Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-07-20

them; would our bankers ~ . abOta
rers have blamed Mr.. Calhoun ano t %nanuhca
ing the British Governms~, 70. lof reRia
minister, that this was our own 'nt e d
that no foreigner could 30 O wi, affair, ii
lerm ,s with itG What abuse U%sq 70 D
would nothaye been heaped upo s' {; ladeel
and deseryedly 100, if he had pO O head
the national insult? N MOI lepelej
But it is said Mr.. Calhoun
. 70 2 defence Of slavery. Hc did I'sied j..
thing. He offers in his Iet, e,u no spS
word in defence of slavery ' = not Oal
'oId the British minister that Br Ri %'rel
ianlhropy might be better emn Ir,'lsA pb
# allowed to accomplish tbe p eng that
1t would bring no substantial b Sau eevOsed,
negro race, which the British Goeaalo h'
proposed 10 take under lis esN U,ei1neu
lection; for the actual cond; .peslal pro
portion of the race held to se,r;o o. lhal
not little superior TO that Of the '' es., El
nomnally free. And who o. ~ portion
have ever visited Southern ~, ~, who
doubts the fact? The condi,i r,an ia 4
slaves at the South, we all know, u = The
superior to that Of the free bIac Is ia'
North, The silly, sickly, restless ss a. ~ The
mentalizers at home and abroad. ,yh %all'
ready to sacrifice the substancs " W y
dom to secure its mere name Wall =, iisS'
well to ask themselves whether , %ou'a %
yet discovered relation in whi. y nave
black race can live on the same ~ ,a.. The
with the white, at all superior n e ,ha.
which they now live at the Son,b 'AS' ~ 70
have had enough OF cant and brmh,, We
Mock us not with the mere name ~ r.
eriy; give US the substance Of f,e ., n0'
and do what you will with The sma'
name. The Manchester or Leeds o omrs
tive is nominally a freeman; how mn'I
more real freedom has he than on,'Sa 1
on the Southern planlalionl Grco, r.
tam Is now importing negroes, ii is said
from the coast of Africa, into her Wa,
India colonies, with the avowed nu,noso
by the multiplication of labogers. Il ,s
duclng the price of labor to the yery min.
mum OF human subsistence. How npch
better than slaves are laborers forced h.
the lash of hunger 10 toll for the ye,y
minimum of human subsistence? AMI
what right has England 10 read us Lee.
ture on slavery! Let her look at home
The great mass of her population are re.
duced TO state of moral and physical DE-
graduation unknown in any other Europeap
country. Her paupers are one out d
every seven of her whole population;
while even in Italy, OF whose dcgradatiol
we hear so much, they are only one d
every twenty-five. She has reduced Ire
land TO state of beggary, her HUNDRED
OF East India subjects to the low
est restitution; she has commenced the
work of doing the same TO the Chinese
she is plethoric with the spoiIs of the de.
fenceless everywhere, fat with the leblOol
Of every nation she could e;awe; aud
yet she has the impudence to send her
here to read us moral lecture
on slavery! and we, degenerate sons d
noble sires, miserable craveus, applaud
her for her generosity and noble phIan.
thropy, and hurl our censures only at Tho
patriotic minister Of State who has ven.
tured to rebuke her nsolence and vindcaH
his country!
"Mr. Calhoun contrastcd the conditiOno
The slaves and free blacks, not for the pur
pose of defending slavery, but for the Pu
pose of showing the British minister en-
phatically, that this subject of slaveryh |
Volyed considerations of which no foreign
er can judge, and that if slavery is al
evil, 1t is an evil of which we alone Gao
Judge, as to the proper time, measun
md mode of redress. This letter VI
called for, was proper and manly. !
some of the statistics on which he relied
nay be successfully disputed, they wPr
sill sufficiently accurate for all the pu'
'oses OF his argument; and enough oh
ers, which nobody can question, can D
ldduced, whenever they shall be needed
"We are exceeding our limits, but We
must warn our friends to beware of cour-
ng, in tins or any contest, the aid Of Tho
abolitionists. Can a man toud
itch and not be defiled? The time ha
ONE when We must take our stand ffnl
or our religious institu ons, for our cOlr
~, for our whole country, and the noble
constitution of this Union, and be true
hem, though we find ourselves opposed
very modern fanatic, who, because ne
as got the CROCHET of philanthropy in his
cad, fancies himself privileged TO scatter
re brands, arrows, and death, al his plea
lre. There must be no misgivlng, 10
werving. The times are perilous. hs
he day of triol. May God in mercy ag
s, and grant that we may all prove equ1
, the holy trust committed 10 Us; thai We
lay shrink from no struggle, from no 81
riiice, but be ready at any moment
i've up all, even life itself, at the denao'
our country, Of republican ffeeO04
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