The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

have a common interest with US in the
community and the government, be
forbidden by handful of men avow-
edly hostile to repnblicansm from en-
te'ing a public building, as other citi-
4 ns--a building erected by our
friends a large number Of whom are
outraged in tnelr feelings by this as
sumption Of power, on the part of a
foreign priestcraft? No, say we and
the time must speedily come for the
remuneration of this assumed authority,
which is put out as "feeler" to as
certain the strength of madness and
fanatIcIsm.
And now in conclusion moy we ask.
what is The excuse offered for this de
NAL ! "The Masons, the Odd Eel
lows and the Sons are secret orders "
Grarted Neither of them baye ever
never made efforts to prv into the pri-
vacy of the family circle neither one
Of them have ever made effort to in
cite neiglbor against neighbor in
deadly hostility; neither one of them
have ever denied the right Of man to
think for himself with the light from
Heaven that Divine Providence has
furnished for his guidance.
Upon this subject We feel disposed
to say more but leave it reluctantly,
10 return again at an early season.
From the Boston Daily Times
Cob II. ". Allen and the Common
wealth.
10 The Editors ot the Boston Commonwealth -
GENrLEMEN-You have done me
The lonor of using my name very
freely in you6 paper, and giving it
quite celebrity among your numerous
readers. 1t seems hard that an en-
tirc stranger, visiting the North for
The first time and making n temporary
sojourn in your city, iii the innocent
pursuit Of pleasant recreation, should
be denounced AS n stakeholder and
abused as a kidnapper, You, gentle
men, are mon Of education and refined
manners. You think with elegant
case and write with classic facli'y.
"Villain," "Dog,' and "SIaveholder, "
dance through Your learned editorials
in all the mazes Of metaphorical con
fusion. Allow me to suggest that
these are the gloomy companions Of a
diSlcmpcrrd Imagination, the molan-
choly madness OF fanatieism. ] am,
sils, a plain, unread planter, having
spent my Whole life in the unlettered
field; If, therefore, | should in this
letter offend against the rules Of good
breeding or Indy Murray, crave
your pardon, | beg your forgiveness.
That | am u STAKEHOLDER do not
deny. As such | expect to live, as
such hope to die. ! 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 aud fed
They have never known want Or suff-
cred from neglect They have rel'gi-
GUS instruction, and their piety, ! eau
safely say, will compare most favora-
bly, with their pseudo friends Of the
North. In sickness | tend them, and
in old age 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 a bro,herly, / may almost say a
fatherly solicitude in my behalf, by
making through your paper an anxious
inquiry Of my whereabouts. For this
| haze to thank you, and can only say
that | should long since have reported
myself and made, trust, feel1ng
impression upon your worships' per
sons but have been prevented by your
municipal laws.
am crediblv informed that tie