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and chrieti«n obligations, interest by the
steps in as mediator and checks us or! Greely 1prosei£
arripakynd
ltd dosPtbc
chains us to the stake of doty. The rights
of primogeniture do not exist amongst as,
He «apposes i
streets or Nets York t
uwl titling to
^^^^m^itby our la*®, ron- that uiakcs our form of servitude superior allv fish, should be allowed them. An nl- forget soon. I have my nun'! s eve on such W hats a Name. -I ha\e heard an atu «
!y of h ld- tu any known to, sacred or profane history ! teration of food is as mvossaty will tlieui an one, even now. lie decs acts that dote iiere, of one of your Boetou men, whiv «
ng property in a class W^sUtuu is or extant in the earth at the present day. as with us. Poultry, they raise plenty of shame up as a christian community, andes- is too good to bo kept from your readers
fixed by that ^mighty fist, a Aunt of I lie Sabbath is required to be respectcd, i themselves : molasses should not be want- capos unwhipt of justice. I Theodore D. 1 arker, Esq., a merchant in
servants shslt thou be," wo tas ttwfcflofKl and raiment prescribed by law, and iug. A ucgro has a sweet tuoili, and mo- Shall it continue to be with us as in the your city, happened a few weeks >.oco t >
the unalterable decrees of fate itself. fceiP®||^;ig and medical attention made a du-. lasses and sweet potatoes are great favor- days of " Doited Lear," when plate sin be s guest for one night at Mr. ILuapps
interest, that prompts civilized mau to eve- ty wkw by Lite force of legal enactment i ites with them ; both are abundant with "with gold, and the strong hi nee ot justice hotel. After ten. as he waa^yv^ in^,
ry act, impels us to obey the dictates of hu- than tflWrit of Christianity. Contrast us, and they shouiu have theui. This is, would harmless break against it. Arm it coolness ot the evening ^
manity. When urged by angry passions the e:tustfotofoor slaves with that of Cie indeed, the general bill of fare provided in In rags, a pigmy's straw would pierce it" **. he noticed s gentleman in ths^pH
of violence or disregard of written the great inSOT^f humanity as delineated the line of edibles by. the inisier, to which Shelf the hand crimsoned with gore be examining the book of
law and christian obligations, interest, bv th* mast* hat «r the great socialist, he adds flour, bacon, beans, peas, pump- laved and cleansed from guilt in the pool J who afterwards walked up and
kins, tnrnips, tobacco, whiskey, milk, fruits of public opinion, the Bethesda whence the (pis^-za, scanning him tMr. Parker cmm y.
standing in the etc., as circumstances permit; how much lepers of the day should be healed? or, if ¡Some ten or fifteen imnutes passed in this
; healthy, I more arfiple than that of a laboring Scotch- too much corrupted, scourged forth beyond way, when the stranger broke the si eno-
be pinch- man, who gets two porringers of oat-meal, the walls of respect or common courtesy.1 by ^addressing him: ^
and milk a day, or Paddy's frugal dish of The man I wot of lives in our very midst, j 41 J,,nnic ar "cr
" eat and point 1" Martial rights and con- like an owl, it is true, shunning the glare
jagal ties ought tobe scrupulously respect- of garish day, so unsuited to his peculiar
He jed, for a wrong, unprovoked, may rankle ¡ infirmity. He will discern the claven hoof
and in the heart for years, and eventually show t of the abolitionist, doubtless, in all my
the itself in misdemeanors or crimes of the steps. There is no middle ground with
deepest dye. The sex should be as equal-(such a wretch where an honest man may
Iv balanced as possible in order that none : stand. He is with them or against them.
