Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-09-24

u"ih equal, as RIDICULOUS IN theory nm
false IN Tact, inasmuch MS state Of societ
Y without different classes and conditions q
4 men, is utterly impossible. The natnra
appendage oil Republican institutions, h
Il comedies, is universal suffrage in the non
= slaveholdIng States, he thinks il undeniabl
that the poorest and most ignorant portion
Of the people are rapidly usurping all 20 Il
d iical power. while al the South, the loves
classes being slaves, The government resi-
IN The hands OF The educated and enliphten
cit. This fact leads him TO cnincide in Mr.
, McDullie's opinion, that /" slavery is the
corner stone Of our republican edifce.,-
Order, he insists, is much more casily pre-
served among slaves than among the nom.
inally Tree laborers of other countries.
and ne refers in proof 10 the fact that at the
South no standing armies are abroad, and
no patrols, as at the North, have been
found necessary to preserve the peace
In case of war, he denies that slavery
would be source Of weakness, the slaves
so far from selling upon the occasion TO
revolt, would gladly seize upon any black
| Soldier who should come among them,
strip him Of bis regimentals, and put him
in the cotton field. A very small portion
oil the Southern people, he thinks, would
be sufficient to oversee the slaves during
war, and thus more force could be sent
into the field
3. Every affray, duel, and murder which
occurs at the South, ia attributed BY abo.
lliionlsls 10 slavery. Though he does not
enter upon any defence Of duelling, Gov.
Hammond thinks it would be eusy to show
that It does not iarnish the character of
a people to acknowledge standard of
honor, and that, al all events, il is not 10
he attributed 10 slavery, innsmuch as the
same notion and cnslom prevail in France
and England. The ARRAYS of which so
mnc h is said, occur entirely ia the frontier
States ofthe South and West, and are in.
cldental to the state of society which there
prevails. Slavery has nothing to do with
them, and would, in fact, be endangered
by them. With regard TO the assertions
that the people of the South are neither so
well educated nor so religious as those of
The North, Gov. Hammond saws that i,
must he conceded that they have more
leisure Tor cultivation, and cites the fact
that in the rivalry for the powers and hon.
ors Of Ibis country, the South has been
most often successful. The piety of the
South, he says, is unobtrusive, and though
lever controversial pamphlets, and excom-
thunders are issued among
hem than some other parts of the country, !
The number of clergymen is MS great as i
elsewhere, and professors Of religion are
content to do good in secret, to benefit /
'thers, without regard 10 color, and with {
otler motives than TO exhibit their zeal be- q
ore the world. He adds "
" Il may he regarded as mark of our $
want ofexcilabilty-thouqh this is a quail q
ty accredited TO us in an eminent degree $
TINT few Of the remarkable religious r
SINS of the present day have taken roo, O
.m'ngst US. We have been 80 irreverent b
IS 10 laugh at Mormonism and Millerism, c
which have ere tied such commutons far n
her to The North; and modern prophets |,
ave no honor in our country. Shakers, /,
sapplsis, Dpnkers. Socialists, Fourrierites, G.
nd the like, keep themselves alar of. - liz
wen Puseylsm has not vel moved US. You k
,ay attribute this to our domestic slavery A
you choose. ! believe you would do OF
. Justly. There is no material here for d
lch characters to operate upon. m
a. Gov. Hammond next refers in vein h,
keen and biting sarcasm. To the charge III
{ The llcentmnsness, so constantly plrad- et
and enlarged upon by the clere,
nd virgins who have written so fully upon RI
lie denies iis justice. and draws a a,
rIklng and just contrast between the state III
things al the South and in England in v
is respect, rs shown by authentic records ed
ost Of Miss Marlineau's dclaled and m
sgusIing facts" 10 regaid 10 this mat wi
d, are denounced as absurd aud wretchcd n,
,iipns. llo
5. The economical aspect Of slavery is CO
,xt considered. II is a faIacy 10 repre- ia,
Mt slave labor as unpaid labor. The m,
I'VE himself had first to be paid Tor: and far
$ price, says Gov. II. 10 Mr.. CIarkson, mi
was in The FIRST place paid mostly TO your Ge
and assisted in building up III,
me Of those colossal English fortunes VIII
nee illustrated by pniens Of nobility, and loo
lendid piles Of architecture, stained. and OK,
menled Vf you like the expressioD) with The
0 blood Of kidnapped innocenis; but COZ
ided with no heavier curse than Adolf. sar
~ and its begoten lanatirisms have nu
ought upon your handsome Of them tin
filed. some yet 10 be-
Besides this, he slave must be well fed Iio
d clothed, and when sick or infrtn main iha
ned entirely al the owners cnsi. These The
} al heayy charges on slave labor, and So
nee Gov. II. Comedies that in all coun- sar
D where The density 81 The population Th
kes i certain thar laborers can always vii