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

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ono Of them, denied the authenticity Of Ibis
letter: yes, cir, they pronounced It forge
~! The people had been taught to believe
thai Mr.. Van Bursn had no abolition friends
mo friends opposed to slavery. But here,
Dir, We have, from the pen Of the RePresen-
tative from Hamilton county, Ohio, the
outpourings Of moro abuse, moro hellish
SANDER, deliberately concocted, on slave
owners, than It has ever been my lot to hear
from any avowed abolitionist.
Yet, sir, this same abhorrer Of slavery,
so 'sdeadly hostile" to it, is, Of all ohter de-
mocrats, the chosen advocate of the Globe
the chosen champion Of this Southern
loving Administration. Another extract
want to give my constituents some infor.
nation Of the opinions of this personal and
political friend of Martin Van Buren,. The
letter says, in combinations:
yes, greater in its moral effec6 and cor
ruptine tendencies than all other human
evils put together. 1t is not only q moral
and political evil within Itself OF intr'nsi-
cally so of the darkest and most damnlng
character, but ia all its bearings and effects
calculated to produce the most fatal effects
on both the moral and political institutions
of our country"
Here Mr.. Duncan asked leave to ex-
plain again. Mr.. Stanly yielded for expla-
nation; and Mr.. Duncan said he was "not
an abolitionist; and any individual or any
newspaper that floats on the breeze, that said
he was an abolitionist, was vile.calumnia-
tor"
(Here Mr.. Thompson Of South Carolina,
rose, and called on the Speaker to enforce
the rules, and see that a gentleman who was
occupying the floor should not be thus fire.
quen,ly interrupted.
Mr.. Stanly continued. have yielded
| the flor with pleasure to hear any explana-
tons. but not to hear speeches Of defence.
I must insist upon my right to the floor, and
will not again be interrupted for speeches
of this character.
Sir, am not acquainted with ths kind Of
newspapers to which the gentleman refers.
I have never seen any that foaied on the
breeze that charged him with being an abo-
litionis,. Sir, it would better become the
assumed galautry of the distinguished de-
mocrat from Hamilton county, Ohio, who
carries rifle for personal defence, to wait
until he Is charged with being an abolition
ist, before he throws out such bold denunci-
alton have not charged him, and do no,
now charge him, with being an aboltionlst
I am willing to admit that he and his newly
elected Senator Mr.. Tappan) whom he has
bepraised ..as sound 9. deposxat. and Is
and, wi:hal, Of the first order Of talents, and
of the most unexceptionable Department.
are neither of them abolitionists. l an
willing to admit that they are both as gooc
friends of the South as any Van Buren, eau
Gus democrats. who voted on the resolution:
of the 18th Of December last.
l will take this letter as proof of thei
affection for the South; or, if he pleases,
will take the reputed declaration of Thu
sdemocrat and patriot" (Mr. Tappan,) abou
the time Of the Southampton insurrection
MS proof Of his s.sound democracy and pur'
patriotism"
i l am willing, say, sir, to believe the.
q are not abolitionists. do not know wha
Specification they attach to the words demo
crat and abolitionists. But, sir, charg
him with being the author of this letter, an
. he cannot deny that. chargs il in the pre-
sence and hearing of my democratic o
Van Buren, colleagues, and wish them n
longer to consider this forgery.
\ But to the letter. The gentleman toll
us that he dealt in figures, and from this let
ter can prove that he does deal as largel.
in figures of Imagination as any member Of
!, this floor. Hear little more from this p !
tent democrat, this herald of anti-abolition
of Tappan democracy. Hear little NOR
Of what he says about slavery.
= SIT il an evil that has, does now, and viii
in all time to come while it exists, involve ii
!, it, as well in Its present possession as in it
, future operations, crime, fraud, theft, mav
der, robbery and death. For the truth o
t what say, as to its present effects upon tn
institutions of our country, have only Z
!, refer you to view Of the slave States il
our Union, and comparison between tn
relative condition of the improvements .
them and the free States. You sec the fire.
b States happy and fourishing, to the admire
) ton and establishment Of al who see them
1 Public improvements and private prosperit
a are swift and head and head in the race
while, on tho other hand, poverty, lean an
! hungry sterility, aud squalid wretchednes
seem to cover the face Of the land in man
Ill parts where slave institutions have res
dence." -
? Would to God, sir, that those who ense
y tain such opinions could go into my d'strlc
i or into yours! How different would be the
,Iopinions could they visit the western part