Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-11-04
MIR. Wise on Abolitionism.

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abolitonism, discourses pertinently and sensibly
His replications are very applicable. He say
that the destiny of the slave population of th
United States is towards Africa. His authorit
is Gods providence against all the futile an
impious attempts of human Babel builders o
earth. His servants had better be busy abou
their masters scork. That it will take centurie
to accomplish the task of planning the retur
of the free colored Africans to Africa. Tw
centuries have but begun it. He has no ide
that more than very few Of the 434, 900 fire
colored now in the United States are fit for sci
government. He has seen the negro from hi
youth upwards in almost all circumstances, an
he knows that his tendency, if left to himself,
constantly back towards barbarism. The colon
in Africa or elsewhere must continue to have 70
a long period of time the care and constraint Q
white superintendent and power. The blacl
man must be sent ahead to open the jungle, blu
the white man must be behind him to press hin
on, to guide and guard him, and to save hin
when he fees or falls For the ultimate colon
ization and the true policy of the states at hom
he would especially prohibit by law the future
emigration of the free colored population from
our slaye to our free states. 1t has been one O
the most banefM causes of abolttionism in tn
| North. He admits that they cannot remain
very long in the slave states. The end must be
that they must accept the terms of colonization
and go on the mission designed for them il
Africa or elsewhere.
As to the s5aue asserting his liberty and run
ming away, and the right of the owner to re-
cover him, and the natural right to escape if he
chooses, he says that he (Mr. Wise) has an
abstract right to acquire any amount of pro-
perty in his power. He may become, if he can,
the owner of any ones land and independent of
the social law, have as much right to it as any
it if he chooses. No more has the slace any au-
thority to take his services from his master, if
he chooses. The social law fixes the conven-
tioual right, and that is the right which governs
ERs of them all, SO insultingly tower towards
Heaven as those who set up HIGHER LAW.
That he does not hesitate to say that there
is not q better provided body of laborers on
EARTH than the negro slaves of the United States.
That slavery is not severe any sehere in the
United States. The slaves are universally well
fed and clothed and are happy and contented.
He emphatically says that emancipation is not
desirable or possible in any view, if the blacks
are to remain here. He desires every one of
them for their own sakes as we'll as for the whites
to continue slaves while they remain here. They
are at present fit only for the patriarchal state
of a Southern plantation. They are capable at
present of a state of privilege only. They can
never asaalgamate with the whites in this country
The cross is hybrid and against nature. Nature
loathes a muatto as much as she does a mule.
1t is wicked to encourage the mixture of the
races. Contact with the whites and free ne
groes demoralizes both. We can free them as
fast, and faster than they can be colonized in
some land of better promise to them.
That the fate Of Mr.. Randolph's slaves, is one
only of a number of instances, he could cite, of
the folly of emancipation to remain among the
whites. They melt away like the Indian tribes,
the moment they emigrate to the Northern
States
SANITARY, ETC.-We are p~Ned to learn that
there still exists considerable sickness in various
parts of the parish, and some occasional deaths.
Our town, so far as health is concerned, has un-
1ergone no considerable change since our last
though we hear of case of fever now and
hen, but no deaths. We are now blessed with |
delightful weather-cool mornings and evenings, |
md should we soon be favored with frost, |
sickness would entirely disappear. We have
lad no rain for several days-our roads are in the
BEST possible condition.
Spring to judge from the green foliage of the |
rees, and the crimson hues of the peach bios
om, still fingers upon us. All our planters are
low busily employed in sugar making which
las served to render our town more monotnous
han otherwise, though we are now and then
,reeted by the smiling faces of many of our
ountry friends, who still pay us an occasional
isit, notwithstanding the awful tales of the
elbow fever and it's ravages. We admire their
ravery and would say to them that we would.
e the last to advise them to come here, if we
bought danger really existed. We attach no
lame, however, nor do we think those less
rave, who judge it prudent to keep away from
own until a change in the weather. This we
lstify on the principle that can ounce of pre-
ention is worth more than pound Of cure"
The DRESS QUEsTIoN.-The n O. Bulletin
arms that the Diplomatic Dress Question has
gain caused q great difficulty in Europe. At
ordeaux, recently, when the Emperor's birth
az was celebrated by the government officials,
rculars were issued by the highestauthority of
lie department to the various civil, judicial and
ilitary functienaries, and to all the Consuls e1-
.pt the representative Of the United States, in
ting them to appear at the Cathedral in full
ostume, and participate in the ceremonies. A
tier says: +
The American Consul (Levi K. Bowen, ESQ.,,
Baltimore county, was not invited because
his refusal to wear . diplomatic costume {
n that day he happened to be on a visit to the
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