The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-21
A NEW SLAVE TRADE AN ILLUS
TRATION IN HEREDITY.


A NEW SLAVE TRADE AN ILLUS. .
TRATION IN HEREDITY.
\ few weeks ago a cargoofsmu.glcl .
Cinnamon was discovered 40 proti-
dence, Rhode Island. They had been
loaded on the ship i'm secret. auditwa.
Of course the purpose of the -mueg.er
to land the "heathen Chinese quietly
getting from one hundred to three doi-
lars a piece from each Chinaman.
This is against the law. as every one
knows. But whats the law between
New England friends when "a hll of
silver may he divided between them
The New England rule ha- alua,
been to make the law in order t0ma'e
money, but if the law f. stubborn
then TO make money despite t.e
law. I'm l7S7. when Virginia u
leading in a patriotic movement fo
form a Union Of the States. al cI0r
was made TO stop the slave trade
once. George Mason. of Virginia ie
clared it TO be am "miemal traffic
But despite these effort, of Virginia
and other states it was insisted upon
10y New England that the datcforsion-
ping the traffic be made isN, instead
Of 1857. New England was
rum and the profits Were eooI .H
rum snapped for African
brought profit that made t.e NeH
England pocket nerve throh wtl Ioy
New England was interested FOO n.0u
if it meant profits. She ha- never
been interested i'm anything that da
not bring more money 90 theull
And so the slave trade continued
much TO the enrichment of tle N.H
England pocket until lN0,. Afcrf.H
the profits ceased. The climate dd
not suit the African and the Ar.rn
was sold 10 the South.
As the South made money out u
him. the New England COINCIDENCE
awOke and demanded that hc nc f-ecl
The New England conscience -
famous or Infamous; 10 depends m
the point Of view. tison equal m...
ture Of envy and meddle.omc. .
well veneered with "a hypocrisy m0
pharisaism that would have made Ih.
Temple Pharisee green with adma-
ton. Its elasticity is such Chat 10
Connecticut or Vermont yankee could
transform it into rdbber Doe would
make Standard oil profits look Ike
the cheap wlnnin . IN game ofcaI-
It's tOughness is as remarkable and a'
infinite as its elasticity. The com0'na-
ton would, if il could be matena'lcd.
put rubber plantations in the limbo of
the useless. And so thi, conscience
awoke, the profits having ceased. THE
cause Of this awakening was not only
that slavery had ceased 10 be prolt-
able to New England, but that other
states were prospecting by it Two
things your New Englander cannot
stand: cessation Of profits, and t.c
prosperity Of another.
TO stop the prosperity of the South
would not bring profits TO New Enr-
land. and so another step was nece-
airy. Being the chosen people of Cod
themselves being witnesses to little
plain duty Of the Government was lo
help them make money at theeXpeu.
of the other states. And tina, pr0tcc-
tion started. fit should prove tha.
free trade suited better. then free trade
would be right. Principle? OH, YES
but up there they spell il principal and
look well to the interest thereon
II must ill those descendants of One
thrifty and canny New England force
fathers with blue-funk feeling when .
they consider that they can make o1-
" couple Of hundred dollar. out of.
civilized Chinaman, while their fore F..
fathers made four 10 six times That ,um
out of savage African. The effect OIL
heredity is apparent, however The
New Englander can mo- more re-.-.|
traflicking in human flesh than boz cau .
resist preaching the gospel OF Cotton
Mather to the benighted folk who 'ifc .
outside Of New England-eNen unto
Asia and Spasia, and those arol
States in the South where the holy
foot Of the Vermonter and Rhode U.s.
lander has never trod and the eye of
God has never saw
We trust the United States auih1d-
ties will deal i'm no undue har-hues-
when those smuggler, are tried for
sneaking Cinnamon into this land off
the free and home Of the brave Let
the authorities remember that NcR
England made this country; that but
for the Msyhower patriots and their
progeny, this country would still be
in the tolls Of sin and misery: that This
is the land of the Pilgrim pride, and
the Pilgrim should have The right
to do as he pleases with his owns
and that the resistless law OF mbend-
ing heredity is a higher law than The