The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-28
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.

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What Tobacco Planter Of Maryland Thip
Of the Politics Of the Day,
|. WIGwAM, NEAR BukSA VISTA, p. O.. Nd. : D
March I, 1850.
M. BKssEr1-You are aware have been for seve
years subscriber 70 the daily New YoaK HuRAIp, =
OCCASIONALLY voluntary contributor to it's cou nns
reside in Prince Georges county In the beautiful ana
tile valley Of the Patuxent, "where the Wild msvnti
sfow I'VE Over and Often while sapsrnssnding the BAL
aERAID the abolition sermons, lectures and speeches
nessis Seward, Giddings, Garrison, Beecher, FRI
upon them Notwithstanding ma1y have denouoced
NEW YORK HERALD a. the focus where all the Abolition
ne United States = concentrated, and have been
saed not TO subscribe TO II, yet know from your q
editorials that you ga NATIONAL Union loving and
State rights man' and believe that In Publishing tn,
MON can be tolerated While reason Is len free To- CT
bat IT,"
You have bored without ceaaing TO convince the vo
mg glasses, tho manufacturers, the merchants and c
servatve men Of the North OF the effects which vo,
naturally result from their quietly allowing the abo
s who once formed 20 small portion OF the populat
to miarepresent their opinions and interests and Of
great importance Of their ralyng the rescue 70 prev
further inroads upon the rights Of the South. me matt
a course which the HERALD has taken on the slavery az
ton. and the fact of It's being perfect
news Of the whole world expect has increased It's ci
aton IN the last four years south OF the Ohio river
&a0U880Q COOf60 i
Mby the readers Of the RKRAID Il the Norm You'd Nh
Know what STAKEHOLDER thinks and how he feels ~
resding the abolition sermons, lectures, and speec
which you have published. I, therefore hope YOU
md room for this communication in your columns
Ny education may have been very detective for v
taught from my Bible TO believe slavery wos divine in
tuition The higher law" Of my Bible = written IN
commandments. nnd these words in the iourth-.s
thou shalt do no manner Of work; thou, and thy .
vsnt And in The enth are these Wordsa nnn !.
not covet thy neghbors house, thou shalt not covet
neignbors VIE nor his servant" When t~o out Of
an acknowledged institution Are We not convInce
y divine institution, when read In Levitacus char
20, verses A to d." Both thy bondmen ana thy DO
maids which thou shalt have shall be Of the heas6en
are round about you; Of them shall ye buy bondaon
oondmaids Moreover, OF the children Of the strane
Of their familks that are 9Th You which tSsv Ss,,s
your land, and they ehsll be your possession And
tba take them - an Inheritance for your children at
You, to inherit them for possession they shall be "
bondmen for ever; but your brethren the child
Of Israel, ye sha not rule over one another With rRo
we aso reaa m O.cssians, ohsp 3, verses q and
the tsh; not with every service Is men p,esssrs Bat
.retnets Of heart fearing God. And whatsoever We
ing that OF The LORD ye eba receive the reward Of
'nheriance, for you rerve the Lord.Chrit."
