Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-12-27
"The Voice OF virsinia. :,

Governor FLOYD, of the Old Dominion, has deliv-
cred his official manifesto denouncing the anti-save-
~ sentiments Of the /" Northern men oil " hum
bug, and proclaiming the fixed resolve Of the chv-
alric South to draw the sword, and throw away the
scabbard in defence Of the - peculiar institution"
He says:
1.-The men Of the South will not remain passive,
the sword will not rest in its scabbard whilst fanat-
cism IS erecting at hearth-sfones ALTAR upon
which the victims Of sacrifice are 10 be our dauph.
tiers and wives"
He says. a. IL Is than idle to discuss ques-
tons Of ethics with the enthusiasts who denounce as
curse" institution esa bl shed by the command
ct God himself, and who aspire to teach q morality
purer than that Of our Redccmer"
He insists that the question of slavery shall a. be
settled now aud forever" aud adds" let have
pastses. no deceptive truces no delays-no COM
promises which leave the question open for future
adjustment"
He says that submission to the proposed action Of
Congress would be surrender of The entire South to
the African that to cOnfine slavery within its
present limits. with grde Of free States around,
would in few years drive the white beyond its
limits. That the sturdy laborer would soon leave a
country swarming with negroes, for a residence in
another land, aud the too, would follow ind-
ing it impossible to remain.
Thus it IL seems that more slave territory is in
dispensable for the welfare of the South in Governor
Fhyds opinion. He alsn contends that the North or
Free States require slave territory for their fu-
ture prosperty-he insists that IL is slavery which
produces the great American staple, which susiains
the Commerce Of the noriherners-thn il is slavery
which gives them home ina rkei fer their manufac-
iures-and that without slavery, the thrift and PROS
periiy which now pre-eminenily characteristics the
working classes of New Engand and the North
would vanish away and the mechanic and laborcr
would discover, when too late, that whilst striking
the manacles of legal slavery from the hands of the
African he had riveted upon the necks of his own
children the bondage of necessity, which no earthly
power could again renOve."--Cin. Gaz.
BRUrAL AFFAIR-On Monday evening about
O'Clock, a youth by the name Of Andrew McDannald
was inferred in the Ches,nu, Grove Cemeiry and on
yesterday it discovered by the sexton that the
fasenings of the gate had been orciby broken open
the grave rlfed, and the corpse removed. Search
Instituted by the Trustees of the Cemetry and friends
of the deceased, and after several hours ferreting
the affair, the corpsGas found locked up in vacant
house Spring street, shamefuily abused.
Young McDannald died of consumption, was OH or
phan boy OF exemplary habits and had after the death
of his father, engaged in the sale of milk, by which
he supported his mother and little sisters Last sum-
mer his mother died and left him and three little
daughters To tire orphans fate. Andrew sinking
under the consumption, of which he died before
stated. He decently inferred by his friends in
suit of broadcolh, which he had purchased with
the proceeds of his own earnings, which torn off
and thrown away or left in the grave.
Ii was The intention of ;he perpetrators of this
rage 10 take the corpse 10 Louisville for dissect,
They are known to The community, and trust they
will be made TO suffer for this vulaon Of the rights
of the dead and the feelings of the living Such men
should be taught that while the science of medicine
is to he cultivated and cherished, there ways In
which IL can be done without dragging aud
daughters from their last resting place to be chopped
up like hogs, aud their fragments scattered to the
foIr ~inds.-.J. gerSonriIe Republican, Dec. -.