Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-09-04

States with the most minute observation and
endless iteration. Miss Martlneau, with pc
culiar gust, relates a series of scandalous
stories which would have made Boccacio
Jealous of her pen, but which are so ridlcu-
lousy false as to leave no doubt that some
wicked wag, knowing she would write
book has furnished her materials-a game
too often played on tourists in this country.
The constant recurrence to this topic, and
their bitterness in regard to 1t cannot fail TO
suggest TO even the most charitable mind,
| that
"Such rage without betrays the fires within"
Nor are their Immaculate coadjutors of the
other sex, though perhaps less specific in
their charges less violent in their denuncia-
tons. But recently in yonr island cler
gyman has, at public meeting, stlgmatzed
the whole slave region as a"brothel." Are
these people who thus cast stones beings
"without SIM" Or do they only
"Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damnng those they have no mind to-
Alas that David and Solomon should be al
lowed 10 repose in peace-that Leo should
be almost canonized, and Luther more than
sainted-that in our own day courtezans
should be formally licensed in Paris, and
tenements in London rented for years to
women of the town for the benefit of the
church with the knowledge Of the bishop
and the poor slave States of America alone
bounced upon and offered up as holocaust
on the altar of Immaculateness to atone for
the abuse Of natural instinct by all mankind;
and if not actually consumed, at least ex-
posed, mathematical, and held up to scorn,
by those who
"write
Or with Rivals or an Eunich's spite''
But do not intend to admit that this
charge is just or true. Without meaning to
profess uncommon modesty, will say that
wish this topic sould be avoided am
of opinion, and | doubt not every right
minded man will concur, that the public
exposure and discussion of this vice, even
to rebuke, invariably does more harm than
good; and that if ii cannot be checked by
linstilling pure and virtuous sentiments, il
is far worse than useless TO attempt to dc
it by exhibiting its determines. may no.
however pass 1t over; nor ought feel any
dellcacy in examining question to which
the Shareholder is invited and challenged by
clergymen and virgins. So far from allow,
ing, then, that RIGHTEOUSNESS pervades this
region. broadly assert, and refer to the
records of the courts, 10 the public press
and to the knowledge of all who have ever
lived here, that among our white popula.
ton, there are fewer cases of divorce, sepa.
ration, Grim con, seduction, rape, and bas-
tardy, than among any other five millions
of people OH the civilized earth. And this
fact believe will be conceded by the ab-
olitionists of this country themselves.
am almost willing TO refer it to them and
submit to their decision on it. | would no
hesitate to do so if thought them capable
of an impartial judgment on any matter
where slavery is in question. But it is said
that the RIGHTEOUSNESS consists in the con-
slant intercourse between white males and
colored females. One of your heavy char
ges against us has been that we regard and
treat these people as brutes; you now charge
US with habtually taking them to our bo-
SONS. ] will not comment on the incon-
sistency of these accusations. | will MOI
deny that some intercourse of the sort does
take place. lis character and extent, how
ever, are grossly and atrociousl y exaggera-
ted. No authority divine or human has
yet been found sufficient to arrest all such
irregularities among men. But it is a known
fact, that they are perpetrated here for the
most part in the cities. Very few mulauoes
are reared on our plantations. In the cities
a large proportion of the inhabitants do moi
own slaves. A still larger proportion are
natives of the North or foreigners. They
should share, and justly, too, an equal parr
in this sin with The Shareholders, Facts
cannot be ascertained, or | doubt not il
would appear that they are the chief offend
ers. If The truth be otherwise, that persons
from abroad have stronger prejudices against
the African race than we have. Be this as
it NAV, it is we'll known that this intercourse
is regarded in our society as highly disrep-
utable. If carried on habitually it serious
| Iy affects mans standing, SO far as it is
known; and he who takes a colored mis-
tress-with rare and extraordinary excep-
Ilions-loses caste at once. You will say
that one exception should damn our whole
country. How much less criminal is it 10
take white mistress In your eyes ii
should be at least an equal offence. Yet
look around you at home, from the cottage
10 the throne, and count how many mis-
tresses are kept in unblushing notoriety,
without any loss of caste. Such cases are