The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-05-20
Talw Bsuhas

over sBd bt4e h0n the southern people. the
the ea state ofihe public feeling AID scuti.
mcm Of the free States against ~ aud our
constitutional rights; and who tell rs that
the great body Of lie northern people are
our friends. and will sustain our Gst rights
that all the great and good. the real bone
aud sinew Of the north, are ia favor OF the
fugitive slave law, and hat they afford US
every aid IN recovering our runaway negroes
that we could wish that those vino OPP
pore the execution Of the fugitive slave law
at the north are only set Of ianatical abo-
E~tionis;s and free negroes, who are disposed
there, and have no weight OF influence, and
must soon be put down-and all such like
as this, in order TO hull us into quietude.
But, to show. the utter hypocrisy and de-
ception that is thus attempted to be pnc-
ticcd upon us by those here, who know bet
ter. and who are, 10 reality, (though they
may not intend Ill., our most dangerous en-
emies. we would ask every true friend Of
the south to read and calmly reflect upon the
speech Of Charles Sumner, recently elected
| u. ) Senator from Massachusetts, delivered
a few days before his election. Mr.. Sum.
ner, speaking OF slavery and Shareholders.
said
Into Massachusetts, he, Ithe slaveholder,
shall not come. The contempt, the indigna.
ton, the adherence Of the community, shall
be our weapons Of Oilence. Wherever he moves
he shall find no house to receive him-no Ia.
bic spread 10 nourish him-no welcome to
cheer him-thc dismal lot of the Roman exile
shall be his. He shall be n wanderer without
roof, fire or water. Men shall point at him in
The streets, and on the highways. The cities
towns and villages shall refuse TO receive the
monster; they shall yonit him forth, never Il
again disturb the repose of our community
This man Sumner, thus ~denouncing ant
matchmaking southern shareholders, is no
only elected in triumph to the Senate, bu
his election is celebrated by great ~rejoicin!
throughout all Yankeedom, as will be seel
by the following, from the Delta:
REJoIciNGs IN MASSACHUSETTS.
"Since the election Of that dangerous al
olitionist, Sumner, the whole state OF Mas
sachusetts has resounded with the thunde
of artillery, aud blazed with torches OF rejoi,
ings and Examinations, over the victory {
: obolitionism. One hundfed guns were fire
in Boston; a like number in the principi
t towns, and the whole state seemed to be
high joyfulness. Even the journals of ii
%cottonocrats are as tame and gentle in the
regrets as sucking doves"
: This is not all. In their great glory an
= rejoicing throughout the land of wooden nu
megs aud horn gun.hints, many were won
1, ded and maimed in firing of cannon and Il
I" bursting Of bombs" and to help these TT,
= and faithful, though unfortunate f~reesoilel
i. who have thus suffered martyrdom, in Il
% cause of rejoicing over the triumph of Il
abuse of slavery and shareholders, their XII
% brethren make sympathetic appeals for a
"a to assist them in their distressed and suT,
- ing condition. Tho Commonwealth III
"a appeals:
= rREEsoIL MARTYRS
eve trust the freesoiIers will not fail
exercise some substantial sympathy for Il
unfortunate men who suffered so severely
Il. firing u salute at Reading. We have lear
ed the following particulars in regard
Them.
III "Eben Buxton Us 90 years of age, has
=. wife aud one child. Ills property amour
to q few hundred dollars, lie has lost BIO
y hands, one above and the other below t
~ elbow, and was otherwise injured.
10 Lewis Gleason is % yeurs of aye,
widower with one child-has been unfort
nate and has iaid up cnt little. lie lost
right hand, and two fingers on the left.
" Daniel Foss is 40 years OF age, has
wife aud five children, probably no pto2s
ne ~. lie lost one thumb, but is not severe
!, injured otherwise.
"All three of these men were hard.wor
!" ing cabinet makers, and are, by this sad q
cldent deprived, or nearly so, of their inca
Q, Of livelihood, We trust every freesoiler W
IN signalize the sincerity of his Joy at the gre
i victory. by giving a helping hand to the
y men,"
Now, we ask, can any man with Tru
for his guide, say that northern sentime
:. and feeling is not deeply set and fixed
" gainst us, aud our rights aud property?
!, It not a gross aud palpable fraud and dece
ton for any one to try to make us belle
that WI are in no danger, aud that we a
= our rights are respected at the north! 1
ourself, we can not see why it is any T,
pectable aamber of southern men should
- sist on the south remaining quiet. Wei
lieve there are a few persons, perfectly 81
cere in their advocacy of the lie still polio
" but they are led asIray. There is no dou