Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-03-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr.. Jarvis Letter, No. 5.

unreasonable. cruel and sacrileglous. IN
reasonable. because reason cannot suppose
that the Almighty. in constituting an intel
lectual being, would withhold qualifications
which he gives to another, when that act, as
natural consequence, will damage both.
Cruel because the very fruit of the senti-
ment is to reduce the subjects of Divine de-
privaton to mean, abiect slavery, for which
they find rretext and example in the act
of the Almighty-and it is sacrilcgious, as
it ascrhcs to the Almighty partial and an
evil act, fraught with evil consequences OF
great magnitude to his creatures, and at the
same time dcpriycs him Of the honor and
praise of constituting his intellectual crca-
lures with the utmost capabilities and the
greatest possible capacity for useful and
happv existence This sentiment teaches
that the evils of slavery, if slavery is an
evil. are chargeahle to the Almighty, be
cause he has made Negroes, and that dis
qualified for freedom, the evil is in the act
of the Almighty, he has made Negroes with
out qualifications Indispensable to freedom.
Thus. 1.-The evil is not So much in slavery as
in the existence Of the Negro race in our
midst. says Mr. J. Slavery, the fruit OF
the white mans a1ariec. does not enhpdy
the evil that i. sacred. Divine The great
wiekcdness is in the act Of God, making Ne
gr5es unqualified for freedom. - the pro-
tatypc Of slavery is found in the economy Of
God, and following up that economy. adNo-
Gates for slavery, offer a sort Of devotion to
tive Almighty for making creatures for slay-
cry.
In the days Of the Druids, the fathers Of
the present advocates of American slavery
believed in human sacrifices and offered them.
They We're cannbals and believed the Crea-
tor to be great invisible man-cater, and
following up this sentiment they made a
great man or image of wicker wood and
ala@e It eat 39.et or n Store ef living Pc
pie. and then set fire t. it. and made a great
burnt sacrifice Of them and il seems by the
prevalence of this strange sentiment, that
eaveholder> and slavery advocates view the
Almighty to h a great invisible mauutae-
turcr Of slaves and the institution Of slavery
is erected in which to offer millions a living
sacrifce-poar victims OF strange dclasi5n
Bat We viii submit this sentiment Il the
test Of some plain, simple remarks /. Il
l. proper to inquire What tie freedom i,
whether Of an individual er matt nal char
aetcr? 1t seems that both ara intended FOL
the statement, the Ncgr5 has been a slave
from time immcmorial, before the erection
Of tie pyramids Of Egypt, ret,rs T. indi-
yidual character hut the direction t. wit
ness i. Domingo' seems to refer t. nation
al capacity, which will lead Us t, consider
the sentimen; in relation t. both individual
and national capacity. What are thu
qualifications which are Indispensable L
freedom? T. be a free citizen Of free gov
crnmcnt. the Negro needs what all other men
neel, /. a mental and physical eapahility OF
acquiring 4 livelihood hy labtr, and The
transaction of business this. with due
observance Of civil laws. and the rules Of -
cial intercourse, Is all that is necessary t.
entitle him u FREE citizenship--if he hasnot
this caIability he lacks . the qualifications
which are Indispensable II freedom and ;,
does the white man. \ man with thte.
qualifications, black or white, though Ia,
may not I've able To read or write. will under.
stand and appreciate his privileges, a. a frc,
citizen. including the elective franchise
Some Captains and many other mcn. d.
business by making their mark without he-
ing able u write their name Their citizen.
ship is not doubted, nor l. he douhtcd,
that high intellectual culture, and high at.
tainmcnts in art and science arr not nccc,-
,ary to free citizenship If the statesman
ship Of Webster, the generalship Of Yelling
ton or B1napartc, or the Divinity Of Wat
son were required 70 entitlc one u freedom
or free citizenship, there would I've but few
- enjoy freedom But has the Nesro thes,
qualifications He has, and thccxistcnec o,
the free Negro proves it-thcrc are oscl
800 200 free Negroes in the United States
and most of them in the slave States
In Cuba. where the population i ltd,
over million. and the blacks number about
30 900. there are about 200 900 slaves. In
Porto Rico, whcrc the population in $50
was iiS zoe. there. wer. over 100 GOO FREE
blacks or c'lar,'l rer- 'n> and the slaves com
raratively few In all the West Indies. cx-
ccpt Cuba and Port, Rico, the black Jnpila-
tion are free and in south america. Mckee.
Europe, and wherever thu commerce Of civ
iized nation, has enabled the Negro t. chi
CRATE, or where he ha, k-'n taken hy force.
there are free blacks in greater or les. mum
bcrs
Herr, then, is ample proof that the Negro
has capacity for individual freedom. Here
are free Negroes in every commercial nation.
manifcsting qualifications which are inli,-
pensahlc To freedom the free Negro main
tains himself if he did not, and could not,
then he would have 10 % into slavery The
Negro does not furnish his quota or proper
tion of paulers, in any State, county OF
town. lie earn, his bread in the sweat OF
his brow, not being dependant on the white
man, (any more than other mem except in
the ordinary demand for labor 1t is said he