The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-01
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~. Edit5r. Permit me throlgh ihe medium
.ofihe Creole, to c6ll he attention ai our Hon
orable Poll se Court to the subj Ct Of patrols in
our county. Atthis Iime-when there is sneh
slarmiae aaitationou the slave queauon@sge
n prudential measure that will contribute TO
our internal quiet, should be adopted, That
an efficient system Of patrols will do this,
imagine few will question.
On the generally oOpceded fact Of exclusive
jurisdiction by the Police Court over this cues
ti~Ou-rnder the constitutional term Of County
sPalicaS purpose a remaFk upon he anecesai-
~ Of some action on The subject.
The fearful agitation now threatening the
Union, on t.o slave question, should be sufi-
cient canse for the utmost vigilance on our
part. "A ID 70 this the more alarming fact Of the
growing insabordi nation among The slaves u
the South, and itaPpears 70 ME as criminal 70
US TO neglect any--evsn The lsasi-measuTs o.
security. .s m.i 81 Il
am aware that there are some who oppose
any system Of patrol, on the ground that i i
the duty Of every man 70 patrol his own Preml'
ses sand in a community Of large plantations
this plan may d.; for there the owners arc un'
der the two-fOld obligation Of economy and in
~,eTest, . keep Strict wsieh. But those wht
own bu. few slaves are not under the same ne
%cessity, and, indeed, cannot afford to : noun
guard, The result iR, that after %nightfall nea
half the negroes 10 the county are literally 9
large, and no more called for BY their cwneF
until the next days work commences. VIVA
better opportunity could be asked for orgapiz
ing 4 deadly plot? This county has probabl,,
|. never been free from the presence Of abolition
q and incendiary emissaries, and but few sucI
are required to corrupt the whole slave PoPula
4 ton. And probably At no time in our histor.
4 have 50 many suspicious y agrantcharacter s bee
observed among US as within the last lively
OF eighteen months. The late startling cas-
in South Carolina affords a fresh demonstratio
i 81 their efforts. /.
Looking at all these facts i seems 70 n
! strange that there 10 such general apathy in th
/ public mind on this subject. Having ever
4 civilized nation Of the earth clamOring again
our peculiar institution, and more than half OF
our own citizens denounclng il as q gfeI
moral and political evil we should feel th'
We slumbered on a volcano when we are car
q less OH this subject.
c. The history Of our country will show thi
IN every instruction among the slaves, from th'
Of 1895 on the coast Of Louisiana, to that
1885 ia Madison county, has occurred at a tim
, when there was the most profound security
all appearance, And although no record
made Of the fact, | have no doubt but il
equally true, that Immediately prior to eacI
, there was no patrol organization, or if any,
very inefficient system. Many citizens Of III
county can rsmemt er that in "a and '35 theI
was scarcely such q thing known as a pair
in the county, until the people were arouse
to sense Of their danger BY accident only,
time to save themselves from massacre.
Scarcely a week passes now, but some lat
8 evidence Of tho characterization among Il
n slaves occurs in our State. Where is to
the end Of this, without some system to .
force proper order among them? zee MOI
N more probable than another outbreak accor
Pc plishing the death Of thousands Of our citize
and desoIating the country.
%. But | have already said more than there
'. any necessity for, perhaps, as my object
IA only to call the attention Of our worthy polio
men 10 tho subject, believing they will give
the attention due to its Importance, when GO
at suIting the PUBLIC SAFETY.