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Show 29-1 APPENDIX 'rO NOTES . . . r F. nch or Gcnna.n wri tors on much iml1ortancc lo the. ?Pt~~n:c~Jar~: up<ln QUI' ~oci:d (.lue!:linns these subJects. Indeed, If t 1?1 . tl . in tho hope of com1n~ upon n.rc ever read in this country, 1.t 18 ra. 101 10 queer intrusion of IUn•i:;n some ridiculous misnpprchcnsJO~j or s~g'!N>tion we arc likely to lllf'ct pccul ia.ritics, than for an;y YfLh;ana~ ~~:J.ouRY 50 stJ·ong in _ounH•lvcs, it with ' Yhcn we find thJs nnt.o il the kind in our ncLghbors, :tn!l is rc;sonablo to cxpc~t I'IOJ~c~li~1.1g i·hcy all ht\\'C their .trouhl~-", m~1·e proper to mil.kc nllo\\:tnco 3 or less mixed up w1th then· SOl'J:l.l · or less llncicnt n~1l i1. 1horitc -:-~.wrct ly at :tny .rn.tc as to defy the ruda n.nd/oliticn.l instJtu tlOnS, 80 1 ~1 lmi etillmorc tho unf1·ioml!y critici~m ban of tl~e abstract rcf?r1!~.01 ~1~~~r;, as it exists in tho United St:1tC8, of tho fore1gn censor. NJg 0 rcntly incurable sore, and ~>uch arc is j ust. such :" dc~p· ~n ' t if~~ .... arded in the Union. '\:c, the great the feehngs. w1th '' 1!10 1 1 owl~ Sla.vo Colonic:~ some s1x or sc,·cn British ntLhon, IHL~'ingl 01u~vin,.,. .1Jso more money anrJ. better credit thousand miles of1.' rw.l t:·e .;rl~l indul~cd our benorolcnce and 011r th?-n n;ny oth?r ~n.ttoJ;a~:~r 1 ;;nl adding £20,000,000 to tl~c figure of pr1dc ~~ abohslun&: 8.t1 . Y'y little 1.0,.,tLrd to the results mthcr to tho our national dfbt, 1~vt 1 'At the )J'C~ent moment, inde<:!d, if there is plante~ or .tot Je 8 ,\.~J~i that the 'ilritish public do not like to talk one tlung m the'~?~ k. bout it is the condition of the race for whom ab!>ut, or cvJn to" unm:~dc. \vc arc not the less p_roud, howcvc1·, of t ins gre~t e ort ~,.J..S d 't cost and think that, havmg done so much our acln cvcmcn an . 11 s. ~8~ the like sacriticc on our neighbors. nursc:lVCCS,r~~~ )~:U_YG~:~~t~dldl~) tho~ lik~wisc,' sc.ldom C~mes with. lll~l'h fi ut t 1 P th~ spokesman is ur~mg; h1s own example, nwl, ns 1t h.lJ; orce ~:1e~is ell.se the cxnmple docs not apply q~1te. so closcly.as 1t ~t~1t1 dot In th~ United States tho evil i.s co~tstlh~honal and mcor-g to i:t is political and domestic. It 1~ gJgant1c nnd household. f~i~ a.' ucstion that affects families, institulionR, Stntes, and. the w~10le u · q It a.ft eta flhwes und freemen, both of every poss1blc sh.lde. C m~n. dl e don the showing; of the lady whose work has so spell-on dsse y, ;n t nnd every mimi in this country, there arc t';o great boun Ji~~~l:i~~r t~ be dcnlt with iu the United States-the ddlicul,ty negro lored shwo and thnt of tho colored freeman; n~td, o~ tho t\\0, ~l~etl;~t~~r is tho worse. ]3ut, when Engh~nd inter~crcs m tim. mnttcr, what is to be the cx:-~.ct man nor nnd p!Hhcula.r ObJeCt of the mtcrferencc? .Arc we to tell the Ame~·icans to love those whom they lo~the; nnd associate with those arr:tiust whom they feel an nctnnl repulsiOn i Jf we' clo ~\'e arc deal in~; 0 hard mensuro; if we do no.t, we aro no touch ing 'the "rcn.ter of the two difficulties to. be dealt w1th .. bl . d "Of cours~ we arc disposed to re~ard \nth every pos~1 c m u1 · h ro~cedin,.,.s of' the select little cmwention of la.dJCs that n.J~t f~~~~~~c~ Jty at Sh~l'vrd·house. Ne.cr did :mythg1g; mo;1c dc~y c~~~~ cism. and lt would really be breaking a buttc1· yon ·flO,~· 1.ec . ~k n the affitir as we should on tho rough tus.tlc u . ~opJmon. m ~~:iiouose of Commons, or the tcmpc!'tnous rhetoriC of hxctcrt~'l~J~ ' Ve rna be )CrmitteJ, howc\'Cr, to doubt whethe~ WOI~tcn o : calibre tilat as~embled tho ot\H!