The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-05-13
lOOk OH, Cotton Growers!

: Setts where some of their strongest
Speakers efiulged. The meeting was
held at Brunley Hall, and TO give zest
TO il, a SPLENDID repast was served up
by the ladies. To raise fund to aid
The fugitive from slavery, twenty. five
cents admission was charged at the
door. If the dishes served up on this
occasion were as highly spiccd as the
speeches, il must have been very sa>
worry repast. One of the orators. re-
lerring TO Judge Kane. ot Philadelphia
who had enforced the fugitive slave
law, said that he disgraced the namo
he bore, This speaker was equally
complimentary to Marshal DevanS, TO
Messrs., Hallett, Lunt and others, all
of whom he declared were ready and
willing TO sell their country, and des>
troy the Union for five pieces OF sill
yer.
But the richest morccau,-.the most
fancful conceit brought forward nj
this great palavering. is due to, "W.
A. White, Esq" "who,' according TO
The Commonwealth, exhibited to the
audience a specimen OF flax cotton,
which he said was raised by a gentle,
man in Ohio, at six cents per pound"
/" Now, if this is TO be done all over
the North" asked the speaker "what
will the people of the South do ?"
"a voice, Let them die.'1 "Thai
will be the safest thing they can do"
continued the speaker.
This was said in an assembly graced
by the presence of large number OF
ladies presided over by The editor OF
a prominent paper, in the absence OF
the Mayor who would have presid
ed but for sickness.
The town of Worcester is in the
centre of Massachusetts, the heart Of
a highly intelligent population. We
cite it TO prove the extent of the mad.
ness of a people who assume large
share of enlightenment and philan-
rhropy. We challenge the most zeal
Gus calumnialor of the South, to find
in our whole history such display ol
hendishness in public meeting. The
nerves and delicacy of females who
can applaud declarations and senti
ments like these, would not, we imag
inc, be offended by the exhibition of a
prize fight or bull.baiting. It was
to avoid hurting the feelings of pco.
Iple like these that committee of the
citizens of New Orleans were employs
ed for two weeks in hunting the die.
tonary for soft and genuine words, in
which 10 convey their sentiments
against interference with the rights
and institutions of the South.
But there is another observable fea>
ture in the aIIusion of this zealons,
though cute fanatic. The South "must
die but that consumation must not
be achieved by sacrificing the interests
of their own population, who are en-
gagged in manufacturing. so the day oil
execution is to be deferred until the flax
cotton can supercede The staple OF the
South Cute philanthropists, lar-sce.
ing patriots !-Dcitd.
Tue Loss or THE FiRsr BoRN.-Wc
have read Of a young mother who had
newly buried her first born Her pas.
tor went to visit her, and on finding
her sweetIy resigned, he asked her
how she attained such resignation
She replied, 81 used to think of my
boy continually-wheiher sleeping or
waking 10 me he seemed more beaua
tiful than other children. was much
disappointed irvisilors omitted opraise
his eyes, or his curls, or the robes ]
wrought for him with the needle. At
first believed it the natural current
of mothers love. Then ! feared il
was pride, and ought TO humble my
sell before Him who resisted the proud.
One night, in my dreams, | thought an
angel stood beside me and said, where
is the little bud thou nursest in thy bo-
som | am sent 10 take it away.
Where is the little harpl Give il to
me I! 1t is like those who sing the
praise of God in heaven.
awoke in tears: my beautiful boy
dropped like a bud which the worm
pierces the last waling was like the
sad music from shattered harp strings
all my world seemed gone still in my
agony listened, for there was voice
in my soul, like the voice Of the angel
who had warned me, saying, "God
loveth The cheerful giver." laid my
mouth in the dust an said, +" Let thy
will be mine:' and as rose, though
the tears lay on my cheek, there was
a smile also. Since then this voice
was heard amid duties Of every day
--methinks it says continually, The
cheerful givcr."
U A friend of the lamcntcd Hood,
on whom the punsfcr's mantle seems 10
have fallen gave uf him