New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-19
"A GOOD WITNESS s.

In recent issues Of the Crescent we have taken
considerable volunteer trouble to impart to the
aboring classes Of the North the gratuitous infor
nation that they are slaves, and considerably
worse off than the black slaves of the South whose
condition they 50 dolorously compassionate Oj
course we did not comfort ourself with the idea
that they would believe US, or that they would dis.
play any gratitude for the pains we took but that
they would rather, spitefully resent our display Of
interest in their affairs. OF course they did SO
but we can't see how they will be able to persis,
in their view of the case when we put on the stand
50 important witness as one of their own proph.
ets We have been telling the insurrectonary
male and female shoemakers of Massachusetts,
who are in such vigorous rebellion against their
masters, that they were more abject slaves than
plantation negroes and TO- Abolitionist preacher
of Massachusetts, rises up to tell them the same
thing. We find the following report, in leading
Black Republican paper, of the remarks addressed
by Rev. Thomas Driver to meeting Of the female
strikers of Lynn:
The reverend gentleman was delighted with the
scene before him. He always liked the looks Of
the Lynn girls, but now he was proud Of them
But it made him feel badly to have them ground
down by the tyrannical bosses. They were GER
tainly worse off than the slaves of the South. He
had recently visited nine slave States; he had seen
the evils of slavery he had preached to the master
and the slave; he had investigated the troubles OF
the down-trodden African and had come home a
confirmed Abolitionist But, said lie, with empha-
Sis, find there are white as well as black slaves
there slaves in this State and in this city worse
far worse, in their condition than the black slaves
at the South. The only difference is, that they
can't SELL you. Thank God for that! EGreat sen.
sation and applause.l
While enlightened and candid above his fellows
the Rev. Driver is also shrewd man, but we fear
q dreadful story teller. He puts in the saving
clause that he is still an Abolitonist for obvious
reasons, and we find it utterly impossible for US 70
believe that he is any such thing after visiting nine
States, and coming to conclusions which he is bold
enough to state as above. With very worldly
sagacity, he blows hot and cold with & Good
Lord Good devil" ambiguity which is very cum
ming and very ludicrous. He is . smart fellow
and will never get himself into any scrape withon
providing hole to get out Of it.
The testimony of a few such witnesses Of thei
own stock as Rev. Thomas Driver would likel
make the boss Aboltionists uneasy and clear th
vision of the masses, in whose eyes they have bee
SO long industriously engaged throwing dust driy
ing them into the Abolition fold by squirting an
prieking their humanity with blood curdling tale
of the miseries of the poor slaves. One of thei
own preachers bluntly informs them that they ar
white slaves and worse off than the objects of thei
compassion, though they do congratulate them
selves on their unequalled blessed condition anon
the peoples of the world. We say. "hooray 70
you, Rev. Thomas Driyer,' though in telling tn
truth you did tell something beside it.