The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-05-10

slaV1s. which the King 81 fI1nd ge-
toed "a petition Of the Nassschuaetfa
slave traders
'efhosnas jefferson made tliese acts
Of the King one OF the grievances Of
the Declaration Of Indep endence, but q
Massachusetts, member succeeded IN
striking Il out. The Southern men IN
the convention which framed the eonsti.
tuition put in q clause eb0lishing the
slave trade, bat the Massachusetts men
succeeded In adding clause extending
the trade twenty years.
THE fiTBt American-built SLAYER re-
corded, was the ship Desire, and was
built at Marblehead, Massachusetts in
1896, and for the best part of two hum
bred years thereafter that colony did a
thriving business IN importing and sell
ling slaves.
"In MFs. Earl's customs and fashions
In old New England we read, you may
here lin New EnglandJ own negroes
and negresses, and there iS not house
In Boston however small it's means,
that has not one or two. Again Mrs.
Earl says; i have never seen anything
In Southern newspaper advertisements
Of negro sales that suTpass IN heart
leasness and ViciOusnees the advertise
ments Of our New England papers Of
the eighteenth century. negro chill
dren,' she says, were sold by the pound
as other merchandise
''The commissioners Of the United
Colonies found occasion 20 complain 10
the Dutch governor Of the New Meth
erlands In 1916 Of the fact that a
Dutch agent at Hartford had harbored
q fugitive Indian slave woman, of whom
they say in their letter: Such q serv-
ant il parte Of her masters estate,
and q more considerable parte than a
beaste.' MOore's Hist. Of slavery In
Mass. Although the good people Of
Boston had sold negroes by the pound
and compared them 70 'beastea, they
were TO go one step further, for DIR.
Belknap declares that negro children,
when weaned, were given away like
puppies.' Moore p. 81
zone respectable elder IN New Port
whence the slavers set sale, was in the
habit Of giving thanks In meetings on
the next Sabbath after the SLAYER ar
rived because. he says "a gracious
overriding Providence has been pleased
10 bring TO this land of freedom, anOth- |
er cargo Of benighted heather TO enjoy |
the blessings Of the gospel dispense
lion.
Samuel Hopkins, a prominent Rhode
Islander, in his "reminiscences, says
hat in ITO Rhode Island had one hun
fred and fifty ships in the African slave
.rade and had enslaVed more Africans
han any other colony IN New England.
Newport was built up by the slave
rade, which was the corner stone Of
he wealth of her citizens.
THE first abolition paper in America
vas published in Tennessee. In 1923
Iver half of the people of that state
we're IN favor Of doing away with slaves.
Il that time, 1923 there were lao abO-
Ition societies in America Of these, 1903
we're In the South, not one In Massa-
II was not until 1885 that
massachusetts led In abolition; not un-
II all her own slaves had been sold TO
he South at a profit, and the foreign
lave trade had been destroyed.
From these facts we see clearly
hat the New Highlander has lost his
conscience and hrs history who dares
lOld up his hands In holy horror at the
south for having owned slaves.
] am willing 70 eOncede this much TO
he North, my fellow citizens, that the
My difference between the North and
he South on the question Of slavery Is,
thete viz ANNIhA BRYCE VI bilG ug-
'roes first, and then unloaded them on
Is, and we have been left with the bag
o hold.
From the generally accepted view of ,
ecessiOn In 1851, the Southern people
we're led to believe that they would be
ermitted 20 leave the Union in peace,
mt that was not TO be Lincoln called
or his volunteers, and then burst with
uin upon our land the dark cloud that
ad been growing rapidly from the
ize Of q mans hand From all pOr-
Ions Of the South there sprang
host Of warriors determined TO
efend their beloved land against the /
sBRults Of the invader. Never was I
he manhood of a people more glorious
Y vindicated, nor the strength which
es In the love Of liberty more grandly 7
isphyed. The conflict that ensued de-
eloped the greatest soldier and the (
aost perfect man the world has ever {
nOwn, In the person Of our beloved I
commander In chief, Robert +. Lee.
annot do better here than to repeat :
Q you the tribute paid to him by Geor- I
las eloquent orator, Benjamin H. Z
Iill.
when the future historian shall
ONE to survey the character of Lee.
Q shall find II rising like huge noun.
ain above the undertaking plane of hu. 4
lanity, and he must lift his eyes high I
wards heaven 10 catch It's summit. 3
ID possessed every virtue of other