Year: 1859

The time is rapidly coming when
the Southern Christian will feel new
inspiration, We are not far removed
from a revival of the doctrines of
Christian manhood. and the divine
right of men. When this pentecost
comes, the slaves will be stirred by
their own masters. We must work
upon the master. Make him disconten
ted with slavery, and he will speedily
take care of the rest. Before this
time comes, any attempt to excite
discomfort among the slaves will work
mischief to them, and not good. And
my experience-and l have had some
experience in this matter--is, that
men who tamper with slaves and in
cite them. are not themselves to be
trusted. They are not honest men,
unless they are fanatical. If they
have their reason, they usually have
lost their conscience. ! never will
trust such men with money, nor place
any confidence in them whatsoever,
l do not know why it is SO. bu: my
experience has taught ME that men
who do such things are crafty. and
come forth from such tampering un-
reliable men. Conspirators. the world
over, are bad men. And if were in
the Southland / think l have the
reputation there of being tolerably
stout abolitionist-I should, not from
fear of the master, but from the most
deliberate sense of the injurious ef-
fects of it to the slave, never by word,
nor sign, nor act, do anything to ex~
cite discomfort among those that are
in slavery.


| No relief will be carried to the slaves
of the South, as body. by any indi>
vidual or organized plans to carry
them of, or to oincitc them to abscond.


Still less would we tolerate any
thing like insurrection and servile war
1t would be the most cruel. hopeless,
and desperate of all conceivable fol-
lies, to seek eman eipatior by the
sword and by blood. And though |
love liberty as my own life !; though


I long for it in every human being
though if God, by unequivocal prov!
dences, should ordain that it should


come again as of old. through ter ible
pla CUES on the first born, and by 9TH
err terrors of i'll, | should sut NIT tn the


Divine behest yet, so far as human
Instrumentation is concerned, with all
the conscience of man. with all the


faith of a Christian, and with all the


zeal and warmth of a philanthropist.


| protest against any counsels that


lead to insurrection, servile war, and


bloodshed. 1t is bad for the master


bad for the slave-bad for all that


are reighbors to them-bad for the


whole land-bad from beginning TO


end An evil so snminded and ma
lienant, thatits origin can scarcely be
doubted.


Now, if the Africans in our land


were intelligent; if they understood


themselves; if they had self govern


ing power if they were able first to
throw off the yoke of laws and cousti-
tutions, and afterwards to defend and
build themselves up in civil State


then they would have just the same


right to assume their independence
s, that any nation has.


But does any man believe that this
is the case I? Does any man believe
thai this vast horde of undiscipled AT
ricans. if set free, would have cohe-
sive power enough to organize them
selves into government and main
.ain their independence ? If there be
men who believe this, l am not among
them L certainly think that even
slaves would be m ade immeasurably
better by liberty but l do not be.
lieve they would be made better by
, liberty gained by iusurrection or re.
bellion, A regulated liberty lib
; erty possessed with the consent Of
their masters liberty under the
; laws and institutions of the country
liberty which should make them
common benefciaries of those institu-
J tions and principles which make us
wise and happy-such liberty would


be great blessing to them. Free.
dom, with law and government is a
good, but without them it is a mis-.
chief. And anything that tends to
incitc among men a vague insurrec-


tionary spirit, is great and cruel


wrong to them.


l stand on the outside of this great
Gordon of darkness. and every man
that escapes from it, running for his
life, shall have some help from ME. il
he comes for:h of his own free accord;
yet, am not the man to go in and in.
cite slaves to run away, to send any
other man to do it, to approve it, or to


countenance it. / do not believe we
have right to carry into the system


of slavery exterior discomfort and


for this reason that IL IS mt good for


the slares themselves. 1t is short-sight-
ed humanity, at best, and poor policy
for both the blacks and the whites.


And say again, l would not trust a


man that would do it.


Here comes home thrust which


will be re!ished by those who do not


like the foregoing:


If we would benefit the African at
In q y