We read ~ follows In rtus, chapter e verses and
Exhort servapA TO be obedient TO their own masu@
and to pease them we'll IN all things werinR ara
ios purlcniDg, but showing all sooc fidelity, that IL
sdosn the doctrine Of God our Saviour In iii thine
In First Peter. chap. 2, yer Is, are these wore
Servants, be subject your masters with ali fear
only TO the good and gentle also 10 the frow ard
Especially when we read In First Timothy chapter Vi
verse to 4,-"Iet many servants - are under d
yoke count their own masters % worthy Of al hone
that the pans OF God ard his doctrines be hlssphe
And they that have believing masters, let them not
hptte them, becaufe they are brethren; but rather
them service, because they faithful and beloved
partakeTs OF the benefit These things teach and ex
II any man teach otherwise and conduct no. 70 Who2
come words, even the words Of our Lord Jesus ChYt
and to the doctrine which according 70 godness he
Al, INIT =,
with evil surmisings" =
Beecherism and TyDgsm. This 10 the higher law
the South The slavehoder can take his Bible in bis han
and discuss the higher law doctrine Of tbs North
any time or In place There much said the Mort
about the cruel lash Of the stakeholder. feeholde
ut the North should steal hog, sheep, commit an
great so ns = put in the psnensy for yssr
dren whereas The slave in The South is whipped for suc
would prefer him 70 be punished and let TO- that the,
might be supported; but the Law says NO. have n
souns could Be asse.ta;nsd, would be proven ther
children M tho North, than are receved by the slaves
When remember IN al civilized communities thor
must Of necessity be showers Of wood and drawers O
wAter-when contr The fe OF the slave In the Sou
with the life Of the free negro in the United States au
Canada, or compare il with the poor In Northern
cities, or with the poor and working classes In Eorope
but especially with tho Arcsn In his native land and se
DOW lar happier the life OF the slave In the South ehov
much better be provided M and taken OF than tn
above clasees-aDd when remember the nssurai indo
lent disposition OF the African race help believ
ing savery to be Divine institution, and that saveho
er. are the instruments in the hands OF an Anwss Pro
vidence.
Yes. the Shareholders are Instruments in the hands
the same Alwise Providence who, for the benefit
civilization Of the slave ana for other reasons beyond
ken, ordained the whole commerce of the WORT.
"a s' ss xso s.'' oa s T.
co, sugar, rice, coffee and naval stores
Has free labor produced them In sufficient quantities
follows hs own inieress aud FREQ labor was more va
liable than slave labor Il would he employed TO rails
these product. n the United States ibe West Indies
the Brazts, which arc all open to tree labor.
power Of the slave states over the free sases Tns for
and compete with sisvc labor vhilc ct the North law
are passed 70 prevent the southcrner from brngng BIZ
slave labor in competition with FREQ labor The NcrtI
Pass prohibory laws because they afraid of cope
ton while the South throws open every avenue ana IN
v!ses the free laborsr to come and help and learn them
they can, how v make coffee tobacco cooa Tsce sugar
tar, pitch and turpenine ana they cannot 40 n.
standing has been contepded from the DAYS OF Wber
icrce down 70 the present time that white lsborer
The London fme the official organ OF the leading sbo
honsis n the world under the date OF uy TO- Is56 M
commenting upon the negotiation between Lord C,ueP
oon ana Sepor Don Victor Hernon about the colony y
huaan and the Bay Iesnos makes this remarkable ana
rue admission" One ,brg W may promise, snd pro
wish for territory on the Central American ooss. ~ o,
WI West India Islands fast relApstng into print.
We saragenets When the rich lands OF jamaica are
eng yearly abandoned, aud when Ia Trinidad and Gu
ma cultivation has almost coased, Il is not likely that
England will care TO extend her soverexny fayher over
tropical territory which only Be broue into use by
the system Of slavery which she has so.ennly con
denned."
Now is the North willing (admittius for arguments
AXE II has tho power) 70 abolish slavery in the
outhern Sates, - EpglADd aid In Jsu,a;ca. rrjui.
I'D and Guiana, and lst The rich fslas Of the
outh "be Abandoned" lot 'cultirs,ioo almost
cesse and let tho society Of the Southern ssese NE
those islands, fist " relapse into state OF n,i,tIve
savagenefssv would this be profitable .Ysukee suscu
lAtonr' Wcuh such change benedt the iphsoiants OF
the northern estes whether they were Of
cotton or engaged 70 any other pursuit. LEI tie shoe
makers a Lynn, MASSACHUSETTS, auswer me hborI,p
caeees, the manufacturer the merchants and sesen 81
the North are fsr more interested in slavery and rae
products Of slave labor than the s,Ayehoider OF tho
South, because the profits the article Is
always greater that that made on the raw material
Let The citizens Of the Northern States nat down All
abolition newspapers and societies by not can1butiue 10
or attending them. And II they do in reality loye III,
negro 70 sincerely Why let them take care Of the free