The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-20


national Tag which Goats from ts dcne and this would
be an end which southern patriotism and southern honor
q Be sua ,ra the
upon the course each was taking in present niss
he passed high euogy on Mr. Lincoln, and conclusion
mark Of the high calling % which his country men have
destined him. (Applause) The band striking IN With
vote Of thanks was then given BY asolauation, to
me Wide Awases being called upon to olosc the pro-
marched through tho centre Of Inc hail and toaS posi-
ton the front Of the platform Two Songs were sarg
them the andierce joning in he chorus, after which
The Relations OF the North and south.
soNR rNAEswERABIE QUESTIONS FOR WIDE AwAKEs
AND ABoLTri0NIsrS
10 HE lpnoR OF THE HERALD.
. srrNA, Ala, Sept. 10, 1850
viii you allow ne through your paper to put few in.
teYogaons 70 The 'swde wakes" Of the North. Your
paper being conservative in its tone, has wide crcala
ton South, but the 7rloans is too ncendiary Such
paper would do in any element where danger In the
dark' s not deadly enemy but to allow the free circu
atcn OF paper whose avowed purpose ID the annihia
iion Of slavery would foolshbesdes this more of oar
slaves read than the ool opheIs Of the rbn. wot
o. But TO the "wide Awakesr Gentlemen 40 you know
that Abe Lincoln IL sectional mab2 DO you know tina,
hannibal Hamn one sixteenth part negro and openly
gorts in III Do you know that slave labor cannot
exist where Tree labor can be made avaabes Do you
know that cots more 70 pay the interest and tsxes
and feed and clothe slave plantation than would
pay The hire Of free Eborer ami half ssy nothing Of
the risk Of lost time by sickness and twenty years Of old
age that The slave ueless to his master Here are The
proofs Tho average cost OF plantation hand 81 20O
The interest on this or twelve months is At eight per
cent s9C insurance 900 county ami State tax, 81 his
feed and clothing, s4s so; in Oh s17s 60 FREQ fArm
aborer be hired for sl2 ia the North or
coet about amount Of slave labor and give
the poor negro no showing at all where white labor
protection Is the climate, where the white iaborer
Cannot crowd him, and whore good master is OF
value to him than silver and gold, the mock phian
thropy OF his abolition frepds Again DO you ask
yourselves who IL Is that thirds tho pro-
ducts Of your abcr' and do you know that your rail
splitting enthusiasm you abou, to rob yourse res Of
large amount Of your bread and butter and that the
South has large committee OF S)uthsra gentlemen ia
Eogsrd negotiating for Tree trade between that country
and Southern states 10 the event of dissolution ID You
know that We are fast seeking for pleasures and
times in Europe, where spend money and buy
"wde awske enough 10 respect our rghtsi and do
you hnow that in England shall rod valuable SUBJ
sstu,e fos tbs North, and that English viii glory in
adiFsoiuton Of the States aud furnishing money aud
osncr REQUISITES, and that you are tools in
the hArts Of designing politicians, who would
their shbitioLf And do the working meo among tho
Wide Awskes know, that in the event or the election Of
hars nor ana .na Snu sna they VIII
thsn they ever bugAired fors ind they know that
every move made IN favor Of black repubcanism brings
Of John Brown and the rifles Of BeecLerl and do they
know that in self defence bound TO hang every
abotionist or other person that nnd tamperng at
midnight with our negroes' and 90 you think that we
wide awakcs Of The South win permit an invisible
enemy to exist IL our miisi, p,oiting our death
and the ravfhment Of our wives and children
in tho mid hours Of the night Not We. would your
just think Ct ihs and you can better appreciate posi-
ton You may diseiaim all this, but we have only to
point TO Seward Greeley Co. your leaders, " confirm
the statement; aud also examine your tickets it not
secional1 Can you hud the name Of single Southern
man on IT. Verify, Gentlemen, you must DO blinded by
enthusiasm for rsispittng that proveuts you from
counting the cost. And nov, in conclusion, II the North
tt persists In this courfe and after all fair and
vatve ext Aueed by the SOUTH and depending
our gigantic strength yon are still determined 10 for
get the compacs Of your forefahe and oppress those
whosc predecessors fought side by side with ours and
freed country from British oppression, and framed
constitution when two thirds Of the then Northern States
slave States and recognized slavery as cousttu-
tops-n you choose TO forget all this and much more
continue indirectly the being
enacted Texas and which led 10 tho midnight attempts
OF John Bro an, only va have further
for ershp 81 States whose interests apparently
diamtirso opposite, and whose existence oppres-
slve and dangerous 70 rs Ia the extreme Very respect
fully, GEO. o. BAKER