The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-05-16


gro the equal of the white man, either
morally, mentolly or physically,-Pages
IL & I3.
II have gone among thc free negroes
of the North, ] have visited their mis-
erable dwellings in New York, Proyi,
dence, Boston, and other large cities,
have more than once visited the negro
localities Of this, the Quaker city, and
twenty-five years ago ] preached to
them in this city, and in every instance
| have found them more miserable and
destitute as whole than the slave pop
ulation of any portion of the South
And this must necessarily be the case,
while time shall last and the regulations
Of human society remain as they are
and have been. In our Southern States,
where negroes have been set at liberty,
in nine cases out often their condition
has been made worse, while the most
wrelched, indolent, immoral and dis
honest class Of persons to be found in
the Southern States are free persons Of
color. Pages l3 IL Al.
In his second speech in the contro-
versy with Pryne, Brownlow says:
Now / hold this truth to be self evi
dent, that whatever improves the moral,
mental, and physical condition Of Il pco-
pie, is a blessing to them and ought to
be perpet'Mtcd.
That slavery has improved the NOR.
al, mental and physical condition of
the negroes cnslaved, must be evident
to every one who compares the condi-
lion Of the Southern slaves with the
free negroes Of the North and Of the
West Indies, to say nothing Of the ma
tivcs Of Africa Nay, more, slavery
only can elevate the negro race from
their state Of pristine barbarism. The
continuation Of slavery is absolutely
necessary, to prevent the civilized ne
grocs of the South from rclapsing into
their old savage state, III which the
Shareholders first found them = Pagc
GS.
In the same connection, HrownIow
further says:
The light Of Divine truth has never
pierced their bcnghtcd minis. The
fcebIe operation Of their reason has not
even revealed to them 4 glmmering Of
the existence Of God, dc. 1t is not
to be wondered at that Intelligent tray
clIcrs have been led to class them as II
superior species Of the moahey tribe:
rage 9S {, 80.
Again in the same speech, Brown
lo@ says:
"But ] go further: While |
hold and | think | have proven
thai the condition Of the South
crn negroes H., been vastly im-
proved by .Iaycry, / also as
sert, without the fear OF sue
cesoiul contradiction, that sl0-
cery only could hare acorA'ed
that improvement, and the pre-
serration Of the relation ofmas-
ter 0ad slare IS essential to the
continued improvement and fu-
h1re ~eItme Of the negro race
Of the South. / assert that ne
gro slarery IS q blessing, q bless
ing to the muster, q blessing to
non-sldrehoIders Of tie South,
a blessing to the civilized rhite
race IN general, ard q Blessing
to negro slares IN particn'ar.-
Page lO2.
In his third speech Gov. Brownlow
says:
sin New England one free negro is
blind for every So7, while in the South
crn States there is only one blind slave
for every 2Gij In New England there
is one free negro insane for every $50,
while in the South there in but one in
sane slave for every 3OS0. Can any
man bring himself to believe, with these
facts before him, that freedom III New
England has proved a blessing to this
class OF people, or that slavery is to
them curse in the Southern States
The morals and character Of the No
grocS themselves, are Of Il far higher
grade in the slave States than in th'
free States, although surrounded in the
latter BY the refining and eleyating in
llucnccs of black republican society
Page l5I.
In his speech, No. 5, this same Gov
W. 6, Brownlow says;
"ln future, then, the theatre
for the achievement Of the hap.
pincss of the African race is no
| the United States-it is Africa
Utopia is not the tield-it mus
be abandonode Let Us seiz'
upon Africa, cultivate its ricl
soil and free its millions Of IN
dolent, degraded, md starring
natices, to labor md thereby el.
evate themselves to the dignity
Of men made m the. amage q
God. Christian men at Mt
South, acho take a correct riea
of this question Of sJarery, 'ctl'
no longer make provisions a.
their aCills, or Otheracise, for Mc
emancipation Of their negroes
and cast them helpless upon the
.trigid charities Of the anti-sIa-
rer, men Of Ohio, Indiana and
IHe Nec England States.
Let them sell their slares tC
| Southern planters here and d.
rect the proceeds to be applied tc