might be forced to seek abroad thoag do-! "Bulk without spirit vast," he stands
mes tic ties to which they are entitled and ¡ HÍTc~ the cowering Philistine before th6*In-
ought to find at home. Gadding about by jured Dauite. To him may be applied the
bt, or day is wrong, and should not be j cutting satire of great Dry den to his ene-
rated. Strict discipline at all times my—
be enforced, but notdttnecessary * whfa 11 kk talk u*rs to aotUac fa* aQs. i
Far eterj Sack that to art CmI, to rogw
and the hordedjfealth of" a life time is as-
unily divided amoog many /lieirs. Vast ed by cold gad-'Want,
!u> 1a4 lL* '• alst i
of slaves fall but seldom to tlie lot ¡ the conventionalities og U
ef any single individual. J _ j ny himself one atom of the
This is the sures^aftnfee Urt Ü*c p^r- «tares him in the face on eraiy
petition of the Ihsfiinliua—but fotthis «tands disinherited by Ho fault of
lined by
to de-
that
the mighty fabric1 would crumble to the
dnst. Well, indeed, went Id it bo for* the
slave power snd interest If every roan in
the South owned ewe or more, to rivit him
still firmer to s desire for the perpetuation
of the institution. Such ties would be as
triple bands to bind him to tlie sphere of
for no wrong that ha has done, ot
moat pitiful share of those
surround onr slaves in the greatest
dance. "A man may be fhíerilíg* (1
from memory and shsll preserve the
of tné aighor if the words are not li
correct) "and yet have no right to a
duty. He would he so wedded by interest ¡ caying stick of timber to the moat
and a {fiction, as to desire the continuation, qnented morass—he may be brought by
f and all hsmrds, of these rights he want to .the verge erf* starvation, and yet
,.a „„/Uk n.„ ;r - . x- i-t-J. ...J, ..it
''y • • ••"
the goaraalecs of a.written
by the general usage of man-
to be sanctioned by the
source of all
tote laws
inlaUon
to leuel
thsü
«INfÍ5t
rtJN
, _
iJPof her
atriotic ar-
• Ko mat-
bis liberties
Indian or
upon him,
sacred eoil
sink tb-
his soul walks sbroad
and his limbs swell
M burst
l>y tí irre-
ireuius of ^"universal emanclp&i ;on.
softly, most noble son of Erin, " fair
i the proverb," "batter no paH
ot thus, even ¿t that day,
Í fon-bvlaw, the patriot
aaco in the teeth
I
in %
■K+ f
have no legal wright to plack and eat the
hHtoasst acorn in the depths of the remot-
est forest." " ? • ■*' 'v V " ^
Sow different with us 1 when the young
and helpless, the strong and robust, the old
and feeble, know no distinction, but .are
«red for and W «pplWd
with always a libera! and often a lavish
hand.
transes, founding houses, lying-in
soup hoMo^ yes, and calieo halls
benefit of the poor, are to the great
sea of misery but so many drops O? sweet
to the htrhÉ^biltoÉ. They serve to
screen a littfe-&elid!Ktas apeotode of suf-
Itoly covering
sppal the
btehofak
The sold end cal-
mest and will under-
ifications—ameli-
■■Bof
go some
tione of tlie
earth
some
1st the distinctions of rich and poor, weak
,** ia as pa-
ss ft ever
1É despite
Christianity
modified) to
• The weaker
lt resortcd to. «entonous con-
be rewarded by kindness, pe-
and otherwise.
said that we must be impar-
)W no favors. This is just whst
, But I see favoritism differently
peeplfB, Impartiality consists
every one hia*duea. There
wooli be®kh the slave but slight induce-
ment to d^wht if it brought no ebrree-
ponding ^iMiiilagr ' It is certainly our
doty, then, tovBarard tho obedient and pun-
ish the laxy aaaJVmctory. Where slaves
are properly cace&r, a large amount of
labor can be exacted^bd made profitable,
whilst order, soboniia^^ and cheerful-
emencies of
much aa
ioloth-
MA-
nese are maintained. ,
the weatlpr should b¡
possible, and a|ifM (
ing given them for both
mer use. Too much
of bestowed on those of^ latter
pcudently of the clxima of
are stfo¿gfcr md by
tent to
was to any former
the teachings and
it must com
form a
yields to the supe^orelaims and paramount
authority of the subtler and stronger, in all
animated life, from the Iei4^8£ creation to
ti e gr^ beneath lis feet."
institution
CO-extend-
oWrvance
obligations that df
Domestic sla-
1 salva-
It ia
"aA
contin-
No effort should thtfn be
it appear to
really and intrinsical-
thou, per-
mrrft
it and we
piercing
er we die j1
ucd proeperity.
Jmm
foi
éiséarth.
children. What m ore
than to look upon fifty or a
romping little impe, «id reflect that
care and attention we are indebted for
possession of them 1 . One slave
home, and trained from infancy to
ence and respect, and filially attached
thousand ties to the spot of, hie
and the hand that nourished and
him, is worth two picked up at random
der the hammer or from the slavi
gang. A deaf ear ought seldom to be turn,
ed to their complaints. We cannot te!
which are just and which are not worthy
to * be acted upon, until we have heard
them.
How God-forsaken and dejected must
that pour slave feel wiio, when deeply in-
jured and brutally treated, enmes with is
erated feelings and mangled limbs, and
driven forth, as often happens, with
and opprobrium from the light of that
that he Is want to regard as the SUn
hope, and to the man whom he knows to
his temporary ruler and "set in £
orar him.* -The ¿sties of a master
few, and his ebHgatioos
binding.
The Sabba^i&ouidl* observed. 'Wheth-
er are not
audjfcost
. ^ , • .
A moastrooa ma of thai, enrraptH nutter,
As all tht devfto tod apewed to make Mm
Should our taws prove ineffectual, the re-
sentment of an outraged public will keep
him wallowing in the slime of infamy.
