe-
rocity which has ever characterized the
negro race, where they have possessed
the power, they threaten to force an &C
quiescence in their demands. A cotem-
porary says:
As citizens they are worthless to the last de.
gree, while crime prevails among them to an
alarming extent, and swells the criminal calcn
dsrs Of The country with the most revolving
Oifences--particularly with the violation Of fs-
male chastity. With I'LL this in return for the
mistaken kindnssses which have been offered
them. they are now becoming bold and violent.
and have cared to resort 10 the high handed
measures which We have recorded, oil Of
which. We repeat, are obviously the result Of .
concerted movement among the great body of
negroes inhabiting this portion Of The province
Csnsds has nursed viper in its bosom, which
now preparing to turn upon it. The hordes
OF packs which have for wears poured into its
oorder counties are beginning to feel their
powers. and. II We mistake not v;ll giv. inf
mite trouble before they are AGAIN .-r.h.1
down to their proper level
Such are the beauties Of PRACTICAL Ab-
olitionism, and to such a condition
would the Anti-slavery fanatics of the
North reduce the fifteen Southern State,
Of this Union, if they had the political
power to consummate it.
Let any sane white man reflect upor
what would be the condition OF societ,
in the Southern States, if " Freedom t.
the captive" were proclaimed, and ther
ask himself If, Is lover of bis race, b,
can justify the participation in the act
ofsny political organization the principle'