The Feliciana Democrat., 1855-12-08

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from the hands of that unhappy itcnantry.
Is there any difference in principle between
such q system and the system by which the
products Of the labor of state are cxpend,
ed beyond her borders. Surely. not. Ev-
cry farmer knows that the first, principle
of agriculture is to restore the elements
which he has taken from IL III The cultiva.
ton of a particular crop, And the same
principle is just as true in regard to polit-
ical economy You must expend the mon
ey derived from a, country or community
in that community, else you. soon exhaust
the faculty Of production, and impovcrish
the entire country itself 'Alo WaE moll 10
or one thing wearc convinced: the south
will appeal in vain to her constitutional
rights, she will seek in vain her political
equality, she will lament in vain the loss
Of her Federal equilibrium, SO long as, uli-
true to herself, she wastes her substance in
the encouragement Of foreign enterprise.--
Her best States Rights doctrine at. last, is
to educate her sonsat home, and to strength
en-, improve, and develop her own resources.
How many miles of railroad could be laid
by the money which is rccklcssly layished
by southern young men in northern collie
ges? 1t is scarcely hypcrbolc to say that
they might be laid ,cith gold! ''l'7 ~o'lai mo
But there is a higher and holicr consid-
GRAFTON connected with this subject The
loss which the south sustains in money by
this new system isnot to be compared with
the danger which she incurs by tho cduca-
ton of her sons in northern abolition col
legcs. The plastic minds of youth arc
easily impressed by the plausible Sophistries
of their prcceptors. And when they dbe-
come hardened by years how difllcult isit
to claco the deeply craven impression.----
Error, when once possessed of the fortress
Of the mind does not easily capiluatc.--
Pride and prejudice como to its aid, and
carry the day against truth aud reason
We fear no adversary wheno nopeniNopposed
to us. But the insidiols influences which
are cxcrtcd oyer the youthful mind, when
Judgment is scarcely ripened by experience
may frequently result in the most injurious
effects. .l',lit ea ,9i4a5t e'io.saos
10 those among us especially who arc SO
ready in popular meetings to dcnounce nor.
thern aggression VIC would appeal. We
have known such men who were sound and
reliable on the sectional questions of the
day, and who, in the excitement, Of their
feelings were almost ready for Immediate
dissolution of tho Union, while their
SONS were inibibing the federal doctrines
OF the Dane school in Cambridge, or hang.
ing upon the eloquence of an abolitionist
in Faneuil He'll. s=5aqta gd 5Quusy gadt
With solemn carncstncss, arising from
the Importance Of the interest at stake, we
appeal to the south to consider well the
subject to which We have thus briefly allu-
dcd. Train your sons at home amid the
institutions which they must live, and which
they may be summoned to defend. If you
would have their views enlarged and cul.
tivatcd by intercourse with other sections,
let them travel and learn the great lesson
of life from their own observation on soci-
ETY., rather than in the lecture room of an
abolition professor. Above all, let it new
or be said again that southern Young
man contributes to the wealth of NAM
moth corporation, which in its choice of a
professor Of law discards as unworthy of
their confidence the man who would defend
the laws. of his country against tho base
assaults OF a lanatical mob.
New HAMPSHIRE PoLITIcs. Mr.. Wells
the democratic candidate for Governor.
accepts the nomination, and in doing SO
says: er ,,s53
" II elected, will cndcavor, in all con-
stitntional ways, to restrain bigoty, intol-
crancc, persecution, and fanaticism within
harmless Iimits Eyprv law which ,,,;IJ 4.