The Arkansas advocate., 1830-04-07

1 e~0ta'o'f y ---~-s " -~~S5 in question.
 Speaking of the relative importance
 of f tie aTlioi, oif tue sSsoutherti and the
 Eastern States, Matthew Carey, in the
 9th edition of his Olive Branch, (page
 37S,) after exhibiting number of sta
 tistical tables to show the decided supe- riority of the former, thus proceeds
 But am tired of this investigation
 -I sicken for the honor of the human
 species. What idea must the world
 form of the arrogance of tine pretensions
 of the one side, [the Eastl and of the
 folly and weakness of the rest of the
 Union, to have so long suffered them to
 pass without exposure and detection.- 'Fhe naked fact is, that the demagogues in the Eastern States, not satisfied with deriving all the benefit from the South
 ern section of the Union, that they would from so many wealthy colonies with making princely fortunes by the
 carriage and exportation of its bulky
 and valuable productions, and supply
 ing it with their own manufactures, and
 the productions of Europe, and the East
 and Westindies, to an enormousa amount,
 and at an immense profit, have uniform
 Iy treated it with outrage, insult, and
 injury. And, regardless of their vital
 interests, the Eastern States were lately
 courting their own destruction, by al-
 lowing few restless, turbulent men to
 lead them blindfolded to separation
 which was pregnant with their certain
 ruin. Whenever that event takes place
 they sink into insignifcance. If se-
 paration were desirable to any part of the Union, it would be to the Middle and Southern States, particularly the latter, who have been so long harrassed with the complaints, the restlessness, the turbulence, and the ingratitude of the
 Eastern States, that their patience has
 been tired almost beyond endurance. " "Jeshuran waxed fat and kicked'-and he will be severely punished for his kicking in the event of dissolution of the Union.H Sir, I wish it to be dis tinetly understood, that do not adopt these sentiments as ny own. quote them to show that very different senti- ments have prevailed in former times, as to the weakness of the slave holding States, from those which now seem to have become fashionable in certain quarters. l know It has been supposed by certain ill-informed persons, that the South exists only by the countenanee and protection of the North. Sir, this is the idlest of all the idle and ridicu- lous fancies that ever entered into the mind of man. In every State of this Union, except one, the free white popu- lation actually preponderates; while in the British West India Islands, (where 1 the average white population less than ten per cent. of the whole,) the slaves are kept in entire subjection; it is pre- posterous to suppose that the Southern States could ever find the smallest diff culty in this respect. On this subject, as in all others, we ask nothing of our Northern brethren but to ssletus alone." Leave us to the undisturbed manage ment of our domestic concerns, and the direction of our own industry, and we will ask no more. Sir, all our difficult ties on this subject have arisen from in- reference from abroad, which has dis turbed, and may again disturb, our do- nestle tranquility, just so far as to bring down punishment upon the heads of the unfortunate victims of "a fanatical and mistaken humanity.
 There is a spirit, which, like the fa- ther of evil, is constantly walking to and fro about the earth, seeking whom it may devour." It is the spirit of false philanthropy. The persons whom it do not indeed throw then- selves into the flames, but they are em- ployed in lighting up the torches of dis cord throughout the community. Their first principle of action is to leave their own affairs, and neglect their own du- ties, toregulate the affairs and the duties of others. Theirs is the task to feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, of other lands, while they thrust the naked, fam ished, and shivering beggar from their own doors ito instruct the heathen, while their own children want the bread of life. When this spirit infuses itself into the bosom of a statesman, (ifone SO possessed can be called a statesman,) it converts him at once into a visionary en- ttlhi;isiast. Then it is that he induiges in golden dreams of national greatness