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Editorial
August 4, 1854
Rhode Island Freeman
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
The Anti-Slavery Standard responds to a Southern newspaper's claim that runaway slaves are 'bad negroes' fleeing to the North, questions forcing their return, and predicts Northern papers will soon support Union dissolution to end the Slave Power's rule, endorsing it if necessary.
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The Charleston S. C. Standard says—"No good negroes run away, they think it a disgrace to do so; the bad and tricky negroes of the South, the scamps and scoundrels, fly to the rogue's refuge, the north."
Very well, why don't you let them stay here? What do you want of the "bad negroes, the scamps and scoundrels?" We of the North, are glad to get rid of scamps and scoundrels, and we love to have them stay away after having left us. We don't expend thousands of dollars, and turn out United States troops to compel them to return.
The Detroit Advertiser recently set a story afloat, to the effect that the proprietors of the New York Tribune had held a meeting and decided to take ground in favor of a dissolution of the Union. The story was false, of course, and for that reason the Tribune does well to contradict it: but we believe the day is not far distant when that paper will glory in doing the very thing which it now so earnestly disclaims. And not the Tribune only, but many other reputable Northern journals.—God speed the day, for it will be a day of deliverance from the rule of the Slave Power.
Anti-Slavery Standard.
If we cannot shake off the rule of the Slave Power without a dissolution, then dissolve, say we all.
Very well, why don't you let them stay here? What do you want of the "bad negroes, the scamps and scoundrels?" We of the North, are glad to get rid of scamps and scoundrels, and we love to have them stay away after having left us. We don't expend thousands of dollars, and turn out United States troops to compel them to return.
The Detroit Advertiser recently set a story afloat, to the effect that the proprietors of the New York Tribune had held a meeting and decided to take ground in favor of a dissolution of the Union. The story was false, of course, and for that reason the Tribune does well to contradict it: but we believe the day is not far distant when that paper will glory in doing the very thing which it now so earnestly disclaims. And not the Tribune only, but many other reputable Northern journals.—God speed the day, for it will be a day of deliverance from the rule of the Slave Power.
Anti-Slavery Standard.
If we cannot shake off the rule of the Slave Power without a dissolution, then dissolve, say we all.
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Fugitive Slaves
Slave Power
Union Dissolution
Anti Slavery
Northern Press
What entities or persons were involved?
Charleston S. C. Standard
Detroit Advertiser
New York Tribune
Slave Power
Anti Slavery Standard
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Southern Views On Fugitive Slaves And Support For Union Dissolution To End Slave Power
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Slavery And Pro Dissolution If Needed
Key Figures
Charleston S. C. Standard
Detroit Advertiser
New York Tribune
Slave Power
Anti Slavery Standard
Key Arguments
Southern Papers Label Runaway Slaves As Bad And Tricky Negroes Fleeing To The North
Northerners Do Not Want Fugitive Slaves Returned And Refuse To Use Troops Or Funds To Compel It
False Rumor From Detroit Advertiser Claims New York Tribune Favors Union Dissolution
Northern Journals Will Soon Support Dissolution To Escape Slave Power Rule
Dissolution Is Desirable As Deliverance From Slave Power
If Unable To End Slave Power Rule Without Dissolution, Then Dissolve