The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-10-06


course. 1t then proceeds to the Mexican
war, in regard to which it holds this Ian
guage: I'VE fear that the vastly create,
resources Of the United States for the sup
|ply ofmen and money, will sooner or late,
extort from their weaker neighbor their
own terms of peace. This event must be
deprecated by every lover of humanity, ol
justice, and of freedom. Every good and
humane man must earnestly hope that sue
cess may attend upon that power which is
striving to remove from its soil o piratical
horde Of banditti." "l aa Il.
Adverting to the Wilmot proviso, the re-
port proceeds: "Slavery must, of necessi
ty be triumphant, &c.,-there is no remedy
but revOlution-a revolution beginning
like all such, in the hearts and minds Of
men, but manifested in due time in the dis
ruption of the Union, in the overthrow Of
our present deceptive constitution" Speak.
ing Of the State it says, her real prosper.
ity and true honor can only be secured by
the blow that shall sever the bond of the
existing Union" Much more Of the same
sort; in the course Of which General Tay.
lor, is called the slave-holding leader Of
our national banditti, engaged in piratical
incursion into Mexico; and then the report
continues: The anti'slavery history OF
England has been unusually full Of various
incidents during the past year. The for
nation Of the anti-slavery league, the Evan
gelical Alliance, the visit Of Mr.. Garrison,
to England. the extensive agitation Of
the slavery question by his means, assis ted
by Mr., Thompson" Englishman) "and the
American abolitionists-hav made the last
year" ('46; remember) zone of extraordi-
nary animation and interest. We believe
that we could never boast Of larger and
more devoted band Of faithful friends in the
mother country than we now possess. We
have received elegant gifts from multi
tude Of other places, London, Bristol, &C.
and are thus put in communication with
new efficient friends" a-H..+at.
The report proceeds: "The conflict be-
tween the abolitionists Of Scotland, and the
Free Church in the matter Of blood mon
ey, has been carried on with even more Wig
or during the past year than ever before
And again: "The Irish contributions to
the Bazaar, like those we have just enume-
rated, were of increased amount in quaint.
ty, elegance and value. We accept this
annual increase of the tribute paid to the
image Of God in chains, whose dungeon is
this broad land, as grateful evidence of
an increasing and spreading sympathy with
universal Humanity" CI hang on Massa-
chusetts-I cannot give up Massachusetts,"
said Crane Of Virginia in the Philadelphia
Convention! What Virginianl 4#
Thus we haue itopcnly avowed in Boston
that there is an organized conspiracy be-
tween Great Britain and Ireland, and the
abolitionists Of Massachusetts, to overthrow
this Government. And now for the moral.
In l845, | cannot find any account taken
Of the number of paupers who came into
Massachusetts from abroad in that year,
whence l conclude that there were none,
or that the number was very small. Let
Massachusetts speak for herself, as to the
following years:
l846. "The whole number of persons
relieved as paupers was, 1921; of whom
1922 were State paupers and 1850 town
paupers. Of the State paupers, AL were
foreigners; and of these 1884 were from
England and Ireland. 1872 foreigners have
come to the state this year."
1847. "The whole number of persons
relieved, &c. g., 1871; 1850 town pau
pers 9O05 State. OF the last, 1895 were
foreigners, and of this number $3.50 were
natives of England and Ireland. 25Ol
foreign paupers have come into the state
this year."
184S. "Thc number relieved, &c. &C.,
1858; town 7l66; State 9531. OF state
7413 were foreigners, of whom 67O7 were
natives of England and Ireland. 1494 To-
foreign paupers came into the state this
year."
1s49. "The number, &c., 24S92; town
1881; State 14,O83. OF the last 1O,253
foreigners; of whom 9128 were natives of
England and Ireland. 3043 foreign pau.
pers came into the state this year."
1850. "The number &C., 25,981; town
1900; State 16,058. OF last, 1884 were
and of this number l0,S16 were
natives Of England and ireland. 1891 for.
eign paupers came into the state this year."
1851. The number, &C., 27,65O; town
8493; State 1854. Of last 12,940 were
foreigners, and of these 1905 were natives
of fEnr1ond ond Trolop1 Of(l0 foro;o, M,