The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-08
From the Boston Daily Timss
Col. II. W. Allen and the Common.
wealth.

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Tot Editors Of the Boston Commonwealth -
GENTLEMEN-YOu have done me
the Lonor Of using my name very
freely in your paper, and giving il
quite celebrity among your numerous
readers. 1t seems hard that an en-.
tire stranger. visiting the North for
the first time and making temporary
scjour" in your city, in the innocent
pursuit Of pleasant recreation, should
BE- denounced MS stakeholder and
abused as kidnapper. You, gentle.
men, are men Of cduration and refined
manners. You think with elegant
ease and write with classic EariIity
"ViIlain;' Dog" and "Smveholdrr."
dance through your learned editorials
in all the mazes Of mctaphorical con-
fusion. Allow me to suggest that
these are the gloomy companions of II
disempcred imagination. the melan.
choly madness Of ta,laiicis,n. | am.
sis, II plain. unread planter. havi' 9
sprn, my whole life in the unlettered
field; it, therefore, should in this
letter offend against the rules Of good
breeding or Indy Murray. l crave
your pardon, | beg your forgiveness.
That | am shareholder do not
deny. As such expect to live, as
such | hope to die. l own my slaves
by the title of Inheritance and pur-
chase, precisely the same by which
the citizens of Massachusetts owned
theirs during the Revolution. My
negroes are well clothed and fed.
They have never known want or stuff
cred from neglect They have tligi
Gus instruction. and their piety, l can
safely say, will compare most tavora-
bly, with their pseudo friends Of the
North. In sickness | tend them. aud
in old age l take care Of and provide
for them and while you are abusing,
they, like good old Uncle Tom, are
daily praying for their masters wei
fare. You have resently INDUCED
in brothcrly. | may almost say
fatlerly soIici,ude in my behalf, by
making through your paper an anxious
inquiry Of my whereabouts. For this
| have to thank you. and can only say
that should long since have reported
myself, on,l made, l trust, u feeling
impression upon your wor>hip> per
sons, but have been prevented by your
municipal laws.
! am credibly informed that the
Hon. Chas. Sumner. not by the Grace
Of God, but b, Coalition now Sen
ator in Congress, once. refused with
great Indignation, t" shake hands
with a citizen Of Georgia, because he
was a stakeholder. Yon. sirs. would
no doubt. q Ia Sumner, feel the same
Pious Indignation at the touch OF a
citizen of Louisiana. am happy to
find that this feeling Is mutual. and |
have taken pains to identify your per-
sons. and in abolition parIance ''to spot
vou." The dies ir9'-thr days If
wrath-will yet come We will meet.
l hope. before we die. on other soil,
where the aveng-r Of wrongs can take
his -edress. | sail for Europe in
few days. During my absence | shall
spend some time in the great city Of
Paris. and | will make it my special
business to be presented to the En-
peror Of the French. and will bespcak
Won most kindly to his Imperial
As YOU have recently
gone largely into the red pepper trade,
I have no doubt but that the Empe-
ror could be induced to exchange the
products ofCayenne for copys your
spicy Journal.
In case the good people of Boston
should las am told are likely to do)
to cxpell you from their midst and
send you IF as vagrant wanderers on
unacceptable shores writ" me to Baton
Rouge; you have nv address. aud |
will, unto you. some bowels Of com
passion show. | will employ y"u
both, as oversecrs Of my n..gro'>.
think You would max. admirable dri-
vers-the worst abp'i;ioni>t> generally
do. But remember you must leave
ptf that abnmnable habit If using rel
pepper On: negroes won't stand
that Like well breed soldiers aud
good sailors. they never object to whole
some punishment. when properly in