Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-01
nIanders OF SIa,ehoIders.

We find ia the Philadelphia North
american very interesting article con-
densed from a late number Of the Edin-
burg ReDieD, in which the blunders Of
the slave owners Of the South and their
apoiogists of the North, since the forma-
ton OF our Government, are clearly and
forcibly detailed and commented upon.
The writer says that those who have la
bored most nssiduonsly TO establish aud
perpetuate slavery have themselves done
more 20 overthrow and end il than the
most jealous abolitionist They have
proceeded from the first upon the as
sumption that the negro is but little re-
moved from the condition of a brute as
regards intelligence. Now it is evident
that to carry this poslalate 20 It's iegitI
mate conclusion Il was necessary 10 treat
him as a being devoid of common sense,
aud almost Of human affections Any
deviation from il would be tantalnonnt 20
elavatiuR negro IN his social status, and
thus denying the premises To what sx-
tent, then, have the South been eonsis-
tent in their policy toward the eolored
racs2 Washington (himself q slave
holder) in pointing out for special honor
the best regiments engaged in the revo-
lutionary war, placed negro regiment
in the first rank. General Jackson (also
q slAyeholder) at the close Of the war
with England In 1915, thus addressed the
blacks aud mulattoes of the South: 81
knew that you loved the land Of yoar
nativity, aud that, like ourselves, you
had to detend all that was dear TO man
But:you surpass my hopes. | have found
in Naaa.united to those qualities that no
/ BILE Enthusiasm which impels TO great
/ deeds Thus two Of the greatest OF mil
tary authorities (both Southerners)
placed on record the fact that the negro
/ could be q firSt.rate soldier and patriot
! Il cannot be supposed that such com
mendation was forgotten by those to
whom it was addressed, or by their de
sceudants In fact, it was cherished in
their memory to an extentwhieh alarmed
the slaveocracy, so that some of the lat
ter, being far-sighted, began ID wish
themselves we'll rid of their slaves
We must kelass these admissions q
blunders Mr. Clay, and other leading
men OF the South, committed another
blunder in projecting the Colonization
/ Society for the purpose OF deporting ne
groes whose presence was dangerous oi
Improbable. The slaves were told thaI
Africa was the land of their nativity, K
which they were TO be restored aud thil
statement involved admission that they
had been unjustly torn from it; aud i
eontradicted General Jackson assertion
that America was the land of their nativ
itv. This set the negroes considerin:
which really was their country, and theil
vanity was fed by the fattering picture
which were held out TO them Of wha
they might become in Liberia. II wa
difficult To tell them, in the same breath
that they were hrntes and yet capable o
becoming rivals Of the white race. But
in truth, the fears Of the Shareholders le'
them into al sorts OF contradictions
Insurrections were becoming common
and the malatto race was iacreaslnl
faster than the white To prevent ii
fathers of these ight-colored ehlldrel
from hberating them, whereby the
might become dangerous, laws wer
passed which compelled the white fatl
ers to sell their slave children if it VS.
inconvenient to keep them This aggrs
waited the system, both to master an
slave; and the Richmond papers of is3
| declared that if persisted in, societ
would be utterly destroyed. In fact, th
masters had TO resort to the sternsst G
ercion to keep their slaves under COZ
troll. and great cruelties were p7actised
but the negroes perfectly well undei
stood what the vigilance Of the white
meant: the latter soere AFRAID Of them.
Passing rapidly over the insurreetion
riots. dueIs, murders, aud other disturb
Ances of succeeding years, the write
comes TO the prosecution OF WIilial
LLOYD Garrison, Northern citizen Il
!, libel on the Colonization Society, 0
in other words for expressing the res
object Of their scheme. This celebrate
case became notorious. The fact th'
white man had espouSed their eau:
became known to the negroes tar al
wide, and it was also speedily ascertains
that the4 would not emigrsts. A fs