"Tb what woald aot to «a quail aad ptowat swell.
Who e'en on tripe aad carrion could retal.
Thore arc some who cannot bo reached by
conscience that being entirely blocked up,
or because they never bad any ; and oth-
ers like the monster I have limned above,
who are protected by a shield of utter dis-
regard of public opinion, (save in that it
drives him from the light of dayj more im-
penetrable than that of Ajax, or than that
could have been made, though formed of
trice seven hides stripped from ss many
patriarchal bo vines resied on old Bashac's
plaina.
The cuatom long prevalent of grinding
on the Sabbath during the soiling asaran,
when so little tiaw is allowed us
the maturity of the
Jack Frost, is
la the last few years.
arrayed on either aide. I have 9sade up
my mind, aa every other aran must have
done, in regard to the morality of the hah*
it. The policy is another matter. I have
no direct interest either way, and, like the
woman who witnessed the combat between
the bear and her husband, can stand a paa-
ive spectator merely, add let each do his
owe fighting. My position on this mooted
uestion may be fairly settled to "Citiseu's"
n by relating aa anecdote.
Tlie late S. S. Psentiss was onee the at-
raey in Mississippi for defendant in a
im for some land. When the counsel
r tho plaintiff closed bis remarks, ths fore-
n, a bluff fellow, said : " that's a good
tie—goes for plaintiff.0 Mr. 8. requested
to hear the other side. 'Moodily he re-
roed his scat, and, completely carried
way l y tlie eloquence, and bewitched by
he host of facts that were made to array
themselves on the other side, he exclaimed
jat the conclusion of the address, "That's s
good title too : I goes with the^ majorjty.r
I believe the custom is melting before the
force of pnblic opinion like wax before tlie
fire.
In conclusion, "Citizen," I may ssy thst
I do not expect you to adopt all my sug-
Yes sir."
"Theodore Parker?"
" Yes sir."
" Do yon live in Boston?"
"Yes sir."'
" Then sir," (looking as if tlie identiy of
the individual was fairly established,) " I
suppose you are the man who goes about
iu New England, villifying the institutions
of tlie South 1"
" Ob no, no !" answered the astosished
Mr. Parktt, \iefore wboeo eyes a hag of
feathers sad a kettle of tar danoed a mo-
mentary pas de deux ; " I am Tlieodore D.
Parker—I am not the minister wham you
speak of." •* •
" Ah ! that altera the case, then," re-
sponded the chivalrie Virgiuisn ia a milder
tone : " but allow me (ogive you one piece
of advice, and that ia, if you are going to
travel roand tbeee diggina, you had better
in the future, when yon sign your name, be
particular and make that D d—d plain."
Yatkx* Boamuíto.—" What do you charge
for board?* asked a tall Green Mountain
boy aa he walked an to the bar of naseond
rate hotel in New York—" Wbatdo yon aek
a week for board and lodging?"
* Five dollara."
"Five dollara! that's toe much • hut
súpose you'll allow far the times I'm aberut
from dinner and supper."
" Certainly—thirty-aeven sod s half cents
for each meal"
Bern the conversation ended, and the
Yankee took up his auartera for taro weeks.
During thia time be lodged and bqnklasted
" id not take either c unner
Mshnsiasss detained him
¡■9iiflker portion of the city.
A* the expiration of two weekn, he again
went up to the bar aad aaid
" S'poee we eettie that account—Pm go-
ing In a few minntoe."
The landlord bunded him his bill.
" Two weeks board at #10 *
14 Here, etranger," said the Yankee, "this
is wrong."
" How so, sir V
" You've msde a mistake ; you've not
deducted tlie times that I wan absent from
dinner and suppor—14 days, S meals per
day—28 meals at 87| cents esch—$10 50.
If von*ve not got the fifty cents chsnge
that's doe me, Pll take a drink, and the bal-
ance in cigars I"
er ft be a day set apart by Divinajéommand | gestions, but I hope you wilt believe me
end its observance made impera tive, or it sincere in sil I have uttered, and stihe risk
be the result of a compact and the fruit of of )>cing viewed ss sermonizing, permitjne
the conventionalities of rnrilized life and to gay that if you would have happy aud
chriaékn teaching, sfitlH is looked upon as a | contented staves, if when, perchance, you
day sacred to rest, and pccoKarily tlie right' have reached a green old sge sad ate call-
of the siavo. Ths world (I mean the chris-^ed from the things of time, and would not
tian portion} regards it in this light, and have yoar coffin loaded with the deep and
we w^eft rat beat against wind and tide, bitter corses of the wronged and trampled
aad m ake a continued Ice-way whilst oílér-' apon, bní u.ade light with blcsaings, and,
itiyn to it.
