The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-08-02


concerns the welfare Of the slaves themselves.
but the honor and welfare of our nation
(Cries Of " yes. yes" from several deacons.)
In the first place. recollect that we pride our
selves on being free people--a model for the
world. We we're once weak and oppressed ;
we once groaned in bondage-the worse kind
Of bondage, that Of servitudc to Great Britain.
We prayed. we fought. we obtained our Free
doom. Should we now turn taskmasters p
No Scripture tells us to return good for
evil. but how bave We obeyed that mandate
Scorned, disobeyed, trodden il under foot -
tCries Of How ?') LOok at the three mil
lions of our brethren. now toiling in clauking
chains al the South. See the cruel lash de-
scendiDg upon their unprotected backs >
Hear their shrieks Of misery. And why is
it? Because they are slaves; because they
arc black Shame, shame on this land for its
foul deed. Vengeance will surely reach us,
and terrible will be our punishment -
(Groans from the old women)
Mister Moderator. movement is now
being made to restore these injured sons Of
Africa their freedom. A colony has already
been founded in Liberia for their reception.
Let the glorious work 60 on. = '
Hairlips speech was very lengthy, and con-
tanned the usual am cunt Of ranting, raying,
denunciation, &c. The reader would not
have patience to listen to the whole OF it, we
therefore give his concluding remarks only.
Would to God that the slave would arise
aud throw off his yoke--aye, even at the cost
of his oppressor's life Would to God that
I were situated in different circumstances.
that I might fly to the land Of slavery, and
use my feeble efforts in righting thoir
wrongs"
Hairlip sat down amid the shouts Of appro-
baton Of many good deacon; but many a
naughty lip vas seen to curl with scorn at his
attempt q prove that Negroes were but white
men in disguise.
Next in turn came Joseph Wort. our hero.
Joe was peculiar character. lie had seen
eighteen summers besides heap Of this lit.
tie world of ours. Joe had happy mode Of
turning anything into ridicule. when it suited
his purpose In short Joe was anything but
an Abolitionist. - Having occupied himself
with taking notes of Hairlip's harrangue, he
scanned them closely for moment. hemmed,
hawed and hummed. to clear his throst. and
branched out as follows:
" Mister Moderator You have just lis
tened to - what? The croakings Of q
tcould-6e nigger-stealer, lCheers) If
you will sit there, and let that 'boboliiionist
pull the wool over your eyes f" in the man
ner he fatters himself he has done, your skull
is harder than that Of the animal be has been
extolliag. (Shouts) What is a niger but
a species of haf.civilized ourang outang =
Where lies his brain ? Where rests his IN
stinct? They are not to be found Search
the wilds Of Africa search the Southern cot
ton field +; drag the depths Of the ocean dive
into the crater Of tie HaSing -A1tna, and
all attempts to find niger gifted with .he
common sense Of man, will prove abortive.-
! Tremendous applause) The Bible says that
God made man 10 bis own image: now, Mis-
ter Moderator, if we are to call niggers men
we must come to the conclusion that that be-
ing was sorry specimen Of perfection. =
(Groans from Deacon Whine) But. Sir
nicpers cannot be called men; and why p
Because they have not got all the bones be-
longing to the human species The very
place where their nose hone ought to be, is
occupied by naught but gristle., But per-
haps my opponent will try to account for this
BY bringing to your mind the rib that Adam
lost when Mrs Eve was born, (for all his ar
guments we're equally absurd J but if this be
the case, anlslef MOueIdtofs Anc nuihah AaAhAaJ
has undergone a wonderful change; for to my
best knowledge of physiology. the ribs are,
aud always have been situated in the SIDE
instead Of the head. e. Bravo. bravo -
yelled the convulsed audience.)
Mister Moderator-the gentleman on the
affirmative asserted that three million of our
brethren were groaning at the Solth in bon
dage Now leave it to your own good
sense to dispute him. Whom does be mean
by "our ?" Himself. Of course for it strikes
me that there as a family resemblance be-
tween himself and the woOlly part Of man
kind. Mister Moderator. | wish che gentle
man to distinctly understand, that although
thev MAY be HIS brethren, that WE belong
to different tribe, (Cries Of /" Order =
No personalities y lie says. send the
poor slave back to bis native land; civilize
him, and pour the healing balm Of freedom
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