~· day at Syrdacusc (Ul;Jt~dfS~~~t~sfJn~::! be able to npprceia.tc the f<.atm p:tper :\n rosC'wn er o APPENDIX TO NOTES. 295 nristocro.cy; much more, whether tho Halcys nnd Legree!'~, or even the Shelbys and the St. Olarcs of the Union, wi'H take much heed of so sOftly·whispcred a. warning. The .Americans ure not \'Cry ki ndlydisposed t? ?ur .nrJstocracy. 'l'hoy may rejoin, • Arc you so ready to drop all .'hstmct10ns o.f clas~es? Do you consent, at tho bidding of nny mon1tor, to nssocmte With all who nrc your equals in oducntion and merit? A.re there no castes, no quasi negroes, crcoh's, muh1ttoes, or quadroons, 111 the gradations of J3ritish society? 'J'he Court Circular, and the published catalo~ucs of guests at 'your bnnqucts and receptions, tell another story.' We will not anticipate the .Amcrien.n rejo inders on the mere quest ion of slavery itself, its physical distrcs~es, nnd moral degradations. 'l'hcsc must have occurred to the aristo. crn.tic, and not less philanthropic, circle nt Stafford-house, who know too well the fragi le ma.tcriaJs of their own social sye.tcm, not to fear tbe damaging reply they nrc bringing on thomscl\'CS. Had we wiflhecl to say more, others h:wc said it for us. 'l'hrcc letters in our columns this day show the delicn.te nature of tho gl'Ound on which these Indies nrc trespnssing, and how much exception mn.y be taken both to the nd\'isers a nd tho ndvicc. It is too late to ask them to reconsider their movement-fur the mo\'Cment is made, and, the nfldrcss once before the world, we only hope it may reccivf' a respectable number of lady signatures. H.cally nnd honf'sliy, ou1· cbi~f motive _in theRe rema~·ka is to entreat the mdul_gcneo of the J\mo1'1ean }Juhl1c to a procccdmg calculated to wound their ammo· proprc, to rouse that jealousy which nll nations feel toward.'! one another-most of nil, those nn.tious which nrc most alike, nnd possibly even to augment the difiicultics of tho slavery question. . ' "Our fair readers, who nrc invited to enter on a crus:-~.dc of n. some what international chn.racWr, will excuse one little warning, which we ycnturo to make on tho suggestion of 'Academicns,' in our colnmns to-d:1y. ' Vc, of this freo and hnppy country, arc just tho most cxtcnsi\' o employers (indirectly, but not less renlly,) of sltwe hbor in tho world. Negro t:lrt\'CS, working under the lash in lhe mid-dn.y sun, nml 'keeping their too well up to the mark,' ns Mr. J.egrcc would sny, produce the material of our cravats, our stockings, and the simple and comprehensive garment in which we tnkc om J·epoRe. '!'hey ~; u pply the muslins and pri nts, and nearly all the other falwics of tho female costume, f1·om the dress of the Sovereign to that of the poorest needlewoman. Slaves produce our com::e, and tlw sugar that swect<'ml it. By dn.y and by night, sitting down and rising up, we nrc still encour- ~~~~~~l~l~~~e~r ~lu~711~~~n~;~:;c~~. ~~·~0~~~et~ld',l'/~c th~i~N~~lf~c;~ '~~~~li1~1~~0t~ who has his mortgage on the slave estate, or IIohls the bill of !<ale, n.nd who secures himself, when necel>Sfl.l'Y• Ly an order to his agent to sell olf everything on the estate, slaves and all, for what they will fetch at the hammer. '!'his man, 1\lrs. Stowe tells ul'l, is really a guilty partner in tho transaction, if not the most guilty,-the mofjt guilty bccn.uso he snpplica the strongest stimulus of the ~.rstem, and compels tho most violent measures. llut if the Korthern capitalist pulls the string:a of the Southern planter, who pulls the strings of the Northern cnpitalist? Most assuredly the merchants and brokers at .. New York nrc mainly. |