Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-02-23
I WHOLE NO. 172.

Great Britain gave to her slaves worked OH the
deadly effects of Slavery, and nobly breasted the
competition of the slave labor of Cuba and Brazil,
where negroes continued to be worked to death,
the void being filled up from Africa, and prospcri-
ty has again dawncd upon these fair islands
lin the last yeirs Of slavery ls2 49, (says the on
eiaI rcturn1 t islands exported si.i.sai cw In tho
s.1J,s54 and besides that large trade altogether
has sprung up with Australia and tie United states,
and other countries. Of which We have no account
The laborers being free TO do so, have also turn
cd their attention to the production of other articles
for their comfort or greater profit The re-
turns made by the authorities in these islands
most emphatic in declaring that their prosperity
reviyng and that the Improvement in the condi-
ton OF the negroes j. unSpeakably great, and that
morally and intellectually they are advancing. L
put this clear and unequivocal testimony Of thosc
who know whereof they speak, against the loose
assertions OF the advocates of compulsory labor"
who admit that the Cubans work their slaves to
death in average of seven years. recruiting the
decimtted ranks from Africa, and vet hold up this
system for our admir- ltion and guidance.
do not prcteni that EN- lncipaiion has with
stroke of magic converted the negioes OF the Brit-
isl West Indies into pOlishc1, rofnel, morli, and
intellectual beings. Neither did emancipation
work these miracles in UNANIMOUSLY upon ouF own
race and yet it is am NJ the earl est aad most pow
criul OF the causes of all the civilization and refine
ment we possess. lido say, however, that the
gro race in the trop:ci have m lde lrvelous ad-
vance, considering the short space Of time they
have possessed the boon of freedom. Who that
has read the horrible barbari;ies in1;cei by the
utal negroes who lssacred the entire white pop
ulation of St. Domingo and has lived to behold the
moderation ard magnanimity with which Geffard
deposed the tyrant Faustin and restored the Re
public can doubt that such is the casel contena,
however, that what emancipation II Is done for the
British West Indies, in redeeming them from the
a prQsr Or hat
the lIayiiens have been able TO do, ernsrging thro
b ood and the most awful c)nyulsions, from a con
diton the m0St abccl and brutal, = position far
more respectable than most OF the Spanish Amer
can States, is no measure Of what coIi De accom-
pliSled by freed shoa.d they BE- perm tied,
under our protection AM glil nee, 10 plant tacgn
se'ves in the tropics. TAey vou bar " th "a III
knowledge OF our civilz alton .,.,. ,,vernnent,
they would carry habits OF Industry acquired am)ns
us. and morality and religion not possessed by any
of the people of those countries; AMI If should
accord to them free homcstelds, withheld from tho
enfranchised slaves of the West Indies, We should
at once impart independence with th ,ir freedom,
elevate them in character, and assure their pros
perity The Emperor of Russia, with wisdom
learned in the stern school of adversely, finding
that his million of serfs could not defend his cM
pre against few thousand men animated hy the
arlor of freedom, has led the way for US in this
reform, and not only has given his serfs liberty.
stcads also, that they may once to the full
stature Of men whom the law can no longer en-
slave, nor want reduce to subseryiency. Wise and
gracious Prince, he has built his throne in tho
hearts of grateful millions, fortress impreg-
nable than Scbastopol. Tho nobility still resist
the execution Of this gre 1t measure of inspired wis
DOM They have not the sense to that it is the
only thing which can save them from the humilia-
ton OF defeat by foreign foes, or the sure, If not
long delayed, resentment Of those whom they have
despoiled of their manhood, without depriviug
them of the strength which enables them to des.
troy. They are like the senseess oligarchy of our
Southern States, who weaken their country by fill
iny it with degraded race, and who, tn tramplin,
down freedom, have obliterated from the hearts of
their bondmen the principle which humlnizcs the
heart, leaving the brutal yigor and the quenche.s
pission;, which will one day bring swift dcstruc-
ton on all, unless wise policy shall prevail.
Our task is not more difficult than that Of the =.
young Alexander Shall We approve ourselves
less coura geous than hc1 His ancestors have Of
ten sunk under the steel of the assassin, when their
policy conficted with that of the selfish nobility;
indeed, the assassns steel is common weapon ia
the hands ofthe cunning and cowardicc which tor
ever preside over the counSels of an 0ligarchy.-
Kings and commoners have alike felt its edge. and
hearts that throbbed for the oppressed have been
known to stain with the red drops Of life the palace
walls, the Senate's hoor and the dusty plain of
distant lands; but who can find daggers for every
heart in this land that loves libertyl The hope of
Russia may be swept away, for il lives only with
one lfe but here, its rotares are like the unnum-
bered leaves Of our forests.
have spoken of this plan Of eolonizns our
slaves as means ofcnabling them to attain high
er position and greater comfort and happiness; but
this not the only object. even the chief one, to
be attained by this grand movement Mr. Jcffcr-
son did not so regard it. He not unmindful Of
the interests of this dependent race, and ami
mated in all he said and did By sincere desire for
/ their elevation and Improvement He recognised
their claim to the rights of manhood, and desired
70 place them in position where, the legal status
of freedmen being conceded TO them, they could not
BE sunk into social nieriority by the pressure Of
different race, stronger than themselves, and in
whom "nature, hlbit, and opinion" had engrafcd
an ineradicablc antipathy Hence he favored the
separation of the for the benefit OF the negro
but still more for the sake OF his own race. "Our
physical and mora. characters sour happiness
and slfety," to use his own impressive words, de-
mand that this shall be done, 'or worse will fol-
low;' ifnot accomplished ''by the generous ener-
gies of our own minds, then it viii be brought a.
bout BY the bloody process of ST. Domingo" He
knew full we'll that the chief evils Of Slavery do
not fall on the slave; up to certain point, it is
undcnable that the slaves in this country are i'm
proved by mild subsection to a cultivated and en-
! lightened race. Who docs not know that the me-
grocs in the United States are superior 70 what
they were when brought from their native jungles.
and who does not know TINT the interest Of the
master alone, ifno higher motive, insures, in the
main, gentle and humane treatment TO the slave7
Men generally do not destroy their property by
bad treatment; and. apart from this, the OF
slave owners at the South are anmatedb By the high
est and purest motives in ther kindness their de-
pendents- But "man docs not live by bread alone,"
and the slave is denied every aspiration in this
world that scars beyond the wants Of his physical
nature-this il its condemnation-but the institn
ton deals more harshy still with the great mass Of
race. To them il denies bread even, For
it closes upon them the door by which this bread is
70 be won. 1t Injuries them fatally. by monopoli
zing and degrading all the industrial occupations,
which elsewhere supply the wants Of an indcpcn-
dent yeomanry. puts education within their rsachs
and makes improv cement possible Let me read
you the sickening description which Senator HAM
mond, the orator OF the South Carolina oligarchys
gives of the mss of non Shareholders Of his own
Safe. He says: -.f...sss.5 =. ~
'They obtain pre arous ibssence ly ooasonal jcts.
b. limiting. by fishing by plundernx fields f,Ids ard.
to- often by what is in its eli far frAsing utth
slaves and leading them 10 piundcr for fhedf bsncnt
Hear also this vivid sketch Of The fatal influence
of this system upon the State and county IN which
he lives, from Senator Clay, OF Alabama;
sIa travsrsin county, H. will discover n~ncusn
femcn occupied by slaves tcnansle~, deserted.
and dIpidaie he will ocrye fields fertile n0N M.