Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-04-04

pared with what follows. But listen attentive
Ily, ye exclusive guardians ofthe South, We on
ly good democrats, TO The declaration, that slave
Try is one Of the greatest evils on the face of the
earth, and that this democrats "deadly hostile
to slavery. The genileman's uncasiness,
presume, is on account of his Southern friends
; They, in North Carolina, as | was told by one
|of them, denied the authenticity Of this letter
yes sir, they pronounced it a forgery! The
People had been taught to believe that Mr.. Van
: Buren, had no abolition friends mo friends OBJ
posed to slavery. But, here, sir, we have from
the pen of the Representative from Hamilton
county, Ohio, the outpourings of more abuse
more hellish SANDER, concoced, on slave own.
ers, than it has ever been my lot 10 hear from,
an owed abotionist.
Yet, sir, this same abhorer Of slavery, SO
''deadly hostile" to it, is Of all other democrats
the chosen advocate Of the Gobe-tlN chosen
champion Of this Southernloyng Admnistra-
ton. Another extract. want to give my con
stituents some Information of the opinions OF
this personal and political friend of Martin Van
Buren,. The letter says in combinations:
eyes, greater in its moral effects and corrup-
ting tendencies than all other human evils put
together. 1t is not only moral and political
evil within itself, or intrnscally so Of the dark
est and most damning character, but in all its
bearing and effects calculated to produce the
most fatal effects on both the moral and the po-
Iilical institutions Of our country"
Here Mr.. DUNCAN asked leave 10 explain
again. Mr.. STANLEY yielded for explanation
and Mr.. DUNCAN said he was ''not an abolition
isl and any individual or any newspaper that
floats on the breeze, that said he was an aboli-
ZIONIST, was a vile calumnator."
Here Mr.. THOMPSON, Of South Carolina, rose
and called on the Speaker to enforce the rules,
and see that q gentleman who was occupying
the floor should not be thus frequently Interrupt
ted.1
Mr.. Stanley continued. have yielded the
floor with pleasure to hear any explanations but
not to hear speeches of defence. must Insist
upon my right to the floor, and viii not again
be interrupted for speeches ofthis character.
Sir, am not acquainted with the kind OF
newspapers to which the gentleman refers. |
have never seen any that tloated on the breeze
that charged him with being an aboitionlst.--
Sir, it would better become the assumed gal
antry ofthe distinguished democrat from Ham
lton county Ohio, who carries rifle for per-
sonal defence, to wait until he is charged with
being an abolitionist, before he throws out such
bold denunciation. | have not charged him,
and do not now charge him, with being an alb
oilionst. am willing to admit that he and
his newly elected senator, (IMr. TAPPAN) whom
he has be-praised las sound democrat, and
as pure a patriot, as ever honored the names:
and wthal, Of the first order of talents, and of
the most unexceptionabc deportmentm are nei-
Their Of them abolitionists. am willing to ad-
init that they arc both as good friends of the
South as any Van Buren, caucus democrats
who voted on the resolutions of the 18th Of
December last.
will take this letter as proof of their affec-
ton for the South, or, if he pleases, will take
the reputed declaration of this democrat and
patriot" (Mr. TAPPAN,) about the time OF the
Southampton Instruction, as proof OF his
"sound democracy and pure PATRIOTISM
am willing, say sir, to believe they are not
Iabolitionists. do not know what signfca-
ltion they attach to the words democrat and alb
oitionist But, sir, | charge him with being
the author of this letter, and he cannot deny
that. | charge it in the presence and hearing
of my democratic or Van Buren, colleagues: and
wished them no longer to consider this Jorge
Try. >,
But to the letter. The gentleman told us
that he dealt in figures, and from this letter, /
can prove that he does deal as largely in figures
of imagination as any member on this iloor.--
Hear little more from this patent democrat,
this herald of anti-abolition, OF Iappan demo-
cracy Hear a little moro Of what he says
about slavery. -
j SIT is an evil that has, does now, and Will in
all time 10 come while it exists, involve in 1t, as
we'll in lis present possession as in It's future OPP
erations, crime, fraud, theft, robbery murder
and death. For the truth of what say, as to
Its present effects upon the institutions OF our
country, have only TO refer you 10 view OF
the slave States in our Union, and comparl-
son between the relative condition OF the I'M
J proyements of them and the free States lou
see the free States happy and fiourlshlns' 10
the admiration and establishment oil all VINO see
them. Public improvements and private pros
perily are swift and head in the race, whlle, on
the other hand, poverty, lean and hungry s.er,
Iilitv. and soualid wretchedness, seem to cover
tho face Of the land in many parts where save
institutions have residence"
Would to God, sir, those who entertain sucn
opinions could 60 into my district, or into yours;
] How different would be their opinions coula
they visit the western part OF our own NORM
i Carolina--on Of the most beautiful and pros
porous, though almost unknown parts OF inc
world 1,hat good land, a land OF brooks OIL wa
ter, Of fountains and depths, that spring out OIL
: valleys and hlls;' land whose stones are ~
iron, and out of "whose hills thou mayst u's
brass" Would to God, sir, that some reasonu'