Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-06-23

ulo not know the deceit and hypocracv prac-
tlced by the locofoco editors. would suppose
That these were very honest fellows, and that
they were sincerely DESTROYS Of doing Justice
to their opponents. Let us see how FAR such
expectations would be realized. The editors
gay, "we now fH7P the paragraph and we hope
that the Wings viii be satisfied OF our dispose
ton to do their candidate Justice" Well the
paragraph being FILLED up" let us see how It
reads. Here it's:
.Should Ibe asked If there Be no sOay by
aohtch The GENERAL GOVERNMENT can aid the
cause Of EMANCIPATION, / anslcer, Il
has been AN OBJECT NEAR MY HEART, to see the
WHOLE SURPLUS REVENUE ap-
proPrtated 70 that Object. With the sanction of
States holding the slaves, there appears to me
NO CONSTITUTIONAL OBJECTION TO us being
thus applied, embracing not only the colonial
ton ofthose who may be otherwise freed, bat
the purchase of the freedom of others By a
jealous prosecution of plan formed upon that
basis, we might look forward to a dag not uerv
distant, sOhen a North American sun sCould not
look dol0n upon slaUe"
Wei beg our readers now to mark this "filled
up" paragraph and note particularly where the
"tilling up commences. The paragraph as
originally published closed with the words
''appropriated 10 that object" and the "filling
| up" follows immediately after. And now the
duplicity and hypocrisy of these locofoco edit
ors is manifest. They assume to be very mag
unanimous; they regret, Seemingly, the injustice
heretofore done Gen. Harrison, and affect to
make the aniende by publishing what they
would make the public believe is the entire
paragraph. To show more fully, and place IN
a stronger light the contemplate meanness d
these federal editors, we publish the paragraph
in ertenSo, from which the Democrat men have
made partial extract and we ask every man
into whose hands this sheet may fall, to give il
a careful and candid perusal Here it is:
sShould be asked if there is no way by
which the General Government can aid the
cause of emancipation, / answer, that it has
been an object near my heart to see the whole
of the surplus revenue appropriated to thai
object. With the sanction of the States hold
! ing The SlapeS, there appears to me to be no
constitutional objection to its being thus ap-
piled embracing not. only the colonization Of
those that may be otherwise freed, but the
purchase ofthe freedom Of others. By zeal
Gus prosecution of a plan formed upon that
basis, we might look forward to day, not
very distant, when North American sun
would not look down upon slave. To those
who have rejected the plan of colonization,
icOuld ash, ifthey haze loeH loeighed The cOnSe-
qusnces Of emancipation lcithof! Hoso long
aooHH the emanciPated negroes remain satisfied
loith that {! Would any Of The Southern States
then (the negroes armedand oTgaaized) be abb
10 resist their claims to participation IN al
their political rights! Would Il eUen stop there'
| Would they not claim admitdnce 10 all the
social rights and privileges Of a community IN
aChich IN some instances, they lcollh compose
he majority! Let those lohO take pleasure IN
the contemplation Of sltch scenes as must i1leui-
tably tollOlo finish out the picture"
Here then is the paragraph which the Dem
0crat has cut up and garbled to suit its pur-
poses. Here is the paragraph which is relied
upon to prove that Gen. Harrison is an aboIi-
ti0ilist we ask every honest man, every
southron, whether wing or locofoco, to read
the language we have quoted, and then say il
he believes the gallant and patriotic Hero Of
Tippecanoe has a single faint of abolitionism
about him. We anticipate the answer. We
do not believe there is a man in the State OF
Mississippi who viii not unhesitatingly answer
| NO. But to show the baseness ofthe Demo-
crat still further, we extract another paragraph
from the same speech, and which follows direct
~ after the one we have already quoied. The
most ultra defender Of slavery and southern
rights has never gone further than General
Harrison goes in this speech, and particularly
in this paragraph. He uses the following en-
pathetic language:
"If am correct III the principles here ad-
vanced, L support my assertion that, the DIS
lcuSsi01 on ths subject II ezaancin0fian ~, fhf
non SIarehOldiHg Stdtes, as e9s11y
the SIapss and their masters, AND HAS No
SANCTION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Here then Geu. Harrison avows in the plain.
est manner that even the sadiscuSSion on the
subject of emancipation is UNCONSTITU.
Il TIONALl! And yet we suppose this was
} never seen by the editors of the Democra
whenthey were garblIhg the speech os Gen
! HARRISON for the purpose Of poisoning the pub
: lie mad against him. So much then for th'
Y affeced magnanimi,y of the Democrat 81
: mucl for its semblance of hope~ty and far
7 dealing. We think we have now redeemed
: the hedge we made &C the commencement o
tins fticle. ahd that all who read the evidence
I we pbduce viii sustain us in saying that the
S lternknfa1oatS sslyas never more appropriated,
: applEd thanin the manner and to the case t
) whib we apply it." II is a specimen of de
! Iceppn and fraud upon the public which W.
c havinever seen surpassed, and exhibits reck
e less'ess, as well as a meanness, which we hon,
: nevt to see emulated. Before 6ismissinp TIN
= SuDBcIs we are tempted 10 make another ex
e trac from tins Cheyiot speech, which proceeds
2 the paragraph garbled by the editors of tn,
8 Deuocrat and which, we suppose like the sue
3 lceedng paragraphs, they 1aeper sas0. Here
b lis.
e "tthers Is any principle Of the Constitution
e Of be URiSed STATES less disputable than an
: othF, Il is, that the slaUe population is uu1de
) he srclusire control Of the states aehich posses
e The. :"
3 We are now done. We have performe
9 an Unpleasant duty, but it was nevertheless
}, dutt, and one which we felt bound to discharge
7 The course pursued by the Democrat, we con
: lsidsr outrageous and unjustiiable, and on
g which no journal should resort to. If Gen
8 Harrison be defeated fairly, why be it so, b.
q IN Gods name, do not resort to such outrage
! Gus frauds and misrepresentation. Give hin
! a far field, and we desire no favor.-Y ic&sbuE
: Wig.
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