The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-07

h. had sue IN run spg oil Que or Two tlous lnd
slaves 70 Cehada, even at the expense cf le vofnce
and biooasaed, the majority OF mea 10 New Eaglaul
woula have reoiced, not only 10 the oni bul tho
means The dist successful attempt of considerable
lt nher 81 slaves 10 secure their freedom by yoece gI
clearly show hos deep the tppatby OF the people
tenI ana how strongly they embrace The i've principles
mehtionef above. A little success OF bit vii serve
rrinrg for the popular cannon; Il already loa led
O. cours" not astan shed to hcsr il,a lnp
bad been mooe TO Tree the slaves IN certain part OF vr
gina, hor should be- asonishod II anoiher Ensured
uon" or Tsbeiion' ZOOS place ia tho state Of --,
a'hfd ~ -, or fourth in Such thiIgs are
10 be expected for they not depend merely GU the
private will Of men ike Capt Bro aud his associates
bu, the great general causes which AL human
kiod 10 bate Nrols and love right Such ;nsurrecuoas
VIII Continue as long as slavery lasts ani vi Increase,
both III frequency lDd power, just as tue people become
intelligent and moral Virginia may hang John Brown
Anu nn thai is done noble mon WIN rejoice in the ,tt
Of that once magnanimous ate-Sic semper tyrannts ~
GO Let such be the end OF every OppressOr."
II good anti slavery picture the Virginia shield
Nan sanding on tyrhnt and choppug his head OH with
sword; only would paint the sword holder black aud
The ty'an white, 10 show the immediate application Of the
principle. The American people will have to march to
rather music, think aud 1t is better for them 70
face in few years ago It did not diff
cult first 10 check slavery then TO emu without any
blooasbed think ihis cannot be done now, in
the rinre Al ALI tho great charters Of so|snty have
mocracy would be eDgrossed 10 less costly ink; but Is
PLAIN that pilgrimage must lead through Red
Sea, wherein Pharoah will so under and perish. Als
are enough TO be just, JUS; enough TO
be wise. and SO gain much at small cost
]. Tuere are four million slaves in the United States
violently withheld tiom their nafaal right to lite lib
erty, and The pursuits ofhappiness. Now, ~ they
ieiiow coUnIy nen-!ours and mine just much
ss any four million white men. Or course, yoa aud /
them the duty which one man owes another OF his
owl duty instruction advice aud prote elton
OF pauf al lights II they starving, ought help
feed them The color Of their SKINS her degr AIDED social
condition their ignorance abates no,hDg from their na,u
raj claim US, natural duty towards them
There are men in all the Northern States who feel the
Obligation which ci'ze nship imposes thcmthe duty
hall. fl,Ea Ilafp. Avis Se.at.
which seeks simply 10 excite the white people perform
their natural ouy 10 their dark fellow coantrymen Hence
comes Capt Browns expedilon-au attempt 10 help bis
country men enjoy their natural right 10 lie, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness.
He sought by violence what the Anil Slavery Society
works for with other weapons. TIE two agree tho
end, and differ only in the means Men like Capt. Brown
wi bo coniiDosiy Using up among the white people of
The !ee States attempting to do their natural duty to
their black country men-that Isl help them TO freedom.
Some Of these forts will be successful Thus. last
ter Capt Brown bmse escorted eleven of his country.
men from bondage Missouri to freedom in Canada He
old nti snap gun, think, although then,
Gently he had his lighting tools at hand and would have
used them If necessary. Even now the underground
railroad is In coIstln, and benicent operation By and
by, viii be an oveiground railroad from Mason Il
DAoDs line clear to Canada; the only tunnellDg viii be
il the slave States. Northern applaud tue brave
conductors OF that Locomotive OF liberty.
NORTHERN ADMIRATION FOR Niger sTEALER
When Thomas Garrett was introduced u 3 meeting of
free sellers in Boston, as the who had helped 500
slaves 10 their natural liberty that meeting
the ishteous Quaker three times three. All honest
Northern hearts beat with admiration Of such nsn-nsy,
with love for them. Young lads say 81 wish that Heaven
would make ne such man This wish will nov aud
nifty enough ia twenty years to that this phiau-
hroc patriotism the increase at the North, and the
special direction takes is toward the Liberation OF their
country bondage.
Not many years ago Boston sent money to help the
Greeks IN their struggle for political freedom hey
quite lost their personal liberty bu, with the money
sent what was more valuable and far precious
OF her most valiant aud heroic sens who staid
to fight the great battle of humanity Did your friend Dr.
