White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-01-12
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Helpers Impending Crisis-A False
Charge.

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The Washington Constitution. New
York Herald. and after them a host of
other journals, are charging upon the
Republicans in Congress the endorse
ment Of an incendiary book. This book
Is entitled The Impending crisis Of the
South. and how to meet it, by Hinton
Rowan Helper, Of North Carolina" The
facts are. that the book in question was
prepared some two years since by cit
izen of the South. of strong anti slavery
convictions. and embodied many valu-
able facts. and sttisticeS relating to the
institution; that it also contained trong
abolition sentiments. aud arguments
tending to show the necessity of exter-
minating slavery. by peaceful or forcible
means. A selection from this volume,
embodying its masses Of fact and in
formation, and leaving out its ultra
isms. was prepared for general circulation
through the country. A fund was rails
ed by voluntary subscription. for the
publicly avowed object of putting the
facts before the people. and getting
the public mind interested and informed
on the question of the impolicy and
injustice Of slavery. No part Of the
book thus distributed contained anything
which pointed toward forcible abolition,
or the least interference with slavery
where it exists under State laws.
The condensed edition of Helpers
hook it was which was endorsed By
sixty-eight members of Congress, as a
work powerfully fitted to exert good
influence, and to restrain the spread of
slavery, This book thus carefully guar
ded in its positions, and designed to dis
tribnte information relative to the mis-.
chieVous effects of slavery upon all con-
crrned. was charged by these scrupu.
lous partizsn journals to have been the
same work as the original one. from
which it was made mp. and which con-
tanned sentiments which no merely anti
slavery man would be willing to endorse.
This dishonest attempt to hold men ro-
Sponsible for policy they never held or
sanctioned. and which has been brought
up in Congress within the past thres
days. as a fact proved against the lead
ing members of that body. is thus expos
ell by tho CAREFUL and reliable eorrespon-
drnt ofthe Philadelphia North Ameri-
ean-One Oft most judiciOus and inhu-
entail journals in the country.
The Administration organs and in
struments have used the pretended extracts
from Helpers book on slavery, to excite
prejudice ag inst Mr.. sherman AMI others.
The facts have been grossly perverted in
regard to this matter. and should be I'M
derstood by the public. 1t is not true
that the Republican members of Con-
gross endorsed Hel per's Impending
crisis Of the Sonih." or a single word of
the extracts published by the New York
Herald. a compendium from thst
hook. with the tables showing the com.
parative result Of free anil slave labor,
anil discussion Of the two theories. was
submitted to the Hon. F. p. Blair, Of
Missouri-a slavehol,ier-for revision.
None Of the pretended extracts which
have gained 50 much currency and noto-
rieiy, appear in tine compendium. which
is book Of two hundred pages. whils
the original work contained four hundred
pages. They. and much more similar
matter. were expurgate'l purposely, and
berau,e they were disapproved. The
publishers, desiring to sell their book,
got mp a recommendation in New York
If espectable names. anil then brought il
here for the sanction Of members CT Con.
greSs. This paper was handel around
The House. and signed Just a. all such
doeume1ts are. with very little knowledge
of their conielts. This is the whole
story. and there was no secret about il.
for the publishers issue'l circular. with
I'll the names now 1ourished year and
a half ago. Il is obvious from this
statement that moral. If not legal. forgery
has been committed in attaching the
names Of members to a publication
which thsynever endorsed Gscsaa16
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