Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-04-19
THr rAmERToAN CHT4Ie.

- the Ediior OF the Damharton. scousnd. Herald
Sra One would expect that our anti-slsVerv
societies, composed as they are OF men whose
profession is peace and good win 10 all men,
would jast now refrain from overly melting the
present quarrel in the United States, bat sx-
pect they viii assert their divine right 70 do
30. At public sntl-slavsry meeting, held in
music ball. Edinburgh, on the 4th ult, Sir
lanes G. Baird, Bart, in the chair, the Rev
DR.. Guthrie proposed he following resolution
(Which be be supported with language which
-unsquivoeaily encourages toe slave TO take his
master by the throst): "That this meeting
holds slavery and slaVeholdngts Be in violstioR
OF the second great commandment of the law
OF God, Thou shalt love Thy nsigbbor as thy-
sslf,' and The golden rule which commands to
, 'ds unto others as We would that others should
do 10 u.s." The aboTs ground Of objection
with all due respect 70 DR.. Guthrie, whom I
rank among the benefaetors OF rs kind-ths
above ground OF objection to slavery Is ridicu-
lous. ] believe the relation existing between
the slave and bic master approsch nearer to
TIE golden rule Of perfection, than snv other
that can exist between the employer and the
employed nthis mundane sphere of human
existence. To save W0rds from me- let the
words Of faithful old slave knew in Ten
nessee speak Cor the fact "Master goes 10
town 10 scufie for us-re must scufle FOR bin,
a. home" How beautiful Ibis sentiment from
the lips OF a slave Whats contrast with that
rshid revolutionary order-subverting exprss-
sion, put iuto the mouth sf George Harris in
"Uncls Tomn-"Who made this man nv mas
ter-thsps what I want TO know ?D Or IL the
ehmerists would only limit their charity to
The unromantic regions OF resiitF-f their
] oVerweening negropholism would assume the
/ character Of genuine beasvolsnce, What an ex
tensiVe field fof The exercise Of that humble
Christian virtue tAeir own country presents? !?
I What world of untold misery they might
alleviate in their own country with that money
that they are sending 70 support a turbulent
| faction in New Hork--namely the Puritan
church. Turn your attention toward your own
| country for a moment you platform and ros-
I trum phisntropists- See Yonder poor neg
leeted Scottish widow, whose emaciaied form
and bianehed cheek eloQuehtlv begpeaks the
struggle she is maintaining to support 8 mis-
cradle existence. New sinking under an ac-
eumuiated load Of misery she tsk kss two orphans
byher side, and with retiring modesty thstis Pc
/ culisr to the poor OF her nation, she endsavors
70 conceal The insiiious csnker that gnaws the
| thread Of her existence, and seeks the 90 itude
of the grove. and there 10 the stiffness Of the
night she s0bs her sorrows to the winds and
obta ins relief, that soothing kind Of meian-
eholy pleasure that bursting heart obtains in
giving uurestrained vent 70 long psnt up grief
o, but ] vii be told that she Is free-she en-
JOYS her liberty Yes, she has enjoyed a sur
felt Of libedy--ll5erty to stsrvsl This is no
light picture drawn from fancy, sir. T. is stub
born reality. But home suffering is too unro-
mantle for our phiiahtaropists-il is too real
hey csnnot, they will not believe that their
| own industTieus, haTi-working fellow citizens,
/ frsm the msseerness Of their daily wages are
/ Of necessity compelled 70 exist on sustensnee
I that the slave would spurn. There is an ample
held open % these humanitsrisns # they are
I IN ear est; there are thousand ways in which
! they N ght serve God and their country, where
saths cause OF TIE slave Is beyond their inau-
enes FOR good or evil The slave will compare
/ favorsby with any laboring population in Eu-
rope, iu 30 FAR as the material comforts Of life
) are ccacernsd, and mos. Of the pleasures like