, 1862-06-30

4 class Of politicians in the country, the |
size Of whose ears is out OF just proper |
tion to the quantity Of their brains, believe |
that in the event OF emancipation in the
south, the whole northern country would
be quickly oTerrun with liberated slaves
and that no northern woman would be
sure that she was not preordainco to give
birth to mulatto child As they believe, 50
they teach. But the southern men know
better than that; and as shameless as most
Of them are in their defenses Of slavery IS
principle, few have had the hardihood to
venture upon such assertions rs are con-
stan t1y reiterated in the Democratic jour
mails Of the free States One Of these south
erners writing in the Louisville Journal
on the superiority Of bondage over freedom
for the black race, says:
Moreover. il the negro desires to escape from
the PRESENCE OF what Ie called elayeholding tyran
ny. he would emigrate to the North Is BOON as
enanclpated, and shaks the dust from his feet.
This, however i not the fact. But We uust nd-
init that the negroes Of the North hare not tripled
their number in Ei1ty yeatB.
Not OILY the slaya blacks in the South chow
their superiority the blacke Of the North, but
the free blacks also appesr to flourish better under
the Influences OF Southern eoeiety- The free black
population Of the South has 1ncrea 7ed from 1870
to 1850 from a. 57 to ass ISL, an Incl ease OF more
than seEen fold. How is this to be accounted for
We may suppose that they ha7e equaIled the freo
whites or the s1ave negroes-this would be the
utmost suppoGah1e; but this would leave about
soDoo OF the ic1casc to he accocnted for By e1nau
cipation-te voluntary 0:}t Of freedom from nsas-
Etrs to their sldrss. or the 1arge number thus
emancipatcd In the South, why have go few fed
from their *thonse Of bondage the miserable
sccncs and assocfatoipE Of their crue1 treatment,
their (metsphoricaI chzius, their eocial outlaWrJs
Why hsye they not 1ed from the presence Of their
cruel t5rsnts to that delightful land Of negro free
dom where they might be lifted into higher con-
dition and take the ou:stretched hands Of those
who cry, "Am not I man and 8 brother3"
We can answer the question IS We have
answered it many times before: Because
the climate and productions Of the South
are peculiarly fitted to the tropical consti-
tuition Of the negro. That is why. More
than this. Strike the chains mot always
*metaphorical') off every slave in the
South today, aud not only would every
slave stay in the locality in which he was
freed, but the co1ored men Of the North, i
assured Of only decent protection under TIL
law,would hasten southwark to luzutiate il
the climate which is so congenial to thei
physical wants. The proof does not res
upon mere assertion, but upon facts whicl
are The result Of long observation and tn
most careful ana1ogies-an Strengthens
and c3inched by the industrial necessitie
Of the South, which negro, but not neceE
sa1ily slave, labor must supply: In tn
hope that it will act as 81 anodyne, "
commend the extract from the Jou7na
(high southern nuthoritY,) to the attentio
Of all howlers who do not sleep o'nigh1
for fear that, by-and-by, they will be con
PEELED to share their beds with male eindiYi'
uals Of the despised race.