The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-06-19
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could not help thinking, the othel day
how applicable the tenn above was TO
| those pure, eonciencious men in our
midst. who are continually throwing out
hints against the peculiar institutions
Of the South. These gentlemen, are
very willing to come amongst us, and
| profit by the sweat and labor Of the
planter aud his slaves sell their wares
and merchandise. or perhaps, if one Of
the learned professions, yend at high
prices, the precious fruits oflegal Gun
ming, or com a religious face into dol
lais and cents. for the sole benefit Of
the church, and the advancement Of
Christianity, but like the Pharasee, rel
tanning their eurrupt hearts, being in
reality, painted sepulehers. = Ask
THE great and good men, shat Louis
lana would be, At The preee1. time,
without the peculiar Institutions
Where would be yonr long hne Of
hyee reclining The low end fertile
lands, Of yonr noble Mississippi, from
tie anhnnl flood Of waters which now
sweep along h1rmlesslf its base whilst,
the richest products Of The world, are
ripening for the markets Who
would lave felIed your dense forests,
unier the Influence Of the enervatipg
heat Of q tropicul SUM- Think yon
The white man. Never
But Mr.. Editor. however much
these floas gentlemen may prate,
and Mrs. Stowe wtite-the world will
% on Just as it has done, until the
plans Of wise Providence, are all ac-
complished. This county IVES inten-
led f1Fthe white race, and the low
lfnds Of Louisiana to be subdued by
negro race, and thus fitted to produce
the sugar and Moases, for the citizens,
o. our glorious Union, SO that even
Mrs. Stoves coffee might not go with
ont It's sweetfling. Il is matter of
opinion, whether this ia best effected
At the present time, By free or slave
labor, and as this is n personal matter
with the South, the people here con
cude, is preferable, and the climate
considered most suitable. We say to
these canting gentlemen, if you do not
like us, leave lis, and We will try to do
without yon, although We have high
regard for your talents and piety, and
a FIRM belief, in the honesty Of your
views and purposes.
We are informed In holy writ, the
lsrmlites, the chosen people of God,
were slaves to the Egyptians, for 40
years. and that this bondage, was the
result Of their previous sins, as u ma
tion, and that in addition it required
40 years Of suffering in the wilder
to fit theft. for freedom. Now itseems
to US, slavery is not so heiilous an
affair, if made Use Of, as means Of
discipline and preparation even by the
Almighty himself, TO fit his people, for
something better. The descendants
Of Ham, were cursed for the sin of
their father, with bondage or slavery
1t being declared, they should be
the Servant Of servants, forever"
In these latter days, these apjss
hmdees, styled abolitionests, pro
fess TO know d great deal more, than
What is plainly declared to be truth, in
the Bible. II the Africans are ever
to b. prepared, for something better
than their present state, these philoso-
piers, cannot conceive, why they
should be treated as the Isrelites once
Were--they have decided, in their own
minds, this is not all necessary or
proper, and that in fact they ere not
the ruler Of the Universe have control,
and ought to judge IN these matters.
In this age Of railroad. when every
thing, Is on the go-abead principle,
these solomons believe Providence or
God, ought no longer to proceed, by
the slow means, which appears, 10
have governed even, in bringing into
existence, the globe upon which we
live. Geology teaches us, many
thousands Of years indeed almost in
defnato periods have eIasped to bring
about, the different strata, Of the earth.
and We are told with God and his
works both moral and physical, a
thousand years are but as one day,
and no day as thousand years, in 8
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