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

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than are granted to the slaves; and in this
connection, Gov. Hammond very forciby
urges upon the AboIitionists of England.
the propriety of their attending 10 tenn
poral and spiritual wants OF their labor
ing population at home, and Of raising
them at least 10 the level of the slaves 4
| America, before they exhaust their ener-
gies in eliminating and denouncing the
people Of this country. OF the conditions
of laboring classes Of ENGLAND he thus
speaks:
" Now | affirm that in Great Britain the
poor and laboring classes OF your own
race and color. not only your fellow beings,
bat your fellow citizens, are more misera-
BILE and degraded, morally and physically.
than our slaves, to be elevated to the ac-
tual condition OF whom, would be to those
your fellow citizens most glorious act Of
emancipation.
He then quotes from parliamentary and
other documents, facts which fully sustain
this assertion, and thus forcibly urges up
on the Aboluionsts of England to DO their
duty t. their own iellow-cIiizens:
1T is shocking beyond endurance to
turn over your records in which the con-
dltIon of your laborlng classes is but too
! faithfully depicted. Could our slaves but
see it, they would join US in lyncning Aho-
liionists which, by the by, they would not
be 10th now to do. We never think Of
imposing on them such lab n either in a.
mount or kind. We never put them To
any work under ten, more generally at
twelve years of aye, and then the very
highest. DestliutIon Is absolutely urknawa
never did Il slave starve in America;
while in mora! sentiments and feelings, in
religious information and even tn general
intelligence, they are infinitely the sI2e
rior of your operatives. When YOU hook
around you, how dare YOU To- Talk before
the world of slavery? For the condition
of your wretched laborers, YOU and every
Briton who is not one of them, are respon-
sibe before God and man. II you are
really humane, phiiauthropic, and charita-
bic, here are subjects for you. Relieve
them. Raise them from the condition OF
| hrutes, to the level with human beings. To
the condition of American slaves, at least.
Do not for an instant suppose that the
name OF being freemen is the slightes,
comfort to them, situated rs they are, or
that the bombastic boas; thar " hpever
touches the British soil stands redeemed.
regenerated, and Olsen hralied." cen rneei
with anything hat ridicuie and contempt
from mankind, while that soil swans, both
on and under lis surface, with the m 81
ahlect and degraded wretchcs that ever
bowed beneath the oPpressor's yoke"
Gov. Hammond concludes his letter by
pointing out the utter futility, as vel as
wickedness, of the attempts of the Aboli
tionists; the malignant denunciati,n,
which constitute their +" moral suasIon;
the stupidity OF supposing that any people
can be persuaded TO surrender property t.
the amount of two thousand millions o
dollars, and The evidence OF the fact, tha
the Abolitionists intend ultimately to re
sort to force to accomplish the results a
which they aim. The true character o
the new British scheme of emigration L
also exposed, and it is shown that the AT
ricaD slave trade has been actually revIv
cd under auspices and protection of tht
British Government. 1t is urged tina
emancipation, should it be effected, mus
result in an determination of the negroes
We have thus given at length, hut II
less space than would do it justice, ~
nopsis of this very able and lnlefe~tu.
letter. 1t is certainly worthy OF attention
as strong and earnest argument, on ihl
part OF the South, against the fierce -ant
most unjust cruelty which has ever Teen -
on foot against her and her very existence
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, Rev. DIR. Belhane, in speaking of III
measures OF Gen'l Jackson's administra
: ton, says:
"lf ne were wrong, public opinion ha
; since adopted the chief of his heresie-
and there is no hand strong enough or dar
ing enough 10 lay one stone upon an"the
!, OF that which he threw down into ruins.
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The Legislature of Alabama will in fu
ture meet biennially. The question Wa
submitted 10 The people at the recent eleC
; ton. and the majority in favor of 'bienni'
sessions was very large.
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t Mankind may be divided into three di!
!, iinct classes: superlatively honest men
? confirmed scoundrels, and-no men AT al
N. Y Wing.
First person, WE are; second, YE or Yo
are; third, THEY (the wo'nen) are!
Phil Times.
!. A GOOD REToRT.-The ladies' of r.
n chester have adopted the motto +" total a
f stinence or DO husbands" The your
e gentlemen 10 be even. adopted the mott
. 8 natural waists or NJ wives"
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The old adage " Truth hes at the BE-
:, tom Of the we'll" is verified BY the ia