Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-06-07


they did hear him, if they could hear thun
der, EDITOR.G
began by observing, shat was will.
ing to concede, that ] had lived longer
than had lived to profit, and many things
have passed me un:mproved. Bat among
the few had noticed, northern men com.
ing TO the South. Sir, SAID !, when they
fret come among US, it seems as if THEY
conId see us ali damn'd and double
damn'd, rdmn'd, cramn'd, and jamn'd in
10 forty SIR FOUNDER, and blO,cn into the
tierv uauhs of deep ddmnatton!! Nay,
pious zeal will not stop there. 1t seems
they ,could get on their knees and inroke
the thunder bolts of an auenging God,
TO SINK OUR SIN MURDERED SOULS TO THE
LOWEST HELLM! But Grin twelve months
time k1Othey become leetle smoother on
the subject, and if they contemplate a
permanent Stay--lf they have either worth,
or merit, or intrigue, they are sure to
form alliances with our SlaUe. hoiding fam.
lilies. We have young ladies in the south
charming ones too--ownlng no slaves
and entirely unconnected with slavery.
But northern gentleman always seem,
some how or other, to..see peculiar charms
in those young ladies whose parents pos
sess the largest number of ringers. p
Who ever heard of Mississippi yankee
fancying a girl that owned no slaves? Sir,
if a stranger was in that gallery, he would
conclude that we southerners were pack
Of cannibals, who XIII and eat their slaves.
We have heard much about blood-stained
hands. am !almost startled, and look
around for Where are thy! |
would ask question-how came slaves in
this country!--nOrthern men, northern
money and noihern ships, brought them
to America. They kept them at home
until they cut down their forest and SO
exhausted their farms that they would
scarcely grow a crop of Sedge, and then,
with shrewdness and foresight, pecuHar
to the north, they sent them to US on spec.
ulation,iuSt as they sent us rum,and slaves
and wooden nutmegs. Our fathers gave
them value received, and now aCe are TO
be condemned, without mixture of mer-
cy, for holding the same property these
northerners once possessed. 1t is posi-
bic, should the period arrive in the south
when our lands are worn out, and slaves
become a bill Of cost 10 us. we shall be.
come very patriotic, moral and religious,
like our northern bretheren, and wash
our hands of slavery. We are told here
that it is one of the most heaven daring,
God. provoking, hell deserving crimes
that man can commit. But | wonder,
wien Jesus Christ came from heaven 10
earth 10 set men right, that he did not
touch the subject. | wonder that the
Apostles, who denounced the smallest
transgresSion, Should have entirely pass
ed over this ENORMOUS OFFENCE! And if
it be offensive and sinful, | wish some
one would just put their fngure on the
place, in Holy Writ. We have no diff
Guilty in pointing TO the passages where
slavery is recorded and sanctioned, and
rules prescribed for the owner and the
owned. We are told the time has come,
th&t something must be done. The veS
cradle man, whose remains lay under
that pulpit, (8ishop Asbury,) and DR..
Coke, thought so, many years ago, and
made such move as they thought pru.
dence dictated, and what was the consc.
quence? Laws were made more rlgor.
Gus, and every avenue TO information
closed to the negro-and while he re-
NAMED in the same or a worse condition
i'll body, his mind was void of that in
struction that might have saved his sou
from sin. That was the result of inter
msddHng. Some of our brelheren seen
TO take pride that they labor in free com
munties. Sir, why this ministerial
pride? What have the church or minis
try done? Nothing, literally nothing
Policy and the Legislature have, in al
cases, movedi in advance. The churcl
Should stand alocf. In conclusion, Mr.
President, see there is strength enougl
in this assembly to pass any resolution
they please. But here, in my place, a
one of the representatives of Mississip
: pi, tell you Ineuer DiU aid in trec,l
! ing it. And if the resolution should b
2 adopted, you may send ship loads G
= northern men to execute it, but PERM
/ ma to say in advance, whenever the
! come to tho south and NEEDLE with south
ern institutions, they will fluid their situa
tons very delicate, if not PeriIO':s in III
> ertreme."
This is the substance of what l saic
E though | may have said much MORE
Judge Lane Of Vicksburg, was preser
n and heard me. Mr.. Editor, you make NJ
: say that at the. close of an hours speaI
. ing, 1 said they ought TO be damned &c
/. whereas you will see from the abov,
: that represented them as willing to Sc
us damned, &c. throw the mantle owe
g your mistake, as no doubt you followe
e the best light you were possessed of.
: should be willing that you give this
1t place in your paper as it will correct Ii
h error. ] hare made many rough speec
: in my time. For all the errors ha,
r. committed, ask compassion of God ar
map; and if have done no good, carr
with me into retirement, conscousne
+ that have wished TO injure no man. o
n actions are public property, but our CO
t. science is private, which we may enjoy
a it is VIVA, it should be. / should be gil
Ie if those prints tina: have transcribed t
!. article from the Free Trader, would &C
a rect it, if in accordance with their feeling
= if not, shall not complain, as it is trit
&c to what have encountered.-You "