Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-30

to all slaves.
The relation ofmaste- and slave wa
a peculiar relation. with plenty o
obligation on the part OF the master
Slaves were his property, valuabl,
property, too, and az such demanded
and ordinarily received good care anC
little i'll usage of a kind that affected
their market value. But the relation
was not wholly covered by this selfsl
consideration. The owner Of horses
and cattle has a feeling for thes'
animals above and beyond their stand
ing IS property. The very care ant
solicitude with which he attends then
moves a chord in his heart and ht
gains an affection for them that soft
ems his conduct. In the case OF the
slave this was even more true. The
white master who brought the negro
up from boyhood and watched over
him could not fail to have a most
friendly feeling for him, in answer to
that curious phase of human sentiment
that makes us proud of whatever is
developed under u care. There can
be no doubt Of the sincere and tender
feeling that subsisted between a great
many Southern masters and mistresses
and their slaves, particularly their
household servants. So far from being
m%altreated, these were the objects OF
special favor from the whites, although
they Y presumed TO the domestic
equality that some white servants do
nowadays. "Uncle Toms Cabin was
a strong work and served a good pur-
pose in Fastening the inevitable settle
ment, but it was not a true portrayal
Of Southern slavery. 1t accentuated
and exaggerated the evils OF the sys-
tenn and gave quite other than a cor
rect idea Of it. The novel was written
for a purpose and it accomplished that
purpose.
Certain it is that the negro OF pre-
Rebellion times was quite different
han he is today in the South. Then
be was tractable and faithful, with the
regard for the whites. Such a
hing as a felonious assault In those
was never heard OF with a negro
Is the perpetrator. During the war
he masters left their wives and chill
lren at home, under the care of the
negroes, while they went out to fight.
Think Of this being done now! Either
because the pressure OF the old system
las been removed or because the
nature has changed since
Emancipation, he has lost a great part
# his respect for white people and
heir laws and his criminal instincts
re fast making him a menace. The
Sortherner who believes that the
legro is not in large measure to blame
or the aversion in which he isheld by
southern whites makes a great mis-
axe. On the other hand, the whites
.xpect too much of him and win make
% allowances for his unfortunate
.istory.
The vital objection TO slavery was a
entimental one-the thought that
uman beings could hold other human
eings as ehattels, buy and sell them
nd use them as property, and pay no
egard to that higher law than the law
t expediency-the law which declares
very human being created by God
zee; free to enjoy His world as seems
} them best so long as they conduct
lemselves properly. II may be-as
sometimes claimed-that the negro
-as better off under slavery than be is
)day that the South was better and
and that emancipation was
lerefore a mistake. This all relates
, expediency. The immortal truth
that human slavery was, is
nd ever viii be, abhorred of God and
ian, and that no country could or can
ing prosper under its soulful blight.
he possibility of one life of achieve
lent like that of Booker T. Washing
IN, under freedom, outweighs all the
rgument that could possibly be mus
red in favor of the material benefits
I slavery's retention. Nevertheless
will do no harm to give a thought or
vo to the other side, as we have here
led to present it.
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Fatal Accident at Bellows Falls.