Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-06-14

tvscfios Of the Uxi0s asd tie prosperity Of
Dersocrafic America; axd, to sccsye their o5-
.iecf, they care no more for debt Of eco. .0OO..
600 sterl,.g and the commercial sxis Of tie
BritisA IVest Isdia Islasds. than for tic ash
cs Of that cigar yos are smokisg."
In the above sketch. repeat. do not
profess to give the language Of Mr.. L., but
have endeavored. in my own language, to con-
vey Nv Impression made ubon my mind Of
the course Of reasoning by which Mr.. w.
came to his conclusion. The words in italics,
however. arc very nearly the words used by
Mr.. Lcggett.
What strack me as particularly notewor-
thy in Mr. Leggetts's narrative was, that he.
fire the experiment Of negro emancipation in
the British Vest Indies had been fxlly tried,
and whae Mc. friends and sxpporteys Of the
measure pr9fessed TO beliere that its effects
would be happy xpos those Immediately con-
mected rith ii, bOth in the islaxds and in Eng.
land, an agent Of the British Government,
mho must hare lad uncommon opportxxities
for forming sound judgement IN the case,
Expresses that they icho controlled the actiox of
the gorernment kmev, achen they gare Meir
sanction to the measure, that there ,cas erery
reason to erpect that IL woxld be calamitoxs
to the negroes. to the planters, and to tile Brit
ish people, and knev too, that they could easi-
ly hare pyercntcd il, but that Mcy still sup
ported and encouraged Il, because it sc0xld
promote tie interest Of the English aristocya-
cy by enabling them to ercite in the free States
Of America Such an anti-slarcvy .fcelixg as
wo@ld lead to dicisioa Of the american Un-
ion and tie destrxction Of the great Demo-
cratic Republic.
A constant attendance at the meetings Of
religious and phlanthropic societies, and es-
pccially Of nnti-slavery meetings, during a
residence of four years in London, thoroughly
satisfied me that anti-slavery meetings and
excitemcnts are got up in England, not for the
purpose of removal or an amelioration Of
tho evils Of slavery i'll any part of the world,
but chiefly, if not exclusively, with view to
keep up in the hearts of the English people
hatred Of the people and institutions Of
America.
And rs to our own country, all who are ac-
quaintcd with the history Of the anti.slavery
movement here, know that, prior to the aboli-
tion of slavery in the British colonies, the
American anti-slavcry sentiment was cni-
ncn,ly kind, considerotr, rational, and Chris
tian; Mnt II had already happily e0ected the
graduM abolition cf slareyy in all tile North-
or. States. anil mas at the time rcry actirc in
tie border Stare States, especially among the
shareholders, who, after Individually emanci-
patng scores of thousands of their own slaves
united with each other in anti.slavery socie.
ties to promote the gradual, but eventually
total. abolition of slavery by law in their re-
sp.ctivc States. with fair prospects Of success
in Delcwarc. Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky,
and Missouri, and with some hopo even in
North Carolina aud Tcnnessec-e
of the slaves in the most Of these States to
90 hand in hand with their removal to other
lands.
1t is also well known, that Immediately af.
ter the abolition Of slavery in the British col
onies anti-slavery societies of a totally differ
cnt character were formed in New England,
and that these societies were based on tho
principles Of bitter hatred to all Shareholders,
and fierce denunciation Of the measures
which had been framed with great considera-
ton aud wisdom by Southern slaveholders.
for the welfare of their slaves and the eleva-
ton of the negro race. 1t is known that the
supporters Of these New England anti-slavery
societies established newspapers, and issued
tracts. employed lecturers. and devised plans,
evidently intended to irritate Southern men,
and provoke to acts which would irritats
Northern men, and provoke rctaliatory acts.
and thus by continued angry action and re-
action, ripen hostility between the North
and tho South, which would naturally end in
dissolution Of the American Union. This
system of hostility has been kept up now for
twenty five years, and, with what effect. let
the present state of tho country answer.
How much Of the large amount Of money
expended BY American GbOlitionists in support
of this organized system Of hostility to the
Constitution OF the United States. has been
contributed in England. We know not. hut we
do know that. while conservative Americana
have often been publicly and wantonly in.
suited in England in connection with tho ala
very question. and without apclagy. where
apology was due. from members Of the aris-
tocracy, other Americans, whose chief claim
to notice was the zeal and success with which
they had attacked fundamental law Of their
country and promoted bitter sirife between
the people of iis two great sections. have been
invited 10 the homes Of the English nobility.
latiered, Lonored. and encourage on their re-
turn to America 10 renew their warfare upon
the people and institutions of tho South.
These facts are readily explained on the tl'so'
nv Of Deputy Commissary General Wilson.
that the aim Of the English aristocrncy is to
perpstuate their own power and privileges by
destroying the great American Democratic
Republic, and they cannot. We think. be more
satisfactorily explained on any other theory.
SIDNEY L. M0ass.
T. The Scriptures speak ofs man asking
for bread and receiving q stone. The Heb
els call for salt and got pcppercd. They