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

Ileasen seem 20 loo6uH40 1ty 1aB WP0ul
which you east yQQ1 Syef prospect
seems to be Wilh llted BY the
frown and disappfo1 of ,enxing ius1
tee and Stolatad nhnity: - short, al
most every inslilElop, overy prosperity,
public and private, seems 10 sc siekenjps
and dying from the corrupting and corrooing
effects of slavery. Butth Curse be on the
head of those who sustain such IN institu;
tion."
Now, sir, ask you If you have ever
heard or read from any avowed abolitionist
more horrible, shameful, miserable, mali
cious SANDER upon slave holders and the
siaveholding country than have here read
in this letter from this defender Of tho Ad-
ministration2 Did the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts (M-. Adams) in all his intempe-
rate, unlustifiable remarks about slavery,
ever assert any thing half SO abusivef Has
the gentleman from Vermont, Mr.. Slade,)
who is regarded as the great leader Of the
abolitionists in this House, has he ever used
expressions SO unworthy man of feeling,
so unbccoming Representative on this
floor? No, sir; no, sir; neither OF them, or
any other abolitionist. has ever done the
South greater I'M istice, has ever given ex-
preston to such 'dc,estable opinions. No
aboI;tionist ever uttered sentiments Of more
venomous maligni'y. And yet, sir, this
man who says slavery 'involves in it, as well
in its tisesent possession as in its future OPP
era,ions, crime, fraud, theft, robbery, MUIR
der, and death!''-who says shut the curse
be on the head Of those who sustain such an
ins,itution'1this individual is-Who, sire
Who is he, MIR. Speaker? Why, sir, he is
the representative from Hamilton county,
OH o. A locofoco democrat-the very
personifcation of locofoco democracy-the
"dear sir'' of Amos Kendall and Levi Wood
bury-,he beloved defender Of the measures
Of Martin Van Buren,! And has he, cir,
lost any of the love or confidence If the
President or his friends since he wrote this
le'ter7 No, sir; far from it. AT the last
session he published speech, "by authori-
ty," (which was never spoken; and now, sir,
we find him addressing letters to the heads
of the Departments, asking information for
the purpose of enabling him to make some
reply in favor of "the Administration and
the Democratic party!" He tells us in his
speech to-day that he had ''informaticn fur
nished him." and he has shown us, 10y the
letters he read, from whom the Information
came. Mr.. Van Buren, is great friend Of
the South, but he loves those who abhor sla-
very, and the abhorrers love him. Does
not this strengthen the already strong evil
dence before the world, that the President
is but
ga lowering temporizer that
Cah'st with thine eyes at once see good and
evil,
Inclining to them both?"
Sir, the gentleman who deals go largely in
figures, (and again give him the credit OF
dealing In figures, and believe he can take
as many strong points in a case as any de-
mocrat on this Aoor)-the gentleman surely
never has been in country where slavery
was tolerated. Are there any evidences Of
stso@1ssS&s~pf Ged, and the Vengeance OF
iieavenH 70 pesurn mere, excBpr WHAT rucuF
foco democracy has inflicted upon US? Did
he see the evidences of the 'sblighling eff
fec,s" of slavery in Kentucky? The Ken
lucky line is not far from his home. Where
are you, Representatives from old Ken
tuck? Ye who come from that Stale which
has been proudly called ''the land Of the
brave and the home Of the free?" Is this a
correct account of your homes? Does your
fair land "bear the impress of poverty and
dilapidation," and does it look 'sas if pesti-
lence and famine had been making their sad
innovations2'' Here several voices were
heard, ''No, no! false, falsem &c. Gel
Where is the Representative from the dis
trict in Kentucky, near Hamilton county,
Ohio? Does ''lean, hungry sterilitv, squalid
wretchedness, seem TO cover" the face OF
your district? Is every prospect their with
cred and wilted by the frown and disappro-
baton of avenging justice and violated hu-
mainly? Are all your institutions sickening
and dying from the corrup,ing and corrod-
ing effects Of slavery.
Here Mr.. Southgate, of Kentucky, said
1t is foul libel, a base SANDER, upon my
constituents and upon my State.l
Mr.. StanIy. MIR. Speaker, my blood runs
cold when read such expressions as these,
and think of my home and my constituents.
sicken at reading such disgraceful SANDER
upon men of all parties, upon Christians Of
all Denominations. who are slaveholders.--
Nothing, sir, but the rules of the House re-
strain me from expressing, in language
which my feelings would dictate, my alb
florence, detestation, and contempt Of the
author of such sentiments-of this "dear
sir" Of the party, Of this Caliban pet Of the
Globe, who writes thus of Shareholders, and
then vptes with the South upon all the eau
Gus resolutions except that which lays pc
titions on the table!
Would It be unkind, Mr.. Speaker, 10 ask