The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-20

GIGS OF CRIME. lherc have been expended IN the
county OF Philadelphia, according to a published
statement have clipped from a paper, since the
year 1872 upwards Of Sl42, 900 for the suppression
OF MODS; whilst, upon the other hand see trepeat
edly stated that there eighteen thousand human
beings, living under ground and in cellars, packed
together IN rags and horrible wretchedncss in the
great city of New York. | saw myself, three
years ago, there, scenes such as my eyes had
never beheld, and such, trust, as may be spared
seeing asain---amongst them few that | never
shall forget--;wo of them will mention: The one
was blind man, led amid the throng on the great
and crowded Broadway, by string attached TO a
doc, (who seemed 10 me 10 have been his deepes,
sympathlzer.( He held in his hand plate, as he
passed, that had nothing in it as bright as silver
when stopped to add trile. The other was a
woman, seated on the steps Of the notorious Aston
/ House, with n shriveled and writing infant on
her knee, aud whilst was in the act Of giving her
a pitiance, was accosted by CITIZEN who said
she was doubtless an imposier, who had borrow ed
the child and bandaged il with bands TO impose
upon strangers
la vain shall il be said such scenes and cir
cumsances> are confined To the cities. They are
/ not To be found, either amongst the whites or the
blacks, In the country or cities Of the South No,
sir, no. Go TO the farms and cities of the South,
and see the African, fed, clothed, and happy, and
let your false cainor stand rebuked forever. Nay,
more; whether these things be in the cities Of the
North or elsewhere, they gathered to the polls
when 1t comes 10 voting, and swell tho abolition
fume, which comes here TO denounce and insult
US, in relation to institution that could they
change and be elevated to its scale of happiness
and conten,nent, they would be more improved
in their condition than the philanthropy Of the
North will accomplish for them whist they re.
main on this earth
Il is from this very city of New York there
comes so strong tide of abolition, as furnishes
distinguished member in the other end Of the
Capitol, who stands up in the presence Of Sena.
tors, the people, and in the face of Heaven and
calls upon his God to witness his oath to sup
| port the Constitution under which he takes his
seat, and yet declares, in his place, that so great
Is his philanthropy, he will yield in his conscience
to sense Of higher duty, when slavery is in
question, and whenever il is convenient TO accom-
| plish his purpose. God save me, sir, from such
religion this, and forbid that such votaries shall
desecrate these Halls to the accomplishment of
their purposes, Much better would il be to exer-
else their benevolence among the wretches who are
painting among them, and let those only take oaths
here, who are prepared to observe them. When
| they have relieved their own sufferers, we might
better he prepared to hear them, and believe in
| their professions. Until they do this, have no
faith in their philanthropy, and would much
sooner suspect that the religion of the Senator
would find It's happlest goal within the walls of a
| White House.
Sir, there is state of things at the North, with
all their boosted piety and philanthropy, which |
trust will never be realized at the South. Look
Tor moment at their thousand societies and ASSOC
Citations, anti-sabbath antimarrage, ant-rent, &C.,
with their lnfde conventions, and views of social
4 ism, and agraranistn, which seem to be rapidly
tending to such state of things as will pull down,
IN the deepest depths of agraranism and confu-
sion, all that the wisdom of century has done
Tor the country. but recently saw from the col
unrns OF paper, having, perhaps, as large cir.
culatlon as any in the Union, published in New
York, by u gentleman last winter u member of
! this body, IN substance, such sentiment as this:
That the pirate who presented his pistol, and
forced the surrender of surplus over that which
was necessary to ones own support, had the right
to do so, and that the land owner had no claim on
his lessee, unless it were necessary for his own
support. Such an abominable sentiment this has
been published before, from the Roman Tribune,
and formed great element in the course of things
that pulled down that Republic. II was alike ia
miiar in the JacObin clubs of France, preceding
the time when Robesperre, Danton, and Maral,
ruled the destnes Of that people, and held up to
the world spectacle that humanity would hide
| from in disgust. IL remains to be seen what may
be its effects in this progressive age of monstrosi-
| tics Of the North. 1t remains to be seen how long
before those of every hue and cline, when made
freemen and citizens by northern sentiment and
practice, having forced the southern States to
| withdraw from association made insutferable
to them, will vote themselves Il share, without
law right, of the substance Of the country when
the verrest vagabond upon earth, may share equal
ly with the honest man of the country and when
those whose sympathies are now SO deep for the
black race, may have their own status controlled
! by them, as in the crusade now against the South
their vorites are sent to this and the other end Of
the Capitol to rule the storm against US; but time
admonishes me must pass on
| l have said that actual war against the South
exists in the conduct of the free States in relation
TO slavery; and think every candid man who
views things they are, should sustain me in this
position. Every State in this Union had slaves
when this Confederacy was formed, unless Mas
sachusetts She, believe, had some, though moi
] to be found in the census of 1870; and il may no.
be too often repeated, that no association would
ever have been formed had slavery not only beer
recognized, but more carefully guarded than any
other species OF property Indeed it was TO slaves
and their proceeds the Government must mainly
have looked for support--lands were then album
dant and cheap, and no one supposed that impost
duties under any scale of imposition ever could
answer the exigencies of the Government; hence
the provision that slaves and their proceeds should
only be taxed in proportion TO the representation
Of the States. Very soon, however, spirit OF
| fdnaticism commenced its progress, which has
progressed from various causes until we find our
selves in our present condition., with discord and
strife from the one extremity Of the Confederacy
TO the other, that for one do not believe will
be reconciled until the southern States VIII either
be degraded and ruined, that spirit Of resistance
which think the duty Of freemen requires, will
vindicate her rights and her honor. 1 shall not
attempt the enumeration of the thousand lndica-
tons or facts which lead me to this concluson--I
will only refer TO a few Of them pass In
the progress Of this spirit Abolition societies were
formed, public sentiment began to receive the
faint, men who we're in most instances low and
obscure, became orators, and acquired conse-
quence that nothing less than superstition or
1 fanaticsm would have allowed them. Women
and the youth of the country were taught to
look upon the owners of slaves MS fends from
| purgatory; ISLANDERS of the grosses type were
circulated to effect this purpose; emissaries from
England were received and listened TO as min
is,ers from God; they propagaed thousand
! lIbels upon the South represented cases of cru.
city and blood, Of which the southern people
never heard nor had they, unless upon their own
ships whilst engaged in dragging the African from
his native land. Ministers Of the Gospel desecra.
| ted the pulpit with the grossest perversion Of
Scripture in aid of this unholy work. The Blue
Laws were abolished, or rather worn out, by their
own safety, and the public mind found food in
this unfighteous warfare upon the rights and