Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-05-23

&C. Hon. j. c. Calhoan's contrast 6etocsn
he Last Indian and american siarery fine
nd following is from The eloquent and unan.
st swcrable speech Of j. G. Calhoun ia tho
United States Senate, March l3, 1910, on
the right OF protection which the flag Of II
Tree nation gives 10 the persons, ana all
the right belonging to personal relations,
as established by the laws Of the stale 10
- which they belong,' Of all who may sail
- under sucl, Dag. ~
:, !" Speaking of the comparatv, state OF
slavery in this country and under the Brit.
- ish sway in India, this eminent statesman
=, says:
~ But why dwell Oh these comparatively
=" few slavesl The whole of IIndoos,an.
~ wil, the adjacent possessions, il one mag
:" nhcent plantation, peopled by more than
- one hundred millions of slaves, ibelonuine
', 10 company Of gentlemen IN England.
~ called the East India Company, whose
:" power is far more unlimited and des2o,ic
- than that OF any southern plan;er over hi,
slaves power upheld by the sword and
:, = bayonc', exacting more aud leaving lies.
~ >, BY lar Of tbs 5.5 Tie hekt. So it will
be the aim Of the Editor of The HARP to
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!. Each number will contain one or more
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-. :. 49,. surJrcnous ii man III
!, diVidnaiiy has on absolute right to self
:" government, have MT men aggregated iutu
:; states,' q NATIONS, an equal righi2 Il there
n. De diiiefente,ls MT tie right the noro
!, perfect IN people or nation, than ia tho
: in!vlduals who compose il? And is no,
/. the su'jrciion OF one people to ano;her
: usually accompanied wiihat least, as much
>" abuse, cruell:, and oppression, as thA, Of
-, one individual to another? + il possible
To make distinction which shall Justify
Il
~ Tue one aud condemn Tie other? AID il
!. not, what right then, ask, has Crea,
w. Britain TO hold India 10 suijection, il it DO
contrary To The laws Of nature, or nations.
!" :, Tor one man to hold auotier il, sui LECTION 2
Of, what right 10 hold laBuda, or her nu.
~ ,nero"s sal lecieolonles.a all over the slvbs?
"a or, 10 come nearer 10 the point, ia VIVA,
~ night does II place her boosted abolition of
" slavery in the West indies. what has
~ sac, IN realuy, done there bun to break the
>" comparatively mild and guardan authority
:" OF the master, and substitute in its paeo
:" her own direct aud unlimited powers
- what hm to replace the overseer, by th,
-, army, the sheriff, the constable, and the
!" tax c"liecio'g Has she made her SAVES
,s tfee! Given them The right al self.soy
ed 'Ihhenif Is II not mockery 10 call their
- presen. ulject condition freedom? What
:, "oHd she cali il, if il were herself. by
-, some calamity t. her and the civilized
- world, she should f.! under similar sub.
49, lection to France, or me olher powo, !,
=. Would she call that freedom, or the most
d CALLING mud intolerai,le slavery?
I'd But iapproach near home. cross the
i. Atlantic, passing onuoiiccd suliuoated
81 ifeianf, with her eight millions of people,
40 ana only tinely thousand voters, and Ma
=, eng myself on the boas,ed shores Of Ecr.
- 'ahd heissl', ask, how will the priucipIs
'e' work there?
~ y vas estimated by Burke, If my mem.
DRY serves me, shortly before The begipniny
OF thus century that the British, public. esti.
IS: mating as such all who exercised influence,
over The government, did not exceed 300.
ooo individuals. Since then it has. no
H. doubt, greatly increased BY the extension
in o. me right Of suffrage and other ca uses
he oay that II has trebled or quadrupled, and,
ot. 70 pc liberal, that it amounts to seven or
at eight hundred thousand. lii this small
TO portion, then, is vested The supreme control
i'd ana dominion over twenty five millions.
ar, which constitute the population Of the
cs British Isles. II, then, il he contrary I,