The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-03-09


ton. He would see fields of beautiful !,
green, in spots which, few years since,
were untrodden save by the wild beasts Of
the forest, who roamed in undisputed sway.
He could find cultivated fields on the Dor
ders Of lakes, in my district, yielding az
abundant crops as the choicest lands on the !
borders Of the mighty Father Of rivers, and !
vieing in beauty with the most enchantine
see 1ery on the Island of Calypso. And ali
this, too, was brought about BY slave labor. \
Yes, sir, there he would see, in our negroes
the happiest population on the earth--weIl
fed, we'll clothed, and well treated. "Con-
tent and careless of to-morrows's fare, - they
perform their labor with cheetfulness--lar
Dor
"Made the pledge
Of cheerful days, g. nights wi;h,uta groan."
Instead of finding country upon which the
"anger of God and the vengeance Of Hea-
ven seem to rest" as this democrat says Is
the case where "slave Institutions haue q /
residence;" instead of seeing uen who are
cruel "murderers, robbers and pirates" las
abolitionists sometimes call slave-holders) he
would find in the language of the sacred |
volume just now quoted) "a land Of whe il |
and barley, and vines and 6gtrees, and
pomegranates; a lane in which we eat bread |
WITHOUT scarceness," inhabited by men re-
markable for hospitality, plain, unassuming
habits, and indom,able attachment to re- ]
publican institutions!
But, sir, remember: beseech you, this
SANDER comes from democrat, who is no
abolihonist! Yes, sir, from one Of the !.
friends of those who 60 into midnight I
caucus, and prepare Janus-faccd resoIutlans !
tor the protection of the South; this comes
from Van Buren, protector of the South.
a whole hog Van Buren, democrat. A little
more Of this smocratc letter.
| Here Mr.. G iup,of New York, rose to !
a point of order, but the Speaker decided
that Mr.. Stan'y was not out of order.1
| Mr.. Stauly continued Mr.. Speak,. 4.
regret that am inflicting pain upon any<
member of the party, but the gentleman
from New York mus, bear it. Sir. he ca n-S
no, save his friend from Ohio from having
this shameful letter Published to the world
am rejoiced, Sill, that the rules of orJee
tn time are construed as liberailv Cor me
as for the representative from Hamil:od
county, Ohio--ruies, Sit, which, ike the iasF
scriptions on the sabers of Vathek, hold as-
other language to-day from that thew yes-s
terday held, aud like those sabres, can onlv
be deciphered by one man--the usual Occur
pant of that chair.
j Another extract, sir, from this letter: ~
from the slave State, OF stand upon il and
look across the former; YOU will see COM
paratively all life, all happiness, all pros
pcrity, both public and private; but turn
your eyes upon the latter and survey it,
every thing material, Except few of Sbe
wealthy proprietors.) bears the impress Of
poverty and d;lapidation; al. look as il pess
thence and famine had been making their
sad innovation"
Il Now, sir, all this is from one of tour pa
tent democrats, one Of Levi Woodbury's;
"dear sirs," one of the select friends Of
Martin Van Buren,, one of the friends of the
, South! and no aboltionist! Sir. let me ask
the gentleman how he can be other than an
aboitionist with these sentiments? If he
, believes that sssavery is an evil shat has.
does now, and will in all time to come, while
it exists, involve in it, as well in its Or essen,
possession as in its fu ture operations, crime.
fraud, theft, robbery, murder, and death -
| dSA ulIu HOW, Will CieuT conscience. ana
as an honest man, who feels Cor what he
calls "violated humanity" he can be other
than an abolitionis.s Ii, sir, he is $50 dead
,, ly hostile to slavery" il he abhors it as ono
of the greatest evils that exists On the face
of the earth," if he thinks that the sanger
, OF God and the vengeance Of Heaven seem
forrest" upon the slave States, ii he believes
that slavery has such scorrupting aud corr,-
ding effects" if, sir, ask, he is sincere in
saying, shut the curse be on the head of
those who sustain such an inssitution,' - how
can he be other than an abolitionista IL It
because, as he says in the latter part Of his
letter, "the effects would be moro fatal 10
the unhappy and unfortunate African than
even slavery itself?" Or can it be that he
wishes the sanger of God and the von-
geance OF Heaven, and the fIowns and dis
appreciation Of avenging justice, = siiIl 10
rest upon the Southern country? Now, sir,
: this democrat is in dlily social intercourse
with the Southern men who support Mr..
!, Van Buren,, anditis all right and proper: he
: goes. no doubt, into caucus with them.
strongly advocates the ub-'Freasurv. and
they are or would be, the exclusive friends
: Of the South; while /, slr, am accused of
acting with abolitionists If vote with anv
: OF them on motion to adinurnf
!, The representative from Hamilton coun-
Is y, Ohio, said there were no abolitionists in
y tho democratic family. Has he ever seen