The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-10

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fTHE vkIr III THosrsoH TO THE usrrED
SrATEs.--There are two Important rples for
which we possess the highest possible saalction.
und which have been confsned By the largest
possible experieHce. The FIRST is, not 70 offend
against the multitude of city and the second
is, not to NEEDLE with our neighbours affairs
We are sorry to say that ONE Of cur country-
men, member % ourlegislature, the represen-
tative of the Tower Hamlets, and, as We learn
from Mr.. bod, OF the Emperor of Delhi, is act
ing just now in direct violation vi both these
salutary maxims. Mr. George Thompson, Nj.
r, a radical reformer, and general ameiorator
of British, East Indian, American, and all other
institul lons, ia just now following In the wake
of Jenny Lind, and starring it in the principal
cities Of the United States. A picturesque
scene, lately described in these columns, has al
ready acquainted our readers with the object OF
his visitation It'is nothing less than TO abolish
inslantsr, by the breath of his nostrs, that un-
happy institution which, If we cannot but regard
it as the darkest stain on the escutcheon OF
American liberty, and as pregnant with unknown
ills, we must also remember to be a British i'm
pOrtation, the bequest of ancient misgovern-
ment, and almost inextricably wound in with
the domestic and political customs and laws of
the States Except under the just provocation
caused by the exuberant impudence of brother
Jonathan in his remarks on the country of his
ancestors, no prudent Englishman would deny
! that there are two sides to the question Of
American slavery. No Engshman, with sin
gle-minded intention for the good of the slaves
| and the free colored men, would propose and
agtate for Immediate abolition. He would not
demand an act which would at one stroke de-
i of nd MT q N
tiers, capital Of labor and labor Of capital, and,
in fact, shake long established state Of society,
not merely to atoms, but to discordant and hos
tile elements. Such, however, il the innocent
recreation in which Mr.. George Thompson is
beguiling the interval of his Parliamentary Ia
bors, and preparing for the Inequalities and
amenities of Christmas. 1t is possible that Mr.
G. Thompson may take a different view of the
two rules we have mentioned above. He may
set them one against the other, and hold that he
has all the moro right to defy the prejndices or
the comfort Of the American slave-owners, be-
cause he is foreigner, and that he has special
call to undertake this agitation, because public
\ opinion on the other side Of the Atlantic makes
it unsafe or inconvenient to the citizens Of the
Union. We beg, however, to submit, thatwhen
q course of conduct falls under the direct OPP
Grafton of two separate rules, it IL doubly con-
demned l9sa1ts 81. t.eli. sat isiTti.,,es5
}, Mr.. Thompson's exhibition ut Boston, in the
renowned Faneuil Hall, having terminated with
some performances not included in the pro-
grammc, viz "a fight, dance, and selection
Of popular songs-that gentleman shook the
dust off his feet, and went with $50 ant-slavery
gentlemen, ladies', and colored persons, to the
city of Worcester where, in the presence of u
more select and civil audience, he defied his
Boston prosecutors. The speeches made on
this occasion, however, are far from setting
right his position as an intruder and agitator in
, matters which did not concern him. "A resolu-
: ton, proposed by Mr.. Garrison, illustrates the
species of antagonism which Mr.. G. Thompson
has helped to foster between the fellow-citizens
Of one federation, State, and one metropolis:
"Resolced, That the manner in which the Bos-
ton Times, Bee, Herald, Mail, Pilot, and other
6 lawless and depraved journals, instigated and
b sanctioned this riotous assault, demonstrates
: that the editors, proprietors and reporters, OF
those journals are profiigate, shameless, and cow
ardly rufians, as destitute of principle as high
e waymen and burglars the enemies of the coun.
0 try, and fit associates for the occupants of the
i common jail and State prison; aud that while
Q such incendiary journals are extensively patro-
o nZed, the peace of the community is constantly
r liable to be invaded neither life nor property il
g safe and the foundations Of public morality are
n fearfully weakened"
r For gentlemen whose object it is to improve
f the relations of society, this is rather strong
d Mr.. e. Thompson, however, does not appear tc
! have discountenanced this amable bit of phlan
t thropy. On the contrary, he began with refer
s ring to his operations at Boston, as Fighting
Q the beasts Mt Ephesus," and prophetic illusions
: to the treatment he might possibly expect in the
a South, should curiosity lead him in that drec-
: ton -
y Talk of this country being free, said Mr.
I Thompson, it was not free. No honest English
e man, expressing his honest feelings, could even
e travel through it. He himself might wish tc
e visit the mammoth cave in Kentucky, but he
! could not do it, at least with any assurance Of
returning alive. He could not see the father
, of waters" at the South--he could not cross the
} Potomac-he could not travel anywhere in the
, South with one-half the liberty that would be
accorded to him within the most dcspotic terri
, tories Of Europe. And if he could motif tho
: country were not free--then its example and it,
history would be cited by the advocates ofking.
craft and prestcrait, al over the world, as an
evidence OF the utter failure of republican or so
called free institutions. fe9rti
n Certainly these are very great privations A
II gentleman who cannot visit the mammoth cave
in Kentucky, without considerable chance OF
I never coming out Of it who cannot see the
father of waters" without an equal probability
OF feeding its amphibious occupants and who
cannot cross the Potomac without the prospect
! OF acquiring an integument and plumage at
variance with his notions of comfort and elc-
gance, must be a martyr, even if he laws himself
under these disabilities by preaching rebellion
to law, by filling every mans house with enc
mics, by spreading discomfort among the weak,
by rendering the country impossible of habita-
ton under its existing institutions, with but a
doubtful chance of peace under any other.
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| Spirit Of Amerncan Women abroad Their refusal
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