Samuel G. Howe, lose the esteem OF New Epglapi by
that acw He won the admiration OF Europe and holds
still. /
Nay still later the same dear old Boston hunkers have
been more than rats and mice 10 her house. which
she suffers for time and then drives twelve hundred
OF them at once certain day of March, l77G that
dear old Boston sent the DR.. Howe cacry
and comfort TO the Poles, then in deadly struggle Tor
their political existence. Was he disgraced because he
Jay sevenand forty days in PrussiAn jail in Berlins Not
the eyes OF the Pussian King who after ward sent
him gold medal, whose metal worth many dol
lars that ph,nhropst lay days in the despots Jail.
Is said, "Chary should begin at home" The American
begun good way of, but has been working home
ever hnce. The Dr. Howe Of today would and ought
be more ready to help American to personal liberty,
find furnish aid aud comfort our o wn
country men. even IL they black. 1t would not
prise me II there were other ana wen planned ate mpts
successfully, tried in Virginia.. Nine out cf may
fai--he tenth will succeed. The victory Gen lBur
goyne more than made up for all the losses In many
previous defeat; It was the beginning Of the end.
Slavery will not die dry death, 4. may have as many
lives oat at last it will die like mad dog in "a vii
,age with only the enemies OF the human kind to lament
It's fate, and they too cowardly TO appear mourners
THE EXAMPLE OF ST. DOMINGO TO BE FOLLOWED.
II; But 1t is not merely white men who will fight for
the liberty OF Americans the negroes will take their dc.
fence into their own hands, especially if they 1nd
white TO lead them. No doubt the African race ID
greatly inferior to the Caucasian In general Intellectual
power and also in that instinct for liberty which Is SO
stropg in the Teuonc family and just obvious the
Anglo Saxons OF Britain and America besides tho Afri-
have but little desire for vepgeance-he lowest
form OF the love Of justice. Here Is example out OF
many-In Santa Cruz the old slave laws the most
nf IN mol t,Vnao vYnlacc
those Of the Caronas be exception. slave excited
others TO run away for the first offence his right leg
TO be cut off, for the second offence his other leg This
mutlaion not 10 be done by surgeons hand; the
poor wretch was laid down log and bis legs chopped
into boiling pitch TO staunch the blood, and save
The properly from entire destruction; for the live
of a slave might serve as warning. No acton of q
court requisite TO inict this punishment any
ter could thus mutiate his bondman Even from
lsioto ls46, was common for owners 10 beat their Of
Tending victims with s'tamarind rods" six feet long and
inch In thickness the bigger ond-rods thick set
with ugly borDe. When that process over the lace
rated back was washed with decocton of the .nanchi-
Leei poison tree, which made the wounds tester and
lcr K remain open.
In 1885, the negroes in s.rebelon and took pos
session II the and they 25 coo, The whee 3,o0n
But the blacks did not hurt the hair Of white maus
head they got their freedom but they took revenge
Suppose rs 0G0 Americans held in bondage by 5000 AL
eerincs little island should get their masters into
their hanos how many OF the 5000 would the next
sun go oownY
No doubt is through the absence of this desire of ma
tuIa vengeance that the Africans have been reduced to
bondage ana kept IN it.
BIT there is limit to the negro's forbearancc San
Domingo Is not great way oil. The revolution which
changed its black Inhabitants from tame slaves into Wild
men, took place within the memory OF m any Of us.
II shows what may be 10 America, with white man
to help. In the slave States there many possible San
Domingo, which may become actual at any day; and If
not in 1850 then in some other year OF Lord Be-
sides America Oilers than any other country to
the slave love Of liberty, and the effort for it,
We are always talking abon, liberty, boastng that we
are 'the freest people the word,' declaring that ga
would Gle rather than be slave" We continually
praise Sour fathers who fought tho Revolution" We
build monuments to commemorate the humblcst be-
gnnngs Of that great national work. Once year We
stop all ordinary work, and give up whole day TO the
nosest Lind OF rejoicing Tor the War Of independence.
How praise the champions Of libertyl' How we
point out the infamy Of the British oppression, They
would make fathers slaves p say we, sand VIC slew
the oppressor-SE senper tyrdnnisr'
Do you suppose this will fail to produce its effect the
black man, day, The South must either give up
keeping "Isdspendence Day, or else keep in little
thorough fashion, Nor is this all the Soulhernors
continually haunting the negroes with their miserable
nature .You are only half human, say they, "not ca
pablo of freedom" "ay is good for horses, not for
hogs said the philoeophc American who now "reprc.