, 1881-11-27

ant, On the roofs of those sheds. and at tho piers
in New York; As the Rev. Adams proceeded.
he REV more and more delighted J" Timidity.a
feeling of necessity. tho leer Of obliged defer-
cucc nowhere saw: but the artless. free, anu
ensy manner which burlened spirits never wear.
How such unaffected poll1eness could have been
learned under tho lash could not understand.
It conllctcd with my notions OF slavery.
could rot have dreamed that these people had
been down srodden,' their very manhood
crushed out OF thsm,' the CALLING yoke OF
| slavery breaking every human feeling and re-
Guclng then to the level Of brutes+"
The Rev. Nehemiah had not heard the word
slave Not word had been said to him about
Slavery" He saw so much pence, contenr. and
happiness that lie pitied everybody OF earth but
the Southern slave, Hear him: ITO see slaves
in broatlc!oth suits. we'll fitting and nicely-ironel
fine shirts. polished boots, gloves, umbrellas for
! sunshades, the best of hats. their young men
with their blue conts and bright buttons, In the
latest style. white Marseilles vests white panta-
looms, brooches in their trt-bosoUls, gold
claafns eiegnnt sticks, and some old men lean
lug on their ivory and silver headed stayes. rs
respectable in their attire as any who that day
went to the house of God, was more than was
prepared to see.'
f. With what gusto tho Rev. Dogs quotes the
Rev. Nehemiah. 1t is to be regretted thAt the
Massachusetts mnn Of God had not described
the musters Of these dandy slaves in the act OF
ironing those 'wetl-httug Tine Shirts or pol
isaing their boots, OR brushing the nap or
those "best Of huts" the right way.
This would have completed the picture Ut
equality between master aud slave. We beg
pardon Of the Rev. Boggs and the Key. Nehe-
1unh for nl!udtng to the colored people !" held
to service ms slaves. After the Rev. Nehcminn
bad seen them in "broadcloth suits, etc. ne
could not cali them slaves. " But Was soon
unable to use the word myself In conversation
after seeing them in Sabbath dress, and Us my
hearers, nnd in families. their appearance anu
condition IN great Il. proportion making tho
iden connected with the word sIt1ues incouapat-
lille with the impressions received from thetn
The Roy. Nehemiah found the femnte slaves
less addicted in dress to tawdriness Of color, TO
violations OF taste,'' than tho common people
at tho free North. This, however, he geucr-
ously explains by suy.ng that each slave
woman has mistress, 1uatron. or
young lady to advise and direct her, and
to be responsible iu tho community for her good
appearance" The cody Nehemiah found the
difference between "plantadon hands ana city
slaves only superficial" He admits, however,
that .life on tho cotton plantations is. in ccn-
cru us severe with the colored people us a4ri-
cultural life ut the North Hur he adds with
unctIon and with pity for frcemen: ~ have
spent sun.1ncrs on farms. however, where the
owuers ind their hands excited my sympathy by
tolls to which the slaves on many plantations
are strangers
The ycracons Nehemiah found that in Georssa,
unler the sluvery regime. it was "lDuch safer
to kill q white man than ucgro,' which proves
how terribly the negro has suffered in the act
of emancipation, for it is universally admitted
that under the regime Of freedom 1t is much
suffer In Georgia to kill negro than white
muu.
All this twaddle, and much more, from the
forgotten little volume of the Rev- Adams, tho
Rev. Dogys prints over bis own signature IN the
International Rerielc, and closes his paper with
t1fatnetricaily opposed acknowledgements:
~ The declaration of tho absolute justice OF the
cnuse OF the Confederacy, and ~ the declaration
that ..we hurc taken our places in the Union
with an honest purpose to do our whole duty
It yould seem that tho International Rcrieto
might hive mnde better use Of its space than
to devote 1t to comparison between slavery
and freedom with an evident attempt to show
the advantages OF slavery.