Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-08-29

slave prriiory and q slave State TO
the United States. She regarded the
scheme iavorably. Eight southern
States viz)-Virginia, South Car
Iolina. Georgia, Alabama, Miss
lissippi, Louisiana, Missouri, and ar
I kansas voted for the scheme. This
I fully indicates what Southern no
tons were ON the slavery question
| in reference to the annexation Of Tex
as. Now let US contrast them with
! Hillgers. He denies that it would
strengthen slaveV-"that it could
have no other effect than TO exaspeT-
ate the North"-that BY this act Of
annexation, its friends arc TO be held
responsible for the excitement that
now pervades the Uuion on slavery
that the friends Of annexation are
agitators, la as much as this ques-
I ton had been settled but the annexa-
ton of Texas brought it "into the
vortex Of politics, that by this act
| the leaders Of the Southern Demoe.
racy, became unfit for "the south TO
rally upon" in this great slavery ex-
element
These are Hillyer's notions on the
slavery question. Now let US ask our
readers how they compare with true
sound southern notions? Is there not
a striking contrast between them?
Is our inference untrue?
Having now fully, and satisfactoTi-
| ly subs tantiated our charges, and in
ferences, we hurl back the imputa-
ton Of falsehood, upon this Infamous
creature-the censor editor with the
mos, ineiablo and unmitigated con-
tempt. What he charges upon us,
he has basely and maliciously done
himself. When we made the few re-
marks, which were published in our
paper ofthe Sth Inst, we did not in
tend again to refer to the free soil
opinions of this YANKEE. We intend
ed passing over them without further
comment, impressed with the belief
that the sentiment TO which we refer
red, would strike with force the minds
Of Mississippians, and arouse their
honest indignation against one, vino
has the temerity to come among
southeners, to deal out the dtriliSh
doctrines of the abominable free soil
party. But he has provoked this ar
ticle, and he is responsible foJ the
consequences, DE them Whai They
maDgrowing out oft
We have merely given the posi-
tons of this censor editor, without
commenting upon them. We pro
pose now to investigate them.
He treats the annexation Of Texas
by the 'leaders of the Southern Dem
ocracy" as something highly crimi'
nal. That it was presumption Onc
arrogance in them to advocate any
measure, calculated 10 strengthen
slavery, knowing Gas he says, that it,
only effect would be to exasperatC
the north-that they willlully, anC
knowingly, have been the cause Of
this great slavery excitement-that
they are the agitdtOrS-that the slave
nv question, before the annexation o.
Texas, was settled. The slavery ques-
ton settled before the annexation O
Texas!lI! Every one, knows this Il
be false. Every one, knows that the
abolitionists were daily gaining grou
nd at the North. Every one, knows
that prior to the annexation of Texas
the South was bedevileG incessantl
and continually in Congress by ObO
llition petitions, and Of the efforts o
John Quincy Adams, Giddings, am
other abolitionists. were making f
repeal the Dist Rule that excludes
) abolition petitions. Every body know
that the storm was gathering, an
thickening hourly at the North. E'
4 cry body, saw the dark black clout
J Of fanaticism that had risen, and wa