The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-18

FRIDAY. July ls, 1851.

WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, JULY ls, 1851.
sw-Jupos WooDBURxs charge to the grand
;ory Al Newport, Rhode Ialand, appears like dis
POSITION 10 concilists the South, whatever ulte-
r;or designs Northern Abolidonists may enter
tain He points out TO the jury that they have
only TO look to the law, such - Il stands. ire
.pectiye Of opinion, on the snbject Of slavery;
and that so long ~ slavery exists. ~ part and
marcel of the constitution of any State. the law,
n 40 far as II affects that institution, ought to
be- respected He reminds than that slavery
extended over tho thirteen States 1t the period
of the revolution, and that. while advocating a
right to freedom Of opinion and discussion on
all matters Interesting the country, attempts to
maintain those opinions by force or violence,
change the whole asPect Of the care, and pun
ishmsnt must BE- Indicted" &c.
JUDGE Woonsuar should tell the North to
mind its own AtAin, and not intermeddls in
that Of its neighbour. of whose condition It
knows, practically, little or nothing. The South
demands to be let alone It is coutented, pr os
porous and peaoeful-what more il wanting
Can the North say as much with its riots, row.
dyism, and pauperismf To talk Of more per
feet state Of society, with such elements Of
trouble in it's own bosom, is absurd. When, az
one Of the results of this happier state, it
can show us no want, no misery. no beggary,
no swindling, robbery, violence and house break
ing; when it can bring proof that the honest
are protected, the widow and the orphan cared
for and the industrious classes, in general, placed
beyond the horrors of starvation, which menace
the millions on the slightest cessation Of work,
or on the occurrence of the most trivial acct
dents, we may, perhaps, give them hearing
Would the working man Of the South change
bis comfortable position for the worse than
slavery, to which the white laborer Of England
10 exposedl Slavery here is blessing in CON-
parison.-What are the prospects Of the white
workman anywhere! Tens Of thousands in
England turn beggars, impudent artful and un-
principled; hundreds Of thousands 60 on the
parish; hundreds of thousands live by every sort
of meanness and fraud and many thousand.
sustain themselves by pampering to the vices OF
the richer classes. Is this state of society
tending to morality! .'a
In France, in spite of division Of property.
and republican institutions, the workman is still
exposed to misery and starvation. The honest
and Industrious, the generous hearted and gal
Isn't Frenchman, who has bled hundred times
for liberty, is forced to raise the cry of work
or death !" What beautiful result of modern
Christian society! pet Il.
Are there any starving blacks in the South,
that the one-sided philanthropy of the North
should tewail their condition! If left TO their
own resources, TO struggle and scramble with
each other for existence, like the laborers else
where, and against the more active, more know.
ing, and less scrupulous white man, what must
be the inevitable result? If, among the whites
themselves, the battle of life" produces sucl
fearful results, what would it be between races
Of different caste and animus! ~ ~
The Northern philanthropists always remind
us Of the pious zeal of many of the English
who raise immense sums of money to convert
the heathen-who scarcely ever, If ever, compre-
bend their Missionaries at their very doors
live tens Of thousands of their white brethren, far
more heather than any red or black men, and
infinitely more miserable and unfortunate. Yet
TO these their fellow-creatures and fellow-cili-
Zens, they give not tear, much less cent. Il
they give them anything, it is abuse, because
they have no work. If You would convert men,
If you would really do good, look to those i'm
medistey around you, seek out the sick, the
weak. the honest, the unfortunate--seek ont
ample, despair of getting work. has rendeed
idle, unprinciplod ard roguish. Distribute your
money among them; it would not fail to produce
good fruit-for ii ia the want of money, the
want Of work, the anxiety for the future, thai
demorslizes and destroys more millions in on,
year, than all the wars Of BosArARrY ea4
When these philantfropists shall have taken
care Of their own brethren and people, and
Pas~oA N'puA ~ PVoiSou az NothloIthUe anu n
sure a. that Of Southern slsve, then let then
go with proof in hand and with clean con
sciences, among the heathens--if any such Their
be In comparison with thsmselves--(f failing a
they do in the vulgercst precept of Christia
morality, their duty to their neighbor) then lie
them preach, need there be, their doctrines
They would, at least, stand on fairer ground
F Trouble seems TO be expected with
Mexico, owing to the Americans employed on
the road at Tehuantepec having been driven of
by the authorities Of that republic The com.
pany, which had obtained a contract, and pos
sesses formal right as II believes, TO carry on
operations there, Is not disposed to submit
,u,afiv n, th;s an, yyaeanoot II .draxt;.o. c.,