New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-15


so,d like swine in the pig msrketave, in your Cap
itaJ--vour Washington Yes Let Americans be
as proud as they please this black spot IL on tbeir
escu,cheon. Even under the shade Of the TEMPLE
OF their Constitution, tie man OF color crawIs Q
,lsve and The tswny American stalks q tyrant
The cruelty of the slave principle rests no, there
--,t goes much further. The poor and paity priv
ege even Of PRAYER is denied them; and you, even
1On, pseudo.Irishmeu are The advocates snd vindi-
Gators Of such system. What would not you, ut
least insis. that their grosns should be hesrd!
IL is carried still further. Even the free-born
white Americans are not allowed to petition upon
any subject including the Question OF Slavery; or,
al Least, 10 sucb petition eau be read aloud of
printed. Aud, ol,hcogh the Coogrsss is entitled 70
abolish Slavery in Columbia, the door for petition,
prAying that abolition 10 closed without the power
OF being opened.
We really think that men, who came from gen.
erou. and wsrm-hearied lrelsnd, should shrnk into
ponen,ity rather than become The advocates ana oe
tenders Of the system OF Slavery. but we uus'
that the voice of indignant ireland will scatter
Them, and prevent them from repeating susn
crime. :.
Ia another point Of View your address IL, II pcs
sbe, more calpable. You state thai oei1re ane
Aboltionists proclaimed their wish to have Slavery
abolished, several slaveholding States were pro
psiing for the gradual emancipation OF thclr ne
sroes and that Humane individuals IN olher oialts
were about 10 siopl similar measures.
We utterly deny your assertion, ana We oe'y you
tslen BY any State for the emancipation Of negtoes
| before the Abolition demand wns faise1. You vio-
| late truth III that assertion. There were no such
preparations. IL 10 pure fiction, invented by
Shareholders out OF their unjust luminosity to the
Aboiouists. 1t Is said that the fear OF Abolition
bss rendered the Shareholders more strict. harsh,
and cruel, toward their wretched slaves. aud that
they would be more gentle ana humsus II they we're
not AFRAID Of the Aboliuonists We rereat that this
Is rue, and merely I'm attempt TO cast blame
on those who would ooGlescs TO Put an end 10 Negro
Slavery.
1t is in the same Spirit that the criminal calum.
mates his prosecutor. and the feloa reNles hs
sccuser Ii is, therefore, utterly untrue that TIE
sit vehoiders have made the chains OF tho negro
more heavy through any fear Of Abolition.
Yet if you tell the truth, il the fact be thst the
10 made to suffer for the zeal of the Abolition
sts If he il treated with increased cruelty BY reason
Of the .sunt Of The friends OF sbo tion ,heu indeed
the mus. be truly Satanic race. Their
conduct, according to you, 10 diabollcsi. The
Aboilionists commit an onense, and the unhappy
negroes are punished. The Aboltohlsts violate the
law o. property, and the penalty Of their crime Is
imposed upon the negro Can anything BE- more
rspugnart 10 every idea OF justice iss this u
your statement.
We, on tn. other hand. utterly deny the truth o.
your allegations and where we Ind you calGmniate
The STAKEHOLDER, we become their advocates
against your cslumny. You csumniato every body
siaves, Abolsionsis, and slsveboldsrs--irsmors OF
Constitutions, makers OF laws-every BODY lie
Shareholders not fsvortes Of ours, but we VII,
do men justice, and will not permit you 10 III. ute
an impossible crime TO them.
| You tell Us, with en- dir Of triumph, thst public
opinion, In your country, Is the great law gver II
II be 90, how much does IL enhance The guh Of your
couduct that you seek 70 turn public opinion sgains
the slave and in favor OF the Shareholder that you
laad the master W generous ind humane, aud dir
parsge, as much as you can, the unhappy slave In
s,saa OF Influencing, ss lrshmen ought to do, the
pablo mind ia favor Of the oppressed. You carry
yoaI e1aggeralions 70 a ludicrous PITCH denotlns
your uster ishogxDcs OF the history VI the human
race.
You say that tho negro 10 really inferior O, =
race; tina, Slavery has STAMPED rs dobs,iBg inta
euce upon the Africans; that between him AID the
wb.e-aimost o century would be required 10 sle-
vat. ths character OF the one, and 10 destroy the
ipathiss OF che other" You add-we use your own
words--" 1be very oaor OF the negro s slmost in.
tufersbls to the white; aud however much hn-
nsuity may lsment 1t, We make no rnsh declaration
hen We gay the two reces canno, exist tosebeT on
eqnzl terss under our Government and our lnsIi
tutons.'
We quot. this paragraph at full length because /,
is replete wih your misehisvous errors and guilty
node Of thinking.
Ia tie trOs pace, a. TO the cfor OF tho negroes
We are quits aware that they have not yet cont
, 10 use much OF the otto Of do cologne
Bot We inpOre vi your fsstidiousness TO rocolect
that maltitudos OF the children Of white men have
negro women for their mothers; and that Biilish
travellers complain Ia loud and bitter tens OF the
overpo werng stencil OF stale tobacco Spite the
prevailing "ocor" among the native free Amer.
cana IL would be perhaps better 10 check this nsss
sepsibility both sdse on the part OF the white
well as OF blscks. But ii TO- indeed. deplorAble
shat you should Iudiorous assertion OF that de
scripiioD Of the Inducements TO prevent tbs
abolition Of Slavery. The negroes would certsinly
snell at sast ss sweet when free, ~ they now 10,
being slaves.
Your importsp, allegation is tina, the negroes are
nh'uis y, an inferior raco That II . 70 ally era
can have NO opportunity Of seeing the negro sdu.
Gated. On the contrary In most OF your States It ID
q cIime-sscrrd Heaveni-s crime 10 educate even
! a free negro! How, then, can you judge Of the
4 negro race, when you Bee besm despiscd and con.
temned by educated olasses--reviled aud looked
down upon inferior The negro race has, nstur.
ally, some Of The finest qualities. They are natur
ally gentle, generous humane. and very grateful for
kindness They are ~ brave and a. fearless - any
other Of the race Of human beingsI bci the tlsss
ngs Of education are kept from them. and they
judged Of, not they would be with proper cult
vation but az they rendered by cruel and detas.
ing oppression. IL 10 a. old 40 the days Of Homer,
who truly ssssrts that tue day which sees 9 u
ssve takes away half his worth. Slavery actually
brutalizes human beings.
1t 10 about nxty years ego when one Of the Shisks
not far south OF Fez, IN Morocco, who was Ia the
habit Of sccumulatIng white slaves upon being
strongly demonstrated with BY European Power,
gave for his reply that by his own experience, he
found 1t quite manifest that white men were OF sn
inferior race intended by nature for slaves and no
produced bis own brutslIsd white slaves 10 Illus.
trste the truth Of his assertion. And case Of an
American, with historic nsme-John AdaIns-n
quite familiar. Some twenty-five yeaIs ago--not
more-John Adams was tho sole survivor Of an
American crew wrecked on the African coast. Ho
was taken into the interior tho slave Of Arab
chief. lie was only for three Year, slave, and
the English and American Consuls having been in-
formed Of q whito msDs slavery, claimed him and
obtained his Liberation In the short space OF three
yeara hs he hecnue ,xsd, h. al