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


De connection, Gov. Hammond very forcil
ns urges upon the Abolliionists Of Enelan
ID The propriety Of their attending 10 Ter
poral and spiritual wants OF their labo
e ing population at home, and OF raisir
b them At least TO The level Of the slaves
- America before they exhaust their enc
!. gies 70 calumniating and denouncing III
I people of ibis country. OF the condition
d Of laboring classes Of England he thu
!. speaks:
$ " Now affirm that in Great Britain IN
e poor and laboring classes OF your NV
!. race and color, not only your fellow being,
Y but your fellow citizens, are more m;sero
! bic and degraded, morally and physically
: than our slaves, 10 be elevated 10 the nc
tual condition ri whom, wenlG be to ihos,
your fellow citizens most glorious act o
emancipation"
lie then quotes from parliamentary ant
other documents. ficts which fully sustain
This assertion, and thus forcibly urges up
on the Aboiiionsts of England to do theil
duty 70 their own lellow-cilizens.
/ ut is shocking beyond endurance Il
turn over your records in which the con.
ditlon of your laboring classes is but loo
faithfully depicted. Could our slaves but
see il, they would join us 10 lynching Abo
ilionisls which, by the by, they would MT
be 10th now to do. We never think Of
Imposing on them such labor either in /.
mount or kind. We never put them 10
any work under ten, more generally al
twelve years Of aye, and then tho VERY
iIghtest Desiiluon il absolutely unknown
never did slave siarye in America;
while in moral sentiments and feelings, in
religious Information and even 10 general
intelligence, they are infinitely the supe
rIor Of your operatives. When you look
around you, how dare You 10 talk before
the world of slavery9 For the condition
Of your wretched laborers, you and every
Brlton who is not one Of them, are respon-
sible before God and man. If YOU are
really humane, phianthropic, and charita.
bic, here are subjects for you. Relieve
them. Raise them from the condition of
bruies, 10 the level with human beings, to
The condition Of American slaves, mt least.
DO not Tor an instant suppose that the
name Of being freemcn is the slightest
comfort to them, situated MS they are, or
that the bombastc boast that +" whoeverl
touches The British soil stands redeemed,
regnnerated, and dsen,hraled," can meet
with anything but ridicule and contempt
from mankind, while that soil swarns, both
on and under ils surface, with The most
ablect and degraded wretches that ever
bowed beneath the oppressor's yoke"
Gov. Hammond concludes his letter by
pointing out the utter utility, as well as
wickedness, Of the attempts Of the Adolf
Iionisls; the indignant denuncialions
which constitute their g moral suasion;''
The stupidity Of supposing that any people
can be persuaded to surrender property to
he amount Of two thousand millions oil
dollars, and the evidence Of the fact, that
The AboIItionlsts intend ultimately 10 re-
sort 10 iprce 10 accomplish the results al
which they aim. The true character oil I
he new British scheme Of emigration is ,
llso exposed, and il is shown that the Al. ,
1cap slave trade has been actually revy-
ID under auspices and protection Of fhe
British Government II is urged thai {
should it be effected, must 1
esuIt in an determination Of the negroes. +
We have Thus given al length, but in I
ess space Than would do It Justice, d sy- s
opss Of this very able and interesting \
stler. II is certainly worthy of attention o
strong and earnest argument, on the q
art Of the South, against The fierce and !,
iosi unjust cruelty which has ever been sell i
. foot against her and her very existence. y
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Rev. DR.. Behune, in speaking Of The !,
'easures Of Gen' Jackson's adninistra- /
on, says: Z
III ne were wrong, public opinion has !,
nee adopted the chief Of his heresies, !,
I'D there IS no hand strong enough OF dar- Il
g enough to lay one stone upon another 4
that which he threw down into ruins !,
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The Legislature Of Alabama will in ia. y
re meet biennially. The question was e
omitted 10 The people at The recent cleo. e.
m, and the majority in favor Of biennial p
ssions was very large. 70
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Mankind may be divided into three dis "a
lcl classes: superlaiiyey honest men, n
affirmed scoundreIs, and--no men At all. q
[N Y Wing. a.
First person, WE nre; second, YE or you ~
e; third, THEY (,he wo'nen) are u
PhH. Times. rs
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A GOOD REToRr. The ladies or Ro. X
csicr have adopted the motto " total ab. \,
hence Or no hnsbands." The Young \,
ntiemen 10 bc even, adopted Tie motto, II
iatnIal waists or NJ wives.'' y
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The Old adoge " Truth her al The bot. q
y Of The we'll" is verified by tie fact y y