New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-08


capno. applaud or Justify, has chnred that the 81 Nicho-
las outrage il chaigeable to that institution OF slavery
which exists at the South md has quoted Mr. Jefferson
TO sustain its assumption II iRdecd too true MAJ he
ihftaOH Of Sidrery deTOr1-cs and de6GSts ccer Hthg
,rh ,rhich comcs coat0ct, and cods 10 the d90ptton
Of slsteru of morality Ehich fndS fer any ap00g'@s
Ii h9ds 10 sSit0rmoaent broggodoc0 and sraggcr and
oneR outrage WhIch cGaeO ne too Tdry dcpTccdfed
but does necessarily follow that every man because 9i
his southern birth and education, Is murderer we
arc sorry 10 say that the structures of the gazette referred
10 are unwarraned and not to be too severe, we may
add pLuman." Sunday Atlas.
The above is fair specimen of the honesty and
pertiuerce Of the structures elected by paragraph
in our issue which announced the killing Of Charles
Lorpg By Or. Graham. The Atlas first impeaches
our "taste;" then proceeds ueedcssly to affirm the
truth Of ALL and than all we ever said on the
subject; next grossly bellies US BY statement imply
Ing that we had stigmatized every Southron, "be-
" cause of his southern birth, az murderer; end
winds up by deDouncing such stigma, falsely charged
upon u.s. as "unwarrantcd" and "inhuman." And
such ISLANDERS are widely current.
Nouan ever understood us, from reading para
graph. to charge that every SOuthron is II" neces-
" sarily," or actually or any how, murderer
What we did imply was the tendency of slaveholding
to incie to violence and bloOdshed--to give loose
rein to vindicve passion. Does any man doubt ths'
Ia not Jeferson's testimony confrmel by Graham's
homicide Who believes he would have stabbed and
killed-drunk and furious as he was--an unarmed
stranger if he had been educated ut the North
True, we have murders here; but they are mainly
onmtted by benlshted immisrants--rarely or never
by men of the standing and culture Of DR.. Graham.
At the South, on the other hand personal ARRAYS
among gentlemen by birth and station frequent
and often fatal. Take the following examples from
tha W mann aft ling no afric
lures above quoted:
AFFRAY At THF SPRHGs.-On "Wednesday evening last
unpleasant renconer occurred ct Indian Springs be-
tween Dr. Richard H. Nisbet, Of Judge T.. A. Nisbe
of this city and young Kensn, Of COL A. H. kenan
of Mlledgeyille in which the former received several
stebs from knife in the hands Of the later. The dir
CUR viglpated in f o..rroom and terminated
undersiapd in the bar.room, after the party broke
the accounts contradictory Very general regret is
Georgia Citizen
ArrRAY N EAST M,cos-Day before yesterday a Diff
Guilty occurred between Samuel Cove and Nathan Dukes
both Of Fest Macon, which resulted in the latter getting
bruised in the scue between the parties In the evening
Dukes returned to the charge armed with pistol with
which BE- shot Cove, making considerable flesh wound,
though not supposed to be dangerous Georgia Citizen.
Judge Nsbet and Col Kensn are among the very
foremost men Of GeOrgia-each having been candi.
Gate for Congress and the former if We mistake not
elected.-We could FL a page with paragraphs Ike
tie above from our southern exchanges; but what
need Of them' Everybody knows that what we said
was substantially true, and those who have raised
hueandcry over it perfectly aware of its truth.
If Graham is properly defended on his trial. his law
yers will insist on this truth justly sotening the
natural horror of bis deed Most certainly we regard
him as less criminal thanwe should esteem Northern
bred gentleman who could be impeled By Rum to act
he did.