The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-10

their funds at home; but just now, 1t cannot be
done.
We thank our friend for the suggestion. 1t
may possibly form the subject of future article.
aurora.
From the Wadesboro N. CO. Argus.
A FACE SrATE-We were cognizant of little
incident lately that puts IN It's true light the position
Of colored people in the socalled free States. An
old man who had been for many years the slave
of Mrs. Moore, Of this county but who is now Free
and who has always borne a most excellent char
acter, took it into his head some months ago to
move to the free State of Ohio. Before his de-
parture we had seveal conversations with old
George on the subject, in which we tried to dts
suade him from going. We told HIM that we
were thoroughly acquainted with the situation OF
the negroes at the North; that in all hut the name
they were slaves, with the drawback hat they had
masters bound to them by the laws OF the
place, and obliged to support them n sickness
and old age; that they could not vote: that they
could not enter into white society; that public
opinion would not permit their following any EN-
pIoyments but those Of the most mena description
In fact We explained to George what we knec to
be the true state ofthe case He thought otherwise;
said he wanted 10 buy farm and live like . white
foks;'' that in fact he was determined to try OHIO,
sc. We then told him that as he had his mind
on it he had better go, telling him at the same
time that we had no doubt but thai he would
happiness IN the old North State. Oar prediction
was verified sooner than we anticipated. George
Just touched on the free soil Of Ohio, saw the de-
graded state Of the people of his color on that free
soil turned on his heel and came back just as fast
MS he could, with the remark that he could not live
there at ALL and that colored people thought no
more of in that country than dogs.
So much for that spurious philanthropy that can
open it's arms to u runaway slave--the property of
a neighbor, but cannot treat with common HUI
manity, the same class Of men when they happen
to be legally free!
Will the Argus tell us how large " share Of
me it" Mr.. Benton claims in the " honor and glo-
ry Of contributing to the passage of the adjustment
measures 7" We were somehow under the inn
preston that the contribution Of that senator TO
the g adjustment" consisted in fictitious opposi
ton to it.--Herald Of Saturday.
ANswER.--Co. Benton s name is recorded in
c1ror of each Of the series of measures Of adjust
ment. He is as perfect Free Soiler as Mr.. Clay,
and the only difference between the two senators,
was, that Mr.. Clay preferred to unite all the mea-
sures in Il single bill, while Mr. Benton considered
their success more certain by taking them sera-
rately or in detail. The result proves that the
Missouri senator right in his plan for accom-
plshing the MISREPRESENTATION (Vd.) Argus.
Pur Down AGITATION. is the cry, now
that the North has secured all that she thinks the
South will patiently bear for the present, in re-
gard to slavery, and the Northern allies in the
South re-echo the same shout This is natural
enough for those born and raised in the North,
such as the conductors of the Alabama Journal !;
but that Southern men, born and nurtured upon
a Southern soil, should join in this clamor, is
what passes our comprehension. What more in
the name of God could the North demand, or re-
qure, at one time, than she has got? All Cefor-
-Free-soil-Utah and New Mexico organized
into territorial governments with the Mexican
laws excluding slavery in operation, as avowed by
Clay, Webster, and the whole North, including
the Alabama Journal. The slave trade abolished
in the District Of Columbia, which law frees every
negro taken there for sale, and some 1000
square miles of Il slave State, purchased mainly
with Southern money, for the avowed object of
making it Free-soil. Such are the measures under
which we are counseed to sit down quietly, be
silent and cease agitation. 1t remains to be seen
whether Southern freemen will heed such pusiI-
enthusiastically advice. The cause for sag
itaton'' has in reality just fairly begun, and we
shall glory in the work of urging it on by every
means in our power, and shall only cease when
we shall be convinced that the sons Of the South
are too pusillanmous to preserve the inheritance
OF their fathers -.4labama advertiser & Gazette
From the Selma (.7la.) Reporter
Messrs EpIToRs The universal popularity ofes-
tabllshns permanently practical non-ntercourse
with the Northern States induces me TO request the
brethren of the entire Southern press to give their
aid in eliciting the attention of the people to the
great importance of their assembling at their re-
spective county sites, during their fall and spring
circuit courts, and passing such resolutions as
NAV attain that end, so desirable the prosperity
and safety Of the Snuth. If the people in each
county through ut the South will assemble, and
resolve to have further trading with the North,
nor to purchase goods from any merchant who
may in future buy his stock from the North, il
ba no eff,CtnaI of nd
giving support to Southern independence. The
of our own planters, merchants, man
ufacturers, and printers, is our true policy, and
let us no longer pursue the suicidal and blind sys
tenn of not doing our whole duty. We may occa-
sonally find a soth-mnd who may not be con-
per,ed 10 their true interests, and IN that case it is
better for them to Join Southern church immedi-
a ely, and be converted at their leisure.
ApoLIr,oNIsM Almost every paper we take up
contains some account Of the recent outrage upon
Southern property. The Abotionsts grow more
and more bold, and the number OF fugitive slaves
daily Increases. Already has the open hospirali-
ty Of the Southern country been destroyed in q
great measure. Each mans house is certainly
now his castle, and in it he has to retire, and
guarded by bar and bolt, know the name and prin-
ciples of him who asks reception.
The effect rs most fortunate, however we may
deplore tie cause. The patent pin vender-the
dealer in uack nostrums, trashy books and
wooden clocks, with his neat, bright painted bug
gy, lined inside with cosy little lockers, contain
ing his treasures no longer finds the best stall inl
the stable and the best fodder for his sleek horse;
the warmest corner in the house, the brightest
smiles, and the open mouihed staring wonder
from the honest farmer and his family, for him
self On the contrary, If charity mot yet lost, we
are thankfully demand his reception from the pitt
less storm, or the dews Of the coming nght-his
horse is well cared for; but bis Jolly jokes are re-
ceived with .antalizing gravity; instead of WON
der, suspicion CLEANS from the eyes of ALL and
though treated with cvty, the farmer and even
the children seem s'udiously to avoid to touch him,
and he sits by the big fireplace, or at the table,
give him many an undertook in silence, and think
of Aboitonists As he sees to the proper adjust
ment Of the harness of his horse, on the morrow
to depart, the negroes no longer show their white
teeth at his can't wtticsms, even hey oppressed
by his presence, and he drives off on his solitary
way, his wares rejected as ''humbugs" and cyan
kee tricks and himself desplsed upon trust.
Finding their stock Of soft-sawder and fancy
goods so little appreciated, and themselves so dog
ged with dstrust, the class "Yankee pedlar" is
fast becoming extinct. All such drivers of ''an
honest penny" begin to find the country too in
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