I expert to be condemned for
The Coswrsss avd tub Yaitxes—Ander-
son, the wizard, met with s Yankee, who
stole n msreb on him one dsy, alter the fol-
lowing pattern : Enter Yankee.
" I say 1 are you Professor Anderson T"
" Yes," sir, st your service.''
44 Wa'al, you're a tarnation smart man,
and I'm sumtbin' st s trick too, kinder cute,
deu you know."
" Ab, indeed, end what tricks are yos up
to, sir V* ssked the professor, amused st the
simple fellow.
" Wa'al, I can take a red csnt and change
it into S ten dollar gold piece."
" Ob, thst' s more sligbt-ofhsod trick, I
can do that, too."
"No you cant. I'd like to aee you try."
"Weil, hold out your hand with a cent
in ft."
Yankee stretched out bis psw with a
cent lying «<n it
" This is your cent is it, sure V
" It's nothin' else "
" Hold on to it tight—Prtstm ! chsnge.—
Now open your hand."
"Yankee opened his fist, and tlie re was a
gold eagle shining on his palm.
" Wa'al, you did it, I declare ; much
obliged to yon," and Johnatlian turned to
go out.
" Stay," said the professor, "you may
• , , ... .. . . . . , A. . leave me my teo dollars."
perfumed with the cboieest balm tlie part- .. To|jn|, ¡t H| ornt . atJ¿
_____ _ i,f ng spirit knows, tears and lamentnti«ms Ton ltirn |g inf0 this yalter tiling, eh?
has J9l*&v*Ui the envy my opinhms. There will" not he waatine' rich as I-1 sve seen shed in bitterness ofjCo^dbra f* and as he left the room he w.i«
tries,and the cynaeurc>carr'nn focls and sonW^cspottefl mon-«!«.rs*he9frt when a beloved master aod foster '«eard to nay, "I go«wthereais^t anything
took- for the day of to damn me for heretical doctrine 11 rush 'father v as taken from their sight forever.. Sr9ea shoot this child.
the rebuke of Be just in all yoar dealings with them ; in An Kngiishmau, traveling in Kilken-
Get thee behind a word— ' tiv, came to s ford, snd hired s boat to take
for me fo leave the 'Satan." Sufficient for me will be the ap- - Be u ttolr f«atu !ttle Umd. [biro arros . The water being more agitat-
'aiiliss, snd probation of my conscience, and the favor Ami t ^ rtrti^rerr k <L ^ ^ tlian was agreeable to hhn, he askM tl o
w the "fcratch." Ample accommo- and approval of the good and virtuous . f' ¡)0 y,,n tiúnk you are fit to die," asked, boatman if any person wm ever lust on th>
^ (totions should be provided, and pcrsonsi the community. Do justice by your slaves, a very zealous Christian mother, *Lo went: passage. " Never," replie<l Pst,' %y broth-
" iHness enforced, rfbecrssarybv punish- d attach tíitm to yon by a sacred rctrard uioetiug a day, of cr drowi^d last week, but we foiusi
! downfall, and to he cat aff as a blighted; sadi from my^| ath with
nch from ¿he grestetrec of nations oi: ¿avior to tiic fierHl—"tJ
An
JwfaoMééome food
be ¿or their rights, and you may'cast dread
to cease Its work e^cf toararections .o the winds, and ¿leep se- with tK*r dirtier firira ai d inspect
ly beneath the "shadows of your own i0g it " 1 gtteas s.., ¡1 I ain't too dirty."
have aenc to make y n
Ittd-lhe grant advsn-
" -—* and!
u ahnXsncs of good andfcurely ben
Should be always on hod'fig treca,
wanls of each and, evriy^sf^í®^ v
K!p« shnnut tu- rai.<rv1 for Men wh
enjoy
■ It Is a Isw of natan , th.it man eaffc
n; thingt to e#eet, alon<* ; s ron ou':
to supply the
slave. Vegetables should
^ if, and'(hym and dealt ont withopt alint. Pork
i snd tiUe in the slave mod fceeC either fresh or salt, fa<4 to be taaghi a kssoo that they will
I
Tliat'a s fnc «traiii," isjd one gentío- lean up^n his arm listen to hlé or.
, .. . ... .. . . .man to aootlier. eluding to tlw: i s.* •* ui a scrvution, point o :t secrH txauu^, airti
who bnrg tneinstitution of slaverv . , , .... ® T ■ _ • . .
_ , f. . finger at a concert*tho other evening.—. coum, as it were, a partner in
to shsme and disgrace bomamty. ought .. y - , coontryman who
his feeffigs.
Yes," tia.d a countryman who sat. near, else hi imprest «n* are <*nmpantiv*>1v duli
n-n," but if he «trains tro-i m re hell bo t V an ! spiritless.
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