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

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t,,t,ons This il an extraordinary assertion b. be
made vt the present day. You allude, indeed, TO
Antigua a,d Bermudss But we VIII take you to
where the experiment bss been successfully Da1
upon O large scale--unmely. TO Jsmaica.
There the two races are on perfect equality IN
po;nt OF law. The law docs no. recognise the slight
est distinction between the races. You have Dor
rowed the far greater part oil your ahofes irom the
cant phraseolosy which the West Indian slaveown-
trs, and especially theso OF Jnmsica' made use OF
before emancipation. They nsed TO nssert rs you do
now that abolition meant dsstructloD; that ~ give
freedom 10 the negro would be TO pronounce the as
FASCINATION of the whites that the negro soon ss
free would Ina,sacro their former owners, and de-
stroy their wives ard families. Ia snort, your
nropbeses of the destructive effects of emancipation
are bu, faint aud foolish echoes OF the prophetic Mp.
prehenriops Of the British saveOwDers. They
might, perhsps have believed their own assertions,
becausc the emancipation o! the negroes was then an
untred experiment. But you--you are deprived Of
any excuse for the reas.eriOn of dsproved csumny.
The emancipation has taken llace-the compcnss-
ton given by England not given TO the negroes.
who were the only persona that deserved compensa-
ton. 1t wos given 70 the so-C allied owners" IL
IN additional wroug-an additional cguss Of
irritation TO tho negroes; but, gracious Hesven
how nobly did that good aud kindly race--the ne
srces-falsify the cslumnous sppre bensiops Of their
task mGsiesl Was there one singe murder couse.
Quent on .ths emancipation Was there one not
one tumult-ev.n one assault Was there one
single white persou in ured, either in person or
property Was there sny property spoiled or laid
waste The proportion OF negroes III Japhics 10
white men Is as 800 to 60, or 40 yer cent Yet the
most perfect tranquility has followed the emsncipa-
ton. The criminal courts ara almost unemployed ;
ninetenths Of the jai.s are empty and open; unver
sal tranquility reigns. Although tho landed pro
prlet0rs have nAds nse OF the harshest landlord
power TO exact the bsrdes, terms By wa OF rent
from tho negro. aud have also endeavored 70 OK.
tor, from him the largest possible quantity OF labor
for tire smallest weges, yet the kindly negro race
have not retaiated by one single nc' oil violence or
OF vengeance; the two race. e2ist together, upon
equal terms, under the bT.t!sa ooveInMen', ana
under British institutions.
Or shall you SAY that tie British Government and
British institutions are preferable to yoursl The
vain and vspcripg spirit Of mistaken Republcanism
will not permit you 10 hvow the British superiority
You are bound, however reluctantly, TO admit that
superiority or olse 10 admit the fhsty Of your own
assertions. Nothing can, In truth, DO more ludicrou'
than your declaration In favor Of Slavery. 1t. how
ever, sometimes rises TO the very border Of Bias
phemy. Your words are, God forbid that we
should advocate human bondage In any shape"
Oh shame upon you How can you take The
name of the All Good Creator thus IN vain What
are you doinql L. DO, the entire Of your address sr
advocacy OF human pondagel
Another piece Of stiffness. Yon hllege TIA. Il II
the Abolitioni,,s who mako the slave res.le. with
bis condition, and ttst they scatter the seeds Of die
content. How can yon treat us With such contemp
"a. 10 use assertions of that kind In your address
How cGn you think could BE- 90 devoid OF in,slli
gencs ne 10 believe the negro would not know ,h'
uisees Of Slavery which be feels every hour CT th'
four-Apd-Iwenty, unless lie were told by some Abo
lilions; that Slavery was n miserable condition.
There 10 nothing that makes Us think 40 badly o
you AZ your sIsia Of rtAldry 10 attacking the Abo
hiionisie.
! The desire 10 procure abolition, IL, In tself,
virtue and deserves love for is charitable disyo
siiioD does respect tnd vcnoraion for i.s
age under favorable circumstances. Ipstead 81 th,
ribsdry OF your attack upon the Abolilions,s, yol
ought TO respect and couDeuanoe them. II they er
by exesuivs rsal. they err in righteous ard hol,
eauss. You would do well 10 check their errors al,
mitigate their real within the bounds Of siret pro
proIy. But II you hsd the genuine feelings o
Iisbmep, you never wcsld coufound their error
with their virtue. IL truth We much tear or rsibe
We should csudidly s-y, We readily believe that yor
attribute 10 them imaginary errors for no Other rca
than that they realty posses- brilliant virtue
namely. the love Of human freedom IN intense per
| lection.
| Again, we have 10 r~mark that Won era.rer,,
exceedingly when you state that there are Lroel
millions of tie white population 10 America WHOSE
security and happiness are connected with the main
tenance Of the system Of negro Slavery.
On the country, the system 81 Slavery infic,
nothing but miscbief upon the far greater part o
the inhabitants Of Ameres. The only PLACES II
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are the slavsholdins S.aIee. No~. In those stsios
Aimee, without al sIosI lion III, Indeed, ther. b,
any eIoep,ionj. the people of color greatly ercoeS
the whites; and thus, even II an injury wef, 10 b.
Inflicted Oh No whites by dopnvlpg then " ths
slaves, the advantages would bs mott sbuudAuil)
ioTbaIaLesd and compensated for by tho in
hBitely Rrtaer number u psrsons who would thu,
/ DO restored 10 the Creates, Of human bisssings-
ysrsonAl liberty. Tbus tho old BcnthAmiis IA. xin
VI doing the greatest possible good to the creates.
possbs humber would be amply carried out Int,
eject by the emancipation Of the negroes.
You charge ,bs Abolitionist. IA with n crime, tha
they encourage negro dying from Kentucky. &
steal horre from inhabtAnt Of Ohio, in order ~
AID him, necesssIy, In making his etcaps. w,
are not, upon full reflection sufficiently vsrssd Ia
casuisiry TO dscics whether, under such eireum
Stances the taking Of the tofse would DO an
/ bic act or not Bat. even coDcsding that IL would
bs SINFUL We are Of tbs quite certain that there il
not one Of you that sidresses us who, n bo were
under similar oircumsl auces, that II, having nc
other means % escaping psrpetnai slavery, would
not make free viii your neighbCrs horss 10 effect
uate your just and re sonablo purpose. And We are
also OF this that there 10 no< ono OF you who
If hs were compelled to spend the rest OF bis life
personal slave, worked and beaten, aud sold, aud
transferred from hand 10 hand, and separated, al
his masters caprice, from wife and fsmi!y-eon-
signed TO ignorahce-working without wages, toll.
ing wilbou, reward~-without any other stimulzpt
10 that toll and labor than tho drivers cart whip
We DO say that there Ia not one Of you who wosld
not think that the name Of pickpocket thief or
frlon, would not he too courteous = nAme for the
being who kept you ~ such thrslldom.
We cannot avoid repeating our astonishment that
you, Ishnen, should be 90 devoid Of every trace Of
humanity Nc become the voluntary and pscuniArily
disinterested advocates Of human Slavery; and es-
pecialy, that you should DO 80 Ia America. Blu,
what sxcIies our unconquerable losthing II 10 Cad
that in your address you speak Of man being tho
properly Of man--of one human being the property
Of another, with a. little Doubt hesitation or re-
pugnance you were speaking Of the boasts Of the
field. II this that fills with utter sstonis hrneul
1t 10 this that makes diselsim you a. countrymsn
We cannot bring ourselves 10 believe that you