, 1863-08-19

II Is IN 11e 6Aue%shpull lua9 I0e cE1uln31
ca]umpiates his prosecutor, and the felon re-.
yiles bis accuscr. Il is, therefore, utterly un-
true that the shareholders haTe made the
chairs Of the negro more heavy through any
fur Of Abolition
Yet If you tell the truth, if the fact be that
the negro is made to suffer for the zeal Of the
AboIitiorfsts; II he Is treated with Increased
cruelty by reason Of the tauas Of the friends
Of abolition, then, 1ndeed, ~ the Shareholders
must he truly Satanic raceI Their conduct,
according to You, is d1abolical. The Abou-
tiopists commit nm ofTense, and the unhappy
negroes are punished. The Abolltionists no
late the laW Of property, md the penalty Of
anything he more repugnant to every idea Of
justice> Yet this is your statement.
Ne, on the other haEd, utterly deny the
truth Of your allegations; and where we 1nd
you cainmniate the STAKEHOLDER, we become
their advocates against your calnmny: You
and observation-disclosures Of Constitutions,
makers Of laws-eyerybody. The s1ayehold-
crS are not tayorites Of ours, but Te will do
men Justice, and will not permit you to iu1-
pnte IN impoeeible crime to them.
You tell u5, with IN air Of t.iumpb, that
law giver. II 1t be SO, how much does II en-
hance the guilt Of your conduct, sthat yon
GEEK to turn public opinion against the slaye
and In fayor Of the Shareholder! that you
1aud the master as generous and humane, and
dlspazage, as much as you can, the unhappy
kla5e; Instead Of influencing, as Iriahmen
ought to do, the public mind in favor Of the
oppressed. You carry your exaggeratlons to
n ludicrous pitch, denotiug your utter igno-
rarce of the history of the human race.
You say that ssthe negro Is really inferior as
a race; that slavery has stamped its debaslug
influence upon the Africans; that between
him and the white-a1most century would
f,a IN o3 +hc nh n$ar IF fha
one, and to destroy the antipathies Of the
other" You add-we use your own words
1.-THE very odor Of the negro is almost insult
feEab!e to the whites; aud however much hu.
exist together. on equal terms under our
Government and our Institutions
We quote this paragraph at full length, be-
eauec It is<replete with your mischievous
o the a rst plsce oat odor Of {ao negroes
We are quite aware that they have not US yet
come to use much Of the otto Of roses or can
de cologne. But We implore Of your f4stldi-
ousness to rccollect TINT multitudes Of tho
children Of white men have negro women for
their mothers; and that our British travellers
powerirg stencil Of stale tobacco spittle as
the prevailing "odor'' among the native free
Americans. It would be better to check this
nasal sensfbility on both sides, on the part Of
the white as well IS the blacks. But It Is, in-
deed, deplorable that you should use 1udi-
crous assertion Of that description as one Of
the Inducements to prevent the abolition Of
at least as sweet when free, as they nov do,
being slaves.
Tour important allegation is, that the no.
groes are, naturally, IN inferior ace.--Thdf
Is q totally gratu1tous assertion upon your
part. In America yoq can have no opportu-
NStfx n$ ~nntr 4fn VA A1~,
contrary, ia most Of your States 1t Is crime
sacred Heayen!-a crime to educ1te even q
Tree negrol How, then, can you judge Of the
negro race, Ehen you see them desplscd and
con- emre1 By educated clasees-reriled and
looked dorm upon az iuferiors The nj! gro
race, has, naturally, some Of the finest quali-
ties. They are naturally gentle, generous,
are rs brave and os fearless as any other Of
the ruce Of human beings; but the b1cs sinrs
Of education are kept from them, aud they are
judged Of, not as they would b. with proper
cultivation. hut as they are rendered BY cruel
and dehatlng oppression. It Is rs old as the
day which sees MN slave takcs away halt
his worth. Slavery actually brutallzes human
beings.
It is about sixty years ago when one Of the
Sticks, not far south OF Fec, In Morocco. who
was in tic habit Of faceumulating white slaves,
European Power, gave for his reply that, by
his own experience, he found ii quite mani.
fest that white men were Of an inferior rlce,
intended bg nature for slaves; and lie pro.
dueed his own brutalized white Slaves to IL
luetrate the truth Of his assertion. and a
case Of m American, With a historic name
John Alame-- is quite familiar. Some twen-
tyf1ye years sgo-not moro-Johu Adams
ms ttn sole survivor Of an American crew
wrecked on the African coast. He was taken
into the interior a. the slave Of an Arab chief
lie was only for three years a slave, and the
English and American Consnls having been
informed Of 4 white mans slavery, claimed
him and obtained his liberation. In tbs short
space of three years be had become completely
bruta1ized; he bad completely forgotten the
English hnguoge, without having acquired
the natirc tongue. Ha spoke Kind Of gab.
bic, as uninte11ectual as The dialects Of most
Of your negro slaTes; apd many montha
clapeed before he recovered his former habits
and ideas.
It is also curious fact, as connected with
Ame11ca, tlat tie children Of the Anglo
Saxon race, and Of other Europeans bora In
America, were for many Years considered as a
degraded and inferior class. Indeed it was
admitted, as If it we're m axiom, that tho NJ.
tire born American was In notlliog equal to
Ills European prcgeui.or; and so far from the
tact being disputed, many philosophic dis
sertatlons Ttrc published endeavoing to &C.
connt for the alleged debasement. Tne orly
doubt was about the cause Of 1t. s'Nobody
coub.ea,'' to use your OWN words, thst the
nntiye born Americans Tera really an inferior
ruce.n Nobody dares to say now, and no.
body thinks it. Let It then be recollected
that Fou have never yet seen the negro edu'
cated. An English traveller through Brazil
some few ycars ago, mcntlons having known
u negro who was a priest, and who was .
learned, pious and exemplary man In hle
saceraotaI functions. We hare been lately
informed Of two negroes being educated nt
the Propaganda and ordained priests-bott
hayipg distinguished themselves IL their scl
| entiic and theological course. The French
| rapers say that enc Of them celebrated mass
and delivered short but ab1c sermon betori
Lcnis Philippe. It is believed they hart
gone out with the Right Rev. Dr.. Baron OF
We appeal, therefore, that to judge pro
p4rly Of the negro, you should sec HIN cdu
Gated md treated with the RESPECT due to
fellow creature uninsulted by tho fifty aris
tecracy OF the skin, and untaraishea 70 th
eye Of the white by any associations connect
cd with the state Of slavery.
We next refer to your declaration that tn
two races, viz: the black cud white, can
not exist On cqal terms, under your Govern
ment ard your Institutions. This is an extra
ordinary assertion to be made at tbs presen
day. You nllule, indeed, to Antigua an
Bernudas:: But NC will take yoa 20 whcs
the experiment mas been successfully ma0
upon largo scalc-namely, to jamaica
There the two races nre on perfect cqual
fly In point Of Law. The law docs not reco2
nize the slightest distinction between I'll
races. You hare borrowed the far greats
part Of your address from the cant phraseolo
~ which the West Indian siaVeoWners, an
especially those Of Jamalca, made use Of be
fore emancipation. They used to asseTt, d
you do now, that abolition meant de:trut
| lien; that to give freedom to the negr
would be to pronounce the assassination c
the whites; that the negro, as soon as tEee
won1a massacre their tormer ownals. ana q
stroJ their wives a1d families; lq snorl
your propacsics Ct thc ae3sruc.lVc enscts {
clnancipau9n aie oat ant ana !oe4sa t,a Htp 9enoe