The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-24
WASHINoToN, Oct 20, 1919.
The Institution of Slar9y-View Of the Mis'isstlpl
Election By a Democrat.

The abolition question is not question between
liberty and slavery as these terms apply to white
men, 1t is q question between the free Niger
ism, and depraviiy Of the Five points, and the or
derry department ard good habits, of the happiest
rural population in the world. There are now
three millions Of honest and well behaved negroes
in the South; and, in twenty-five years more, we
shall have SIX millions of them. | have known
several cases of emancipation, but never knew a
negro to be benefited by being set at liberty.
From the day Of emancipation, their course is
downward. BY the bye, "A very good anecdote on
this subject, was related the Other evening in my
presence, by Southern gentleman -
The present Bishop at Alabama, DR.. Cobbs, an
sstimable and devout prelate OF the Episcopal
church, 10 a native OF Virginia, and several years
ago was tnclILe ed To emanclpate a favorlte family
of negroes, descended TO him from his father
They were deyou well raise d carefully instructed
could read and write, and recied the offices OF the
church with proprieiy and correctness. When the
negroes aseertalned The inclination OF their
masters mind, they annoyed him necessarily,
hatteiing themselves how well they could do, and
how rich they would become II liberated, until
they succeeded in obtaining from him deeds of
manumlssion. A they were good house servants,
they could do we'll in Baltimore. They fur
nlshed with plenty of clothes, money 20 pay their
way, and letters To gentlemen IN Baltimore TO
after them. After a short time, they could do
better IN Philadelphia and In the course of year
or two reached New York. From Baltimore they
wrote home occasionally, but the correspondence
grew less, and finally ceased About the third
winter they wrote from New York. The weather
was very cold, and 20 work was scarce TO be had I,
and they were not very well, they wanted TO
know, If cold master could not send them some
money" They finally sunk down, and fell in
with the dspraved habits OF the herd Of free
negroes and nothing dlstresses The good Bishop
now, more, than rejecting upol the error he com
nntod, IN gratifying their wishes aud setting them
free. This is, on = small scale, picture of the
moral desolation that misguided fanatics would
visit upon the whole country from the Potomac TO
the Rio GIande.
A friend Of mine, who has lately returned from
the South, alleges that the demdDtatIc party will
sweep everything before them IN Mississippi. Col
Melville will succeed Tompkins. Melville is a
South Carolinian, and stood up close 10 Cen
jackson, end was leading Union man, in the
days Of NJ LITIGATION In the Natchez district, the
accomplished Gov. Brown, the finest specimen of
finished Southern gentleman that visits this me
tropols, lie not even blessed with competitor.
Col Feslhersione, having recently lost his ameble
lady, IL prevented from going fully into the cam
yass, but there Is no doubt of his election Jake
Thompson will re succeeded, with his own con-
sent, by one Of the same sort. VISirnR.