Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-09-29

gentle correction, { the n1ast@as high per- sonal indignitv. ar ieny one i4lted by fog- inc. no matter hosx eserying U jus. the pun ishment. he Aces t once, to fe pine forests surrounding the y where Waways cougre- oata bv dozens. d d are fad taken care of bv thelfree negro pl degradi ikvhite for years at 2 Time devaf tssing the tt by fires, and tbyztnino the liys of their listers.
 But we are iEformed, an Suppose 1t to be true. that for the suppresslopf this evil, the legislature has enacted herefore such laws. all were esteemed to be snfficletin the premises; but the courts of justice so have failed to do their duty. or the law needanendment.
 Tbe chief hardship bvever. operating with macmillan force on the lechanics of Little Rock, as the undersigned @pectfnlly submit, and for the moderation orremoval of which, they were induced to assaibe together, and form an association 'oaa Tn the tact' that they as a class, are being raidlv supplanted and driven out of employmeuat living rates, by competition with negro cFenters
 And upon this head, wllet we hold, that we have abundant ground opmplant, and that our appeals ought to reae zthe heart of every philanthropst in the Ian Still we do not fail to remember. the paramaut duties that we owe as southerners. to the inithtions of our coun- trv And assert withou the fear of successful contradiction. that our oposition to systematic emnlovment of the negr lace in the mechanic arts ,, is not only, not aslitionsm nor the sem hlanca thereof. but on ie contrary is in strict toon;ng with the tens of the most ardent southern men. when nstitutng comparison between the white an'black races
 And that we may 1t be misunderstood. and that our efforts be no paralyzea by prejudice and hostility, engendeed by total msconcep- tion of what we do hld, we announce that we ao not cayi at or dobt the propretv of train. ino neoro slaves to te mechanic arts'' for the nro6t or convenienc of the master, so long as tb.v are kept undethe immediate manage mcnt and in the ina aediate employment of the owner For instae, to the planter, 1t Is in dispensable that mngst his slaves, he should have some who ard aadesmen, sufficiently vers- od to do the honor plantation work. This for convenience ant economy is imperatvely necessary We amit, that the white mechanic carrvno on mechaical business house joining, blacksmithng or vhat not should he elect, to own and keep negoes as operatives, is some- tbino of which val neither question the legal rigbt ar moral prpriety We do object to and will resist by appals to the justice and patriot am of ourfellowctizens, whose prosperity can- mt he diseverd from our own, the growing practice Of buyhg up as matter of specula- ton and profit, negro slaves many of them so depravedand mtrustworthy as to be valueless or unfit br plartation use, and working them os n busiess, in large numbers Tn the mechanic arts. briring them in immediate and unsavory contact ad competition with ourselves, who are white. rDral, and we hope honest, not their eauals. ut their God ordained superiors.
 If tb negro is fit for the mechanic arts, he may asire to belle .letteres. If he is to be made the asscate, the equal of the mechanic, let 1 him taught the languages, mathematlcs- let hir aspire to the graces and accomplish mentsmusic drawing dancing and become patrorat once in society. As lawyer doctor, printe or merchant, he might become still more nro6tole and conso!ing to his master.
 Shdd the owner set his boy up with stock of gods-earn him the art of printing-edu- cate i'm as a physician-is there any laD to nrohft it? Yes, one-the most effective-the lawf society. But in strict legal right, could | this prevented? It could not, any more than the lgslature could say that no African slave shord be taught the mechanic arts or that he shold not practice them after acquiring the 1 knoledge.
 ye take the ground then, that this pernicious hah as practiced, affecting seriously the white labrer and through him the country at large, ount only and can alone be removed, gradu- all. withdrawn by moral suasion and argument, | am not by legislative enactments. Admitting at Il times the legal right and moral propriety ofhe master training and employing his ser vat as may prove most conducive to his domes- Ii convenience we nevertheless hold, that 1 tsend him abroad as a mechanic making cntracts and undertaking large jobs on his own account is hurtful and unjust to others owning ne- goes degrading and oppressive to us as me- nb ,,ins who are dependent upon olr caiIi,.s TOT I de support of our wives aud chiidren-depres- sng to the growth and prosperity of our city abversive of every principle and argument ad- anced by southern men holding the negro sub rdinate and inferior to the white and as being f only for menial services performed in the sugar, rice and cotton felds-the reverse of our opposition, being only maintained by northern sntment, asserting the negro to b9 eqaul in my thing, fit for any thing and entitled to all he white is.
 | We do not despair of having ultimately the vmpathes of our own race with us, by the gra- ma attainment of correct moral sentiment nd then, hope to be finally relieved of what now, to us, socially and pecuniarily sore ad distressing grievance.
 E. F. GoyWaY' q WSaYER } Com