The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-05-16
A Few Trifing Errors.

Ially gives him or them the means to
10 1t. lie is accommodating In
, this particular, and honors such
drafts to any amount. Thus II Q
tman steals, he generally has the
F., facnlty Of lying to get ont Of tiff
he commits any special Elm, tho 9th
ersins n ,ck to his aid with a refresh
: ling hnanimity. But prodieal as
Satan is, in these gifts he must have
been astonished az well as gratifiod
1st The long pulls the few Iocofocos
who are stirring in tho matter Of
prohibiting negroes from breathing
the atmosphere OF Ohio have made
upon him. Fret in urging tho per
sccution OF fow weak, helpless, in
offensive people, they committed en-
act so inexpressibly mean that be
side it petty larceny rises to the dig
nifty OF virtue OF the frat msgni
tude, then to holp them out they
trump up somo scores OF reasons for
their action.
They assert as a reason for their
, opposition to the poor sons OF Ham,
that permit them to settle among us,
= and those escaping from bondage In
the South will como here and go in.
> crease the negro population as to
mako IL a nuisance. This they
: know or ought to know is a lie. No
: negro would stay moment north
of the Ohio river il he could stay
anywhere else. Notwithstanding
the risks the free negroes run in
the Slave States Of being reduced to
slavery, notwithstanding the eforta
that have been m de to drive them
out, there are now 10 those states
twice as many free negroes as there
y arc in the North, where they are a.
lowed to live in safety. When
" New York and Pennsylvania emsn.
:. ..Icipa,ed the slaves there was a per
feet stampede for warmer climate
and these states in one of which the
:, negro has the privilege Of voting
u there are but comparatively few ot
:, them. DO away with slavery ir
- Kentucky, and the Ohio. negroes
>, would 20 there--destroy the institu
:. tion in louisiana AMI theywould g
;. there from Kentucky, and il there il
= q hotter country where they woult
e bo permitted to live, they woul'
:. find il. II 10 not from choice tba
- they endure the rigors OF Ohio ant
Canadian winters. II is becaus,
~ they prize liberty above everything
else, and willingly give up the c'i
II mate they wcro made for, for thu
sake Of being in some respects men
!, Another point 10 that an influx o
. negroes would degrade labor. w,
:. have always lsbored under tn , he'
that labor was honorable in and oi
). = itself, and could not be degrading
= Labor is the common lot OF all-ant
= 10 honorable whether done by
a black, red or white man. Truo, ir
d the southern states labor BY q white
man is not honorable, for the reasol
N that chattels white, yellow and btscl
N are owned by the pure whites, wh,
do il all. In such countries tn
owners, exempted from labor, natu
rally have contempt for the own
" ed, and shun the labor imposed up
on them as degrading. But VI
10 hope our Niger hat, RS will not Dor
row that idoa from our Southern
" brethren, as they do if they admit
; that labor, under any circumstance.
: can DO degrading.
y Because Mr.. Hegler (who is o
10 dark complcxion) shoes horses o,
y tho north bank Of the river. is horse
AZ shoeing on the south bank by me-
)" OF lighter skins degrading? Messrs
'' Conway and Sweet earn an homes
y subsistence by the practice OF th'
'e tonsorial art--does it make the ex
- cr,ions of Mr.. Gelselhart (who /
10 pure Whitley in the same line of bus
= ness any the less honorable Nc
No that We can see. 70
But their promp.er sometime
serves them scaly tricks. For ir
OF stance ono paper that has howle
10 niger vociierously, had two item
* in tho Same column on the suhjeo
We Ono argued the prohibition on Ii
mt ground that every one Of them woul
DE have to be supported by the publ