"Putting Back Emancipation."
A8 6ome peoplo are Btill found silly enougli to repent the old story nbout the ngïtation of' arÃtislavery putttng back emnncpati-n a quarter or a hnlf century tightening the clioins of the sla ve, and rondering bia tfwitfnent mrp cruel, il m.iy not Le ntniss to ailducn evidence of the controry froni the monlhs of laveholders themselves. Read the following ftom a lwg orticlo in C. M. Cloy'spoper, written, he say-, by a large slaveh-ilder, and "oncoflhe firsL intellects of tbe ttgej" "It is in vain for 'he masfer to tiy to fencc his deur elaves irj from all imercourse wiih the great worldj to civatnhis litile pMly and tyranmcal kinpdom on liis own plnn aiion, nm! keep it for hiá exclusive roiofu. Hp can not sluit om the ligh' ot iiiforniatinn any more thnn the Ãgf t of heawn. It will penetra te all dÃsguÃbos nnd ehine upon the drk nifi[ht of" plavery. H3 must recoÃèCi 'ht he is fiueounded. TheNorih, theÃast, ih Wpsi, and :he South burder on hi:n, thé free We;t lntÃ:an, the free Mevican, the frep Yiinkee, the more ttan free abohtionisis of his own country. Every thing trenclies upon his infected district, and the wolf looks calmly in upon his fold. The very atmosphere hp breathes cnmes franght with liberty, amelioration and humanity. The owner, tho stern master, is giving way, and is adapling his discipline to meet the wishes of the grest world. lÃe begins to look tipon his own condticà n unju.st, his own discipline as cruel, and has to entify his own conecience by moving ".p to a better mark, to mre humanity in his Ireat ment, and more affiliation with his plaves.- Obpying these impulses grndnally, wül arcofnpliÃh much'- wil! Corer the whole ground - go fnr to rpmnve the pvil- nnd is that hap py blending into o pamenesa öf feeling, an identity of interst3 thnt time i s6 cÃertainly hnnctng on. This is the prncess under i ie mfl'ipnce of whirh slnvery will disappear from tha face of theearth."
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