Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-09-24
CARROILTON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER a. No

lie regulates the dogma that " men are
born equal" as ridiculous in theory and
false IN Tact, inasmnch as state of society
without different classes and conditions of
men, is utterly impossible. The natural
appendage OF Republican institutions, he
comedies, is universal suffrage in the non
slaveholding States, he thinks il undeniable
that the poorest and most ignorant portion
of the people are rapidly nsurping all pc l.
teal power, while at the South, the lowest
classes being slaves, the government rests.
in the hands oflhe educated and enlighien.
ed. This fact leads him to coincide in Mr..
McDuffie's opinion, that " slavery IS the
corner stone of our republican edifce. -
Order, he insists, is much more easily pre-
served among slaves than among the nom
inaily Tree labnrers of other countries,
and he refers in proof TO the fact that at the
South no standing armies are abroad, and
no patrols, as at the North, have beer
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 his regimentals, and put him
in the COTTON field. A very small portion
OF 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, is attributed by abo-
luionists to slavery. Though he does not
enter upon any defence Of duelling, Gov
Hammond thinks it would be easy to show
that it does not " tarnish the character of
people TO acknowledge a standard of
honor, and that, at all events, it is not to
be attributed TO slavery, inasmuch as the
same notion and custom prevail in France
and England. The ARRAYS of which so
much is said, occur entirely in the frontier
States ofthe South and West, and are in
cidental 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 10 the assertions
lhatthe people of the South are neither so
we'll educated nor so religious as those of
the North, Gov. Hammond says that il
must be conceded that thew have more
leisure for cultivation, and cites the fact
that in the rivalry for the powers and hon
ors of this country, the South has been
most often ssseoassfaI- 'I,l.0 pi~ty Vt the
South, he says, is unobtrusive, and though
fewer controversial pamphlets, and excom-
municaing thunders are issued among
them than some other parts of the country,
The number of clergymen is as great as
elsewhere, and professors of religion are
others, without regard to color, and with
other motives than to exhibit their zeal be-
| fore the world. He adds
s. 1t may be regarded as mark of our
want ofexcitahility-thou this is a quail
ity accredited 10 US in an eminent degree
that few Of the remarkable religious
Isms of the present day have taken root
amongst us. We have been so irreverent
as TO laugh at Mormonism and Milerism,
which have ere ted such CONNEXIONS far
Their to The North; and modern prophets
have no honor in our country Shakers,
Rapplsts, Dunkers. Socialists, Fourrierites,
and the like, keep themselves alar off,
Even Plseyism has not yetmoved US. You
may attribute this t. our domestic slavery
if YOU choose. believe you would do
so Justly. There is no material here for
such characters to operate upon.
4. Gov. Hammond next refers in vein
OF keen and biting sarcasm, to the charge
| of the Righteousness, so constantly parad-
ed and enlarged upon by the clerg, men
and virgins who have written so fully upon
J It. He denies lis Justice. and draws "A
, striking and just contrast between the state
OF things al the South and in England in
this respect, as shown by authentic records
Most of Miss Martineau's detailed and
Disgusting 6 facts" in regard 10 this nat
ter, are denounced as absurd aud wtetchec
: fictions.
5. The economical aspect of slavery i:
next considered 1t is faIlacy to repre-
: sent slave labor as unpaid labor. The
slave himself had first to be paid for: ani
/, his price, saws Gov. II. to Mr. CIarkson
IS was in the first place paid mostly to YOU
! countrymen, and assisted IN building vi
some of those colossal English fortunes
since illustrated by patents OF nobility, anc
splendid piles of architecture, stained ant
cemenled (if you like the expression) will
the blood of kidnapped innocents; bu
loaded with no heavier curse than Aboli
ton and its begotlen fanateisms have
brought upon your handsome OF then
fulfilled, some yet to be.
Besides this, the slave must be well TEL
. and clothed, and when sick or infirm main
! tanned entirely at the owners cost. Thes
!, are all heavy charges on slave labor; an
! hence Gov. H. concedes that IN all coun
tres where The density Of the poPnI alto