East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-01-17
A English View Of our OuarrcIs.


The London Times Of the 9th Of De-
ccnihcr has another leader on the Amerl'
can CRISIS. 1t would seem that the
English people were beginning to realize
the magnitude of the question. The
Times says:
"The feelings which now divide the
United States into antagonists must tend
to tighten the grasp of the slave owner,
on the one hand and, on tue other, tn
provoke the fanatiscisn and the ingenu-
" of the abo!itioniSt. The very language
of the Southern States brcaths personal
apprehension aud defiance. IL Is iu vain
To- dispute the danger, but at least 1t may
he met with reason. As the Southern
States certainly would not mend matters
hy a separation, and as the Northern
States can do nothing, and have done
nothing, to mitigate the evils for which
they profess so much adherence, all that
can i've done is to take n moderate and
iational view of the subject
"To both the Northern and Southern
States we beg to suggest what has hap
pened in this country. a few years ago
all England went crying mad over story
which certainly was masterpiece ot
writing. The first impression was that
which the writer intened-an unbounded
horror of slavery and Indignation against
the slave master. Never was eloqucnce
better listened To-; never had an argument
fairer play, for at least 900, 900 British
men and women read or listened 20 the
book in the silence oi their homes, aud
the fair advocate carried the Synpathie'
sn.llbound to the last line of the last
pape. What is now the result We
are fair and reasoning people. We
have looked into the condition of tho
negro, as Described 10y the novelist :
We have "realized" the institution. y
We have apprehended the greatness o
, the facts, and asked ourselves, Wha
, can be done ?" We have compared tn
= evil with evils Of our own, and reilecte'
: with what difficulty we get over-if "
t do get over-our own social mischief
e and scandals. There is no use in violen
| language, we say tn ourselves; what ~ I
n be done That is the question. w
D have, too, been made aware, and hav
a had it brought home to our conscenc'
e that we consume largely slave-grown cot
a ton, aud sugar, aud coffee, and that tn
n very paper on which million copies
I Uncle Toms Cabin were spread over tn
!, country was made from slave produce.
= Returning then to our senses, to OF
. reason, and to our conscience, we hav
v come to take mnch quieter view OF III
u domestic institution" We feel for III
l. slaves, but we feel also for the master
and we have satisfied ourselves that
does no good to the former to abuse Il
=" latter. We are aware, too, that slavel
'e was a British bequest to the States. a
~ y thi,e considerations apply quite as muc
aad more nearly by several degrees,
the Northern States.
"Mav not this quarrel give way to
NJ calm, in which the real difficulties of &
~ question will be met and quietly q
W swered 1t is too true that the col
DC merce Of the United States is almost,
O. not quite, as much committed to slave
~ a. its agriculture. For what would NJ
c,, York be without slavery? Bat VIII
9" alas would Liverpool and Mancheste
: What this metropolis? Cannot oil
10 partners in this business put their hea
ne together, shake hands over the quar-
er and think what can be done to mitig'
ne what is so difficult TO abolish? Perha
'ht we speak to the deaf, but anything
better than dividing State against Sta
house against house, and servant agai'
nc, master in the most rising nation in
world"